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Welcome Friends!! This little blog is for all my friends and family that have requested I share my recipes and other homemaking ideas… As most of you know, we moved onto a 64 acre farm about two years ago… we still have our Family Nights, but now many of us live up here on the farm: Mom and Dad live with Lanny and I, Paula built her house in one of the existing barns, Robbie and Molly built inside the big barn by us… You can check it all out on our blog the Johnson Gap Chronicles… Anyway, I am still fermenting and brewing all over my kitchen, but our Tuesday night dinners are not as large as they used to be. All the grands except 2 are grown, have jobs, live in other cities, and with the recent Covid insanity (and our daughter-in-laws heart transplant) James and Tasha are not out much lately. We just move on and look forward to better days. Thanks for peeking in… check back now and then and I promise to add new recipes and ideas as I am inspired :-) God bless!!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Peppermint Sage Toothpowder and Mouthwash

I'm going to be putting up some of my favorite Do It Yourself Health and Beauty recipes over the next few days. Stay tuned because these projects will save you lots of money as well as being really good for you!! These come from DIYNatural.com!!


Peppermint Sage Toothpowder
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp Bentonite Clay 
2 Tbsp Baking Soda
1 Tbsp Dried, Finely Ground Sage Leaf
1 Tbsp Xylitol Or Stevia To Taste (Optional), - I don't use a sweetener)
½ Tbsp Pure Sea Salt 
15-20 Drops Peppermint Essential Oil 

Directions: 
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly with a spoon. Drip essential oils into the mixture and stir well to combine. Transfer to a small container or jar with a tight fitting lid. Particles of the tooth powder are fine enough that a small squirt bottle can also be used (as long as you don’t get the squirt-tip wet, which will cause clogging).

To brush with tooth powder, sprinkle or squirt some onto a wet toothbrush. Brush teeth as usual.

Peppermint Mouthwash

Ingredients
½ c. aloe vera juice
¼ c. water
1 tsp witch hazel
1 tsp baking soda
10 drops peppermint essential oil

Directions: 

Combine the aloe vera juice, water, and witch hazel in a bottle. Gently add in the baking soda, being careful that a reaction doesn’t overflow. Add in your drops of peppermint essential oil, cover, and shake vigorously. Store in a cool, dark  area for up to 2 weeks.

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