Jan 17, 2025 · Simple living ideas, frugal living tips, modern homesteading, recipes from scratch, and more ways to live in a simple life in a modern world.

Jul 3, 2023 · What Is Washing Soda? Washing soda is a highly alkaline compound (soda ash) used in various cleaning and laundry applications. It’s made by heating baking soda to high temperatures, which causes it to release water and carbon dioxide and …

Dec 3, 2024 · Take a clean flour sack or another thin towel and place the balls of dough on part of the towel with a little flour. Sprinkle a bit more flour on the top.

Aug 25, 2023 · When the original Pleasant Company started (True fact: Pleasant Frautschi, who started it, was a neighbor of mine!), and the original dolls were released, for many young kids in our area (Middleton, WI, and across Madison) the dolls/beds were prohibitively expensive.

Jul 2, 2022 · How to Make Hamburger Helper Mix. I don’t know about you but I like having all kinds of foods on hand to be able to prepare a quick and simple dish! In addition to canning, I’m all about making mixes to have on my pantry shelf.. Those boxed mixes from the store are so handy but completely scary and even though they seem like a good idea at the time, they are actually costing you more than ...

Sep 30, 2022 · Ingredients for the Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup With Ground Beef. Ground Beef. You can leave this out if you want this to only be a veggie soup or you can add it in for those who want to make the soup a little heartier and to have a good protein.

May 4, 2023 · Supplies You Need to Make Cloth Pads. Cotton Flannel (Not very much, at least ¼ yard in 2 colors will make you a couple pads, I get mine from Fabric.com which is now sold by Amazon.) You can also use hemp or bamboo fabric. I would stay away from synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon as they will not be as breathable.

Jul 6, 2024 · Want to get sourdough going faster? Try a sourdough starter kit! Here’s what they include and how they work. I recently decided that I was going to restart by sourdough again, despite living in a camper right now.

Jul 7, 2024 · These are some wonderful ideas. some I hadn’t thought of. I will be adding some of these to my list 🙂 I keep homemade brownie, chocolate chip muffin, chocolate cake, butter cake, and white cake mixes in my pantry.

Nov 21, 2024 · Creamy Ham and Egg Noodles. This ham and egg noodle recipe was so easy to make and only took me 30 minutes from start to finish. It’s been requested that I make it again and since it was such a simple dish to make (and nice and comforting for winter), I wanted to share it with you all today.