You can MAKE that?!

When Caroline Ingalls was a little girl, her mother Charlotte was amazed to learn that she could actually buy beans in a can. Imagine being able to buy something that she had previously only ever made in her kitchen...

Nowadays we're in the opposite mindset. We buy most of what we need and when we find that we can actually make something that we've only ever purchased it's like a big surprise! Usually we stick to the good ol' method of buying our food, cleaning products, and the like, but most of those things could be made...saving not only money, but also packaging and fuel.

Today I'm making potato salad to go with some yummy barbequed steaks and green beans from the garden. But I'm out of mayonnaise. So I hopped on the internet and found gazillions of recipes for mayonnaise. It's so easy to make. You only need a blender, some measuring tools, and some very basic ingredients. In 5 minutes, I went from being out of mayonnaise to having 2 weeks' worth. No preservatives, nothing artificial. I think this is how life is supposed to be...