tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91568688469231649982025-12-22T07:04:51.437-07:00Provident (prov i -dent) adj. 1. Exercising foresight in the management of one's resources to provide for future needs or events 2. Frugal; economicalThe Provident Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07478305223536843267noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156868846923164998.post-70933371638436941822019-11-01T11:26:00.002-06:002019-11-02T08:08:06.158-06:00

Did you see doTERRA's new holiday products? There are so many great ones and they all have the most beautiful packaging. I want all of them! There are herbal teas, special Christmas blends (love Holiday Joy) diffusers, linen spray, and travel size products not usually available.  When I have so many things like this that I want, I usually narrow down my spending by what I can and

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I don't particularly love testing and developing recipes. There are enough people who are way more talented than I am in that area. What I do love is collecting delicious plant-based wholefood recipes. This is one of them. Way back in December of 2016, before anyone but Suits fans had heard of her, Meghan Markle ran a website called The Tig that focused on clean living and using your power for

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Once you have your wholesale customer account you have access to purchase all of doTERRA's products at 25% off whenever you want for an entire year! You also have the option of participating in doTERRA's monthly wellness program called the Loyalty Rewards Program or LRP. It is the best way to buy your oils... keep reading to find out why. If you're like me you became a doTERRA customer because

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This no fuss way to store, peel and use garlic is a major time and produce saver. Using fresh garlic can make such a difference in the flavor profile of a recipe but it can be tricky to know how to use. Most of the time, recipes call for it to be grated but that leaves a huge stringy mess. Let me share with you a trick I learned from my mom as a young girl.  We usually have to buy garlic

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It's been a little quiet here on the blog this summer but I just wanted to jump on and share with you how I am preserving all the fresh herbs I have coming out of my garden right now. My Sage is going crazy! There are basically 2 ways to preserve fresh herbs. Historically, they have been dried. The advantage to this is that they shrink to a least 1/3 their fresh size and a fraction of their

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My husband and I are preparing to take our kids on our first international vacation and in the midst of my ever growing piles of clothes and swimsuits, I thought it might be helpful if I shared the top ten essential oil product I like to bring while traveling. Granted, most of these I bring whether we go stateside or international, but there are a few considerations to make when going to a

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Hooray! Can I just tell you how excited I am now that it is cherry season? It means it is the beginning of all my summer and fall canning. And I've got so much planned that I am excited to share with you. First up is Sour Cherry Jam. Have you ever heard of Sour Cherries or Tart Cherries before? They are not easily found in stores and most often at food stands or farmers' markets for a very

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Are you wondering if you read that right? Yes, yes you did. I know we've all heard it said that "Necessity is the mother of invention", but Plato was really on to something. All my best breakthroughs have come from needing something I didn't have yet. Case in point. I wanted delicious cornbread to go with the ribs my husband was smoking but all my cornmeal was rancid. So I needed a way to grind

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Isn't this warm weather amazing? I'm loving seeing my garden and yard come alive again. Just look at my lavender plants! Aren't they so beautiful? I just felt like I had to do something with them and thought a homemade lavender wreath for my front door would be perfect! Aren't they beautiful? My older sister gave them to me one year for my birthday and I just love remembering that and

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Hi! I just had someone ask me to put together a bottle of aftershave for him. You all know I love using my essential oils to make homemade products. Even better when it is something thoughtful I can give as a gift. With Father's Day around the corner, this is perfect! This one is so easy to whip up too. INGREDIENTS _____________________________ 6 oz spray bottle 1/2 cup of Witch hazel (try

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You won't believe it. It was my son's birthday recently (he turned 2!) and my girls had made some cupcakes and we were starting to make the frosting but when we went to grab the powdered sugar, it was no where to be found! I could have sworn I had a few bags as back up downstairs in our storage room but nope, I was wrong. What I did have though was a few bags of granulated sugar. I know I have

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I love New Orleans. We all know how much it caters to adults seeking great food, culture and entertainment but it is actually a great place to take children as well. There are few places in the U.S. where you can feel like you are visiting another culture, but New Orleans is one of them. From the European architecture, French speaking community and unique food, New Orleans really has it all.

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One of the things I love most about essential oils is that they are safe. For us, for our children and for our pets. This is one of the reasons I love making my own DIY cleaning products. We don't need to wear surgical masks and rubber gloves when we are cleaning with pure and clean ingredients. I feel confident enough to hand my 3 year old a spray bottle of my DIY all-purpose cleaner so she can

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Lemon Essential Oil has got to be my most used and loved essential oil. There are countless uses for lemon oil that it was hard to narrow down to just 10. Lemon Essential Oil is found in the peel of lemons and is known for its disinfectant, antiseptic, anti-fungal, antiviral and detoxifying properties. HEALTH  

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Non-toxic Homemade Wood Cleaner and Polish Making our own natural and non-toxic cleaning products are so easy. Most of the time we already have all of the ingredients on hand. I love making homemade wood polish because I can get the fresh lemon smell that I love without all the chemicals from an aerosol can floating into the air and poisoning the air my family breathes. I never really

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Homemade garlic powder has the most incredible scent and flavor. You'll be wondering what you've been eating all these years. Well, that's actually one of the reasons why I make my own spices. Most packaged spices, including garlic powder that we buy from stores are full of anti-caking powders and other fillers so we really don't know what we are eating. There is also no way of knowing how old

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Ah, I have had these sitting around for weeks and just haven't gotten around to putting them together. When I made my lavender bath salts over the summer, I knew I wanted to make it for friend Christmas gifts this year too. There is just something so special about a handmade gift and these come together so easy. I found these super cute plastic ornaments at the Dollar Tree and thought they

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I did this DIY for an essential oils make-n-take I did recently and loved the end result so much I had to share these Shower Melts with you. Have you heard of bath bombs? Of course you have. They are all the rage right now, but if you find yourself without the time for a nice relaxing bath, shower melts are your new best friend. You can make them in any scent but I made these specifically for

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Hello beautiful friends! We've put together some gift ideas for the people you love most in your life. Some of these folks may be lovers of essential oils already, or maybe they are brand new and you are easing them into this world of natural health. Either way, we have incredible options for everyone! Mini Gift Guide Give the gift of health to everyone you know and love this year! Small

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We love our essential oils in our house and use them frequently and consistently to support our family's health. Because they are so potent and effective, when it comes to essential oils, less is definitely more. I remember wishing I had a dilution recipe when I first got my oils almost 10 years ago. I remember being worried about not knowing how to use them 'right'.  I knew they are

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In the first part of our Essential Oil Series we learned what an essential oil actually is and how the purity of the oil really matters. Just like we are passionate about the quality and sourcing of our food, we should be diligent about the purity of our essential oils. If you have one that is Certified Therapeutic Grade Pure, you can actually take it internally. Other oils without that

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So I am one of those people who buys garlic in bulk. Tell me I'm not the only one who gets annoyed with how much a single head of garlic costs? You can get like 4 x's that much for the same price if you buy it in bags; which I normally do to feel like I am saving money. Well actually, I do save money. But then I am left with the problem of having a bunch of garlic that starts to send out shoots

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I am so excited about the curiosity around Essential Oils these days. I grew up in a pretty holistic, alternative medicine using home so when I first heard about essential oils, almost 10 years ago, I was intrigued and open to the idea. The thing I liked most about them were that they were all natural, pure ingredients. Not the synthetic stuff from a lab which we are usually prescribed. 

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I'm excited to share with you a trick I have been using for years to store my bulk food safely and inexpensively. Who else is gearing up for all the Christmas baking coming just around the corner in December? It seems like I am always cooking or baking something extra in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As someone who cooks a lot anyway, I like to have all of my dry ingredients on hand. For

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It's a common experience for someone to be so excited about their new oils that they want to use them for everything and on everyone but hold on there tiger, safety first. Just like the we love sunlight for its ability to help us synthesize Vitamin D, we are also very aware of the harm it can do from over exposure. Because oils are so effective and potent (which is why we love and use them), we

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