Review of homemade detergent/granola

I have to say the homemade detergent for the laundry and dishwasher have been great. My dishwasher seems to love the detergent and the laundry smells great with the Ivory based powdered detergent I made ;)

Rod said the granola I made tastes way better than anything in the store, BONUS :) Rod is not very big on eating healthy but loved this :) AWESOME ;) The kids loved it too!

Homemade Soaps

I just got done making laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent...these were found on Tipnut.com

Powdered Laundry Detergent

2 cups borax

2 cups baking soda

2 bars of Ivory soap finely grated

Shake container well before each use...

2 T per full load

I can't wait to see how it does :)

Dishwasher Detergent

2 cups borax

2 cups baking soda

Fill dispenser...it says that if dishes are cloudy after wash start using vinegar in the rinse aid dispenser...I am going to start doing this after I use up the rinse aid that I bought...that stuff is Super Expensive :)

Took me about 10 minutes to make both of these and that includes grating the soap ;) I used the old box for the dishwasher detergent and used a funnel to fill.

I used an empty plastic container with lid for the laundry detergent and filled 2 T into a small plastic "scoop" and marked it so that it will be easy to measure each time ;)

I am toying around with the no-shampoo aspect of washing your hair...it involves using baking soda paste massaging your scalp and rinsing with vinegar...it says that it makes your hair more manageable/softer...which I need...I hate trying to do anything with my hair as it always frustrates me that nothing stays where I want it to...we will see if I try to attempt this...it may be a summer thing ;)

Homemade Granola

I just got done make homemade granola or cereal ;) Which ever the kids will like the name of better ;) It smells yummy, letting it cool and then storing for breakfasts in the near future :)

Freebies

Last week I went to Target because I had a FREE Coffeemate creamer coupon...I made sure I got the powdered version...because I don't use as much that way ;) It was $4.14 and I didn't have to pay anything except tax ;)

I also bought Powerball Finish Ball Dish washing detergent for FREE with the match up of Target coupon and manufacturer coupon ;) $1 and $1.50...it was only for 20 but that will last us a while (I only run the dishwasher every 3-4 days...

If you have any other items that you have gotten for FREE lately please share your savings ;)

Gingerbread Pancakes

This morning I made Gingerbread Pancakes with the recipe for Bisquick from the previous post...I made the Bisquick and cream soup mixes yesterday so I had them on hand ;)
I used about 1/2 of what I made for the pancakes, it made about 25 extra pancakes...which means I have less work to get around a healthy and full filling breakfast for the kiddos ;) They LOVE pancakes ;) I add some apples, ground ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg along with eggs, milk and apple butter.

The kids loved them :) End of story ;)