Mendolonium

It feels somewhat hypocritical to me to buy commit to raising as much as our food as possible, purchasing organic, sustainably produced, local, and/or used food and goods, and then go off and buy a big tube of commercially produced toothpaste, laden with artificial sweeteners, potentially tested on animals, and packaged in non-recyclable packaging.  The “natural” alternative didn’t seem much better.  It takes rather like baking soda and costs $4 for the privilege.  So I decided if I was going to go natural, I was going to go cheap and package-free and make my own.  Here’s the recipe:

Homemade Toothpaste

• 6 T baking soda
• 30 drops peppermint oil
• 20 drops tea tree oil
• enough water to form a paste

Mix all ingredients and store in an airtight jar.

My opinion:  a definite keeper.  The toothpaste tastes fine, it costs pennies a jar, and it took less time to make than a trip to Target to pick up the store-bought stuff.

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