Faith, Home, & Family
In an effort to be warm, and fill hungry children who want to snack all the time, I baked today.
I baked 29 banana muffins, 3 dozen oatmeal raisan cookies and 3 dozen peanut butter cookies. I also have a container of each kind of dough to put in the freezer.
Hopefully, the cookies last through tomorrow!
Hannah made this soap the other day, and I’ve never shared it here! I got this from an email list several like 6, 7, 8, I don’t know, maybe 5, years ago. My girls really like this soap, and can really tell a difference when they don’t use it.
Since I don’t know for sure where it came from, I will post it just like I got it, then tell you what I do after. Oh, and if anyone knows where it originated, please let me know.
Acne Soap
4 oz Melt and Pour glycerin soap
1 T herbal shampoo
400 IU vitamin E
1/4 teaspoon liguid glycerin
1/4 teaspoon tea tree oil
1/4 teaspoon peppermint oil
soap mold
green soap coloring or drop of green food coloring if desired
Melt soap in the microwave, add the other ingredients and pour into mold.
Let dry completely.
Let cure for at least 24 hours before using.
If you have trouble unmolding it, try popping it into the freezer for a couple of minutes.
Ok, that’s the original recipe that I received.
Here’s what I do:
Since we no longer have a microwave, we do this in a pan on top of the stove and it works fine. Just use low heat and stir. You can leave it on low while you add the other ingredients, because it starts setting up just minutes after taking it off the heat.
We don’t use any green coloring. What does it matter if the soap is green?
The last few times we have made it, we didn’t use the herbal shampoo, and the soap worked just as well.
Making my own acne soap Works for Me!
is a busy day.
We spent 3 hours at church this morning. We helped give the fellowship hall a deep cleaning. Then we all ate lunch together. The others were still there when we left. They were going to keep on working. But we had to leave.
I had to stop at the Trade Store, which is like Goodwill, only its for a local ministry. I had to find some work pants for K who starts work on Thursday. Yeah1 I found 2 pairs! I’m so glad, since We’re fronting him the money!
We’re home for an hour or so, then we have to leave for piano. I also have to stop at the post office and mail a book for Paperback Swap. Have you tried this yet? I absolutely love it! Hey, if you go and sign up, use my email address as a referral, and after you list 10 books, I’ll get a credit along with you. My email is pcsmom @ gmail.com just remove the spaces. 🙂
For dinner tonight we’re having Italian Crockpot Chicken. Which is just chicken with Italian salad dressing cooked in the crockpot. lol I think I’m going to go put some rice in my smaller crockpot to cook. I’ve never done rice in the crockpot before. I’ll let you know how it comes out!
Ever since D was diagnosed with diabetes, I have struggled with how much meat we use for each meal. D is a big meat eater, as are the kids. Me not so much. Being big meat eaters doesn’t fit so well with frugal meals.
But I have finally found a solution!
Now when I make a casserole I don’t double up on the meat, I use a smaller amount, but serve D extra meat. For example, if I’m making a chicken casserole, I use about 2cups of chicken for a 13 x9 inch pan. I serve D a chicken leg quarter, and use the casserole as a side dish for him.
He gets full, doesn’t carb out on the casserole, and I still get a frugal meal!
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Last night, I pulled a pizza crust out of the freezer and put it into the fridge to defrost for lunch today.
It always feels pretty good to plan ahead.
This morning I pulled it out of the fridge and put it on the counter to come up to room temp.
It always feels pretty good to plan ahead.
I just took out a pizza pan, gave it a quick spray with oil. Than I took the pizza crust out of the freezer bag and placed in on the pizza pan. “hmmm….that feels different…” *reads freezer bag on the way to the trash can “Pie Crust” * “no wonder it felt different!”
Soooo…..I put the pie crust back in the bag, and back in the fridge. Now I’m going to have to come up with a new plan for lunc.
Now I get to make a pie later. But hey, the crust is already made!
It always feels pretty good to plan ahead.
Now that it’s getting cold out, we have started making hot cocoa again. We like to put the water on to heat while we go outside to feed the animals, or hang clothes on the line. Yes, I hang clothes on the line even in winter. Sure saves on the electric bill! When we come in, the water is ready, and we are that much closer to warming up with a nice cup of hot cocoa. Here’s the recipe I use:
5 1/2 cups powdered milk
1 1/2 cup cocoa
3 cups sugar
dash of salt
I give it a whirl in the food proccessor to make the milk a finer powder. I had trouble with it not all dissolving when I used it just out of the box. And it makes the texture like store bought mix. I adapted this recipe from another one that used non fat dairy creamer, like for coffee. But when I worked on getting all the trans fat out of our diets, that had to leave. The kids couldn’t tell the difference. They like to have mini marshmallows in theirs. But I like my chocolate straight!
EDIT I neglected to tell you how much to use! lol We use 3 – 6 teaspoons, depending on how big your mug is. And how strong you like it to be. 🙂
I made lasagna last night. Here’s the top…..
And here’s a piece……..
All I can say is yumm-O !
The family made sure that there wasn’t any left for my lunch today!
