PRODUCT REVIEW - US FOOD SUPPLY - NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE...

After moving to Alabama, I become aware of the level of pesticides &fertilizers that are used on crops: corn, wheat, potatoes etc., even home gardeners use them. I have come to learn that the residual pesticide stays in our food.

I read every label and stay away from seed oils & BIO engineered ingredients. 

I cook homemade mainly, I will buy processed food if it is "healthy" taco shells, something hard for me to make or Potatoe chips (which I don't buy allot) - It is easy to make these at home, but messy!

Making my own tater tots & pizza rolls. (LOTS OF WORK but yummy) 

Pictures of my Tator Tots & Pizza Rolls:

Homemade Pizza Rolls

Homemade Tator Tots

PRODUCT REVIEWS - Both 5 Stars

Cooked in Avocado Oil Chips

Healthier Option Taco Shells 

These are my two new products that I tried, I wanted tacos and did not want any BIO engineered ingredients.

"Siete: Grain Free Taco Shells - I am not gluten intolerant no on any specific fad diet - After a quick warm up - they were GOOD!  I recommend. 

The second is "The Boulder Canyon: Potatoe Chips - Fried in Avacoda Oil - which is an excellent oil up there with Olive Oil.

There are reasons I don't use seed oils - but I am not going to preach here about that there is plenty of information of why seed oils are filled with toxic ingredients.

CLEARING THE WATERS - WAR ON OUR DRINKING WATER

 Many may not be aware that the EPA has gone after Berkey Filters - Oh yeah!

The EPA is requesting that Berkey face pesticide registration!  NO - I am not kidding! It appears to me the US Government does not want its citizens to have access to clean drinking water - this is how I read it!

Berkey Filters can filter out gasoline from your water - yes it can - the Government does NOT was us having clean water!  

 EPA going against water filtration

I am linking this post - but here is the bottom line - note the "timeframe" 2022" interesting yes!  when we have the WEF/UN encouraging governments to slow our water consumption (restrict it) - eat bugs - not meat - do away with gas products & reduce the population .... YEP, this is real life Now in the USA/World!

I bit of history below - read the news in this link - The Backstory on the EPA Situation (berkeyfilters.com)  

"Everything changed two days after Christmas

On December 27, 2022 JEI was issued a Stop Sale or Removal Order (SSURO) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preventing any sales of Berkey water filter system products. The reason for the stop sale order alleges that “Berkey water filter systems were unregistered, misbranded pesticides,” according to an EPA Inspector.

According to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), “a pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, or any nitrogen stabilizer.”

Due to claims that Berkey treats living microorganisms like bacteria, a pest, this water filter should be, per FIFRA definition, categorized as a pesticide or pesticide device".

 

 

THE WAY PEOPLE VIEW YOU

Sometimes I think about the different characters I play in everybody’s story.

I’m a terrible person in some people's narratives and a Godsend in others.

And none of it has anything to do with the person I truly am.

The lens that others view you through is coloured by their upbringing, beliefs, and individual experiences.

Some people see your bright personality as endearing and others see it as annoying.

Some people think you’re weak and emotional and others feel safe to be themselves around you.

Some people think you’re rude and selfish and others respect the way you stand up for yourself.

Some people admire the way you take pride in the way you look and live your life, and and others think you’re conceited and think you're better than everyone.

Many like to disparage you, especially to other family, your personal friends. 

And none of it has to do with who you truly are as a person.

What you have to understand is that you have no authority over how people view you, speak negatively about you, so never try to control the way others see you or speak about you because the only thing that truly matters when the dust settles down at the end of the day is what you genuinely see in yourself and how God sees you, GOD loves unconditionally - He knows your history, sorrow & regrets!

APOTHECARY SHOP - PLANS FOR THE HOMESTEAD - SHARING & CULTIVATING NEW RECIPES

We hope by end of next year '2024' we will establish our LLC so we can offer a variety of Home Made/DIY products - soaps, cleaners, candles, deodorant, & various beauty products, as well as sell our eggs & turkeys (we won't be processing the turkeys but will suggest a good butcher.)

We purchased my she-shed for selling on the farm - NOW it is testing recipes to fill it & work on acquiring labels, containers & such!

Below, I will be sharing one of my favorite deodorant products, I like the cream-based vs the one I put in the tube, though I will be offering tube deodorant. 

DIY DEODORANT

INGREDIENTS:

• 6 Tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 Tablespoon grated beeswax, 2 grams
• 1/4 cup cornstarch or arrowroot powder
• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 4 + drops essential oils of your choice

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Melt the coconut oil & beeswax together in a small *saucepan over low heat. 
• When the wax is completely melted, add the cornstarch/arrowroot & baking soda, mix until thoroughly combined. 
• Add the essential oils, if using, adding to your preference.

Source recipe for DIY Deodorant below👇

DIY Deodorant

*I have my own thrift store cooking pots & utensils for my soap making & DIY products.  

Next month, I will post a Pine Needle DIY Pine cleaner - Must test it first!