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    Healthier Ideas for Your Home

    Learn healthier ways to clean and care for your home and family. Each of these green cleaning tutorials, simple recipes, free printables, and easy-to-make crafts have been personally tested by me for you.

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    Explore these easy seasonal ideas that will inspire your next project!

    • photo of mothers day fortune teller an Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids
      Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids: Fortune Teller
    • How to Clean a Coffee Pot: 3 Ways to Deep Clean a Coffee Maker
    • scrubbing grout
      The Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Grout: 10 DIY Tile & Grout Cleaners Tested
    • Scented Vinegar for Cleaning with labels
      How to Make Scented Vinegar for Cleaning
    • flowers made from paper plates
      15 Adorable Mothers Day Flowers for Kids to Make
    • corn muffin mixes in glass bowls
      Copycat Jiffy Cornbread Mix Recipe
    • Theses adorable PB Inspired Easter Bunny Napkin Rings add character to any table this spring. They are made of burlap, cardboard and only cost $0.40 each to make. I hope you trying making this easy Easter DIY project and add some whimsy to your Easter décor.
      Easter Bunny Tails Napkin Ring DIY
    • Natural cleaner on half of a plastic cutting board
      How to Remove Stains From Plastic Cutting Boards

    Green Cleaning

    Get your home spotless using ingredients that are safe for the whole family.

    • DIY Febreeze Room Refresher Spray - Easy, Non-Toxic, All-Natural room and fabric refresher spray. This easy DIY deodorizer eliminates odors all over the house.
      Homemade Air Freshener for Fabric and Rooms
    • all purpose cleaner with orange and eucalyptus
      How to Make Homemade All Purpose Cleaner That Really Works
    • Want to naturally unclog a sink or clean a slow moving drain? Learn why you should not use baking soda and vinegar to clean your drains and what green solutions really work!
      Why You Should Never Use Baking Soda and Vinegar to Clean Clogged Drains
    • Making homemade cleaners? There are several green cleaning ingredients you should never mix. Learn to make your DIY cleaners green, clean and effective on BrenDid.com.
      Green Cleaning Ingredients You Should Never Mix

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      Easy Recipes

      Easy recipes and tasty family favorites that are made from scratch!

      • Healthy Banana Oatmeal Muffins in Tin
        Healthy Banana Oatmeal Muffins: No Flour, No Sugar, No Oil
      • Easy Oven Roasted Root Vegetables are a healthy and delicious side dish. Easy and colorful vegetable side dish. Perfect for for any meal. Vegan, vegetarian, real food for Easter Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more!
        Oven Roasted Root Vegetables
      • turkey bacon on platter in women's hands
        How to Make Perfect Turkey Bacon in the Oven
      • Roasted carrots are cooked in a light sauce of butter, honey, ginger, and lemon. The oven brings out the naturally sweet flavor of the roasted carrots and turns the sauce into a tasty glaze.
        Ginger and Honey Roasted Carrots

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      Meet Bren, Green Cleaning Nerd

      I’m a mom who believes you deserve a clean, creative home without having to compromise your family’s health or the environment.

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      Natural Body Care

      DIY body care tutorials that are fun, indulgent, and better for your health.

      • BrenDid No Petroleum Jelly - chemical free, preservative free, and fragrance free petroleum jelly that you can make in minutes.
        Non Petroleum Jelly Moisturizer DIY
      • Bubbling Foot Scrub and Soak from Bren Did
        Skin Softening Callus Removing Bubbling Foot Scrub & Soak
      • Chlorine pools how to protect swimmers hair and skin from BrenDid
        Chlorine Itch & Swimming Pools: 5 Ways to Naturally Protect Swimmers
      • Cooling Foot and Shoe Deodorizing Powder: This DIY All-Natural Deodorant Powder Fights Odor & Stinky Feet Natural body care from BrenDid.com
        Cooling Foot and Shoe Deodorizing Powder DIY

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      Free Printables

      Need a quick but cute craft? Check out our readers’ favorite free printables!

      • photo of mothers day fortune teller an Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids
        Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids: Fortune Teller
      • Drink More Water Yellow Note
        Why You Should Drink More Water (Plus Free Water Tracker Post It Notes)
      • Lego Guessing Game square
        Free Printable Lego Party Game: Guess the Number of Legos
      • The end of school year is approaching! Tell your teacher thank you with this easy teacher appreciation gift and free printable gift tag featuring fun coffee sayings. Great idea for teacher appreciation week or end of year teacher gifts. DIY Teacher Gifts, Simple Teacher Appreciation Gift, Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas.
        The 5 Minute Coffee Teacher Appreciation Gift

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      Seasonal Crafts

      Seasonal crafts that are cute, easy on the environment, and don’t use lots of special supplies.

      • Free Printable Joke Teller with Father’s Day Jokes
        Father’s Day Jokes: Joke Teller Craft
      • The end of school year is approaching! Tell your teacher thank you with this easy teacher appreciation gift and free printable gift tag featuring fun “totally dig” sayings. Great idea for teacher appreciation week or end of year teacher gifts. DIY Teacher Gifts, Simple Teacher Appreciation Gift, Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas.
        Flower Pails: An Easy & Affordable Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea
      • The end of school year is approaching! Tell your teacher thank you with this easy teacher appreciation gift and free printable gift tag featuring a fun popcorn puns: for a very popular teacher, we’re popping with appreciation, and popped in to say thanks. Great idea for teacher appreciation week or end of year teacher gifts. DIY Teacher Gifts, Simple Teacher Appreciation Gift, Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas.
        Free Printable Popcorn Teacher Gift Tag & Ideas
      • photo of mothers day fortune teller an Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids
        Easy Mother’s Day Craft for Kids: Fortune Teller

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      What’s new on Bren Did…

      • Quick Oven Roasted Broccoli
      • Are you an iced coffee fan? It’s the perfect summer pick-me-up. Learn how to make iced coffee that won’t get weak and watery as the ice melts with this easy recipe. Perfect iced coffee recipe!
        How to Make Iced Coffee That Won’t Get Weak & Watery
      • Foaming hand soap in open palm
        Easy All-Natural Homemade Foaming Hand Soap
      • Close up of chocolate muffin
        Healthy Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins: No Flour, No Sugar, No Oil

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      Hi, I'm Bren! I believe you deserve a clean, comfortable home without exposing your family or the planet to harmful ingredients.

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      • This Natural All-Purpose Cleanser is a workhorse! It is a bathtub and sink cleaner, a toilet cleaner, a glass top stove cleaner, an oven cleaner, a cutting board cleaner, a dishwasher detergent, a pot & pan cleaner, a laundry stain treater, a carpet stain remover, a tile and grout scrub and more! Plus it is an all-natural, green cleaner that is so gentle you can use it to exfoliate! Get the easy, 2-ingredient recipe on BrenDid.com!
        Natural All Purpose Cleanser
      • Dirty oven rack next to clean oven rack
        How to Clean Oven Racks Naturally
      • Two easy recipes for homemade dish detergent for hand washing make enough washing up liquid for 16 sinks of dishes for around $2.75 and rate an A on the Environmental Working Group (EWG) Healthy Cleaning scale. Learn two simple ways to make liquid dish detergent and get my recommendations for what you should buy to hand wash dishes.
        Non-Toxic Homemade Dish Detergent for Hand Washing
      • Scented Vinegar for Cleaning with labels
        How to Make Scented Vinegar for Cleaning

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