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 videoGreen Cleaning: How to Clean a Stove Top Using Baking Soda

If you don't want to use weird (or expensive) chemicals or fancy cleaning materials to get gnarly stains off your stovetop, you don't have to. Baking soda will do the trick! Observe my expert* demonstration. *Er... sort of expert. Ok, I'm not an expert. But it worked.

25 comments    baking soda green cleaning
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How to Feng Shui your Kitchen for Financial Prosperity and Domestic Harmony

A good feng shui kitchen can bring good luck, prosperity and family harmony. It is not wrong to say that Kitchen is the heart of the home and since it should be designed so that it fosters good Feng Shui. In fact it is said that the family health and fortune depends on its energy status of the Kitchen.

13 comments    feng shui feng shui colors
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Rocket Mass Heaters: Efficient Home Heating With Wood

A Rocket Mass Heater is a wood-burning device. Beyond that, it gets weird. Technically neither a woodstove nor a fireplace, the rocket mass heater is related to masonry heaters, rocket stoves, and traditional earthen buildings. In terms of...

9 comments    biofuels efficient heating
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How We Got A Bird Out Of Our Wood Stove Chimney

VivBounty here to share how We Got A Bird Out Of Our Wood Stove Chimney. At first I thought it was a bat because I never heard it chirp or tweet. Bird or bat, I could not rest until we figured out a way to free that little critter. Read on to see how we made use of common household items doing this without any cost.

13 comments    home bird towels
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The Art of Dutch Oven Cooking: Going Back To Our Roots:

This is an article that talks about how to cook over open fire and without all of the fancy cooking utensils. The idea is to go back to our roots where foods were simpler and cooking was based on a sparse list of ingredients. Focus's on cooking during the expansion period of America's history. This article also talks about some of the ancient ways of cooking foods from countries such as China and Vietnam.

15 comments    cooking dutch oven camp cooking
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The Frugal Homemaker - Cook Wood Stove & Alternative Energy

Cutting and splitting wood, stacking wood and carting wood naturally encourages exercise and some basic education on heating a home with alternative fuels and meal preparation without always relying on the use of electricity.

3 comments    family home money
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5 Best Stovetop Espresso Makers

I have included a spread of different expresso makers to suit a variety of tastes and budgets, but all the selections I've picked are the top of the range in terms of being stylish, practical and producing tasty coffee. Here are my choices for the the 5 best stovetop expresso makers.

2 comments    coffee maker espresso maker
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Range cookers: AGA v Rayburn

A guide to the capabilities and limitations of each of the two best known range cookers available, the AGA and the Rayburn.

2 comments    fuel efficiency stoves aga
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How to Light or Start a Fire in a Wood Burning Stove and Keep it Burning

Everything you need to know about Lighting and maintaining a fire efficiently in a Wood Burning Stove.

20 comments    how to tips stove
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Easy 30-Minute Stove-Top Lasagna Recipe

I've made other, more traditional lasagna recipes, but this is quite probably the easiest and fastest lasagna recipe I have ever seen. This, however, is quite probably the easiest and fastest lasagna recipe I have ever seen - plus, it's delicious! It's made in a skillet on the stove-top with just a few ingredients and there are no special skills involved, so even a novice cook should be able to pull this one off without a hitch on the first try!

7 comments    recipes recipe lasagna
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