Homemade Deodorant!
This stuff is great! My armpits smell like spring meadows and happiness! In cooler weather the mixture turns solid but since I live in crazy jungle heat mine will remain liquid.. the A/C keeps it at a semi liquid state. Still…. happy smelling armpits! :D PS. Ignore the Colgate product placement… they didn’t pay me. …
Homemade Fabric Softener
This saves a ton of cash and my clothes still smell “Downy” fresh. :D It’s easy to mix up so get the ingredients next time you are at the store and when you run out of fabric softener just whip up a batch and start saving money. Recipe Source: The Frugal Girls
Homemade All Purpose Cleanser
I’m trying to save money and my household from toxic chemicals. It’s a bonus when I am able to do both with one small change in the way I do things. I no longer buy Windex or 409 or Lysol Kitchen Cleanser or any of a number of toxins in a squirt bottle that I …
Cinnabon Copy Cat… in a bread machine!
Oh yeah… Cinnabon baby! There is something about the smell of cinnamon rolls baking that is almost sinister. It’s like the call of the siren to the sailors of old. You can’t resist; don’t try. The best you can do is resolve yourself to just “tasting” the sugary, fluffy, cinnamony goodness. Oh, and taste you …
Apple Iced Tea
In my efforts to 1) Avoid all artificial sweeteners and chemical beverages and 2) Not go broke doing so I had an idea. What about tea? Everyone likes iced tea. Sugar (though by no means healthy) isn’t the devil we all thought it was. Some iced tea with some sugar… yeah… that’ll be OK (and …
Banana Peach Sorbet Pops
The weather is still lovely and spring like here in Okinawa but there is a hint in the air of the crazy jungle heat that is soon to come our way and slap us in the face and oppress us with it’s sticky, humid, grossness. Sorry. Tropical living is great in winter and in the …
Bread Machine Challah Bread
This is the first time I have made Challah bread and bruddah it won’t be the last! I usually make all my bread in the bread machine anyhow. I never bake in it because I don’t like the way it bakes… but I sure do like the way it kneads. If you don’t have a …
Meatball Sliders
Here in Japan, we get a chuckle when we go to a restaurant that has an English menu as we try to decipher what the writer meant to say. We intend no disrespect with our amusement, on the contrary we are appreciative that our Japanese hosts are so hospitable and accommodating that they would take …
Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake
I love old cookbooks because they are filled with a “slice of life” from days gone by. It’s like looking into a kitchen window and being transported into the past. Old cookbooks are homey, and welcoming and humble and friendly… they seek to feed families and offer a slice of gingerbread to drop in visitors. …
Quick and Easy Restaurant Style Salsa
This is yummy, yummy, yummy salsa. It tastes like the delicious salsa that my favorite Mexican Food restaurant in the States serves. The best parts about this (aside from the taste) are the ease of preparation (the whole thing is assembled in the blender) and the fact that it uses canned tomatoes. I can’t find …