• - 360+ recipes & tips—good–for–you main dishes, quick 30–minute entrees, lightened–up desserts and more!
• - 51 BONUS never-before-published recipes.
• - 256-page hardcover edition with easy-to-read type.
• - At-a-glance icons for special dietary needs.
• - Prep & Cook times for every dish, plus Nutrition Facts.
• - Easy-to-use triple index for fast lookup.

Here are low-cost, all-natural replacement recipes for more than 700 name-brand products that you buy week in and week out at the supermarket, pharmacy, or discount store. Save a fortune making your own everyday cooking, cleaning, and toiletry products! At the same time, you’ll fill your cabinets with fresh, super high-quality products that work or taste great—without all the chemicals and preservatives of store-bought versions. Plus, ‘think green”—you will greatly reduce the amount of useless, environment-damaging waste and garbage—spray bottles, jars, and cans. For cleaning, laundering, and polishing, the compounds are much gentler and less damaging to drains, sewage, and septic systems.

The ingredients in most brand-name products account for only pennies of the purchaser’s dollar and rest of what you spend covers advertising, packaging, shipping, and the retailer’s overhead.

Try these easy to make recipes:

• Food Staples: mayonnaise, peanut butter, breakfast cereals, soft drinks, pasta sauce, pickles, and jellies—save 50% on homemade salsa
• Beauty and Health Supplies: moisturizers, facials, lip balm, aftershave, decongestant, foot powder, and PMS tea—save 90% on aftershave
• Household Compounds: glues, wood stains, ant traps, and houseplant food
• Cleaning Supplies and Polishes: carpet fresheners, cleaners, mildew remover, dishwasher detergent, and fabric softener—save 95% on homemade bathroom cleaner
• Pet Supplies: liver snaps, dog shampoo, flea dip, cat litter, pet bird honey treats, and hamster fruit cup—save 73% on cat treats
• Garden Products: fertilizer, soil conditioners, weed killer, deer repellents, and snail traps
• And much more

Making low-cost, more natural versions of your favorite name brand grocery items is simple when you know the secrets. 

is your guide to saving a small fortune by making everyday household items yourself.

• 200+ practical gardening & bird-attracting tips!
• 350+ gorgeous, full-color photographs
• All the best advice from issues of Birds & Blooms and Birds & Blooms Extra magazines!
• Bonus backyard material never before published in Birds & Blooms

• Design Gardens for Beauty and Productivity
• Deal with Plant Diseases, Pests, and Weeds
• Pick the Right Tools
• And Much More!

• 250+ photos of photos of plants that birds, butterflies and bees can't resist
• DIY backyard projects
• Profiles and ideas for attacting the most-wanted backyard birds and butterflies
• Answers to our most frequently asked backyard questions!

• 149 fast & easy recipes made with five ingredients or fewer (minus water, salt, pepper and oils).
• Big variety! Soups & Sandwiches, Beef & Pork, Sweets & Desserts and more!
• Handy Test Kitchen tips tell you how to cut kitchen time and save money.
• Helpful reader reviews and time-saving tips from the Taste of Home community.
• 112 pages, hardcover with easy-to-read type and mouthwatering color photos.