This recipe is listed on their website and also in their book. Once aagain, thank you, Michelle! You are an inspiration to me!
Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine- best value
4 Cups - hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
½ Cup Borax
- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)
*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may be purchased online here (at Meijer.com). Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!
***I make this but I don't dilute it much, if at all.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Homemade Baby Wipes
This recipe is based on Michelle Duggar's method for making baby wipes. I figure that she must be an expert:-) Her "recipe" is in their book.
Here's what I do. I have an empty ice cream bucket with a small x cut in the middle of the lid. I reuse this each time until it starts getting worn out, then we make the sacrifice, for the baby sake :-) and buy another bucket of ice cream and eat it (it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it). Here's the rest of what you need.
1 roll of Bounty papertowels
2 cups of warm water
2 tbsp baby oil
1 tbsp rubbing alcohol
a squirt or two of baby soap, baby bath, or whatever you've got that smells good
Lay the papertowels on their side and cut them in half. This is the messiest and most difficult part of the process but you only have to do it every other batch since you make 2 batches from one roll of papertowels. Michelle recommends you use an electric knife like you'd use to carve a turkey. I don't have an electric knife, yet.
In your ice cream bucket, add all of your liquid ingredients and gently stir them up. Put 1 of the halves of papertowels in the bucket. I generally let it sit for an hour then I flip the papertowels over so the whole thing gets wet. Once pretty much all the liquid has been absorbed (1 1/2 - 2 hours), the cardboard center of the papertowels pulls out very easily. After you take the cardboard center out, feed the wipes from the middle of the roll up through the x cut in your lid.
Here's what I do. I have an empty ice cream bucket with a small x cut in the middle of the lid. I reuse this each time until it starts getting worn out, then we make the sacrifice, for the baby sake :-) and buy another bucket of ice cream and eat it (it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it). Here's the rest of what you need.
1 roll of Bounty papertowels
2 cups of warm water
2 tbsp baby oil
1 tbsp rubbing alcohol
a squirt or two of baby soap, baby bath, or whatever you've got that smells good
Lay the papertowels on their side and cut them in half. This is the messiest and most difficult part of the process but you only have to do it every other batch since you make 2 batches from one roll of papertowels. Michelle recommends you use an electric knife like you'd use to carve a turkey. I don't have an electric knife, yet.
In your ice cream bucket, add all of your liquid ingredients and gently stir them up. Put 1 of the halves of papertowels in the bucket. I generally let it sit for an hour then I flip the papertowels over so the whole thing gets wet. Once pretty much all the liquid has been absorbed (1 1/2 - 2 hours), the cardboard center of the papertowels pulls out very easily. After you take the cardboard center out, feed the wipes from the middle of the roll up through the x cut in your lid.
Homemade Stuff
I have been making alot of things homemade lately (trying to save money - not trying to save the planet, my Lord & Savior already came to do that 2000 years ago). Anyways, I have been making lots of neat stuff homemade that I used to buy already made. I've been making my own baby wipes, laundry soap, and taco seasoning recently. I'll share these recipes in my next few posts.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Chicken a la King
This recipe comes from The Taste of Home book "The New Slow Cooker". I am borrowing the book from our local library. It's jam-packed with great recipes!
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 celery rib, chopped
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
2 Tbsp diced pimentos, drained
Hot cooked rice
In a slow cooker, combine soup, flour, pepper, and cayenne until smooth. Stir in chicken, celery, green pepper, and onion. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat uices run clear.
Stir in peas and pimentos. Cook 30 minutes longer or until heated through. Serve over rice.
Makes 6 servings.
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 celery rib, chopped
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
2 Tbsp diced pimentos, drained
Hot cooked rice
In a slow cooker, combine soup, flour, pepper, and cayenne until smooth. Stir in chicken, celery, green pepper, and onion. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat uices run clear.
Stir in peas and pimentos. Cook 30 minutes longer or until heated through. Serve over rice.
Makes 6 servings.
Finally...A Menu Plan for This Week
It's been a long time since I've posted but here's the menu plan for this week:
Breakfasts: cereal, oatmeal, eggs, waffles, fruit
Lunches: grilled cheese, ham and cheese, PB & J, salad, canned soup, leftovers
Dinners:
Sat - keeping our options open, I'm not usually off from work on the weekends
Sun - Christmas Party for our Small Group, I'm bringing cookies and a veggie tray
Mon - Calzones (special request from the boys)
Tues - Chicken a la King
Wed - Spinach Manicotti (my request) and my hubby's "World Famous" garlic bread
Thurs - Dinner out with friends to celebrate their birthday
Fri - Special night out "alone" (a.k.a. no kids) to celebrate our 17th Wedding Anniversary which is Saturday; usually this translates into a nice meal somewhere and then lots of Christmas shopping while holding hands :-)
Have a great week and may God bless you and your family!
Becky <><
Breakfasts: cereal, oatmeal, eggs, waffles, fruit
Lunches: grilled cheese, ham and cheese, PB & J, salad, canned soup, leftovers
Dinners:
Sat - keeping our options open, I'm not usually off from work on the weekends
Sun - Christmas Party for our Small Group, I'm bringing cookies and a veggie tray
Mon - Calzones (special request from the boys)
Tues - Chicken a la King
Wed - Spinach Manicotti (my request) and my hubby's "World Famous" garlic bread
Thurs - Dinner out with friends to celebrate their birthday
Fri - Special night out "alone" (a.k.a. no kids) to celebrate our 17th Wedding Anniversary which is Saturday; usually this translates into a nice meal somewhere and then lots of Christmas shopping while holding hands :-)
Have a great week and may God bless you and your family!
Becky <><
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