Disheveled Thanksgiving Post Recap

Over the years we've posted quite a few Thanksgiving posts, so we thought this year we'd assemble them into one handy post.



Here's some recipes, tips, and tricks for the week:

• -A handy chart for turkey thawing times
• -Another for roasting times, no guessing, and no dried-out bird
• -"Thankful Tree" craft for all month, all week, or just your Thanksgiving get-together
• -Super easy, but delicious cranberry sauce
• -DIY pumpkin pie spice- tasty and fresh. I put it in EVERYTHING!
• -A delicious green bean casserole variation
• -The best pecan pie
• -And for breakfast, moist pumpkin muffins
• -If you're like me, you'll use this tip several times while baking: easy egg clean up

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Burt's Bees Intense Hydration...Day One

From time to time, you may see posts from me about BzzAgent kits. I LOVE being a BzzAgent. Not only are the freebies fantastic- but the opportunity to share so much about new products is amazing.

I just received my Bzzkit for the Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Campaign.

They asked us this time for a "before" photo to help document our skin journey. I feel like I should just warn you....my camera took amazing macro photos, you can really see the flakiness. You can also, unfortunately, see my super huge, gross pores. Ugh.
So... here is my "before" photo. You may have to click it to see it full size to see the dryness. You can still see plenty of the redness and dryness. 

 Here's day one. I can't wait to see what the Burt's Bees Intense Hydration products do!

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My Favorite Toothpaste Recipe

Natural toothpaste recipes that actually taste good are few and far between. Googleing will give you a few options, but this one remains my favorite.

I make a pretty decent-sized batch,
In a bowl, combine 1 part coconut oil with 1 part baking soda. My big batches are 3 Tablespoons of each.

That's basically it, if you don't care for flavorings. If you'd like to flavor your toothpaste, also add 1 packet of stevia sweetener. ONLY stevia and xylitol are safe for your toothpaste. You wouldn't want to add sugar and rot your teeth, and don't get me started on the artificial sweeteners... ;-) I got a box of stevia packs at Dollar General for only a buck!

For a classic pepperminty toothpaste, add some peppermint oil.

This batch, we made a yummo Raspberry Mint....so it's a touch pink.
 Mix it all together until all lumps are gone.

Then just spoon into containers, or if you wish, a snack-sized ziptop bag. You can snip a tiny corner off the bag and squeeze out the toothpaste.

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