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In short — I’ve been loving it!
So much so, in fact, that I tweaked the recipe a bit to make it stretch even farther and I’m loving it still.
For one batch of powder detergent I’m still using the one bar of Fels Naptha, but I doubled the other two ingredients.
Homemade Powder Laundry Detergent Recipe
1 bar [...]
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I tweaked the recipe a bit for the homemade dishwasher detergent I’ve been making. It seemed like my glassware and coffee mugs weren’t coming out as clean as they had been, so I doubled the amount of Lemi Shine for each batch of the powder detergent.
Homemade Dishwasher (Powder) Detergent:
1 cup Borax
1 cup Baking Soda
2 Tablespoons [...]
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So tomorrow always comes sooner than you think.
Loving the comments and tips and input on cooking whole chickens in the last post! I know I learned some things! Admittedly, that’s not saying much… Ahem.
What do y’all make with the chicken from your whole chicken?
But before we talk chicken, let’s talk chicken stock. I turned around [...]
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I never cooked up a whole chicken myself until recently.
“Hi, I’m Jolyn.”
(Hi, Jolyn!)
“I’m 38-years-old, and I just cooked my first whole chicken.”
This is dedicated to all of you 37 and younger. Please, don’t wait as long as I did to prepare something so fundamental to healthy, frugal meals.
And if you’re older than I [...]
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Homemade Refried Beans — Slow Cooker Style
Ingredients:
1 onion, peeled and halved
3 cups dry pinto beans
8 cloves garlic, minced
3 t. salt
1 3/4 t. fresh ground black pepper ( I just threw some on)
1/8 t. ground cumin
9 cups water
Rinse the beans, throw out the ones that float to the top. Mix them with the rest of the [...]
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One of my goal’s for 2010 was to try making homemade laundry detergent. I am happy to say that January has nary gone by and I have not only attempted my first recipe, but it was a resounding success. And not only did I make detergent for laundry, but for the dishwasher as well!
There are [...]
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