Camping Recipes: Fun, Delicious, and Unique Camping Recipes That Will Make Camping A Treat

Camping Recipes: Fun, Delicious, and Unique Camping Recipes That Will Make Camping A Treat (The Essential Kitchen Series Book 75) was a free kindle book at the time of this posting. Fun, Delicious, and Unique, Camping Recipes That Will Make Camping a Real Treat

You know how difficult it can be to prepare meals while camping. Well, that’s no longer the case with the introduction of Camping Recipes. The Essential Kitchen Series breaks the ceiling on old-school thinking with its latest cookbook. Enjoy a host of recipes that will turn camping into a whole new experience of culinary delights.

Cook delicious, mouthwatering campfire, camping meals with ease.

Camping Cooking At Its Best!

With a little thought and preparation take the stress out of mealtime while enjoying the great outdoors. Just take a look at a few of the well-thought-out meals that can be eaten while exploring nature’s beauty:
Campfire Chicken Stew Recipe
Hobo Burgers and Taters
Meatball Sub Recipe
Breakfast Burritos
Chili Lime Chicken Sandwiches With Mango Salsa
Spicy Taco Patties & Cheesy Potatoes Foil Packet

You’ll soon learn that any numbers of tasty combinations are possible. Once you’ve mastered the recipes contained in this easy-to-follow cookbook, you’ll astound your family and friends with your own concoctions. There is literally no way to go wrong with these wonderful recipes.

Fun and Easy While On The Go

Inside this unusually simple guide, you’ll learn how to make the most of your time while enjoying time with your loved ones. It's your holiday, why spend all your time fussing over meals? Simply follow the advice contained in this insightful cookbook and eat well while staying active.

How to Make Homemade Soap

Are you interested in learning about how to make homemade soap? There are a wide variety of ingredients available to make homemade soap. The list ranges from the basic ingredients of water, lye, and oil to optional ingredients such as oatmeal and even glitter. The type of soap you want to use determines the ingredients you will need when making your own soap. Some people who make homemade soap stick to the basics and simply add fragrant oils to put some scent into their soaps, while others add abrasive materials such as oatmeal for exfoliating purposes. Here is a list of some common supplies and ingredients used in making soap and what characteristic they can provide your soap:

Basic Ingredients to Make Homemade Soap

Carrier Oils

The type of soap you will make determines the base soap you need to use. Do you want your homemade soap to be hard? Soft? Sudsy? You can start finding out about the different base oils by reading the labels of commercial soaps you use regularly. You can also sign on to mailing lists and join soap making groups online; most of the people who know how to make homemade soap are very willing to share information with others.

Carrier oils impart the primary physical characteristics of the soaps. Hard and long lasting soaps can be made from palm oils; soaps that give a good lather can be made using coconut oil and castor oil; olive oil, canola oil or soybean oil may be used to make moisturizing and conditioning soaps; and luxury soaps can be made using cocoa butter, hemp oil, and almond oil among other things. Oils such as almond and avocado oil provide a skin softening characteristic to your soaps. Different oils mean different soaps. Once you become familiar with the properties each oil imparts, you will begin to recognize what kind of bar a particular recipe will produce.

Lye

Lye is the most important ingredient in making soap if you are using the cold or hot processes. Sodium hydroxide or lye is a very strong chemical and handling it requires serious caution. You also need to choose your utensils carefully when dealing with lye - use only wooden and plastic spoons for stirring and bowls made of enamel, plastic or glass for mixing. Only cold water should be used with lye, and always remember to pour the lye into the water.

You cannot make homemade soap bars from scratch without using lye. If, however, you do want to skip using lye, you can try using the melt and pour method with pre-made glycerin soap bases.

Water

Another main ingredient in soap making, water is essential to the process. For the best results, use distilled water for creating your lye solution. You can also use de-mineralized water in soap making.

Other Ingredients

Other ingredients you can include once you have learned how to make homemade soap are herbs, flower petals, glitter, colorants, essential oils, and fragrant oils.

Herbs and flower petals can add scent to your soap, but you should remember that these can be burned when added to hot processed soap. Some other herbs do not look at all appealing when used in soaps. If you want to use herbs in your homemade soap, do your research and find out what herbs can are good for use in making soap.

Colorants come in different forms - liquids, powders and glycerin based colorants are common. Use these to add color to your soap, however, you should also remember that all other ingredients can affect the final outcome of your soap color.

Glitter can be used to add a certain punch to your homemade soaps. Use cosmetic grade glitter; these come in ultrafine and fine sizes and in a wide variety of colors. Do not use glitter made for use in craft projects as they are not meant to be used on your skin.

Essential oils and fragrance oils can be added to your soaps to give it a therapeutic effect. Some essential oils such as chamomile can be rather expensive. It really is up to you if you want to add essential oils to your soap. If you want to simply add a scent without a therapeutic effect, you can opt to use fragrance oils instead.

Knowledge of ingredients as well as creativity and imagination is required once you know how to make homemade soap in order to create something that is truly unique. When making your own soap, do your research and do not be afraid to try out new things.

J. Martin is the webmaster of Soap Making Fun. For more information on the cold process, check out his video on how to make soap.

Food Storage Recipe ~ Homemade Jam

Making homemade jam is really not too hard. Here is my favorite recipe for making it.

YUMMY and everyone in the family loves it. It does not last very long in our house.

NEED :

3 pounds of fruit - I use 1 pound each of berries to make a mixed berry jam. Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries.

3 1/3 cup of sugar

1/4 teaspoon of coarse salt

2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice

Stir the ingredients together in a large heavy bottomed pot.

 Bring to a boil. Stir it until the sugar is dissolved and mash the fruit with a potato masher.

Add the lemon juice and continue to boil.

Stir it frequently until the bubbles slow, chunks of fruit show at the top , and the mixture clings to a spoon , but falls off in clumps. About 10 to 12 minutes.

Skim any foam from the top.

Ladle the jam into clean, glass jars . Leave a 3/4 inch of headroom from the top of the jam to the top of the jar.

Let them cool completely.

Cover with tight lid, label, and refrigerate for pu to a month. You can also freeze for up to a year.

Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home

Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home was a free kindle book at the time of this posting.

How to Dry Herbs at Home

Do you have an overwhelming supply of herbs in your garden that you just can’t catch up with?

The tendency is that they wilt and die or they go unused and wasted and yet you’re left with nothing to use in the winter.

Herbs work like magic in most dishes and beverages. They are also useful ingredients in aromatherapy treatments and some craft projects. It makes sense to have a steady stream of herbs all year long as well as knowing the best preservation methods applicable to different types of herbs.

The Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home will show you that you don’t have to buy herbs all the time and you can have them handy even when they’re not in their growing season. Drying herbs is an inexpensive, almost free preservation method that any person could do. Whether you want to hang your herbs, dry them in the sun, or pop them into the microwave, having dried herbs within your reach will certainly be most useful.

Get the most of your herb garden by drying your herbs and making them available all year round. Never run out of basil and tarragon again even if they’re off season and always have a supply of dried lemon balm and lavender anytime.

The Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home will show you that you can maximize your herbs by preserving them for different purposes in easy and stress-free ways!

DIY: How to Build a Solar Water Distiller: Do It Yourself Make a Solar Still for Distilling Water Without Electricity or Water Pressure

DIY: How to Build a Solar Water Distiller: Do It Yourself Make a Solar Still for Distilling Water Without Electricity or Water Pressure was a free Kindle book when this post was written.



 Build a solar water distiller yourself to purify water without electricity or water pressure. Always have clean and drinkable water. Water is the most important thing for survival.

Is a Wood Powered Water Heater a Practical Way to Heat Your Home's Water?

Heating water is one of the biggest energy consumers in a typical home. Usually second to heating and air conditioning. For most, this is done with either electricity or gas. There are also wood powered water heaters that are little known, but for some, this can mean free hot water. But are wood fired water heaters really practical for home use?

Heating water is a great way to utilize the energy from a fire, and a wood fire is no different. This is a much more efficient process than making electricity from fire. A wood powered water heater can be very simple to build, and to operate, and can be relatively expensive.

My family has a remote cabin that is off grid. About a decade ago we bought a wood fired hot water heater and are still using it to this day. For occasional use, this unit is great. It is built similar to a gas water heater and works the same way. The difference is, instead of a gas burner at the bottom, there is a small wood burning firebox.

The water heater actually works great. We mostly use the larger slivers and chips of wood that tend to accumulate around the firewood splitter. They are easy to ignite and fit nicely in the small firebox. Although the small size of the firebox opening makes things a little awkward for building fires, it's actually easy to get one going since it drafts well.

Once a fire is going we just keep an eye on it and put on more fuel when needed. After about 20 minutes or so the water is hot enough for a shower. At that point there is usually enough water for two showers and enough left over for washing dishes.

It is amazing how little wood it takes to heat this much water. As far as energy use, this unit works great. But the downside is convenience, or lack of convenience. For everyday use, it would become a chore to have to build a fire and wait 20 minutes before you can have hot water. So for a typical home, this is not going to fit in well with most people's busy lifestyles. But for a situation like a remote vacation home, it works great. Most of the time in sunny weather, we don't use the wood fired water heater. A solar shower is much more convenient when the weather is warm and sunny.

I recently discovered a new water heating unit that attaches to your wood stove. I have not tried it but I like the idea. Learn more about this wood water heater.

Learn how inexpensive a solar water shower can be.

Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set: Over 60 Creative & Exclusive Soap Making Recipes With 25 Natural Shampoo Recipes

Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set: Over 60 Creative & Exclusive Soap Making Recipes With 25 Natural Shampoo Recipes (Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set, Homemade Soap & Shampoo, Soap Making) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

BOOK #1: Soap Making: Discover the Magic of Soap Making With These 30 Creative Recipes

Soaps have been manufactured in the world for a very long time. People have become more creative in trying to find new ways in which they can make soap either for domestic use or commercial purposes.

Here is what you will learn after reading this book:

• The amazing creative process of soap making
• The practicability and experiments to come up with soap that satisfies different taste or requirements
• Different recipes
• Techniques to achieve texture of the soap, feel, scent, color, smoothness and many other characteristics of the soap making
• Employed method in making of soaps

BOOK #2: DIY Projects: 33 Exclusive Soap Making Ideas! Creativity Is In Your Hands!

You have selected a way to enhance the soapmaking process, whether you have started it recently or are an old pro. In title, you will glean many ideas for making this practical art more enjoyable and perhaps more lucrative.

You will learn how to:

• Apply ideas to the soapmaking process
• Learn how to use soap for gifts
• Display and marketing ideas
• And much, more…

BOOK #3: Diy Homemade Shampoo: 25 Simple Natural Shampoo Recipes for Strong and Shiny Hair

The treatment of your scalp is a sensitive aspect. Hair grows from the root, so to deal with scalp issues and all of the solutions that were provided can always be had and most of the time you have the ingredients in your own kitchen. Let’s face it, showers are awesome, and taking a shower is its own experience, but if you don’t want it to cut into your day because you want some extra rest I the morning or you have something else to focus on, then the ingredients and a variety of ingredients and recipes should offer you a way to be that way.

After all, it’s your head, your routine and your schedule that demands a solution. If you want a problem to solve, then there are many recipes to choose from and explore different ways to make your hair, and get on going with a change and maybe even have dandruff for the last time, it could happen.

This book will help you with the following:

• Giving you over 25 natural shampoo recipes for your scalp
• The variety of hair types means that there is obviously more than one option for solving the issue
• Whether its dandruff, thickness, thinness or dry scalp
• Solutions vary for the different hair types and most of it begins with scalp treatment

Preppers Blueprint: Practical Preparedness Steps for Jungle Survival

Preppers Blueprint: Practical Preparedness Steps for Jungle Survival (Preppers Blueprint, Preppers Blueprint books, Survival Blueprint) was a free book for the kindle when this post was written. Mischances and unforeseeable occasions can transform an evening trek through the forested areas into a survival circumstance that places your exceptionally presence into inquiry. Luckily, woodlands are brimming with assets, including water, wood and nourishment, which can keep you alive for delayed times of time. Then again, in light of the fact that jungle limits visibility you ought, to make moves to help rescuers discover your location.

Surviving in the jungle is not easy if you do not have any idea about how to survive. This book will give you an idea and step by step guideline that will help you to survive in the jungle. This book covers some exclusive tips and tricks that are must have items for the survivals of the jungle.

Hammock Tent

Get ready to discover the secrets of surviving in the jungle!

Here is what you will learn after reading this book:

• Quick idea about the essential equipment that will help you to survive
• The ways to manage fresh water in the jungle
• Mange shelter and safe foods in Jungle
• Quicksand is very common in jungle, how you can survive if you face quicksand?
• Quick demonstration about the dangers of jungle

Camping: Poisonous Intruders: Deadly Insects, Poisonous Bugs, and Insects That Bite

Camping: Poisonous Intruders: Deadly Insects, Poisonous Bugs, and Insects That Bite was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Deadly Insects, Poisonous Bugs, and Insects that Bite

Getting ready to go on a camping trip or nature excursion? This book was written as a guide to show aspiring outdoor enthusiasts what nature has in store for you, and what to do if you're one of the unlucky ones who felt the wrath of nature's most terrifying crawlers.

Millipedes, Arachnids, Beetles, Fire Ants, Moths, and Caterpillars that you want to stay away from.

Some insects on this list are no larger than your thumbnail, but have the ability to put you in the hospital, and depending on your allergies, give you a dirt nap.

Camping: Poisonous Intruders

Let's say you did use caution but for whatever reason, ended up on the receiving end of a nasty bite. You'll need to act fast and use your surroundings to develop treatments. Most of these items should be in your camp, but if they aren't, you should use this guide as a grocery list.

Don't be unprepared this camping season.

DIY: Homemade Chalkboards

Great thing to DIY for your homeschool. Let the kids help.


After spending several hours scrolling through Pinterest DIY pins, I decided that I wanted to make my own chalkboards! What a cute, simple task that allows me to personalize my own home and test my creativity at the same time! I wanted 2 chalkboards: one would be used in the entryway of my house, the other would be used to display what is for dinner in the kitchen! In this tutorial, we will make the chalkboards from framed pictures without having to take apart the frame and the glass and then reassembling it.

Here is what you will need:

- Framed glass picture (I found mine at Goodwill for about $3 a piece)
- Painters tape
- Latex gloves
- Sanding block
- Primer
- Pint of desired paint color (for frame)
- Chalkboard paint
- (2)1" paintbrushes
- Small roller brush
- Paint tray
- Newspaper, tarp or cardboard (for easy clean-up)
- Chalk
Optional (If you wish to hang the chalkboard):
- Nails
- Hammer

Preparation:

Start by taking all of your supplies outside or to some open area. Lay down the protective material you selected for easy clean-up (I used a broken-down cardboard box).

Getting Started:

We will start by painting the frame first, then finish with the chalkboard paint. Begin by taping the glass that is immediately surrounding the frame. Next, sand the frame with the sanding block. Be sure to sand until the frame has a rough texture so that the new coat of paint will stay on. Next, prime the frame with the primer and a paintbrush (depending on the original color, you may need 2 coats). By using a paintbrush, you can ensure that you are getting inside any grooves of the frame. Priming keeps the original color of the frame from showing up underneath the new paint color. Let any coats of primer dry completely.

Painting:

We are going to paint right on top of the glass and on top of any picture that might be hiding underneath. Ensuring that the glass is still taped from the priming steps, we will begin painting the picture frame. Since we are using such a small amount of paint, it is not necessary to pour the paint into a tray. Dip your 1" paintbrush into the pint of paint and dab away any excess paint on the rim of the container. Paint the frame using long strokes, and be sure that your paint is being applied in just one direction (do not go side to side when you paint the frame with upward and downward strokes). By using a paintbrush, you can be sure that any nooks and crannies are seeing an equal amount of paint as every other spot on the frame. You will probably need at least two coats (let the coats dry completely before continuing).

Applying chalkboard paint to the glass:

Once the frame has completely dried, remove the tape from the glass. Next, you will need to tape the edges of the frame nearest to the glass to ensure that you do not get chalkboard paint all over your newly-painted frame. Next, you will need your chalkboard paint. You can buy chalkboard paint in a spray can or in a paint tub (I do not have excellent spray-painting skills, so I bought a quart of chalkboard paint). Pour your chalkboard paint into a paint tray and get your paint roller. Begin by rolling the chalkboard paint on the glass in long strokes (be sure that the paint goes on in just one direction). Let the first coat dry completely before adding the second. I like a very dark chalkboard so I painted a total of three coats onto my glass, just make sure that the coats are even. Once the chalkboard paint is dry, remove the tape from the picture frame.

There you have it! This homemade chalkboard cannot be any easier to make! Begin enjoying your new chalkboard by writing a creative welcome message, or displaying the dinner menu, or any fun message that you desire. If you wish to hang the chalkboard, hammer a couple of nails in the wall, hang the picture hooks on the nails and "Viola!!!" All done!

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