Homemade Gummy Worms (only 3 ingredients!)

If you’re like me, you’d like to keep as much processed junk away as possible. Sometimes it can be harder than you think. A fun solution for sweet treats can be to make your own candy. Not only are these slimy and sour homemade gummy worms super-duper easy to make, they are made with only three real food ingredients. Kids …

Intolerant to gluten and dairy? No worries! Here are some deliciously moist gluten and dairy free peanut butter and oatmeal cookies.

Gluten and Dairy Free Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies

We love a good, homemade cookie in this house and my husband delivered…again. Yes, these gluten and dairy free peanut butter and oatmeal cookies are another one of my husband’s creations. He loves creating great, from-scratch treat for the kids. Of course,they are always more than happy to help sample them. So why gluten and dairy free? Well, our daughter …

Water kefir is loaded with vitamins, minerals, beneficial enzymes, and it's a great alternative to soda. Plus, it's super easy to make water kefir. Learn how here.

How to Make Water Kefir

Thanks to Cris for sharing her recipe back in 2015 for how to brew water kefir (similar to how I brew my own water kefir). You can read more from Cris on her blog, The Homestead Garden. ~Jess My journey into a #LifeFromScratch has been a slowly developing experience over the last 5 years. I’ve been addicted to gardening since I was …

Perfectly cooked whole chicken in less than 30 minutes (easy and delicious)!- Scratch Mommy

How To Cook A Whole Chicken FAST!

One of my intentions for 2016 is to try to really focus on having almost everything that I consume be grown locally. My husband is on board as well (after we drafted up a list of list of a few nonnegotiable items like coffee. And, chocolate). Together, we have taken lots of baby steps towards local food over the last …

Easy One Pot Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe (use turkey breasts or leftover Thanksgiving turkey!) - Scratch Mommy

Easy One-Pot Turkey Noodle Soup

Cold season, flu season, gross, germy season. Try as we might to avoid catching whatever bug is going around, it’s hard to escape the fall and winter without something getting us feeling down. For me it’s eternally laryngitis, an issue that I’ve battled with for years now. Last week my son got a bit of a cold, which I caught …

So, you just bought a pasture raised turkey but you're not sure how to cook it. No worries, here's how to cook a pasture raised turkey so it tastes good!

How to Cook a Pasture Raised Turkey

Thanksgiving is all about family, gratitude, traditions and, of course, a big bird. There are  lot of ways to cook that bird; be it roasting, smoking, frying, grilling, stuffed with duck, done like beer can chicken and many more. (I mean… have you seen the bacon wrapped turkey that’s making it’s rounds on Pinterest?) But, just like there are many …

Nourishing Smoothie Add-In Ideas!

Nourishing Smoothie Add-Ins

This Machine Changed My Life My husband recently surprised with with a beautiful red Vitamix Creations GC. It was love at first sight (…for both my hubby & the Vitamix). 😉 I use my new machine at least once a day, sometimes 2-3 times. This is NOT your average blender, at all. For example, your Vitamix will not leak. In fact, …

Enter to win sample packs of 100% organically grown, NON GMO spirulina algae tablets from ENERGYbits on Scratch Mommy!

Giveaway – ENERGYbits Sample Packs!

I can’t believe we’re already 5 days in to our re-birth celebrations! The craziness is starting to slow down and we’re working through all the kinks to get it running extra smooth. I hope you’ve enjoyed meeting our talented team of contributors so far, as well as all the opportunities to win free stuff! Just in case you’ve missed it… Have …

Giveaway – 2 Sample Packs of Grass-fed Bone Broth from Bare Bones

Holy cow! What a celebration for the re-birth of Scratch Mommy, right? I know we said we were going to host 7 days of giveaways, but we were having so much fun that we decided to tack on one more giveaway! Just in case you missed them, there is still time to enter for: DIY Natural Remedies eBook by Nina …

Support your kidneys - Learn how AND get a fantabulous dandelion smoothie recipe!

Five Tips For Kidney Health (& A Tasty Dandelion Smoothie Recipe)!

When my son was in the NICU, just a mere 24 hours after he was born, I heard the doctors tell me he had “acute hydronephrosis and kidney failure.” I had no idea what hydronephrosis meant, but I could assume kidney failure was tragic. How could my little man already be diagnosed with this? He wasn’t even 24 hours old and …