Living the Frugal Life

 Really cool, and very delicious recipes included too.My new favorite blog for living on a "farmstead" on 2/3rds of an acre in a residential neighborhood, raising chickens for eggs and meat, and your own garden essentials.

The Art of Gluten Free Sour Dough

Sign up for this newsletter by clicking on this article's title to learn more about the art of making your own gluten free sourdough using water kefir!...I have to say, I found this newsletter both exciting, and very encouraging! Feel free to share this article with all your gluten-free friends!

Ten Tips for Working with a Traditional Sourdough Culture

My husband and I, and even my three little ones, LOVE sourdough bread. If you love sourdough too, this is a really quick, helpful, as well as fun and exciting article worth a read.

The article comes from Cultures for Health, where you can order all kinds of starter cultures ranging from buttermilk, to natto, to greek yogurt, or gourmet do-it-yourself cheeses.

30 Second Raw Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Recipe Adapted From:  Real Sustenance
(Gluten/Grain/Starch/Egg /Soy Free/ Low Sugar):

Replace the one tablespoon of water with two tablespoons of yogurt or whey to make these tasty, and raw cookie nuggets, a good-for-your-stomach probiotic snack.

I altered the recipe by replacing the required xylitol with raw local honey, and almond extract instead of vanilla, also, I recommend using coconut oil for tastier results that keep longer if you plan on saving some for later.

Using Beans to Keep the Food Budget in Check

Using Beans to Keep the Food Budget in Check:
This may be the number one article for delicious cost savings in the kitchen I have EVER read. Unbelievable, had to share it with all the other kefir mama's out there:)

Yogurt Everyday tip: add left over homemade yogurt whey by the tablespoon to your bean soak water.

What is Kefir?

This question comes from an anonymous embarrassed source through my sister, but it's a very good one.

Water Kefir Tutorial

Water Kefir Tutorial 
How to convert your milk kefir grains to water kefir grains, from Passionate Homemaking...a really cool homemaking blog.
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