100+ Skills Every Holistically-Minded Homemaker Should Know

100+ Skills Every Holistically-Minded Homemaker Should Know

We’ve lost of art of healing through nutrition, cooking from scratch without spending all day in the kitchen, and using natural remedies or supplements before heading to the pharmacy. These are very basic essentials that are easy for anyone to learn.

Cooking Basics

The heart of the home is the kitchen. Healthy families are made where care is taken with how food is chosen, stored, prepared, and served. These basics are a must for everyone who eats.

1. How to follow a recipe. Following the recipe is the first step, make sure you’re not making any of these all-too-common errors.
2. How to use a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers use old technology and now modern convenience to cook quickly, evenly, and without fuss!
3. How to make sure your paleo baked goods are delicious.
4. How to choose quality meat.
5. Knife basics (video). A nice knife and some decent knife skills help turn cooking from a chore to a pleasure.
6. How to make chicken stock from scratch.
7. How to reduce chicken stock and make homemade broth cubes.
8. How to make herbed olive oil for antioxidants and detoxification.
9. Homemade Yogurt. For about 15 minutes hands-on time, you can make a gallon of yogurt for just slightly over the cost of a gallon of milk! Make yogurt using milk you trust, for a huge savings.
10. How to make your own paleo ‘granola’ bars.
11. Soak and cook dry beans. Learning to cook dried beans not only saves money, but pantry space as you won’t have cans and cans of beans taking up room.
12. How to cook winter squash easily.
13. How to make perfect pickles. Use a secret ingredient to solve all your pickle problems and get probiotics too!
14. How to put that slow cooker to use.
15. The trick to great homemade popsicles.

Health and Wellness

Sometimes instead of a trip to the pharmacy or the medicine cabinet, we need to rely less on what the little boxes lined up on the shelves at CVS say we need, and more on what our great grandmothers used. If an illness persists, or you’re unsure, of course consult with a qualified healthcare professional. But for little sniffles, and other maladies caught in time, you may be able to prevent something from getting worse by using stuff you already have at home.

1. Pertussis (Whooping cough) remedies that are important even for those who vaccinate.
2. A look at the MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) vaccine from both sides.
3. How to help sleep come naturally with epsom salts and/or tart cherry juice or sleepy time tea.
4. How to use amino acids to quit coffee or other addictions. There are certain amino acids that get depleted from caffeine, nicotine, and other addictive substances. Read about how supplementing with these amino acids can help break the cycle of addiction- big or small!
5. How to add little things to your daily routine to help inch your way toward wellness.
6. What the gut-brain connection is, and how what you eat affects how you think.
7. The gut-autoimmune connection. Autoimmune disorders are on the rise, as our guts are more leaky. Healing the gut can help autoimmune conditions.
8. The gut-anxiety/depression connection. It’s true, the root of so many diseases are in the gut.
9. How our culture’s diet is affecting some of our children. And why it’s important to stand up for our kids!
10. How to choose a dentist. The dental industry is not free of controversy. Read about how our dentist has a sign up in his office warning against fluoride, and what you need to look for when choosing a dentist.

Homemade Toiletries, Cosmetics, and Cleaners

Once we realize how much better we feel when we’re putting whole healthy foods into our bodies, the next logical step is to examine what we’re putting on our skin and breathing in as we clean. These natural alternatives are all fast to put together, they work, and they will save you boat loads of money.

1. How to make easy bath bombs that neutralize chlorine naturally.

Parenting With Passion

Parenting these little guys takes effort, a sense of humor, and lots of thinking outside the box! These how-tos will get you started:

Stress reduction techniques for healthy minds

1. How to regulate technology use.

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