Crock-Pot Roasted Chicken

 

It's so hard to make sure our families eat a good home cooked meal everyday. I LOVE my crock-pots(yes, I said pots, I have two). It's very very easy to produce a nice "oven roasted" chicken in your crock pot.

 

Put your chicken in the crock pot and season however you would like it. Put 2 cups of water in the bottom of the pot. With lid on cook on low for 6-8 hours or 4-6 hours on high.  Enjoy.

DIY Pepper Pen Fridge Magnet

 

DIY Pepper Pen Fridge Magnet

 

 

 

This is one of the easiest projects I've ever done and a great way to upcycle.  All it takes is a strong magnet, a metal pepper box, and  a hot glue gun.





 

Remove the lid from the pepper box.

 

 

Glue magnet on to the back of the container.

 

Now you can use it on the fridge to hold those pens your always looking for. I also want to find something that I can use to hold a post it note pad. I like the idea of using things that we would normally find in the kitchen in a new a creative way.   Any ideas out there???????

 

A Different Style of DIY Laundry Soap

OK, So we all know that laundry soap isn't cheap and that there are so many to choose from. I have tried so many different kinds and find something I like and something I hate about almost all of them. I've also tried to do some of the different DIY soaps out there. There are a few different versions going around on pinterest. I like the idea of making my own soap and it really saves me money. I add a little twist to mine by adding a little of my favorite smelling surf powdered laundry soap.

2 cups washing soda
2 cups borax
3 cups Surf (our your favorite powdered laundry soap)
1 bar Fels-Naptha laundry soap

 Grate or cut Fels-Naptha in to small pieces. Put in medium size sauce pan with plenty of water. Place on stove over medium heat and stir frequently until all the soap is melted.

Add the other ingredients and mix until dissolved.

 

 Take off heat and mix in a bucket with 10 gallons of water. Mix well.

 Once mixed you can put it in smaller containers. I put mine in one gallon containers. I shake mine well before every load.

When I make this I get three batches out of the washing soda, borax, and surf. After the three batches I still have borax and surf left. I like adding the surf to the mix for the extra boost and smell. I still save tons of money and I use the extra surf in other cleaner mixes and for my carpet.  I hope you all find this helpful.
 

God Bless.