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Andrea Sabean

About Andrea Sabean

Andrea is an artisan and teacher trying to live a handmade and homemade lifestyle with her husband in Eastern Canada. She is passionate about growing her own food, cooking healthy meals, using herbs for healing, nurturing creativity, and finding joy and blessings in the every-day moments of life. She writes about all of this, plus her adventures in sewing and crafting and bringing children’s drawings to life at Artisan in the Woods.

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It's *HARD* to find healthy, gluten-free sandwich bread, isn't it? Look no further! This nutrient-dense, sprouted gluten-free sandwich bread has that warm, yeasty smell and taste that you expect from homemade bread -- with NO dairy, eggs, or xanthan gum!

Sprouted Gluten-Free Sandwich Bread (no eggs, dairy, or xanthan gum!)

Did you know that you can use your gas grill as an oven? Yes, you can! Bake cookies, cakes, breads, pizza, and casseroles outside, all summer long, without heating up your kitchen! Bonus: this is a way to cook for your family in case of a power outage, too!

10 Tips For Using A Gas Grill As An Oven

Our skin often acts as a window to our body. If our body is healthy, our skin will be, too! Nature has provided us with many plants to nourish and heal our skin of problems like acne and rosacea -- like these 10 herbs for healthy, glowing skin!

10 Herbs For Healthy, Glowing Skin

With a jar of coconut oil, a few other natural ingredients, and a little time, you can replace almost all of your bath and beauty products with homemade, nourishing, toxin-free variations! From shampoo to foot scrub, toothpaste to sunscreen, here some great ideas to get you started!

21 Ways Coconut Oil Can Clean, Pamper, & Nourish Your Body From Head To Toe

Although there are many herbs that support the thyroid, here are the top 5. The first 4 support an underactive thyroid, while the last herb helps soothe hyperthyroidism.

Top 5 Herbs For Thyroid Support

Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Cake In The Instant Pot

Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Cake In The Instant Pot

Nourishing Christmas Pudding In The Instant Pot

Nourishing Christmas Pudding In The Instant Pot

Amazing 1-Ingredient Gluten-Free Tortillas

Amazing 1-Ingredient Gluten-Free Tortillas

The Instant Pot is the perfect tool for making a handmade salve. The process is even mostly hands-free with just 2 simple steps. First, you make an herb-infused oil. Second, you make an herbal salve.

How To Make An Herbal Salve In The Instant Pot

It might sound too good to be true, but you CAN make homemade ice cream without an ice cream machine -- and in just 5 minutes! This dairy-free, egg-free, refined sugar-free ice cream requires only minutes and a blender or food processor!

Quick Dairy-Free Ice Cream (just 5 minutes & no machine!)

This refreshing mint chocolate ice cream is free of dairy, eggs, and refined sugar -- and still full of mint flavor, thanks to peppermint essential oil. And the gorgeous green color? You'll never guess where that comes from!

Dairy-Free Chocolate Mint Ice Cream With Essential Oils

Do you want to be stronger and healthier? Are you looking to increase your energy and protect yourself from disease? For hundreds of years, men have been using herbs to do just that. Here are 5 herbal powerhouses that every man should know about to improve health and vitality.

5 Herbs Every Man Should Know About

Imagine sweet biscuits infused with lemon, then topped with fresh juicy strawberries and thick coconut whipped cream... Is your mouth watering yet? Then it must be time for strawberry shortcake! This is an allergy-friendly strawberry shortcake -- free of gluten, dairy, eggs, corn, soy, and nuts. Yet it doesn't compromise on flavor!

Allergy-Free Strawberry Shortcake

When I gave up dairy, I thought my days of eating creamy, delicious yogurt were over. Of the few dairy-free yogurts even available, many of them were chalky, tasteless, or full of sugar and additives. So I stopped buying yogurt altogether, but I always missed it... Until I discovered how easy it was to make my own dairy-free yogurt!

How To Make Dairy-Free Yogurt

Herbal bath tea is incredibly easy to make AND can be made in endless variations to suit many different purposes. Not to mention, they make unique gifts! When herbs are added to a warm bath, the soothing or healing benefits of the herbs are absorbed through the skin.

How To Make Relaxing Herbal Bath Teas

Guess how easy it is to make yogurt parfaits? As long as there's yogurt, a selection of fruits, and some crunchy granola or nuts, you've got everything you need! Even your kids can help with this fun and healthy snack or dessert!

Delicious Yogurt Parfaits In Endless Variations (kid-friendly recipe!)

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief | Tired eyes? Stressed? Have a headache? Can’t sleep? An herbal eye pillow may be just the thing you need! With the weight of the rice and the soothing scent of lavender, you can rest and relax to your heart's content. Plus, these pillows are so quick and easy to make, you can give them to all of your friends, too!

How To Make An Herbal Eye Pillow For Relaxation & Headache Relief

Are you searching for a chemical-free, economical shave gel? One that leaves your skin feeling super soft and nourished? Look no further! This easy, homemade 3-ingredient gel uses healing herbs, soothing Aloe vera, and olive oil for a smooth shave that is kind to your skin.

Homemade 3-Ingredient Shave Gel