Homemade Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe

This dressing is a fantastic side dish for any Southern-style meal, especially around the holidays. Enjoy your homemade Southern cornbread dressing! Author: Fromthealdergrove.com Ingredients Instructions Notes This dressing is a fantastic side dish for any Southern-style meal, especially around the holidays. Enjoy your homemade Southern cornbread dressing!

Homemade Hard Soap

Homemade Hard Soap Hard Soap (Castile) – Only 3 Ingredients Olive Oil, Water & Lye Cured 1 Year (for hardness) Just like Nanna would have made way back then! Recreated from researching recipes found in old newspaper clippings, magazines, and handwritten recipes found tucked away in old recipe books. Most times I make and use…

Water + Lye + Lard = Soap

Sometimes I come across recipes that pique my interest. I’ve been fascinated with the home life of people who lived in our area back in the 1800s. From their clothing to their homes, transportation, health remedies, train schedules, and their cooking habits. Last week while doing some research I came across a hard soap recipe…

Homemade Mustard

Let’s make homemade mustard! Old mustard recipe found in a cookbook and recreated. After the overnight soak, this is what your mixture will look like.  The mustard seeds will absorb some of the moisture and be ready for processing. After blending the mixture in a food processor this will be your finished mustard. Looks spicy,…

DIY – Kid Friendly Camping Lantern Nite Light

A simple craft to create a kid-safe camping lantern using a plastic spice jar, a battery-operated tea light, and string. The lantern, designed to ease children’s fears of the dark, is made by preparing the jar, attaching string, and placing the light on the lid, ensuring safety without flames.