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I just tested out this recipe in a toddler book I got and it worked out pretty good. It's really healthy and easy. You just mix together 1c peanut butter, 1/4c honey, 1/2c dry powdered milk, 1/2c raisins, and crushed graham crackers (I used four graham crackers). You mix it all together and then form it into balls and you can roll it around in chocolate milk powder or have your kid do that part if they're old enough. I think it tastes better w/out the chocolate milk powder personally and I'd prefer chocolate chips to raisins but then it wouldn't be so healthy. My daughter did like it though and she ate several balls of the stuff. I was very pleased. xd

In this correspondence course I got on herbalism from this "Heart of Herbs" place, this lady says that the recipe I gave for a tincture is actually how you make an extract. She claims that tinctures are diluted like 5x from an extract. I think she's a bit of a tard though because when she's talking about making an extract using alcohol she says that "this method of making tinctures is called the simplers method. This is the traditional method of making extracts." I think she needs to rework her course book a bit. Her descriptions about making different types of remedies are also vague sometimes. But then she talks about botany and she gives you a huge list of terms about like the parts of the plants and then goes on to talk about the division of flowers into different types based on like how many petals they have as though we all will suddenly recognize botany terms. I mean, it's not that hard to figure out what she's talking about, just annoying. It's like she's saying. "Look at me, I took a college class on botany!" And she doesn't write very well and obviously didn't have a really intelligent person proof-reading her work. I think she said in the beginning she was trying to make it sound like she's "right there with you" but thank god she's not, I might tell her she's a bit of a tard. At least the "homework" isn't that bad. Although she tends to recommend using this or that for a tincture or something without saying what it can be used for... *sighs* I think I'll appease myself by writing notes all over the book.

Well, I ordered some glycerine from online. It''s supposed to taste way better but it only lasts 14-24 months as opposed to alcohol lasting 4-6 years. If you use it all up within a year or so it might be worth it but otherwise the alcohol is probably best. I''m going to try making one with glycerine but I''m going to make sure it''s something I can use regularly. (Ack! I edited your post instead of quoting and had to go back and undo my retardedness. sweatdrop )

I'm going to have to try that ear infection recipe. My ears are always jacked up. Is that for just bacterial infections you think? Or fungal infections too? I got a fungal AND bacterial infection in my ears after swimming in the pool at the base here and my ears haven't been the same since, not that they were great before...

I started making a raspberry leaf tincture today with glycerine. I tasted the glycerine a little, it tasted sort of... sweet and oily. Sort of like the way honey is sweet except... um flavorless sort of. It's really hard to explain. I can see why it's easier to take though, it's definetly not strong the way alcohol or vinegar are.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was similar. If that's the case you'd probably love this stuff. whee

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