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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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