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Get the Most from your Essential Oils: My Top 10 Tools

Do you love essential oils?  Follow @yankeehomesteadoils on Instagram too!   If you’ve used essential oils for any length of time, you’re probably aware of all the gadgets and gizmos available for us oily fanatics… Want to know which essential oil tools are, well, essential?  Check out this list of my top 10 essential oil tools, in no…

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Real Food Meal Plan for Vacation

Real Food Meal Plan for Vacation

One of the advantages of homeschooling is that when everyone else is headed back to school, our family is packing our bags for the beach.  Back-to-beach time for us, baby! Who wants to cook at the beach?  Not me! But I still want my family to eat healthy real food.  Instead of slaving away while…

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Plantain Fried Rice | Roots & Boots

Paleo Plantain Fried Rice

Trying to cut back on grains?  You’ll love this Paleo Plantain Fried Rice! As you may have noticed, plantains are one of my favorite new tricks for serving up nutrient-dense, grain-free foods.

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Top 3 Essential Oil Diffusers

My Top 3 Essential Oil Diffusers

It’s time for an update on essential oil diffusers!  Today I’ll bring you up to speed on my previous favorites and show you my new top 3 essential oil diffusers.

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How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds | Roots & Boots

How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds for Replanting and Gift-Giving

Did you grow sunflowers this year?  Now is the time to harvest sunflower seeds for next year!  Collecting seeds from your own sunflowers is super easy. Homegrown sunflower seeds make great gifts, and saving your own seeds will free up  a bit of room in your gardening budget for next year.

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Easy Homemade Electrolyte Drink

Easy Homemade Electrolyte Drink

Skip the Gatorade and make this simple Homemade Electrolyte Drink!

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Easy DIY Cooling Spray | Roots & Boots

Easy DIY Cooling Spray

Are you hot?  I sure am!  We’ve had a major for the east coast heat wave over the past few weeks.  Which is why I’m so thankful for this easy way to cool off…

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Plantain Chips | Roots & Boots

Paleo Plantain Chips

Paleo Plantain Chips are the perfect grain-free substitution for tortilla chips. Even if you’re not looking to cut down on grains, you’ll love these crunchy little chips.  We like them with

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25 Real Food Snacks for Kids

25 Real Food Snacks for Kids

I’m hungry.  Can I have a snack?  If you hear this phrase as often as I do, you’ll love this list of simple real food snacks for kids.

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How to Can Green Beans: Step-by-Step Instructions

How to Can Green Beans: Step-by-Step Instructions

I learned how to can green beans three summers ago.  It gets a little better every time, but every time I use my pressure canner, I’m pretty sure I’m about to blow up the entire house.  Or at least the kitchen.

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