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Canning Questions

April 27, 2020 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

There’s so many questions you may have when getting started canning. This post answers the most frequently answered questions with science-based answers, step by step instructions, and free resources to get you started canning with confidence. Read on to get all your canning questions answered!

Canning Questions

Do I need to sterilize my canning jars?

Do you need to sterilize your jars first when canning? This post explains how sterilizing canning jars can be a huge waste of time and why. Read on to find out when you need to spend time sterilizing canning jars!

Should you sterilize your canning jars? What if I told you that you don't have to? Read the post for the facts on when you DO and DO NOT have to sterilize your canning jars!

Do you need to simmer your canning lids?

Do you have to simmer your canning lids? This post will explain whether or not you have to simmer your canning lids before putting them on your canning jars. Read on to get the scoop and I promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the answer!

Should you simmer your canning lids?

Do You Need to Use Pickling Salt?

Many canning recipes call for pickling salt, and curious canners want to know: Do you need to use pickling salt? I’ll explain what pickling salt is, when you should use it, when it is okay to skip, and you’ll want to dive into canning immediately because salt is salt, Wildflowers.

Do You Need to Use Pickling Salt?

Can You Use An Instant Pot for Canning?

This post will explain whether or not you can use an instant pot for canning, and why, using scientific information you can trust from the USDA. This is one of the most frequently asked canning questions! Read on for the scoop on using an instant pot for canning.

Can You Use An Instant Pot for Canning?

Oven Canning: Should You Try It?

This post will explain oven canning, and whether or not it’s a safe choice. I know, people do it but that doesn’t mean you necessarily should. Read on for the scoop on oven canning!

Oven Canning: Why You should never use your oven for canning blog post

What Happens if You Forget The Lemon Juice?

What Happens if You Forget the Lemon Juice? In many canning recipes, it is required that you add an acidifying ingredient like bottled lemon juice, citric acid, or vinegar. What happens if you forget? Well, I did once and show you in the post what happens. Spoiler alert: it ain’t pretty.

What happens if you forget the lemon juice in a canning recipe? This blogger shows you!

Canning 101: Myths Busted!

One of the biggest reasons that only about 20% of the population in the US cans (puts food into jars) is concerns over safety. In this post, I aim to explain why if you follow the rules (the way you might observe the speed limit and wear a seat belt) canning is absolutely safe.

Canning 101: Myths Busted!

Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner

Have a beginning canner you are shopping for? Want to get the best canning supplies for the beginning canner in your life? This post will share exactly the Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner, even if they are just canning curious and want to to start canning, or if they have canned a few times before. Read on for the complete list of canning supplies for a beginner!

Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner

Free Canning Basics Course

If you have wondered about canning, thought maybe you’d like to try it out, but didn’t know how to start, this post, and Free Canning Basics Course is for you.

Free Canning Basics Course

The Best Canning Jars

This post will share the best, most versatile canning jars for a new or experienced canner, that will double as food and drink containers in your home, and will help simplify your pantry and your canning process. Read on for the best canning jars (you’ll be surprised at how short this list is)!

The Best Canning Jars

Ready to start canning, but want a fast recipe? Here’s my favorite, and fastest, recipe.

Raspberry Jam Recipe

Raspberry jam is one of the fastest preserves a person could make. Canning has a terribl reputation as being time-consuming- this recipe proves that canning can be quick, easy, and is a simple extension of the cooking process. Raspberry jam is a delight to give as gifts, easy to pick at U-pick farms, and delicious preserved in mason jars. 

Raspberry Jam Recipe

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Unusual Jam Recipes

April 14, 2020 by Jenny Gomes 2 Comments

If you’re looking for an unusual jam recipe, you’re in the right place. These are some fantastic, unusual jam recipes to give as gifts, test your canning skills, stretch your imagination, and get you out of a canning rut.

Unusual Jam Recipes

One quick note about the following jams + Instant Pots. Many of the following recipes use an Instant Pot to cook the jam, and you should not use an Instant Pot to preserve the jars. I expound on the safety of doing so in this post.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Tomato Jam

This tomato jam easy canning recipe is savory, herbal, and rich. It is amazing when paired with meat, goat cheese, pasta, and salty snacks. Read on for the step by step tutorial to make your own tomato jam!

tomato jam easy canning recipe

Huckleberry Jam

I’m your huckleberry! Huckleberry jam in your instant pot is unusual and delicious!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Lemon Jam

Not a canning recipe, and just 2 ingredients with very simple steps! I especially love how this blogger uses a blender with this unusual recipe.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Strawberry Rhubarb Chipotle Jam

A tasty unusual jam recipe that you can freeze! Great on top of chicken or pork or simply with cream cheese and crackers. Don’t be shy; it has just the right amount of heat.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Kiwi Fruit Chia Seed Jam Recipe

Kiwi Fruit Chia Seed Jam Recipe: This kiwi fruit chia seed jam recipe is fresh and refreshing. It’s easy, healthy, vegan, and plant-based. Kiwi jelly is perfect on whole-wheat toast or pancakes.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Plum and Amaretto Jam Recipe

This lovely, easy recipe is amazing and turns out well even if you’ve never tried making jam before! The almond of the Amaretto goes perfectly with the plums and makes it a real treat too – perfect with scones for a grown-up afternoon tea.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Instant Pot Pineapple Jam Without Pectin

This mouthwatering pineapple jam is like spreading Hawaiian sunshine on your toast. It’s addictive, and so easy to make – no pectin needed. Who knew you could make jam in an Instant Pot?

Unusual Jam Recipes

Watermelon Jam Recipe That Always Works

This watermelon jam is so simple to make, tastes amazing and turns out perfect every time! This is the only watermelon jam recipe you’ll ever need! If you are a beginner who wants a foolproof method of making watermelon jam, look no further!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Instant Pot Fig Jam

Easy and quick fig jam you can make in the Instant Pot or any other pressure cooker. For this recipe, you can use all varieties of figs (green, purple, red …). Delicious on toast, with cheese and foie gras.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Wild Plum Jam

A deliciously tart, wild plum jam perfect for using as a breakfast preserve or as a condiment on cheese platters. Includes directions for using both wild plums or commercially grown fruit.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Homemade Pear Preserves

An easy way to preserve excess pears in preparation for winter or simply a tasty treat to make for a fun, pear preserves are easy to make and require no special skills or equipment.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Mulberry Jam

Filled with Vitamin C and iron, mulberries are little powerhouses of nutrients. Harness the goodness of mulberries with this simple and delicious homemade mulberry jam recipe.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Blueberry Chia Jam

No pectin required for this easy peasy jam recipe. Blueberry jam is naturally sweetened, with a touch of tart, and made using chia seeds for added protein. It’s simply delicious with only 15 minutes of active time required.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Apple and Pear Jam

With fresh apples and pears plus a variety of spices, this homemade spiced apple and pear jam is the definition of fall. Be careful though as it is so good you’ll be wanting it year-round.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Sweet Cherry Jam with Merlot Wine

Making fresh cherry jam is a summer treat! Our Sweet Cherry Jam with Merlot Wine is a fun recipe for farm-fresh summer cherries! It’s great on toast, on soft creamy cheeses and vanilla ice cream!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Sugar-Free Blueberry Jam with Chia Seeds

A beautiful, tangy sugar-free blueberry jam thickened with chia seeds and flavored with lime. This blueberry jam is absolutely delicious and perfect for any low carb keto diet.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Cinnamon Eggplant Jam

Cinnamon eggplant jam with walnuts is a unique Middle Eastern recipe that will make your whole house smell like Christmas! Mini eggplants are kept as a whole and cooked with sugar and spice until a jam consistency is reached.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Carrot Jam

This delicious 3-ingredient carrot jam is based on a recipe from 1865. It’s bright, tasty and super-easy with no unusual equipment needed. It tastes like an apricot jam!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Homemade Fig Jam

My dear neighbor gave me 20 figs from her fig tree. I knew it was time to make some fig jam! It’s easy to make and full of all-natural ingredients. Perfect for a farm to table (or yard to a table)

Unusual Jam Recipes

Cherry Jam Recipe

Cherry jam can be prepared with sour or sweet cherries. Sour cherries make a great choice because the sour flavors are in balance with the sweet sugar .

Unusual Jam Recipes

Mango Jam Recipe

Mango jam is a rare sweet treat! Not all mangoes are the same and some are more challenging than others when used in a jam. This recipe covers 2 ways to prepare your mango jam. It all depends on your mango variety.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Papaya Lime Jam

Papaya fruits can be turned into a beautiful jam with the help of some lemon or lime. This jam recipe is a real tropical fruit jam and you need to have tried it if you are raving sunny vibes!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Pineapple Freezer Jam

Pineapple Freezer Jam is a fun and tropical twist on your everyday jam. Sweet, with a bright and fresh pineapple flavor, this jam is made on the stovetop in minutes and will keep in the freezer for a year.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Red Pepper Jelly

Sweet and spicy, you will want this Red Pepper Jelly in your fridge and pantry. Learn how to can these jars…perfect for snacks, sandwiches, and gifts!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Instant Pot Peach Jam Recipe With Pectin

How to make homemade Peach Jam with pectin in your Instant Pot or other pressure cookers with just a few simple pantry ingredients.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Zucchini Marmalade

Looking for another way to use zucchini this summer? Why not try jam? It’s delicious, and a great sneaky way to get your veggies.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Kiwi Jam

Kiwi jam is a beautiful speckled green in the jars, and it’s full of tropical flavor. It comes together with just a few ingredients, no pectin needed.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Raw Raspberry Fig Chia Jam

The perfect healthy jam to spread on your morning toast or add to a nut butter sandwich. Raw, naturally sweet, and packed with healthy chia seed omega 3s, you’ll be happily spreading this raw raspberry fig chia jam on everything!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Rhubarb and Gin Jam

Rhubarb & Gin Jam is made with forced rhubarb and has a beautiful pink color and a clean, fresh flavor with a gentle hint of vanilla from the seeds which are flecked throughout. Even if you’re not a gin lover you will love this jam!

Unusual Jam Recipes

Pumpkin & Ginger Jam

Pumpkin & Ginger Jam is unusual as its flavor leans more towards marmalade than jam due to the ginger and lemon but there is also the subtle sweetness of pumpkin shining through. This is the perfect breakfast preserve.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Elderberry Chia Jam

Elderberry together with Chia seeds make a powerful combination full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances that can help you overcome this demanding flu and cold season.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Rose Hip Jam

They are the fruit of rose plants that contain their seeds. The preparation of the rosehip jam is not easy, but the taste is rewarding.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Bacon Jam

Think of it as a sweet and savory relish made from bacon.  It is a little smoky, a little sweet, and 100% delicious. We all know that bacon makes everything better.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Strawberry Basil Jam

There is nothing better than fresh, in-season strawberries. I used a few from the farms around here to create this amazing strawberry basil jam recipe.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Cranberry Bacon Jam Recipe

Cranberry Bacon Jam Recipe- made with or without cranberries, this deliciously addicting, sweet and salty combination is made with easy to find ingredients such as onions, bacon, brown sugar, and cranberries. Simmered slowly, this bacon jam is best enjoyed with fresh bread, crackers, or on top of your favorite burger.

Unusual Jam Recipes

Free Canning Basics Course

If you have wondered about canning, thought maybe you’d like to try it out, but didn’t know how to start, this post, and free canning basics course is for you.

Free Canning Basics Course : Learn how to can the easy, modern way!

How To Prepare for Canning Season as a Beginner

Canning season is right around the corner and this post will explain exactly how to get ready for my favorite time of year. These steps will help you be ready for the canning season and all the bounty it brings. There’s nothing worse than coming into a bargain quantity of produce and not having what you need to preserve it. Let’s get ready!  

How to Prepare for Canning Season As a Beginner | Canning checklist for beginners and links to the essentials | Read this simple, clear post to get started canning this season!

Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner

Have a beginning canner you are shopping for? Want to get the best canning supplies for the beginning canner in your life? This post will share exactly the Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner, even if they are just canning curious and want to to start canning, or if they have canned a few times before. Read on for the complete list of canning supplies for a beginner!

The Best Canning Equipment for a Beginner

Ready for the next step in canning?

What Is A Steam Canner

This post will explain what a steam canner is, the pieces that come with it, how it saves time, the types of recipes that maximize a steam canner’s efficiency, how much water they use (hardly any!) who a steam canner is best for, and why you’ll want to try one yourself!

How to Use a Steam Canner

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Easy Jam Recipes

April 13, 2020 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

Want to try an easy jam recipe? You’ve found the right post. Here are 10+ Easy Jam Recipes with step by step instructions perfect for a beginner sure to delight anyone!

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Mixed Berry Jam

The beauty of this recipe is the naturally occurring acid that’s present in berries. This acid makes berries foolproof for beginners and makes it nearly impossible for you to make a mistake.

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Strawberry Champagne Jam Recipe

Strawberry Champagne Jam is THE jam to make to celebrate, to give as a gift, and to savor the flavor of spring. This post will explain how to make the Strawberry Champagne Jam so you can eat it fresh, it will give clear, beginner-friendly canning directions for how to preserve it in canning jars (even if you never have before!) so you can enjoy it later, and will link to the best jars for gifting this super special jam! Read on for the recipe- it is much easier than you think and there are a few simple pro tips for keeping that champagne flavor in the jar!

Best Jam Canning Recipes

Raspberry Jam Recipe

Raspberry jam is one of the fastest preserves a person could make. Canning has a terrible reputation as being time-consuming- this recipe proves that canning can be quick, easy, and is a simple extension of the cooking process. Raspberry jam is a delight to give as gifts, easy to pick at U-pick farms, and delicious preserved in mason jars. 

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Tomato Jam Recipe

This jam recipe is savory, herbal, and rich. It is amazing when paired with meat, goat cheese, pasta, and salty snacks. Read on for the tutorial!

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Strawberry Jam

This post will share a great recipe for strawberry jam that can be halved or doubled and can be pureed smooth or not. It is versatile and easy, fragrant, and fast. Enjoy and be sure to download the printable version of the recipe to have on hand!

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Cranberry Lemon Jam

This cranberry lemon jam is super smooth, perfect for Thanksgiving, even better on a sandwich the day after Thanksgiving with turkey slices, great on bagels with cream cheese, and the lemon makes it seem bright and summery too. It’s a perfect jam. You definitely can make this cranberry lemon jam and preserve it in a water bath process- you do not have to use a steam canner. Or you can make it and eat it fresh. Store it in the refrigerator if you do.

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Smooth Blackberry Jam

Blackberries are a funny thing. They are probably my favorite berry, definitely, if we are talking about eating out of hand, and of course, they have the worst thorns. I suppose we can complain that a blackberry bush has thorns, or rejoice that a thorn bush has blackberries. Because they are so, so good, I’ll go with the later.

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Best Berry Jam

This post will share a recipe that is to die for delicious and uses a food mill to easily remove the bulk of the seeds to please even the pickiest eater. Read on for the full tutorial and recipe, Wildflowers!

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Roasted Plum Jam

Plum Jam is an easy recipe that is elevated in a wonderful way by roasting the plums. Beginners can easily succeed with this canning recipe and the roasting plums make your home smell heavenly.

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Canning Concord Grape Jam

Canning grape jam is a fairly simple task because the recipe is straightforward and brief, grapes are not difficult to collect (no thorns like blackberries) and are sweet enough that they don’t require a lot of extra sugar. While we most often see the clear jelly in stores, the grape jam is delicious and seems to be a bit more virtuous in my mind because more of the actual grape remains in the pot.

10 Easy Jam Recipes

Free Canning Basics Course

If you have wondered about canning, thought maybe you’d like to try it out, but didn’t know how to start, this post, and free canning basics course is for you.

Free Canning Basics Course : Learn how to can the easy, modern way!

How To Prepare for Canning Season as a Beginner

Canning season is right around the corner and this post will explain exactly how to get ready for my favorite time of year. These steps will help you be ready for the canning season and all the bounty it brings. There’s nothing worse than coming into a bargain quantity of produce and not having what you need to preserve it. Let’s get ready!  

How to Prepare for Canning Season As a Beginner | Canning checklist for beginners and links to the essentials | Read this simple, clear post to get started canning this season!

Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner

Have a beginning canner you are shopping for? Want to get the best canning supplies for the beginning canner in your life? This post will share exactly the Best Home Canning Equipment For A Beginner, even if they are just canning curious and want to to start canning, or if they have canned a few times before. Read on for the complete list of canning supplies for a beginner!

The Best Canning Equipment for a Beginner

Ready for the next step in canning?

What Is A Steam Canner

This post will explain what a steam canner is, the pieces that come with it, how it saves time, the types of recipes that maximize a steam canner’s efficiency, how much water they use (hardly any!) who a steam canner is best for, and why you’ll want to try one yourself!

How to Use a Steam Canner
10 Easy Jam Recipes

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Best Spring Blog Posts

March 3, 2020 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

These are the best homemade food & craft spring blog posts for baking, canning, cooking, and crafting. Read on for the best spring blog posts to inspire your spring!

The 7 Best Spring Blog Posts from The Domestic Wildflower

This post contains affiliate links.

Best Old Fashioned Banana Muffin Recipe

This recipe is based on one from the 1942 version of the Good Housekeeping Cook Book. It is originally titled, “Banana Tea Bread” but when I read the recipe, given to me by my Gram, I swapped out a few ingredients and decided muffins would serve my lunchbox-toting kindergartener better than bread that I would have to slice, wrap, etc. in the busy mornings before school.

Rhubarb Pineapple Balsamic Shrub

This post will share one of my favorite shrub recipes. It uses bold tasting balsamic vinegar with pineapple and rhubarb. It’s great on its own with sparkling water but with tequila, it is over the moon delicious. Read on for the recipe!

The Best Canning Jars

If you’re a new canner, you probably have no idea which jars would be the best and if you’re experienced, you know there’s so many to choose from and that it’s hard to know what really is the best canning jar. I’m here to share what works best for me, and what I’d do if I were you, and why.

The Best Canning Jars

How To Make Lilac Syrup

Lilacs are arguably the most lovely, fragrant, and iconic springtime flowers. This post will share how to make a simple syrup to add fragrance and flavor to the tea, cocktails, and more in short order. I will also explain why the syrup is NOT a pretty purple color. Here’s how to make Lilac Syrup!

Free Canning Basics Course

When I started canning, this was the part that caused me the most grief. A good cookbook is a helpful start, but there’s no way for it to SHOW you what happens when. There’s no shame in admitting that, hey, you don’t really cook all that often and having 3 pots going on the stove at once is kind of overwhelming. I am here to tell you (and explain, in detail in the course) that canning is WAY LESS COMPLICATED than cooking a big family dinner.

Free Canning Basics Course

Strawberry Jam Canning Recipe

This post will share a great recipe for strawberry jam that can be halved or doubled and can be pureed smooth or not. It is versatile and easy, fragrant, and fast. Enjoy and be sure to download the printable version of the recipe to have on hand! You’ll be making homemade strawberry jam for your family and friends in no time with this easy canning recipe.

Strawberry Jam Canning Recipe | The Domestic Wildflower

Giant Yarn Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern

You all may have noticed, I’m a huge fan of giant yarn, pun absolutely intended. I love it because it is unusual, warm, fast to work with, and easy to see errors you might have made. Love Fest Fibers has become my favorite domestic source of giant yarn and for good reason. They have a variety of large-scale yarns to choose from, in neutrals and dreamy colors, in both all natural and recycled plastic + natural material blends.

Canning for Party Favors

This post will share how to can favors for a bridal shower, wedding, baby shower, or other parties where you want to put love into jars and give the gift of something delicious.

Canning For Party Favors | Read how you can preserve jam, salsa, and other delicious treats easily for the guests at your next bridal shower, baby shower, or other party! Canning for party favors is genius- it saves time and money and is beautiful!

How To Make Shrubs Course

Shrubs aren’t just for gardens, they are no cook cocktail and mocktail mixers. Here’s the new & improved, free, shrubs email course.

How to Grow Microgreens in a Victorio Sprouter

This post will explain how to sprout microgreens easily on your countertop especially if you would like a steady supply of sprouts for eating on salad, sandwiches, eggs, and more. The sprouter that I use is forgetfulness-proof and helps you sprout more of your seeds, saving you money, and allows for you to have sprouts ready all the time, as opposed to one jar full ready, and then having to wait for another week to go by without any fresh spouts.

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Bite Toothpaste Bits Review

November 14, 2019 by Jenny Gomes Leave a Comment

Curious about how Bite Toothpaste Bits work from a non-sponsored post? I tried them and this post will share what I love (and don’t love) about them and my final recommendation.

Bite Toothpaste Bits Review | An Honest Review of the zero waste toothpaste tablets

This post is NOT sponsored but if you make a purchase with Bite, I get a very small commission from their website. I wanted to try Bite for myself and this post is purely an honest review of their product. 

Bite Toothpaste Bits are a tablet style toothpaste that comes in a glass bottle with a metal lid (both are recyclable). They are the answer to the highly wasteful practice of using toothpaste in a non-recyclable plastic tube that unavoidably clogs landfills and oceans. 

I was interested in trying them for myself because I try, one item at a time, to reduce the plastic I use in my life and also, the plastic my food comes in. It seems really strange that a product we put inside our mouth twice a day comes in a plastic tube and we (the average consumer) know very little about where that plastic comes from, how it’s made and what the long term consequences might be from that exposure. I’m no scientist and I’m not about to tell you that’s a reason for YOU to stop using toothpaste in a plastic tube, but I thought that if Bite was a good option for my family, I’d switch away from plastic tube toothpaste. 

Takeaway: Plastic tube toothpaste tubes aren’t recyclable and I wonder if in 25 years we will discover how foolish it was to consume foods that were packaged in plastic. 

What are Bite Toothpaste Bits?

Bite Toothpaste Bits are a tablet, so they are pre-measured. This proved to be a major plus with kids. What mother in the world LIKES the smears of toothpaste on the counter? In electric blue, no less? 

The tablets crumble in your mouth with a soft bite, and then you chew them just a little so that they start to foam in your mouth and then apply your wet toothbrush (I’m a fan of this wooden one) and brush normally. 

This has also been easy with kids and easy for me to get used to personally. The tablet form is also great for travel.

Do Bite Toothpaste Bits Work?

These little tablets foam up into a very dense, impressive foam in a quantity that honestly is PLENTY. If you needed more foam to brush your teeth I’d be surprised. 

My teeth feel very clean after use and I’ve tried the Mint, Charcoal, as well as the Limited Edition Autumn Spice flavors. 

My daughter struggled with cavities as a 4-5 year old so we are very careful about good brushing habits and I look at her teeth after every brush (she’s almost 8) to check and Bite Toothpaste Bits seem (to my untrained, non-dentist eye) to be working well. We’ve had one dental checkup since starting Bite and we had no cavities; That’s not proof of any kind of course, but certainly was encouraging that our toothbrushing routine as a whole is working. 

I’ve personally never had a cavity (good genetics from my mother and well water, she says) so I am hoping to continue my good fortune. 

How to Buy Bite Toothpaste Bits

You can purchase 2 ways. You can buy a smaller bottle that’s a one month supply, which is what I did to try out different flavors. If you want to refill that little bottle, you can’t currently order a refill pouch (a compostable paper mailer) which frankly is really dumb. So, I’ve had to order subsequent small bottles because at the time, I wasn’t ready to commit to a subscription. That means I ended up with extra little glass bottles. My kids used them to make potions so they weren’t wasted but it was an annoying feature. I want to be able to buy a plain old refill pouch! 

Alternatively, you can subscribe and get a larger bottle of 4 month supply for a single person. 

Some people love subscriptions but I really don’t like hasty commitment and I didn’t want to subscribe right away. It felt like getting married to the toothpaste too soon. 

My wish is that they had a smarter way of subscribing for a family. Now, you just subscribe for a 4 month supply for one person. This isn’t a drawback really, but a way they could improve. The refills come in a compostable mailer and you just refill the cute glass bottle. It’s honestly a great idea and I’m about to subscribe myself. You save almost 40% by subscribing, and both options take about a week to arrive. 

Bite Toothpaste Bits Review | An Honest Review of the zero waste toothpaste tablets

Do Bite Toothpaste Bits Taste Good?

Yes. Mint, Charcoal, and Autumn Spice are all good. I found Charcoal to be refreshing and not weird tasting (some charcoal products can have a weird taste), Mint is as it sounds- minty and good and not aggressively so, and Autumn Spice is a nice, mild cinnamon. 

Do Kids Like Bite Toothpaste Bits? 

My 7 year old daughter loves them and my 5 year old son isn’t sold; mostly, I think he still likes the electric blue sparkle toothpaste from the dentist and I’m ok with that. I’m waiting for him to want to do what big sister does. 

It is worth mentioning that the Bite Toothpaste Bits make incredible bubbles, the spit you create with them is really satisfying and foamy, and there’s a lot of, “Come look at this!” coming from the bathroom now that one kid is using the Bits. 

It’s also worth mentioning that the charcoal in particular leaves a significant foam-spit trail in the sink that rivals the electric sparkle blue when your kid can’t spit directly under the faucet, and it thus isn’t easily rinsed away. I always think, “Begin as you mean to go on” so if you don’t want to have those charcoal rivers stuck to your sink, then maybe opt for the white Mint variety from the start. 

Final Recommendation

I love Bite Toothpaste Bits, my daughter loves them, and I think my son will come around. My husband hasn’t tried them but he’s not one to try new things and I’m not about to browbeat him about it. I bet eventually they have more subscription options, and more plain old buying options for those commitment-phobes like me. I love that I’m not filling my trash can with plastic (we have a 1-2 bag of trash a week maximum and I’m working to shrink that) and I love that we aren’t using toothpaste that was sitting in plastic for who knows how long before it goes in our mouth. I think you’d love Bite Toothpaste Bits too! Try them and let me know what you think. 

Try Bite Toothpaste Bits today!

Want to try making your own waste-free toothpaste? I have a great tooth powder recipe here!

Homemade Tooth Powder Recipe to naturally clean your teeth!

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Start Canning Course | The Domestic Wildflower click to read this super helpful list of resources, tools, and gift ideas for the homemade and handmade enthusiast in your life!
This video course will invite you into my kitchen to watch me can a wide variety of recipes and use several beginner friendly techniques. It is the perfect course if you want to learn but have no idea where to start; even if you've never boiled a pot of water! Learn how you will know you are doing it right, safety best practices, simple recipes that are foolproof and guaranteed to impress, and skills to apply to any recipe.

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Shrubology: Refreshing Homemade Fruit and Vinegar Syrups for Cocktails
Make easy, no-cook fruit & vinegar syrups for cocktails & mocktails! This ebook shares crowd pleasing recipes and simple to understand ratios so you can make a shrub on your countertop any time- without a recipe. Dive into these Prohibition Era drinks today!

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