Ice cream is a delicious frozen food that is a real treat when it’s homemade. Making ice cream at home can be a fun family project with a job for everyone. If you have a hand cranked or electric ice cream freezer, everyone can enjoy a tasty dessert right from the freezer. The most important […]

What is Herbal Soap?Herbal soap is a kind of soap mixed with natural ingredients, juice or extract and vitamins from medicinal plants. How to Prepare Herbal Soap:Utensils:Plastic pailWooden ladle or bamboo stickGlass or cupMortar and pestleCheese cloth or strainerKnifeChopping boardCooking pot (preferably made of clay, enamel, stainless or glass)StovePlastic molders Akapulko and Guava Soap: How […]

Instead of throwing away our banana peelings, we can use it to make vinegar. The procedure is very simple as shown below. MATERIALS:banana peels – 1 kgwater – 8 cupsugar – 1½ cupbaker’s yeast – ½ tvinegar starter – 1 cup UTENSILS:measuring cupmeasuring spoonknifechopping boardcasserolestovecheese clothwide-mouthed glass jarsthermometer PROCEDURE:1. Slice a kilo of banana peel, […]

During season of fruits, we should avoid throwing the unsold overripe fruits, instead we can make them into expensive vinegars. The procedure is very simple as outlined below. MATERIALS:ripe fruits 2 kgwater 6 Lyeast 2 tspvinegar starter 8 csugar 4 c UTENSILS:measuring cupmeasuring spoonknifechopping boardcasserolestovecheeseclothwide-mouthed glass jarsthermometer PROCEDURE:1. Mash pulp of ripe fruits (pineapple, etc.)2. […]

MATERIALS:kalabasa peels & cores 1 kgsugar 1 ½ cyeast ½ tspvinegar starter 1 c UTENSILS:measuring cupmeasuring spoonknifechopping boardcasserolestovecheeseclothwide-mouthed glass jarsthermometer PROCEDURE:1. Wash peels and cores of kalabasa, add three (3) parts water for every part of peel. Boil for 15 minutes.2. Strain, add 4 c water for every 4 cups of strained liquid from boiled […]

Materials:4 L tomato pulp4 cups sugar½ tsp cinnamon powder½ tsp pepper powder½ tsp cloves powder½ tsp paprika½ cup fresh onions2 cups vinegar (4.5% acidity)2 tsp sodium benzoate (optional)3 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 1 cup water Utensils:stainless/enameled kettlemeasuring cups and spoonschopping boardknifestovethermometerstrainer, stainlesswooden ladlecasserole, stainlesscolanderbowlblender (optional) Packaging material:sterilized glass jars with new caps Procedure:1. Select and […]

Materials:1 kg tomatoes1 tsp salt½ tsp sugarcornstarchsodium benzoate (optional) Packaging material:sterilized glass jars with PVC caps Utensils:stainless/enameled kettlemeasuring spoonscasserole, stainlessblender (optional)stovestrainer, stainlessbowlwooden ladlechopping boardknifecolanderthermometer Procedure:1. Sort and wash ripe, fleshly red tomatoes.2. Blanch for 30 seconds and immediately dip in cold water. Remove skin and cut into halves (crosswise).3. Strain the seeds through fine mesh […]

MATERIALS:Soybeans – ½ kgSalt solution – 6 li or 24 cMold (Aspergillus Oryzae)Flour – ½ kgRice bran – ½ tsp“Kaolin” – 8 tbsp PROCEDURE:Clean, wash and soak soybeans overnight. Drain well. Put soybeans in a casserole and cook until soft. Cook soybeans in a pressure cooker (15-lb pressure) for 1 hour or cook until tender. […]

Materials needed:green bananas, saba or cardabasalt Utensils needed:solar dryerchopping boardmeasuring cups/spoonbasinknifegrindersifter Packaging materials:plastic bag Procedure:1. Prepare brine solution; 1 tbsp. salt to 5 cups water.2. Wash bananas and peel. Soak immediately in brine solution.3. Wash again to remove latex.4. Cut into halves and remove seeds.5. Slice longitudinally at 1/3 cm. thick.6. Dry in solar dryer […]

MOLD MAKING – Silicon rubber mold MATERIALS:silicon rubber modeling toolsice cream cupcatalystknifebasahanmodeling clayblade cuttersmall basinpetroleum jellyscissorsplaster of parisnylon brush PROCEDURE: A. Preparation of one-sided silicon rubber mold:1. Prepare original model (preferably intricate designs such as animal figures, birds, fruits, etc.) and apply petroleum jelly to the surface of the model.2. Put clay barricade around the […]