Laundry Detergent
3 bars of Fels Naptha (find in the laundry dept.) Cube it and put it in the blender, grate it into a powder
Pour the powder into 2 large trash bags (trash bags are doubled in case one rips)
To the bag add:
1 box of Borax
1 box of Washing Soda
2 cups of baking soda
2 3 lb. boxes of Oxygen Bleach
2 containers of Purex Crystals (for scent)
Tie the bags together and tumble to mix completely. Pour into a large bucket or smaller containers, cover.
Use 2 Tablespoons per load. This will last a family of 4 for a year.
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Pumpkin Bread
Want to bring a dessert to your Thanksgiving Feast that people will be asking for the recipe? Make this pumpkin bread and they'll be asking. This is a great recipe and could possibly become a family favorite.
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 cups white sugar
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
- Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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GREEN CHILI CHICKEN CASSEROLE
This recipe is the one I talked about on my show today. I used tortilla chips but if you have corn tortillas or fritos they would work well too. We all really liked this recipe, I hope you do too.
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can chicken broth
1 cup chopped green chili
1 small container sour cream
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon onion salt
1/2 teaspoon table salt
3 cups cooked chicken, shredded or chopped
1 chopped onion
1 lb. shredded cheese
1 bag tortilla chips
Mix and heat soups, broth, chili, sour cream and water, add salts. In a 9" x 13" pan layer chips, soup mixture, chicken, onions and cheese. Repeat layers until pan is full, pour soup mixture over all. Bake at 350 for 15 - 20 minutes until heated through.
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HOMEMADE LEMONADE
In blender blend on low:
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
2 lemons (whole and quartered, not peeled)
Strain into pitcher, rinse blender
Blend on high:
2 cups water
2 cups ice
Add to lemon mixture and stir
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