Going Back to Basics

I am seeing a trend these days of people making more and more things at home. The DIY movement is becoming the common norm, and honestly I love it!

People are making their own clothing, home decor, and foods.

A while back my mom wanted to start making her own yogurt. I liked the idea, but she never really started. Well 5 days off from work, and now five people to feed, really inspire me to save more money. When I saw that you can have a half gallon of yogurt for the price of the milk I had to try. I posted a link to the recipe I used the other day. I also posted a link to peanut butter, which I have not yet tried.

The yogurt went so well I went through as many of the recipes as I could find. When I saw homemade mayo that really opened some options for me. I never thought of that. Then I saw cream cheese is made from yogurt I was just floored. That made me think, what else can I make?

Recently I was looking for notes on making tinctures. My son and I will be making at least one over the summer and I wanted him to read up on how to do that before we start. I have done this before, but thought it was good for him to have an idea what we will be doing. On the website I was getting that from they had information on making a Mother of Vinegar. The name explained what it did, but I did not read too close.

Last night though when I was trying to think of things I can start making at home, I decided to look this up. Do you know how easy it is to make vinegar? Apple cider vinegar is so good for you, and white vinegar can be used for so many things and I realized I could make both for a few dollars a year.

So from here on out I am going to make all the yogurt, cream cheese and mayo in this house! Once I get the things needed I will make a mother of vinegar and I will start making apple cider vinegar and white vinegar! I will also experiment with not just peanut butter, but any other I can think of. I already know how to make real butter, and I may start keeping that in the house too.

Right now my biggest problem is containers to keep everything in! I guess next payday I will get some more glass pitchers and food storage stuff. The best part of all of this my kids get to help make it, and they will learn how to do it as well! Okay saving money is a pretty good part too!