Homemade Theme--Great Homemade/DIY Recipes

Homemade Theme

I love homemade foods, beauty products and animal care products. So my homemade theme for this month in a natural choice. I found a lot of good homemade recipes in August, and I can’t wait to share some with you...

Homemade breakfast sausage, homemade butter, how to cure bacon, homemade fruit snacks and gummy vitamin C's, easy foaming hand soap, homemade deodorant, dog shampoo and even chicken feed recipes!

DIY Herbal Coffee Substitutes

Maybe you like coffee, but it doesn't like you? Trying to cut back on caffeine?

Check out this sample herbal coffee recipe from the ebook DIY Herbal Coffee Substitutes.

Homemade Sausage Recipes

I love homemade sausage recipes! This breakfast sausage recipe from Savory Lotus looks delicious. If you are on GAPS, you can tweak it by using honey instead of maple syrup.

How to Make Butter

If you want to learn how to make butter, I have found two recipes that look really good. The first is a homemade butter recipe from Naturally Mindful. If you want to use an appliance like a food processor, blender or stand mixer, this one should work well.

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How to Cure Bacon

Want to learn to make homemade bacon? No, not just fry it up yourself. But cure it, first? Small Footprint Family can teach you how to cure bacon at home!

Homemade Fruit Snacks

Did you know you can make your own homemade fruit snacks? Well, you can. Our Heritage of Health can show you how!

And at Whole New Mom, you can learn how to even make your own homemade gummies!

Homemade Soap Recipes

After working in the kitchen to make all these nourishing treats, why not make up some soap that is free of hormone disruptors and other unpleasant chemicals. In August, I made up two jars of this homemade foaming hand soap. It works really well, I am very glad I found this recipe!

Homemade Bar Soap Recipe

If you are more ambitious, and want to try making your own homemade bar soap, Nina at Shalom Mama has a recipe she says is easy. Just be sure to that once you use a pot for soap making with lye, that you never use it to prepare food in again.

Homemade Deodorant

Have you ever tried making your own deodorant at home? Did you know some believe that some commercial deodorants might cause breast cancer? After some trial and error, Nina at Shalom Mama has a homemade deodorant recipe that she says works well.

Homemade Dog Shampoo

If you're the type to make some--or all--of your family's personal care products, you might just want a a dog shampoo recipe for your pet. Check out Clean Eats at the Zoo's homemade dog shampoo recipe!

Homemade Chicken Feed

For the last item in my homemade theme, I've got some chicken feed recipes for you! A lot of folks, both in the country, the suburbs and even some cities, are starting to raise their own chickens. If you care about the quality of the feed you give them, you might want to try these homemade chicken feed recipes from Whistle Pig Hollow.