Cold brewed tisanes, teas and coffee: Your summertime best friends

...int, you don’t have to heat water. You don’t have to get anywhere near the stove, and the finished product is nice and cold and ready to guzzle. Cold Mint Tea My everyday summertime fridge staple is cold mint tea (tisane, technically). I make this by simply throwing a handful of dried mint leaves (harvested from my rangy mint plant) into a jar, adding filtered water, and leaving it in the fridge for the length of a day, or overnight. Then I strain...

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De-Cluttering for DIYers, Homesteaders, Artists, Preppers, etc.

...l you want to discover your canned good are all expired, or that your camp stove doesn’t work. Don’t let your emergency supplies gather dust in bins. Instead, integrate them with your daily life. Stock Up Keep a stocked, rotating pantry full of dried goods for day to day cooking and expand the quantities so that you have enough for an emergency. (Personally, I think that, at minimum, any sensible household should be able to hole up for a week with...

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