A Few of My Favorite Things

Does anybody else love writing lists of their favorite things? I’m not talking raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens here. Usually, I get distracted when I am journaling. Often, I end up writing down things I love to do, eat, favorite books, dreams…you name it. Ultimately, I am a list maker. This will be an ongoing list of favorite things as I discover wonderful products to share with you. Comment on your favorites; who knows, it may become a new favorite of mine.

Food & Drink

• Ryze Mushroom Coffee for 10% off your first purchase click here
• Dandy Blend Herbal Blend & Coffee Alternative
• Teamotions Wellness Teas
• Vanilla Rooibos Tea from Mountain Rose Herbs
• Kolkata Chai Co. Signature Masal Chai (for the very best cup of chai you will ever have)
• Herbal Wellness Tea (great for regulating blood sugar levels)
• Organic India Tulsi Sweet Rose Tea
• Pique Life Organic Sun Goddess Matcha Green Tea, Ceremonial Grade Matcha
• Gimme Organic Roasted Seaweed, Sea Salt & Avocado Oil, Snack Pack (high in B12 and iodine for thyroid help)
• Pure Indian Foods Ghee and Cultured Ghee
• Kerrygold Butter
• Beef Tallow
• Bragg Organic EVO (for cooking)
• Kasandrinos Organic Finishing Olive Oil
• Virgin Coconut Oil
• Black Truffle Oil for drizzling over popcorn
• Cacao Nibs
• Ghirardelli 60% Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
• Guittard Dutch Process Cocoa Powder and Baking Chocolate
• Wildly Organic Fermented Cacao Powder
• Vanilla Powder
• Organic Ceylon Cinnamon from Pure Indian Foods
• Fermented Indian Garlic Pickle from Pure Indian Foods
• Alphonso Mango from Pure Indian Foods
• Organic Tamarind Paste Concentrate
• Organic Jaggery or Ayurvedic Jaggery (Infused with Spices & Herbs)
• Organic Worcestershire Sauce
• Organic Amla Powder
• Miso Master Organic White Miso (from Whole Foods or other Health Food Store)
• Thai Kitchen Red Curry Paste
• Nutritional Yeast
• Coconut Cream (no guar gum)
• Really Raw Honey (straight from the hive with propolis, honeycomb, and pollen)
• Everything Butter, Almond (one of my favorite protein snacks with sliced apples, bananas, or on these graham crackers)
• Raw Clover Honey (runny)
• Panela Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar
• Mount Mansfield Pure Maple Syrup
• Ayurvedic Jaggery (natural sugar alternative I use in my Chai tea or Asian recipes)
• Redmond Real Salt
• Maldon Flaked Finishing Salt
• Celtic Sea Salt for preserving and fermentation
• Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt Flakes for cooking
• Great Northern Organic Popcorn
• White Jasmine Rice, Organic
• Zaatar Seasoning
• Homemade Vanilla Extract in the Instant Pot
• Organic Wise Turmeric Powder
• Nama Shoyu Unpasteurized Soy Sauce
• Red Boat Fish Sauce
• Carr’s Cider Syrup
• Cholula Hot Sauce
• World Market Mulling Spices
• Jovial Foods All-Purpose Einkorn Flour
• Italian Type 00 Pizza Flour
• White Corn Flour, Organic
• Central Milling Artisan Bakers Unbleached White Wheat Flour in bulk or Central Milling 100% Organic Artisan Bread Flour- 25 lbs
• Non Alcoholic Wine Proxies
• Natural Wine Subscription
• Bovine Gelatin
• Vital Farms Pasture Raised Organic Eggs
• Bubbies Live-Culture Sauerkraut, Dill Pickles, Horseradish, and Bread & Butter Pickles
• Trader Joes Salsa Verde
• Good Culture Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese
• Rao’s Marinara Sauce (amazing as a pizza sauce)
• Rao’s Arrabbiata Sauce (amazing as a spicy pizza or dipping sauce)
• Jovial Foods Tomatoes
• Jovial Foods Beans
• Spirulina Powder
• Raw Almonds (for almond milk) or Wild Soil Raw Almonds for snacking (freshest, best flavor EVER!)
• Organic Cashew Pieces (for nut milk)
• Crowned Prince Smoked Oysters
• Jovial Sourdough Crackers
• Grass-fed meat: Wild Pastures or Butcher Box

Home Decor

• Rotatable Double-sided Wall Clock
• Coffee Station Cordless Lamp
• Throw Blanket
• Electric Throw Blanket
• Luxury White Mink Faux Fur Throw Blanket
• Grove Co. Soy Wax Candle Twilight scent
• Evergreen Soy & Beeswax 3-wick candle
• Pumpkin Apple Soy & Beeswax 3-wick candle
• Sheepskin Rug for chair or ottoman so soft and adds cozy texture in the winter.
• Battery Window Candles
• Artificial Christmas Tree with Lights (I know…I gave in. But it is BEAUTIFUL!!!)
• White pitchers like this one
• Wooden Cutting boards and bowls
• Rustic Galvanized Trays
• Eucalyptus
• Baskets
• Stacks of books
• Throws and throw pillows for a pop of seasonal color like this one

Natural Home Care

• Rainbow Vacuum System
• My Favorite DIY Laundry Soap or, in a pinch, Molly’s Suds Laundry Detergent Powder
• Tree-Free Toilet Paper
• Total Clean Dishwasher Detergent Packs
• Caldrea Hand Soap in Pear Blossom Agave scent
• Grove Co. Soy Wax Candle Twilight scent
• E-Cloth Window Cleaning Kit
• E-Cloth Deep Clean Mop
• E-Cloth General Purpose Cloth
• Dish Pad Scrubber
• E-Cloth Dust Mop Head (to be used with Deep Clean Mop)
• Papaya Reusable Paper Towels (I really love these)
• Thieves Household Cleaner by Young Living
• Benefect Botanical Disinfectant
• Walnut Scrubbers
• Microfiber Cleaning Cloth set (I like these colors better than e-cloths)
• Grove Co. Kitchen Essentials Dish/Hand Soap Fall Scents collection
• Wool Dryer Balls

Kitchen

• Vitamix Blender
• Kitchenaid mixer
• Instant Pot
• Bread Machine
• Pizza Stone
• Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker
• Ice Cream Containers
• Popsicle Molds
• Vintage overnight oats containers with bamboo lids and spoons (soooo cute)
• Cotton Smock Apron (I have two because I never want to be without)
• Egg Cooker
• Egg Cracker
• Immersion Hand Blender
• Cuisinart Food Processor
• Electric Tea Kettle
• LeCruset Oval Dutch Oven 8 qt (mine is grey)
• Glass Jars with Lids for flour and sugar, etc…
• Fermentation Lids
• Pickle Pebbles
• Half Gallon Wide-mouth Jars
• Clamp Lid Jar set
• Excalibur Electric Food Dehydrator (9 trays)
• Microplane lemon zester
• Long-handle stainless steel measuring cup (how many times do you just want the 1 cup, and it’s in the dishwasher? This is my most used measuring cup, and the long handle is perfect for the flour bin).
• Stainless steel measuring cups and spoons, set of 12 (I love all the sizes; the spoons’ shape goes perfectly into the spiced jars).
• 2 & 4 cup Glass Measuring Cups
• Stainless Steel Measuring Cups 2-pack (2 cups and 4 cups) (they don’t break!!!)
• Mueller Vegetable Chopper
• Zulay hand-held milk frother
• Glass Straws
• Vegetable Peeler
• Almond Cow for preparing your own nut milk
• Flour Sack Towels (I use these for EVERYTHING!)
• 12 1/2″ Cast Iron Skillet
• 10″ Cast Iron Skillet
• Cast Iron Melting Pot
• Chalky Talky Wide Mouth Chalkboard Labels
• Parchment Paper Baking Sheets- 200 count
• Wide Mouth Lids
• Chalk Pen
• 32 oz Plastic Food Storage Containers

Gift Sites for Great Gift Ideas

• Hygge Box
• Lamplighter Publishing for beautiful books and audio dramas
• Dry Farm Organic Artisan Sugar-Free Wine
• Emily Lex Studio (watercolor art, cards, classes, prints, paint supplies, books) Her books are fantastic.

Garden & Outdoor Living

• Organic Tomato Tone for healthy tomatoes and other veggies
• Fox Farm Happy Frog Soil Conditioner
• Fox Farm Planting Mix (Cheaper at the local garden supply store that sells Fox Farm Products)
• Diatomaceous Earth
• Online Chili & Tomato plants (ChilePlants.com) for our favorite Thai Hot Ornamentals and Heirloom tomatoes
• Garden clips for trellis support
• Felco Ergonomic Hand Pruner
• Dramm Stainless Steel Compact Shears
• GCI Outdoor Pro Rocker Collapsible Rocking Chair & Camping Chair
• 8 ft Easy Set Pool Set with Filter Pump
• Hummingbird Feeder
• Nature’s Blend Audubon Park Wild Bird Seed (40 lbs at Costco, best price, and birds love it!)
• Bad Boy Zero Turn Mower
• Indoor Grow Light with Timer

Health & Wellness

• CellCore BC ATP (fuel or energy for the cells, like gas in a car. If your car is dead, you can’t read the dashboard to see what is wrong. Many people swallow supplements because they are “good” for them but end up peeing them out because there is a healing process that the body needs to go through in stages. I applied kinesiology and muscle testing through a local practitioner to determine what my body needed and when, and finally, I found the healing my body needed. I was also able to eliminate many costly supplements my body didn’t need.)
• Hiya Kid’s Multivitamin
• GuruNanda Oil Pulling
• Bulk Herbs from Mountain Rose Herbs
• LMNT electrolyte zero-sugar drink mix
• Perfect Supplements Grass-fed Hydrolyzed Collagen and Grass-fed Bovine Gelatin
• Perfect Supplements Desiccated Liver
• Liposomal Magnesium L-Threonate by Cymbiotika
• Liquid Vitamin D3+ K2 with CoQ10 by Cymbiotika
• Adrenal Super Tonic by Cymbiotika
• Liposomal Vitamin B12+ B6 by Cymbiotka
• Topical Magnesium Oil Spray by Cymbiotika
• Coated Silver Immune Defense by Cymbiotika
• Magnesium Prills for better hydration and detoxification (check out this article on magnesium and the health benefits of “thin water”)
• Calcium Bentonite Healing Clay
• Mullin Garlic Oil for earaches
• Gaia Herbs Olive Leaf
• Gaia Herbs Oil of Oregano
• The Remedy Method by Herbal Alchemy (Headache, Muscle Rub, Breathe, Sleep)
• Children’s Wellness Tea by Kauai Farmacy
• Woman’s Wellness Tea by Kauai Farmacy
• Artichoke, Hibiscus, & Orange Bitters
• Elderberry Syrup
• Winter Immunity Tincture
• Drawing Salve
• Citrus Electrolyte Popsicles/Drink
• Aloe Vera Gel
• Pain Reliever
• Xlear nasal spray
• Nasopure, Nasal Wash Kit (for children and adults)
• Nasal Wash saline packs
• Thieves Essential Oil
• Stress Away Essential Oil
• Young Living and Rocky Mountain Essential Oils are my go-to oils

Bath & Body Products

• Nimbus Children’s Toothbrush
• Nimbus Adult Toothbrush
• Weleda Salt Toothpaste
• Ancient Minerals Magnesium Bath Flakes
• GuruNanda Oil Pulling
• Redmond Earthpaste (toothpaste)
• Redmond Facial Mud, Mask
• Man Soap by Herbal Alchemy
• Faithfully Natural Shampoo and Conditioning Bars
• Tamanu Thyme Cleansing Oil (for the oil cleansing method)
• Royally Flawless Facial Oil
• Day and Night Serum Duo from Little Seed Farm
• Little Seed Farm Activated Charcoal Soap Bar
• Little Seed Farm ActivatedCharcoal Deodorant Cream
• Hume Supernatural Deodorant (Out West scent)
• Grove Co. Hand Sanitizing Wipes (for in my purse)
• Homemade Calming Baby/Beach Powder
• All-Natural Face Powder
• Nourishing Lip Balm
• Winter Tallow & Honey Butter Face Cream
• Dr. Squatch Mens Hair Care Kit
• Dr. Squatch Mens Bay Rum Deodorant
• Dr. Squatch Mens Bay Rum Soap
• Herb & Root Lavender Dusting Powder

Linens, Bedding, & Towels

• Cultiver Linen Sheet Set with Pillowcases (have not tried…on my wish list)
• Sutera Silverthread Bath Towels(white)(have not tried…on my wish list)
• Organic Cotton Hemmed Sheet Set (have not tried…on my wish list)
• Lightweight Organic Bed Blanket (have not tried…on my wish list)
• Heirloom Hemstitched Sheet Set (have not tried…on my wish list)
• Hazel Waffle Weave Cotton Hand Towel from World Market
• White Waffle Weave Cotton Bath Towel from World Market

Clothing Sites & Stores

• Thread Up (online second-hand clothing)
• Stitch Fix (great for kid’s clothes at affordable prices)
• Unbound Merino Wool Clothing Check out this video on the benefits of Merino Wool.

Embracing Femininity

• Joe Malone Pomegranate Noir Cologne
• Joe Malone Blackberry and Bay Cologne
• Blend of Neroli Essential Oil as a perfume
• Saalt Soft Cup Menstrual Cup
• Saalt Leakproof Comfort Brief Period Underwear (heavy flow)
• Saalt Leakproof Comfort Boyshort Period Underwear
• Saalt Leakproof Cotton Bikini Period Underwear
• Cora Bamboo Cleansing Wipes
• Olive and June Mani’s and Pedi’s (I have not tried…on my wish list)
• Herb & Root Lavender Dusting Powder
• Stampington & Co Magazines (Bella Grace, Willow & Sage, In Her Garden)

Cozy Comforts

• Ryze Mushroom Coffee
• Teamotions Wellness Teas
• Vanilla Rooibos Tea from Mountain Rose Herbs
• Safety Matches
• Personal loose-leaf tea teapot
• Ceramic Mugs
• Lavender Fairy Pillow Spray
• Wicked Good Slippers by LL Bean
• Hooded Pullover Lounger
• Cotton Smock Apron
• USAGA 32 Fingers Head Massager
• Hygge Box subscription (cozy delivered every month or just one time)

Healthy Baby

• Aden & Anais Muslin Swaddle Blanket
• Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet by Nina Planck
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
• Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care by Sally Fallon Morell & Thomas S. Cowan
• Wee Sprout Glass Baby Food Storage Jars (I did not use these but this is what I would use now)
• “Doot Doot” Homemade Calming Baby Powder
• California Baby Calming Lavender Shampoo and Body Wash
• Merino Wool and Organic Cotton Baby Blanket
• Silicone Bib
• Baby Einstein DVD’s
• Scripture Lullabies (Absolute Necessity!)
• Organic Muslin Burp Cloths
• Nourishing Healthy Babies: First Real Foods 12×18 Laminated Chart
• WubbaNub Infant Pacifier
• Nourishing Traditions Homemade Baby Formula (Radiant Life)
• Baby Formula by Sarah Pope (I breastfed all my babies, but if I needed a healthier alternative to store-bought formula, I would have done this. Looking at the ingredients list makes me in awe of how awesome breast milk is).
• Earth Mama Third Trimester Tea
• Hylands Homeopathic Teething Tabs
• BEBECAN Teething Sticks
• Baltic Amber Teething Necklace
• Nose Frida Baby Saline Snot Sucker kit (trust me, it works)
• Earth Mama Nipple Butter
• Earth Mama Diaper Balm
• I would use cloth diapers (the brands I used when my babies were little are unavailable). For convenience, you could use an organic, unbleached disposable diaper for nighttime and outings and then cloth diapers during the day. You do not want to combine bleach (in most conventional disposable diapers) with ammonia (urine) because the combination is toxic and can cause sterility.

Miscellaneous Favorites

• New Spirit-Filled Life Bible NKJV
• Soulspace Christian daily prayer and meditation app (best 5 minutes to start my day in peace)
• The Word of Promise Bible App (dramatized audio Bible and Study Bible. Fantastic!)
• Jacquie Lawson Beautiful Electronic Cards and Advents
• Waterlogue Photo App (I love to cheat and turn my photos into watercolored images that I download onto Shutterfly and create personal notecards).
• Date Night: Living Room Dancing DVD
• Moleskine Cahier Journals
• Stampington & Co Magazines (Bella Grace, Willow & Sage, In Her Garden)
• VidAngel Filtered Entertainment
• Azure Standard Food Drop Co-op
• Thrive Market online healthy food delivery
• iHerb.com Vitamins, Supplements & Natural Health Products (bulk herbs too)
• Market Wagon Online Farmers Market Local Home Delivery
• Join a local CSA (community-supported agriculture) for local garden shares
• Grove Collaborative earth-friendly and sustainable home products
• Emily Lex Studio (watercolor art, cards, classes, prints, paint supplies, books)
• Shutterfly photo gifts and storage (I make my annual photo albums and Christmas cards through them)

Homeschool & Continuing Education

• Ticonderoga Beginners’ Elementary Pencils (large)
• Herb Fairies: a year of herbal adventures for kids
• Wildcraft Herbal Adventure Board game
• Good & Beautiful (math, language arts, history, reading)
• Wild & Free
• Math-U-See
• Simply Charlotte Mason Method
• Wealth with God Children’s Curriculum
• Wealth with God Adult Course
• Laying Down the Rails- Good Habit Training
• Herbal Academy
• Our Journey West Homeschool Blog
• Our Journey West No Sweat Nature Study (I LOVE these classes)
• Tuttle Twins books (teaches about freedom, anti-socialism, critical thinking, & capitalism)
• Jonathan Park Audio Adventures (teaches Creationism through drama)
• Emily Lex Studio Kids watercolor art class
• Watercolor Book, two pack (8.5″ x 8.5″)
• Blank 10″ X 7.5″ Spiral Notebook (for nature journaling)

Christmas

• Willow Tree Nativity Bundle 13 pieces
• Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendars (online)
• Shutterfly (personalized photo books, Christmas cards, wall calendars, ornaments, gifts)
• 6.5′ Cypress Spruce Artificial Christmas Tree, lit (we have two)
• 60″ King Snow Faux Fur Tree Skirt
• The Advent Book
• Byers Christmas Carolers
• Indoor Snowballs 30 pack (great winter indoor play and the snowballs are soft, not like dryer balls)
• 24-pack Votive candles for a caroling party
• Outdoor Solar Christmas Lights 2-pack
• Musical Snow Globe, wind up
• Emily Lex Studio (watercolor art, cards, gift tags, printed hand towels, classes, prints, paint supplies, books, and Truth for Today cards)
• Spode Christmas Tree Holiday Coasters (set of 6)
• Maison d’ Hermine Decorative Pillow Cover 18″ X 18″ Toile (Pillow covers are a great way to live seasonally without purchasing new pillows every season…and they’re washable).
• Hckot Christmas Farmhouse Pillow Covers 12″ X 20″ Lumbar Striped Linen (set of 2)
• Hckot Christmas Farmhouse Pillow Covers 18″ X 18″ Striped Linen (set of 2)
• Swedish Angel Chimes, Carousel
• 20 pcs Candles for Christmas Angel Chime (I usually buy two boxes of these per Christmas season)
• King Leo Soft Peppermint Stick Candy (The best in Hot Chocolate)
• Merry Market Christmas Gift Wrap 6-pack
• Merry Market 3 Roll Set Premium Christmas Ribbon
• Evergreen 3 Wick Luxury Soy & Beeswax Candle
• Gnome Handmade Swedish Tomte (red 19″)
• Gnome (green 14″)
• Gnome (Khaki 16″)
• Hygge Box White Christmas Puzzle (challenging round puzzle but beautiful and good quality)

Family Games

• Can’t Stop
• Sorry
• Ticket to Ride
• Settlers of Catan
• Slapzi
• Rook card game
• Spot It
• Squeak card game
• Chess and Checkers
• Mexican Train Dominos
• Pictionary
• Mad Gab
• Sleeping Queens
• Blink
• Yahtzee
• Cashflow
• Monopoly
• Bocce Ball outdoor game
• Wildcraft Herbal Adventure Board game
• Lost Cities
• Uno
• Clue
• Rummy Cube
• Tenzi Dice Game
• Matching Game
• Murder in the Roaring 20’s- Dinner Party
• Murder on a Train– Dinner Party
• A Taste of Wine and Murder – Dinner Party

Books

See The Children’s Hour and Other Favorite Books post (coming soon) for Itemized book favorites.

Movies

See the Movie Night post for Itemized movie favorites.

In everything you do -eat, play, and, love- may it always be Seasoned with Joy!