Homemade: How-to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh, and More Naturally
For the first time in one book, here are low-cost, all-natural replacement recipes for 713 name-brand products that you buy week in and week out at the supermarket, pharmacy, or discount store. Save a fortune making your own everyday cooking, cleaning, and toiletry products! At the same time, you’ll fill your cabinets with fresh, super high-quality products at work or taste great — without all the chemicals and preservatives of store-bought versions. Plus, ‘think green” — you will greatly reduce the amount of useless, environment-damaging waste and garbage — spray bottles, jars, and cans. For cleaning, laundering, and polishing, the compounds are much gentler and less damaging to drains, sewage, and septic systems.
The ingredients in most brand-name products account for only pennies of the purchaser’s dollar and rest of what you spend covers advertising, packaging, shipping, and the retailer’s overhead.
Try these easy to make recipes:
Food Staples: mayonnaise, peanut butter, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, soups, pickles, and jellies — save 50% on homemade salsa Beauty and Health Supplies: moisturizers, facials, lip balm, aftershave, decongestant, foot powder, and PMS tea — save 90% on aftershave Household Compounds: glues, wood stains, ant traps, and houseplant food Cleaning Supplies and Polishes: carpet fresheners, cleaners, mildew remover, dishwasher detergent, and fabric softener — save 95% on homemade bathroom cleaner Pet Supplies: liver snaps, dog shampoo, flea dip, cat litter, pet bird honey treats, and hamster fruit cup — save 73% on cat treats Garden Products: fertilizer, soil conditioners, weed killer, deer repellents, and snail traps And much more
Making low-cost, more natural versions of your favorite name brand grocery items is simple when you know the secrets. Homemade is your guide to saving a small fortune by making everyday household items yourself.
- Author
- Reader's Digest Association
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780762109043
- Genres
- cookbooks, green, cooking, finance
- Release date
- 2008
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