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Tag Archives: vanilla beans

Make Your Own Vanilla Extract

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Lea Harris, Certified Herbalist & Certified Health Coach
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I finally did it.

I was nervous.

But I finally did it.

I walked into a liquor store! With my kids! Bought a half gallon of bourbon.

And no one batted an eye!

It was a breeze to make. Here’s how… Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | Tagged bourbon, how to, make your own, recipe, vanilla beans, vanilla extract | 25 Replies

No more sensitivity - receding gums reversing - cavity gone!

Further Education

GNOWFGLINS eCourses
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  • Cultured Dairy & Cheese
  • Fundamentals
  • Fundamentals II
  • Fermentation
  • Sourdough
  • Real Food Kids
  • Dehydrating

Recipes

Most recent recipes listed first:
  • Fast ‘n’ Flaky Sourdough Bread Biscuits
  • Instant Beans
  • Beet Kvass
  • How to Make Yogurt in Your VitaClay (Photo Tutorial)
  • Apple-Cran-Nut Chutney
  • Make Your Own Elderberry Extract
  • Pumpkin Muffins
  • Caramel Topping
  • Sunshine Popcorn
  • Kefired Applesauce
  • Same-Day Sourdough Starter
  • Kefir Pop Rockets
  • How to Make Water Kefir
  • Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream
  • Probiotic Soaked Nuts
  • Pecan Pie Cinnamon Rolls
  • Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
  • Make Your Own Baked Beans
  • Banana Taffy
  • Make Your Own Vanilla Extract
  • Fudge Pops
  • Maple Syrup Frosting
  • Blueberry Crisp
  • Chocolate Sourdough Cake
  • Chocolate Chia Pudding
  • Savannah's Egg Casserole
  • PB Banana Bites
  • PB Cookies
  • Carrot Cake Muffins
  • Best Pizza Crust
  • Maple Syrup Popcorn
  • Pumpkin Cookies
  • High Protein Pancakes
  • Sesame Honey Bites & Sesame Molasses Bites
  • Coconut Orange Macaroons
  • Make Your Own Yogurt
  • Salmon Chowder
  • Sweet Potato Lime Soup
  • Sesame Chia Green Apple Salad
  • Chia Banana Bread
  • Warm Chia Potato Salad
  • Cinnamon Apple Butternut Soup
  • Raw Apple Crisp
  • Mango Chia Pudding
  • Applesauce Bake
  • Make Your Own Butter
  • Make Your Own Peanut Butter
  • Make Your Own Granola
  • Spiced Yogurt
  • Swiss Cheese Chicken
  • No-Carb Parmesan Fried Fish
  • Make Your Own Pizza Dough
  • Peachy Cream Ice Cream
  • Creamy Coconut Ice Cream
  • Make Your Own Pizza
  • Make Your Own Mayo
  • Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles
  • Make Your Own Smartfood Popcorn
  • Bread in an Hour
Keep your recipes free from goop!

Dehydrator Recipes

  • Chocolate Cereal
  • Dehydrator Yogurt
  • Orange Chips
  • Dehydrating Eggs
  • Walnut Zucchini Crackers
  • Tomato Sauce Leather
  • Cheezy Kale Chips
  • Flax Crackers
  • Carrots
  • Dried Cucumbers
  • Granola Bars (No-Bake)
  • Pizza
  • Sweet Potato Bark
  • SCD/GAPS Yogurt
  • Apricot Coconut Cookies
  • Applesauce Cookies
  • Sweet & Sour Kiwis
  • Instant Beans
  • Chili Lime Almonds
  • Dried Persimmon Snacks
  • Preserving Ginger
  • Raw Soaked Granola
  • Raw Date Cookies
  • Zucchini Fries
  • Dehydrated Potato Pancakes
  • Cheez Its
  • Dried Onions
  • Pumpkin Spice Cookies
  • Tomato Powder
  • Carrot Straws
  • Raw Corn Chips
  • Garlic Herb Beet Chips
  • Flax Crackers
  • Mini Carrot Cake
  • Cinnamon Apple Crisps
  • Pizza-chini
  • Mango Slices
  • Sprouted Whole Wheat Crackers/a>
  • Sweet Potato Chips
  • Candied Zucchini
  • Chocolate Coated Almonds
  • Beef Jerky
  • Dehydrated Broth

Food I Buy Online

  • REAL Salt
  • Black Pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Nutmeg
  • Ginger
  • Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • Ground Fennel
  • Turmeric
  • Baking Powder
  • Baking Soda
  • Sucanat or Whole Cane Sugar
  • Cocoa Powder
  • Whole Wheat Berries or Einkorn Wheat Berries
  • Coconut Oil
  • Palm Shortening
  • Beet Powder
  • Acai Powder
  • Ghee
  • KerryGold (local)
  • Elderberries
  • Dried Cranberries
  • Teeccino
  • Chia Seeds
  • Maple Syrup
  • Honey
  • Shredded Coconut
  • Coconut Flour
  • Mustard
  • Tomato Paste
  • Amasai
  • Hot Dogs
  • Harvati
  • Coconut Cream Concentrate
  • Palm Oil
Related Posts
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  • When Honey isn’t Honey – Make sure you’re buying honey with pollen, not without
  • Health Benefits of Chia Seeds
  • Benefits of Consuming Coconut Oil
  • Why You Should Avoid Pork
  • What Happens to Your Body Within an Hour of Drinking a Coke
  • Top 7 Supermarket Foods to Avoid
  • The Difference Between Tropical Traditions’ Coconut Oils – Handy Reference Guide
  • Top 5 Food Additives to Avoid
  • Reasons to Limit Fructose Consumption
  • Five Fruits with the Highest Sugar Load
  • Sugar Content of Common Fruits – Choose Wisely!
  • Six Reasons to Eat a High-Carb Diet (not what you think!)
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In the Kitchen

  • Taking Care of Your Bamboo Cutting Boards with All-Natural Sealer (Photo Tutorial)
  • Quickest Way to Peel Garlic (without using a knife!)
  • Cast Iron vs. Non-Stick Pans – a challenge!
  • 7 Reasons Stoneware is Superior
    • under construction

Natural Parenting

  • How I saved $3,350 By Using Cloth Diapers
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Supplements

Supplements I Don't Go Without:
  • Green Pasture Fermented Cod Liver Oil (my fave is Cinnamon Gel!)
  • Antioxidant Omega-3 Berry Greens
  • Seven+ Superfoods
  • GreenZilla – Natural Energy Boost with No Jitters!
  • Concentrace Minerals
  • Cod Liver Oil
More about Fermented Cod Liver Oil:
  • Benefits of Fermented Cod Liver Oil – How to Take it Without Gagging, and How it Saves You Money
  • Cod Liver Oil – Brands Containing Soy
  • Cod Liver Oil – Brand Comparison Guide and Cost Analysis
  • Make Your Own Fermented Cod Liver Oil Capsules and save some $
More about eXfuze Products:
  • eXfuze’s Seven+ PROformance – my new multivitamin?
  • Reasons to ditch your current supplemental juice for Seven+ PROformance
  • Why Seven+ is Superior to MonaVie
  • Take the Challenge
  • What I Regret about the eXfuze Challenge – My 1-Month Update
Seven+ Superfoods:
  • Gac
  • Fucoidan
  • Mangosteen
  • Acai
  • Seabuckthorn
  • Goji
  • Noni
Related Posts:
  • Vitamin B-12 – Are You Deficient? + Food Sources
  • Vitamin B-12 Brand Comparison and Cost Analysis Guide
  • 5 Lies You’ve Been Told About Calcium
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  • Make Your Own Turmeric Capsules and save $
  • Vitamin "C"reamsicle Gummies

Sauerkraut & Fermentation

  • The Science Behind Sauerkraut Fermentation
  • Sauerkraut 101 eCourse (FREE!)
  • My guest post on Food Renegade: 3 Biggest Fermenting Mistakes…
  • Bustin’ the Myth of the 3-Day Kraut (p.s. don’t refrigerate it, either!)
Sauerkraut Survivor:
  • Getting Ready
  • Introducing...the Jars!
  • The Day Before – Testing the Seals of the Jars (Seal shocker!)
  • Day 1: Packing the Jars and Baseline Samples
  • Day 2: 24 hours later
  • Day 3: 36 hours later
  • Days 4-6: End of the “gaseous” stage
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 7: One Week Old…
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 10: The Purge
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 14: Into the Second Stage
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 21: Almost ready…
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 23: Transfer to Fridge (Part 1)
  • Sauerkraut Survivor, Day 28: Opening the Pickl-It, Harsch, and Fido…
  • Sauerkraut Survivor – Final Report – Find out which jars passed the test!
  • Sauerkraut Survivor Update – The fridge results I never would have guessed…
Related Posts:
  • How long do I leave out my ferment?
  • How to Make Brine for your Ferment
  • How food dehydrator screens will improve your ferment…
  • Storing Water Kefir – what jars are best?
  • Can Fido jars defy science? Can they provide a fail-safe spoilage-free ferment with no brine cover? Find out.
  • Do Fido jars explode? Do they off-gas? Let’s find out (video)
  • Frugal Fermentation with Fido Jars
  • Removing the wire from Fido jars when you clean them
Recipes
  • Beet Kvass
  • Apple-Cran-Nut Chutney
  • Kefired Applesauce
  • Same-Day Sourdough Starter
  • Kefir Pop Rockets
  • How to Make Water Kefir
Recommended Reading & Further Education:
  • Real Food Fermentation
  • Complete Idiot's Guide to Fermenting Foods
  • Cooking God's Way Lacto-Fermenting: the Easy & Healthy Way
  • Wild Fermentation
  • The Art of Fermentation
  • Fido Fermentation FB group
Supplies & Tools
  • Fido Jars
  • Cooking God's Way Airlock
  • Pickle Pro
  • Harsch Crock
  • Refrigerator Jar
  • Wide Mouth Funnel
  • Funnel w/ Silicone for straining kefir
  • Small Digital Scale (salt)
  • Kitchen Scale (cabbage)
  • Food Processor
  • pH Strips for testing glucose
  • Heating System

Books I Recommend

Cookbooks:
  • Healthy Snacks to Go
  • The Nourished Kitchen Guide to Grain-Free & Dairy-Free Baking, Sweets, and Treats
  • Smart Sweets
  • Food Drying with an Attitude
  • Complete Dehydrator Cookbook
  • Everything Beans
  • Better Than a Box
  • Kitchen Stewardship's Super Pack
  • Simply Summer
  • Real Food Basics
  • Festive Traditions
  • Wholesome Comfort
  • Treat Yourself
  • Modern Alternative Mama Bundle
  • Good and Easy Eats
  • Crock On!
Education:
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  • Real Food: What to Eat and Why
  • Cure Tooth Decay
  • Nutrition for Kids
  • The Maker's Diet
  • Take Control of Your Health
  • Enzyme Nutrition
Pregnancy, Babies & Kids
  • The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care
  • Practical Guide to Children's Health
  • Nourished Baby
  • Beautiful Babies
  • Breast to Bib
  • Healthy Pregnancy Superfoods
  • Vintage Remedies for Tweens

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Most recent reviews listed first:
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  • High Protein, No Powder
  • Organic Massage Oil
  • Two Wild Hares soap
  • Massage Oil
  • Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert
  • Essential Living
  • Taking Charge of Your Fertility
  • EcoJarz Drinktops for mason jars
  • Virtuous Lips
  • A Practical Guide to Children's Health
  • Lemongrass Spa
  • Essential Oil Racks
  • Magnesium Oil Lotion
  • reCAP Screw-On, Pourable Mason Jar Lid #1, #2
  • The Nourished Kitchen Guide to Grain-Free & Dairy-Free Baking, Sweets, and Treats
  • The Essential Oils Handbook
  • Simple Scrubs
  • Essentially Clean
  • Jerky Direct
  • Magnabilities, #2
  • Einkorn Wheat
  • Festive Traditions
  • DIY Organic Beauty Recipes
  • The Heating System that Saved My Kefir
  • Crock On!
  • Real Food Fermentation
  • Stainless Steel Straws
  • NaturOli Soap Nuts
  • Berkey Water Filter
  • Amano Chocolate
  • Vintage Traditions Tallow Body Balm
  • Grace Adele
  • Whole Grain Rolled Oats
  • Magnetic Business Cards
  • Brushing Blend
  • Cure Tooth Decay
  • Real Food Kids In the Kitchen
  • Coconut Flour
  • Simply Summer
  • Bug Block
  • Real Food Nutrition for Kids
not a full list - will be completed soon!

Herbs

General Posts
  • Learning About Herbs - who's in?
  • Learning About Using Herbs Safely FB group
  • I graduated!
Recipes
  • Adrenal Tonic
Books
  • The Handbook of Vintage Remedies
  • Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health
  • Medicinal Herbs
  • The Herbal Medicine-Makers Handbook
  • Homegrown Herbs
  • American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook
  • Family Herbal
  • Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine
  • Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief
  • Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism
  • The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices
  • Naturally Healthy Babies and Children
  • Medical Herbalism
  • Herbal Contraindications and Drug Interactions plus Herbal Adjuncts with Medicines
  • Makingn Plant Medicine
  • Healing Spices
Supplies
  • Kitchen Scale
  • Coffee Grinder
Resources
  • Herb Box
  • Intermediate Herbal Course
  • Herbal Academy of New England

Essential Oils

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Household & Personal Care

Stuff I Make
  • Make Your Own Laundry Powder
  • Easy All-Purpose Natural Soap Recipe
  • Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer!
Stuff I Buy (Home)
  • Soap Nuts
  • Dishwashing Powder
  • Oxygen "Bleach"
  • Foamy Liquid Soap
Stuff I Buy (Personal)
  • Miswak Natural Toothbrush
  • Brushing Blend
  • Healing Elements
  • Tallow Body Balm
  • Herbal Breath Spray
  • Lip Moisturizer
  • Moisturizing Cream
  • Lotion
  • Pomegranate Body Polish
  • Soap Bar
  • Shampoo & Conditioner (yes, I broke my 8-year no-poo streak!)
  • Hair Oils
  • Massage Oil
  • Mascara
  • Concealer
  • Bug Block
Related Posts:
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  • Coconut Oil for Body Care
  • The Shocking Truth About Shampoo: Why I Haven’t Shampooed in Seven Years
  • Dewy Skin All Winter Long? You bet!
  • Some new things I learned about sunscreen (and I thought I was well-informed!)
  • Why Go Natural?
  • Burt’s Bees bought out by…Clorox!
Recipe Books:
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  • My Buttered Life Summer Recipes
  • My Buttered Life Gift Recipes
  • My Buttered Life Baby Care Recipes
  • Simple Scrubs

Popular Posts

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  • Where do I start? From Mainstream to a Stream of Health – Produce
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Interviews

Ora Wellness on Dental Health
  • Why is gum disease prevalent even though we brush regularly?
  • Is it possible to remineralize our teeth? And a word on oil pulling…
  • What causes bad breath, and how do I get rid of it?
  • How important is diet when it comes to teeth health?
  • What is the best way to heal receding gums?
  • The Bass technique of brushing your teeth and its effectiveness on teeth health
  • Ora Wellness’ Thoughts on the Miswak (Natural Toothbrush)
Cooking God's Way on Healthy Eating
  • Part 1: Their Story
  • Part 2: Healthy Foods and Recipes
  • Part 3: Fermenting Foods

Science Facts Sundays

Sauerkraut Fermentation
  • Notes on Sauerkraut Fermentation, Part 1
  • Notes on Sauerkraut Fermentation, Part 2
  • Notes on Sauerkraut Fermentation, Part 3
  • Notes on Sauerkraut Fermentation, Part 4
  • Notes on Sauerkraut Fermentation, Part 5
Fermentation (Other)
  • Notes on Fermenting Pickles
  • Stages of Fermentation, and Moisture
  • Fermentation and Oxidation, Temperature, Nutritional Requirements, and pH
  • More Notes on Fermenting Pickles
  • And More Notes on Fermenting Pickles
Maximizing Iron Absorbency
  • Intro
  • Part 1
  • Part 2: Meat (and some grains)
  • Part 3: Soaking Cereal Grains
  • Part 4: Baked Bread
  • Part 5: Beans, Nuts and Seeds
  • Part 6: Vegetables
  • Part 7: Fruit, Dairy, Sweeteners, Herbs and Spices
  • Part 8: Beverages & Cooking in Cast Iron
  • Part 9 (Final): Meal Ideas
Enzyme Nutrition
  • The Enzyme Complex & The Food Enzyme Concept (Part 1)
  • The Law of Adaptive Secretion of Digestive Enzymes (Part 2)
  • The Food-Enzyme Stomach (Part 3)
  • Research Findings (Part 4)
  • Enzymes & Temperatures (Part 5)
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