Homemade Dryer Sheets!This is a great way to use up old cloth, and cotton rags or scrap clothing!
Take your piece of cloth and add 5 drops (no more than this or you could end up with staining of your clothing in the load & have to re-wash!) of your favorite essential oil to it, these can be reused too, by just adding a couple more drops of the essential oil to the cloth each load, and you can‘recycle’ it back through the wash to be used again and again! *******************************************************************************
Here are a few ideas for making your own blends for your homemade dryer sheets:Rosemary & Thyme for a natural, earthy scent / Lavender & Chamomile for a relaxing, soothing effect / Sweet Orange & Lemon for a refreshing scent / Eucalyptus & Peppermint (or just the Eucalyptus) for cold/flu sufferers / Ylang-Ylang and Jasmine for a Romantic-y scent
Look for more frugal, homemade goodies in our soon to be released new eBook, Homestead Simplicity: Natural Clean
WIN a copy of “Haircuts for Little Men” a great eBook that shows us how to cut our manly-men’s hair, all for the price of a little time! :) I LOVE that!
Soooo….How do you win? Leave a comment with your first name and email addy, so I can contact you–that simple. Want 2 chances to win? Post this contest on YOUR blog too….and comment with the link, your name and email addy.
We’ll draw the winners name outta ye’ ol’ hat October 1st!
6 eggs
¼ cup sugar
1½ cups rice flour
1/3 cup tapioca starch/flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk, soy milk, rice milk or apple juice
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or vegetable oil
2 McIntosh, Cortland or other cooking apples, peeled and very thinly sliced
½ cup raisins, optional
Butter, oil or vegetable spray
2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar, for garnish
Beat eggs with sugar until foamy.
Add rice flour, tapioca starch/flour, baking powder and salt. Beat until smooth.
Add milk and butter (or oil).
Fold in apple slices and raisins, if desired.
In medium skillet, heat butter or oil or coat with vegetable spray. Ladle ¼ cup batter into pan and cook until top is set, about 3 to 5 minutes. Flip with spatula and cook another 2 to 3 minutes.
Turn pancakes onto a warm serving plate. Roll them up like crepes and keep them warm. Repeat with remaining batter until all is used. Lightly dust pancakes with powdered sugar. Serve warm.
Recipe by Beth Hillson, Living Without food editor.
Each pancake contains: 254calories, 6g total fat, 2g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 133 mg cholesterol, 45g carbohydrate, 294mg sodium, 1g fiber, 6g protein
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. cinnamon and/or nutmeg
5-6 cups of Blackberries
1/4 cup Cornstarch
Start out with clean freshly picked Blackberries in a bowl, I sprinkle about a 1/4 C of cornstarch over the top and mix in, let it set. Grab another bowl and toss in all your other ingredients, using the tines of a fork, mix until crumbly. Pour your berries in a baking dish, oversized pie plate, etc., and sprinkle on your crumbly topping mixture, put into a pre-heated 350 degree oven, bake for 25 or so minutes and remove, cool and EAT. Mmmm!
18 cups baking apples, peeled & sliced (about 6 lbs.)
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 cups brown sugar
1 cup cornstarch
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
8 cups water
In a large bowl mix the apples together with the lemon juice to keep
them from browning. Set aside. In a large pot combine brown sugar,
cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Add water and bring to a boil
over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil for two minutes. Add
apples (you may want to drain off some of the lemon juice, but I
think it adds a nice flavor) and return to a boil. Reduce heat,
cover and simmer until apples are tender, about 6-8 minutes. Have
your quart jars and lids hot and ready. Pack each jar with the
filling to ½ inch from the top. Screw down lids. Process in hot
water bath for 20 minutes. Makes about 5 quarts.
Our Apples are allllllllmost ready and I hope to make pie filling and applesauces, along with apple CHIPS in the dehydrator too!
WIN a copy of “Haircuts for Little Men” a great eBook that shows us how to cut our manly-men’s hair, all for the price of a little time! :) I LOVE that!
Soooo….How do you win? Leave a comment with your first name and email addy, so I can contact you–that simple. Want 2 chances to win? Post this contest on YOUR blog too….and comment with the link, your name and email addy.
We’ll draw the winners name outta ye’ ol’ hat September 15th!
September’s prize? How about a bar OF OUR Homestead Kitchen handmade soap, along with our hardwood, slotted soapshelf? This soap is PERFECT for September, because it does SUCH a great job of removing smells from our hands, even onions and garlic…with all the canning and gardening goin’ on….! Homestead Kitchen has a unique spice, cinnamon, apple-ish, vanillia-y scent…strong, but not overpowering. VERY NICE!
Soooo….How do you win? Leave a comment with your first name and email addy, so I can contact you–that simple. Want 2 chances to win? Post this contest on YOUR blog too….and comment with the link, your name and email addy.
We’ll draw the winners name outta ye’ ol’ hat October 1st–so everyone has a whole month to enter!
Thanks for playing along, spread the word :) I’ll have a couple other contests going in September too, I’ll toss em out random—so stop by and visit again soon
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