gift ideas

  • Smoked Salt

    Flavored and infused salts are pretty trendy right now, and as with most trendy products they come with a hefty price tag.  Could I make my own smoked salt?  Why not give it a try! All you need is some kosher salt (or sea salt) and a way to smoke it.  We used our Bradley…

  • Homemade Vanilla Powder

    After making my homemade vanilla extract and vanilla sugar, I had one more thing I wanted to use the leftover beans to make. Homemade vanilla powder.  This is a great way to add vanilla flavor to something when you want to be careful adding a lot of extra liquid, and it gives you a those…

  • Homemade Vanilla Sugar

    Homemade Vanilla Sugar After I finished making vanilla extract for Christmas gifts, I had some leftover partially used vanilla beans that I couldn’t bear to through away. So what did I do?  I decided to use the beans as many ways as much as I could.  I turned to my trusty source, Google, and soon…

  • Homemade Vanilla Extract

    My sister has made it quite clear that she has a small addiction to vanilla extract.  Pair that with me seeing a few posts on Pinterest about making your own vanilla and I had the recipe for the perfect Christmas present…which would also be a little selfish because of course I was keeping some for…