Even though we're just today starting our 10-30 day juice fast, we've been juicing for quite a while now. We've never really blogged about it before but thought it would be fun to document our juice fast journey as we're going along. One might ask "what does juicing have to do with living simply? Good … Continue reading What does juicing have to do with simple living?
Experiments
Making your own Kombucha
What is Kombucha? Kombucha is a fermented tea drink thought to have originated in eastern Europe or the far-east. It's very popular in natural-health and medicine circles and for good reason! Why would we want to drink it? Kombucha is full or all sorts of nutrients and helpful nutrition. It contains the range of B … Continue reading Making your own Kombucha
Using dandelion roots as a coffee substitute
We've had a growing interest this summer in foraging and the use of wild edible plants. While cleaning up the garden today for the upcoming fall/winter, we decided to use some of those pesky weeds that have infiltrated our vegetable garden. Roasted coffee substitute, here we come! We thought about pan-frying or sautéing the dandelion … Continue reading Using dandelion roots as a coffee substitute
The Intrepid Homestead 