Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Natural Cleaning remedies

Description:
glass cleaner
1 c. rubbing alcohol
1 c water
1 tbsp white vinegar

all purpose cleaner
1 tbsp non sudsing ammonia
1 tbsp laundry detergent
2 c water

furniture polish

1 c olive oil
1/2 c lemon juice

Ingredients:
cleaner

Directions:
cleaner

Thursday, January 13, 2005

SPICED PUMPKIN BREAD

Description:
My friend Lisa found this great recipe and modified it a bit to make it a bit more healthy by substituting 3/4 of the oil w/applesauce and using less sugar. Of course, I negate those healthy changes by adding a bunch of chocolate chips.

It's a really quick easy recipe and it's delicious. My 1 1/2 year old daughter loves it too.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 applesauce
3 large eggs
1 16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or chocolate chips (optional)

The amount of chocolate chips is up to you! I've used anything from 1/4 cup to the entire bag of chocolate chips!!

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt and baking powder into another large bowl. Stir into pumpkin mixture in 2 additions. Mix in walnuts or chocolate chips, if desired.
Divide batter equally between prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes. Using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves. Turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely.