Below is a listing of many food - and other - gift recipes mentioned in earlier pages of The Special Gift... a whole slew of them!

As you'll see, the list is alphabetized by headings. In some cases, the heading is the recipe; in others, there are multiple recipes under that category. (Note the other ideas that may be listed in the heading itself.)

If you were referred from another page of this site to a particular section in Recipes/Ideas, you'll find it listed below... But these lists themselves can also just be cruised for ideas, of course.

Not that you might not find these same gifts to buy... But homemade gifts add a distinctive touch to the offering - expressing that it's truly from you; and that's neat.

I hope you find something really special to give from this list:

• Baby Powder (Natural)
   
• Bath salts, oils, or herb bags

• Dry Skin Conditioning Bath

• Foaming Vanilla Bath Oil

• Milk Bath

• Beneficial Insect Attractant
   
• Body lotions and massage oils

• Natural Baby Oil

• Relaxing Massage Oil

• Bottled salad dressings

• Garlicky Oriental Dressing

• Macadamia Nut Dressing

• Raspberry-Walnut Vinaigrette

• Roasted Pine Nut-Basil Dressing

• Brandied fruits

• Easy Brandied Fruit

• Tutti-Frutti Cockaigne

• Candied flowers, nuts, mint leaves, citrus peel

• Crystallized Rose Petals

• Glazed Mint Leaves

• Sugared Nuts

• Candies

• Kahlua Balls

• Lollipops

• Maple Caramels

• Toasted Pine Nut Brittle

• Cheeses (curds, potted, hung, nut-covered balls, tiny packages, etc.)

• Crocked Beer Cheese

• Ported Potted Cheese

• Christmas Tree Extender
   
• Christmas Tree Fireproofing Spray
   
• Christmas Tree Snow
   
• Coffee substitutes

• Acorn "Coffee"

• Dandelion Root "Coffee"

• Roasted Grain "Coffee"

• Cookies, biscotti

• Coffee-Cardamom Crescents

• Lavender Cookies

• Orange-Walnut Shortbread

• Pistachio Coconut Cookies

• Rosemary Biscotti

• Swedish Almond Rusks

• Croutons 
   
• Dog Biscuits, Non-allergenic 
   
• Flavored coffee, tea, or cocoa mixes 

• Flowery Tea

• Orange Spice Tea Mix

• Skier’s Delight

• Spicy Mocha Mix

• Flavored honeys; honeycomb; spun honey

• Honey Cream

• Rose Petal Honey

• Flavored syrups and sauces

• Rose Hip Syrup

• Sweet Soy Ketchup

• Walnut Sauce

• Fruit leathers
   
• Gingerbread houses (with or without scenery!) 
   
• Granola, muesli

• Granola

• Muesli

• Healing salves

• Balm of Gilead Salve

• Chickweed Anti-Itch Ointment

• Herbal vinegars or oils

• Celery Vinegar

• Chili Vinegar

• Mint Vinegar

• Raspberry Vinegar

• Rose Petal Vinegar

• Spiced Orange Vinegar

• Hiker’s Potato Soup Mix
  
  
• Homemade Chalk
   
• Jams and jellies and curds

• Basil Jelly

• Coconut-Rum Conserve

• Corn Cob Jelly

• Crab-apple Jelly

• Dandelion Jelly

• Garlic Jelly

• Ginger Jam

• Lemon Curd

• Peach Butter

• Pumpkin Butter

• Rose Geranium Jelly

• Yellow Tomato Preserves

• Zucchini Marmalade

• Little flavored cakes or breads

• Cherry-Yogurt Pound Cake

• Coconut Bread

• Lemon-Thyme Pound Cake

• Nuttier Fruitcake

• Prune Rye Bread

• Rhubarb Nut Bread

• Rose Petal Tea Bread

• Sage Bread

• Marinated Mushrooms 
   
• Mole Repellant 
   
• Mosquito Repellant (Natural) 
   
• Mustards or horseradish spreads, chutneys/relishes 

• Corn Relish

• Curried Apricot Chutney

• Green Tomato Chutney

• Papaya-Plum Chutney

• Radish Relish

• Raspberry Mustard

• Spiced German Mustard

• Nuts or snack mix

• Caramel Popcorn Stuff

• Curried Nut Mix

• Deviled Raisins

• Spiced Pecans

• Paints

• Face Paints

• Finger Paints

• Food-Based "Watercolors"

• Pastas

• Flavored Pastas

• Rich Egg Noodles

• Pesto sauce (frozen, canned, or just the ingredients to make it)

• Black Olive Pesto

• Cilantro Pesto

• Lemon-Almond Pesto

• Low-Fat Basil Pesto

• Pickles

• Cookie Cutter Watermelon Pickles

• Pickled Asparagus

• Pickled Eggs

• Pickled Sour Cherries

• Pickled Nasturtium Seed "Capers"

• Play-Dough 
   
• Potpourri mixes

• Flowery Potpourri

• Herbal Potpourri

• Spicy Potpourri

• Pretzels in Fun Shapes 
   
• Seasoning mixes and flavored extracts

• Flavored Extracts

• Herbed Salt

• Low-Salt Seasoning

• Salad Seasoning Mix

• Shampoo, hair rinses

• Blonde Hair Rinse

• Dark Hair Rinse

• Rosemary Shampoo

• Silly Putty Stuff 
   
• Sourdough Starter 
   
• Sunburn Soother 
   
• Tomato Leather 
   
• Wine, ale, liqueur, cider, shrub

• Apricot Liqueur

• Coffee Liqueur

• Crème de Menthe

• Dandelion Wine

• Orange Liqueur

• Rose Brandy

• Rose Petal Wine

• Shrub