Make It From Scratch - September's Here!

It’s September 1st! I’m not sure how it happened but fall is upon us! While a nip is not exactly in the air here in Virginia, the promise of cooler weather to come makes me want to store all these great projects and recipes. Crafting and cooking are the best way to spend the cold days ahead! So, ready or not…sports, holidays, fall leaves, snow, school…here we come!

Along with the links, I hope you enjoy the pictures. I took them on a recent Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture farm tour. They represent some last looks at some beautiful summer gardens.



Recipes

Adventures in My Freezer has what sounds like a delicious dish, Tomato Bruschetta Pasta. What a great way to use those last tomatoes from the garden (if you escaped the tomato blight!).

Gotta Little Space offers a tantalizing dessert recipe; Applesauce Cake with Caramel Whipped Cream. We all need some extra calories to make it through the cold weather, don’t we??

Beef-tallow French Fries? Can’t say as I’ll be making these as I don’t deep fat fry but I’ll bet they are delicious! I might try it for roasted potatoes, which I love to make with duck fat! Thanks Cheese Slave for a new look at an old favorite!

If you’re a working gal, you know how valuable a good crock pot recipe is. Try this one for Chicken Taco Soup from The Homemaking Helper, who says she drains off the liquid and uses the good stuff for making burritos!

Funny About Money, who lives in Arizona and isn’t thinking about winter, is drinking Fizzie Lemonade! I have to admit, I’m glad there are still a few hot days left for me ‘cause this sounds tasty. What a clever idea!



Here’s a cool little video on How to Make Ghee from Nutrition and Physical Regeneration. There are lots of good reasons to cook with ghee so give this one a look.

This is the time of year when we are all overrun with zucchini. If you’re not growing it, your neighbors are leaving it on your doorstep. Make It From Scratch comes to the rescue with Zucchini Brownies! I’ve got some very pedestrian zucchini muffins up next Sunday. Stephanie definitely steals my thunder with these!

Sweets and more sweets! Goodies from Granny’s House is tempting us with Peanut Butter Fudge! I’ve officially gained ten pounds just by looking at all the good recipes this week!

Unfortunately I had to leave all my beautiful basil behind when I moved to Virginia last month. I think I’m going to have to buy some at the grocery store just to try LJM’s Kitchen’s Creamed Corn and Basil Baked Pudding. It looks fantastic!

I love fruit salsas. The aptly named Salsa Recipes for You offers up Mango Salsa. A perfect goodbye to summer!

I’m so glad Bright Haven Days printed this recipe for Make Your Own Grape Nuts. I never knew what a grape nut was and now I’m going to make my own! They look pretty tasty!



Projects

I love Opted Magazine’s idea for Using One Piece of Paper to Keep You on Track. Clever and fun! Sounds like a project for a scrapbooker!

Another clever paper craft comes to us from Suburban Wife Life. She has some cute Tween Girls Birthday Party DIY Invitations. Thankfully I have no ‘tween girls in my life but maybe you do. You could change the colors and use them for ‘tween boys too!

Recycle Cindy is crocheting with strips of old T-shirt material! She calls it tarn (get it – T-shirt yarn?!) and is making Baby Bibs with it. Now that’s some clever recycling!

Now don’t cut up all your T-shirts for yarn, save a few to make Homestead Blogger’s T-shirt Tote Bags. This is a great way to make your own grocery store sacks.

Other

Kitchen Stewardship has a fascinating article on her discovery of an Effective Homemade Deodorant. I’m intrigued enough to give this a try!

This must be the week for homemade toiletries! Frugal for Life shows us how to make Homemade Shampoo and Rinse. I clean everything else with baking soda and vinegar, why not my hair? Makes sense I guess!

That’s it folks, another great Make it From Scratch Carnival! Thank for all of your excellent submissions. I don’t know about you but I’m heading to the kitchen!

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Remember to enter my blogiversary giveaway this week by posting a comment on any/all posts during the week. I’ll be announcing the winner on Monday, September 7th!