Request for certain recipes!

Can I make a request?

I love that Chicken Won Ton Salad that Mandy always makes.... YUM!

Plus, Cathy's pudding chocolate dessert. Um.... the ramen noodle chinese salad, and that pineapple frozen drink mixture!

We got some great cooks in this family! Thanks guys! Those are my favorites!

Homemade Laundry Soap

So I have been meaning to make this stuff for forever, but we all know how life goes and I wish I would have done it sooner! IT IS SOOO EASY! Me and Ry did it in less than a half hour. It was fun and Ry loved stirring the mixture, it smelled so fresh and clean. I borrowed the recipe from here It has great instructions. I also took some of my own pictures and have instructions.

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 4lb box BORAX
2 2lb box Arm and Hammer Baking Soda
1 box Arm and Hammer Washing Soda (3lbs 7 oz)
3 bars Fels-Naptha soap
1 container OxyClean or store brand(3.5 lbs)

Plus a crappy grater- I found one at Dollar Tree
And a 5 gallon bucket- I get my buckets from work (Smith's Bakery, frosting buckets) They usually just throw them away, so ask them if they have some!

Start by mixing all of the powdered ingredients in a 5 gallon bucket

Then take your grater and start grating your soap. This is the part that takes the longest, maybe 10 minutes MAX!

I just threw the grated soap into the bucket with everything else put the lid on TIGHT and let the kids push it around for a bit. They thought is was fun mixing it all up. This is what it looks like!

Use 1 tablespoon of detergent per load.
The OxyClean container came with a small scoop! (How convenient!)

All of this stuff I found just at Smith's either in the laundry isle and baking isle. Most was on the top shelf.

It was a GRAND Total of: $21.62 plus tax

Individual Prices:
BORAX- $5.19
Baking Soda- $1.89 x2
Washing Soda- $3.59
Fels-Naptha Soap- $1.69 x3
Store Brand OxyClean- $3.99 (Brand name was about $10)

Pretty good price!

Homemade Dishwasher Soap

So today we also made dishwasher soap too! I found the recipe here

It was fun too!
This is what you need:

2 cups BORAX
2 cups Arm and Hammer Washing Soda
2 cups Lemishine
1 cup Kosher Salt

So easy and smells lemony fresh :)

It does get hard so you need to stir it over a few days so it doesn't become a brick!

Use 1 tablespoon per load
Makes 112 loads!

Grandma's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. pumpkin
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Optional Ingredients:
1/2 c. nuts
1c. raisins
1c. chocolate chips

Blend shortening and egg. Add sugar and cream together until light and fluffy. Add sifted dry ingredients to the mixture. Add pumpkin. Fold in any optional ingredients and the vanilla. Drop on greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

Grandma Wilson's Karo Casserole

1/4 c. onions
1/4 c. peppers
1 lb. hamburger
1 qt. tomatoes
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. light karo syrup
1 bay leaf
2 tbs.cornstarch
chili pepper to taste
3 c. cooked macaroni
1 c. cheddar cheese

Use 1/4 c. of liquid from the tomatoes and mix with cornstarch. Set aside. Brown hamburger and add the peppers and onions. Saute. Add everything except the cornstarch, macaroni, and cheese. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add cornstarch and macaroni. *Place in an oven-safe baking bowl and cover with cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove foil and cook for 10 additional minutes.

* I still remember Grandma's green pyrex baking bowl that she used. I like to use my pampered chef stone baking dish. A 9x13 works nicely, too.

Crock-Pot Chocolate Lava Cake

1 package devils food cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 2/3 cups water
1 package Jell-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding Mix
2 cups cold milk
1 bag (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions
Prepare cake mix into batter using eggs, oil, and water. Pour into crock-pot.

Prepare Jell-O Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix using milk. Pour this over cake mix in crock-pot. Sprinkle chocolate chips all over the top of the batter.

Cook in crock-pot on high setting for 2 1/2 to 3 hours until cake is moist but not jiggly, and little volcanoes of spitting chocolate appear on top. Serve with ice cream, whipped topping, or on its own for a really special dessert.

Homemade Laundry Soap

1 Fels Naptha Bar (laundry bar)
1 c. Borax
1 c. Arm & Hammer washing soda

Grate the bar of fels naptha (using the smallest holes on your grater works best even though it's a pain to do). In a pan, put 3 c. COLD water. Mix with grated fels naptha and bring to a boil. Cook until it all dissolves, stirring the whole time. Get out all the lumps (I like to use a whisk). In a 5 gallon bucket, mix in the melted soap, borax and washing soda with 1/4 bucket of hot water. After it is mixed well, fill the bucket the rest of the way up with hot water.Mix, mix, mix. Let sit for 24 hours or more. It will gel. You will need to mix it 1 more time (It is easiest to mix with your hands.  Just break it all up.  It's a great jewelry cleaner I found out while I was mixing).  It will not gel again. Store in gallon jugs.
To use: Shake bottle before use. Add 1/2 c.-3/4 c. per load. This recipe can be used in front loaders and is great for people with sensitive skin. It totally dissolves and leaves no residue on your clothes.  It doesn't have all the additives like store bought soap so it's not the prettiest soap you've ever seen, but it washes well and rinses clean.  We've been using it since October and I love it!  It has helped with our skin irritation so much.  Plus- it's really cheap!