Go to my butcher, ask him to save the kidney fat from some grass fed cows he's...

Go to my butcher, ask him to save the kidney fat from some grass fed cows he’s breaking up.

He gives it to me for free.

Then I stick that in a huge pot and melt out the tallow.

Put the tallow in jars.

It is our healthy cooking fat and skin cream for a year.

I did this last year and still have half a jar left. Looks like I’ll have to do another batch over the Christmas break.

I use jars like this. They are reusable 10 to 20 times.

You can store it in a cool dark place with no refrigeration and use it to replace all your cooking…

Mix the tallow with bees wax and lanolin and you can make a great salve, beard wax or hand cream. Measure by weight:

60% tallow 20% bees wax 20% lanolin

Add some essential oils if you like. I added bergamot oil to mine.

Melt the bees wax, add the lanolin, add the tallow. Cool and store in small, opaque containers.