Product Overview
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, youll fill your cabinets with fresh, super high-quality products at work or taste greatwithout all the chemicals and preservatives of store-bought versions. Plus, think greenyou will greatly reduce the amount of useless, environment-damaging waste and garbagespray 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 purchasers dollar and rest of what you spend covers advertising, packaging, shipping, and the retailers overhead.
Try these easy to make recipes:
- Food Staples: mayonnaise, peanut butter, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, soups, pickles, and jelliessave 50% on homemade salsa
- Beauty and Health Supplies: moisturizers, facials, lip balm, aftershave, decongestant, foot powder, and PMS teasave 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 softenersave 95% on homemade bathroom cleaner
- Pet Supplies: liver snaps, dog shampoo, flea dip, cat litter, pet bird honey treats, and hamster fruit cupsave 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.
