Category Archives: Recipes

Three More Soaps

We made three more soaps over a month ago. I’ve been wanting to post about them, but just haven’t had the time. The first is Lily of the Valley Olive Oil Soap. This recipe is the same of the Calendula … Continue reading

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Shea Mango Body Whip

I’m still looking for that perfect body whip and I think I found it! The Mango Body Butter I made several weeks ago is great, but it’s really a butter. It whips up nice, but doesn’t stay soft. I still … Continue reading

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Dark Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti

It’s time to start baking biscotti and what better day than yesterday when it was cold and snowy. So I got a couple new ingredients together for this batch. Please refer to my basic recipe. We bought some King Arthur … Continue reading

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Triple Cinnamon Pecan (Cookie) Biscotti

Hubby recently bought a couple of new books.  I grabbed this one to see if it had any fun recipes I could try for Christmas. Here is this biscotti recipe by a different name on the web. The book explained … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Pie From The Garden

I’ve been making pumpkin pie for as long as I can remember. I used a pie pumpkin from the store years ago and it was awful. When Hubby decided to grow Long Neck Pumpkins for the pies, I wondered if … Continue reading

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Mango Body Butter

Wow! It has been a busy week here. I spent three days at our church making sure the Operation Christmas Child program volunteers had enough food to keep them going! Our church was selected to be one of the regional … Continue reading

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Cocoa Sugar Scrub Bar/Great Ebook

I’ve started working on some goodies for Christmas presents. This summer I made mango lotion bars. Lotion bars are nice because you can easily carry them around and they don’t spill. (However, I wouldn’t leave them in a hot car … Continue reading

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Cocoa Mango Soap

This is the second soap we made Thursday. I really can’t wait to try this one. It smells divine! Here is our recipe. If you are not familiar with cold process soapmaking, please read and print out the instructions Here. … Continue reading

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Old Tyme Vanilla Soap

Well, Dave and I are at it again! We made two soaps yesterday. This first one is made from lard. We wanted to try lard since that’s what soap used to be made with. We used lard from the store … Continue reading

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Apple Crisp and More

Meanwhile, I’ve made a couple apple crisps. This is another recipe from More with Less Cookbook with just a little tweaking. This is so easy, quick and good! This apple crisp was especially good. I used mostly fuji apples. I … Continue reading

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