Homegrown Happiness

Author: Elien Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988538754
Category : Sustainable living
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Whether you have a small urban section or a rambling, shady backyard, Homegrown Happiness will help you create the perfect garden to suit your needs. An advocate of the low-maintenance no-dig gardening method, Elien Lewis leads you through a year in your vegetable garden, including advice on: Preparing and maintaining your vegetable patch, what to plant and when, whatever your climate, how to establish a working compost bin, keeping pests at bay, the best time to forage and harvest. Elien shares her favourite seasonal recipes that draw on the 'root to tip' philosophy, resulting in a low carbon footprint and minimal waste. Includes healthy homegrown recipes the whole family will love, including Sticky Ginger Cauliflower, Dandelion Quesadillas, Probiotic Honey Lemonade and many more. Homegrown Happiness is sustainable, low-maintenance, low-cost living at its best - providing easy-to-follow guidelines for creating a robust and healthy garden ecosystem, whatever your living situation or lifestyle.

The Happy Book

Author: Rachel Kempster
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402226527
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
The Happy Book shows how to practice and celebrate happiness so you can find it when you really need it. Packed with creative prompts, wacky ideas, and hip activities, this is the ultimate pick-me-up. Packaged to encourage doodling and drawing, The Happy Book has space to scribble thoughts, make lists, fill in the blanks, and paste pictures. This book is about creating a record of what makes you glad, whether that means '80s hair bands or hot chocolate with churros. Fully interactive and customizable for each reader, The Happy Book allows today's social networking fans an offline outlet for play. From photo scavenger hunts to cake baking to finger painting, everyone's happy formula is unique. The Happy Book enables readers to celebrate and share whatever gives them wall-to-wall joy.

Double Happiness

Author: Nancy Tupper Ling
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145213555X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
Told in verse, a Chinese American girl and her little brother protest the idea of moving, until their grandmother teaches them a special trick to make the change easier.

Health Home and Happiness: Best GAPS Articles

Author: Cara Comini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781532756139
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
This is a collection of my best blog posts, printed in a black-and-white booklet for easy reading.*** This is not the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book, and is not a substitute for reading the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. This is a small booklet of my most popular articles about the GAPS diet.

Life Lessons from a Homemade Sourdough Starter

Author: Judith Stoletzky
Publisher: Tiller Press
ISBN: 1982169826
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Heal the senses and start stress baking with the only bread recipe you need to help you live a happier, carefree life! Who doesn’t love sourdough bread? And bread making is more than just a hobby. Baking sourdough can change your worldview and fine-tune your values, making you patient, caring, and reliable. It will ground the flighty and soothe the restless. There is no simpler recipe to achieving happiness. Now you can enjoy the benefits of sourdough baking right in the comfort of your own home while learning life lessons you can carry with you out of the kitchen. Life Lessons from a Homemade Sourdough Starter not only teaches you how to make delicious bread, but also helps your heart to grow like a happy sourdough starter!

Simply Living Well

Author: Julia Watkins
Publisher: Harvest
ISBN: 0358202183
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 291

Book Description
Easy recipes, DIY projects, and other ideas for living a beautiful and low-waste life, from the expert behind @simply.living.well on Instagram.

Homegrown & Handmade

Author: Deborah Niemann
Publisher: New Society Publisher
ISBN: 177142236X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 591

Book Description
The author of Ecothrifty shows you how to life more self-sufficiently with her guide to modern homesteading―no farm required. Food recalls, dubious health claims, scary and shocking ingredients in health and beauty products. Our increasingly industrialized supply system is becoming more difficult to navigate, more frightening, and more frustrating, leaving us feeling stuck choosing in many cases between the lesser of several evils. That’s why author Deborah Niemann is here to offer healthier, more empowering choices, by showing us how to reclaim links in our food and purchasing chains, to make choices that are healthier for our families, ourselves, and our planet. In this fully updated and revised edition of Homegrown and Handmade, Deborah shows how making things from scratch and growing some of your own food can help you eliminate artificial ingredients from your diet, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life. Whether your goal is increasing your self-reliance or becoming a full-fledged homesteader, this book is packed with answers and solutions to help you rediscover traditional skills, take control of your food from seed to plate, and much more. This comprehensive guide to food and fiber from scratch proves that attitude and knowledge is more important than acreage. Written from the perspective of a successful, self-taught modern homesteader, this well-illustrated, practical, and accessible manual will appeal to anyone who dreams of a more empowered life. “Dreaming of a mindful life? Niemann’s advice on gardening, cooking, orcharding, raising livestock, and much more demonstrates that it’s possible to begin the journey in your own backyard.” —Rebecca Martin, Managing Editor, Mother Earth News

Simple Matters

Author: Erin Boyle
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613128827
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
More than a decluttering guide, this book “speaks to the heart and soul of the minimalist lifestyle . . . a must-have manual for serenity in the modern world!” (Anne Sage, author of Sage Living). For anyone looking to declutter, organize, and simplify, author Erin Boyle shares practical guidance and personal insights on small-space living and conscious consumption. At once pragmatic and philosophical, Simple Matters is an essential manual for anyone who wants to bring more purpose and sustainability to their daily lives. Boyle demonstrates how the benefits of “living small” are accessible to us all—whether we’re renting a tiny apartment or purchasing a three-story house. Filled with personal essays, projects, and helpful advice on how to be inventive and resourceful in a tight space, Simple Matters shows that living simply is about making do with less and ending up with more: more free time, more time with loved ones, more savings, and more things of beauty.

Gooseberry Patch Big Book of Home Cooking

Author: Gooseberry Patch
Publisher: Oxmoor House
ISBN: 9780848734398
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Take a trip down memory lane courtesy of Gooseberry Patch, the leaders in farmhouse fresh recipes, crafts, and country entertaining. Big Book of Home Cooking is Gooseberry Patch's biggest-ever recipe collection with 450 delicious recipes and over 200 photos that will take you back to your grandmother's kitchen. This hefty cookbook encompasses every recipe a home cook could ever need, including simple weeknight meals, special occasion menus, everyday soups and salads, comforting casseroles, homemade gifts from the kitchen, slow-cooker favorites, best-loved dessert recipes, and so much more. Loyal Gooseberry Patch brand followers and new readers alike will delight in inspirational entertaining ideas, helpful tips and shortcuts, a menu planner for pulling delicious meals together in a snap, and shared memories from recipe contributors. Filled to the brim with treasured, handed-down family recipes, this Big Book will become a must-have in every cook's collection.

Artisan Sourdough Made Simple

Author: Emilie Raffa
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1624144306
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
The easy way to bake bread at home—all you need is FLOUR, WATER and SALT to get started! Begin your sourdough journey with the bestselling beginner's book on sourdough baking—over 150,000 copies sold! Many bakers speak of their sourdough starter as if it has a magical life of its own, so it can be intimidating to those new to the sourdough world; fortunately with Artisan Sourdough Made Simple, Emilie Raffa removes the fear and proves that baking with sourdough is easy, and can fit into even a working parent’s schedule! Any new baker is inevitably hit with question after question. Emilie has the answers. As a professionally trained chef and avid home baker, she uses her experience to guide readers through the science and art of sourdough. With step-by-step master recipe guides, readers learn how to create and care for their own starters, plus they get more than 60 unique recipes to bake a variety of breads that suit their every need. Featured recipes include: - Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Bread - Cinnamon Raisin Swirl - Blistered Asiago Rolls with Sweet Apples and Rosemary - Multigrain Sandwich Bread - No-Knead Tomato Basil Focaccia - Raspberry Gingersnap Twist - Sunday Morning Bagels - and so many more! With the continuing popularity of the whole foods movement, home cooks are returning to the ancient practice of bread baking, and sourdough is rising to the forefront. Through fermentation, sourdough bread is easier on digestion—often enough for people who are sensitive to gluten—and healthier. Artisan Sourdough Made Simple gives everyone the knowledge and confidence to join the fun, from their first rustic loaf to beyond. This book has 65 recipes and 65 full-page photographs.