How To: Make Homemade Tortillas

Lately, I have become obsessed with making homemade tortillas. Or really, I've become obsessed with eating homemade tortillas. There is such a difference between homemade tortillas and the store-bought ones. Besides, have you ever looked at the ingredients on a package of store-bought tortillas? They are full of chemicals. Yuck!

Over the past few months, I've experimented with a few recipes. These are by far my favorite. They're the perfect combination of crispiness and doughiness. And they're vegan (they use coconut oil instead of milk or any sort of lard). We use them to make black bean quesadillas or breakfast burritos. I also love them slathered in butter or honey.

Homemade Flour Tortillas

Recipe at Fresh Ideas Mama 

P.S. I was really intimidated the first time I set out to make tortillas, but they're actually really easy and quick. And there are only 5 ingredients. So don't be afraid!

How To: Make Your Own Sugar Scrub

Every winter, around this time of year, my skin gets super dry and itchy. Over the years, I've found that the only thing that can cure the dry, lizard skin you get during a New England winter is a really good exfoliating scrub. But since sugar scrubs can be expensive and are often loaded with chemicals (yuck!), this year I decided to make my own. Making a homemade sugar scrub was cheap, easy, and left my skin super soft and silky.

Here's how you can make your own!

1. Get a jar. I used an 8 oz. mason jar because I had it on hand, but a smaller one would work too.

 2. Fill the jar halfway with brown sugar.

3. Fill the jar the rest of the way with white sugar.

4. Use a spoon to stir the sugars together. 

4. Pour in olive oil until it saturates half the sugar mix. I poured a little in, then added it slowly tablespoon by tablespoon. If you want a wetter sugar scrub, add more olive oil. You can really control the olive oil to make it whatever consistency you like. And while I used olive oil, I'm dying to try this with coconut oil. It's great for your skin and I think it might make the whole thing smell even better.

5. Add a teaspoon or two of vanilla or almond extract.

6. Use a spoon to mix it all together.

7. Tie a cute bow on your jar, and glue a label like this one to the top.

 8. Tear off your clothes and take a long shower with your new sugar scrub!

I love, love, love my homemade sugar scrub. I can't imagine buying sugar scrub again. They also make great gifts!