Tuesday is replenishing day!

So today is a day of replenishing the basics of items in the pantry. So today's job will be to make Chocolate Syrup, Laundry soap, and baking bread. The dish soap recipe has already been posted with the link in a previous article. As I walk through this blog, I will be posting the links to the recipes to give the author/creator of the recipes the credit they deserve. I will also try to post the good, the bad, and the ugly of testing recipes so I know not to use them again in future blog ramblings.

Chocolate Syrup recipe is from:
http://www.kitchentreaty.com/homemade-chocolate-syrup/

And makes 1 pint of syrup. You can reuse your chocolate syrup bottle, but wait until your syrup it totally cooled down before putting it in the bottle.

Bread Recipe is from:
Betty Crocker Gold Medal Classic White Bread

Lower the temp by 25 degrees and only bake 15-20 minutes for a less dark crust. No need to butter the outside. I've found that tossing a tea towel or kitchen towel over them helps keep the crust softer before packaging. You will need an electric bread knife for this one as it is as soft as store bought bread.

Laundry Soap Recipe is from:
 http://www.budget101.com/myo-household-items/whipped-cream-super-laundry-soap-3993.html

Feel free to jump in at anytime to make a recipe and even tweak it a little to make it your own unique recipe. We took the bread recipe to a new level by adding colored sugar and cinnamon before rolling it up and baking it. It was for our St. Patrick's Day meal.

I hope you enjoyed the blog today. Go ahead and get off the computer and try something new. Thanks for stopping by!

Laundry on the Cheap! Quit giving your money to the BIG companies!

Here's your penny pincher post of the day. As with this blog being my go to page with like personal favorite bookmarks for items we use in our daily lives, I will post pages to save them for you or my kids to be able to look up without fighting with Google Search.

Here's my story about stepping away from those horrible plastic jugs of overpriced laundry soap. Last summer I found this awesome recipe online at Budget 101 for the Laundry Sauce.

 http://www.budget101.com/myo-household-items/whipped-cream-super-laundry-soap-3993.html

My first recipe was made with Dove soap with the rose scent and it was okay. It smelled good so I made a little more. Second batch oozed over the top of the stove since I didn't keep stirring it like I should have. LOL! At least my stove got a good cleaning! The third time I made it was with the Fels Naptha bar as it shows in the recipe. I grated it and set it aside. The toddler decided to try it because he thought it was cheese. Needless to say, he won't try that again! I also set it up out of his reach, so keep that in mind when you have little helpers around. I'm needing to make more this week to restock the pantry.

Here's the ingredients for those of you to buy to make this and then make sure you bookmark the page the recipe is on as it gives a step by step walk-through on making it with PICTURES!

Mom's Super Laundry Sauce

Fels Naptha Bar
20 Mule Team Borax
Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (not baking soda!)
2 Regular Mouth Quart Jars -- with lids and rings
Blender 

You will pay less for all these ingredients that will give you enough soap for approximately 128 loads of laundry. It averages about $2 or less per jar as the borax and washing soda makes about 3 batches overall. The jars can be bought at second hand stores for as little as 25 cents each and you can re-use lids and rings from your canning endeavors. Check tomorrow's post on canning if you haven't gotten involved in that highly addicting past time.

Thanks for stopping by to read my page! Hope this helps you to keep a few dollars in your pocket so you can save it for something fun for yourself!