I am confident someone else will soon show up here. In the meantime, I will try to keep my resolution to post here three times per week...so far, so good.
Okay, this is another, and likely final, post about household cleaning products.
What do you do with white vinegar?
- Mike thinks it gets sweat stains out of workout shirts so soaks his gear in it from time to time
- I think it gets rid of bad smells. Put out a dish and your home smells like white vinegar, not paint of cooking odoure or smoke.
- I know it removes calcium build up in kettles and from around taps
- What else...???
I know some people use it to wash windows. I don't. To wash windows, I use a spray bottle of water, just tap water and a aqueegie and nothing else. I think anything else in the spray bottle contributes to streaking may be wrong on that.
I think I've reached the bottom of my well of knowledge about household cleaning products.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Saturday, 9 January 2010
About cleaning products
How many different cleaning products do we need?
Here's what I think we have on hand right now:
All purpose spray cleaner
Liquid dish detergent
Powdered dishwasher soap
Scouring powder in a can
White sponge..I think it's called an eraser
Spray carpet spot cleaner
Liquid laundry soap
Spray spot remover for laundry
With exception of "eraser", scouring powder, carpet cleaner and laundy spot remover, I think all are "green" or "greenish".
Suggestions for improving my list are welcomed? What do you have?
Here's what I think we have on hand right now:
All purpose spray cleaner
Liquid dish detergent
Powdered dishwasher soap
Scouring powder in a can
White sponge..I think it's called an eraser
Spray carpet spot cleaner
Liquid laundry soap
Spray spot remover for laundry
With exception of "eraser", scouring powder, carpet cleaner and laundy spot remover, I think all are "green" or "greenish".
Suggestions for improving my list are welcomed? What do you have?
Friday, 8 January 2010
About Oatmeal Plus
I've been eating the same thing for breakfast for the best part of four years and it may be time to name it. I think I'll call it Oatmeal Plus.
Put 1/3 cup regular oats into a microwavable bowl with 2/3 cup water. Microwave on high while you slice a banana and get out the plain, low fat yoghurt. Remove bowl of oats from microwave and give it a stir. Plop about 1/4 cup of yoghurt atop the oats. Toss the banana slices on top of the yoghurt and there you have it: Oatmeal Plus.
Mike likes his without the yoghurt and banana and with raisins and semi-thawed frozen blueberries. I think I'll call that version Oatmeal Plus for Him.
Any breakfast alternate suggestions? Any Oatmeal Plus alternate ideas?
Put 1/3 cup regular oats into a microwavable bowl with 2/3 cup water. Microwave on high while you slice a banana and get out the plain, low fat yoghurt. Remove bowl of oats from microwave and give it a stir. Plop about 1/4 cup of yoghurt atop the oats. Toss the banana slices on top of the yoghurt and there you have it: Oatmeal Plus.
Mike likes his without the yoghurt and banana and with raisins and semi-thawed frozen blueberries. I think I'll call that version Oatmeal Plus for Him.
Any breakfast alternate suggestions? Any Oatmeal Plus alternate ideas?
Thursday, 7 January 2010
About too many ripe bananas....
Okay....I resolve to post here 3 x per week or should that be I'll try to post her 3 x per week......we'll see Here goes:
Yes we had too many bananas....too many ripe bananas.
Just removed three soft and blackened bananas from the fruit basket, peeled off the skins and popped the mush into a ziploc bag.
I now have 1 1/2 cups of ripe banana on hand. More precisely, I have 3 cups of ripe banana on hand as there was already a bag of bananas in the freezer. (Note to self: go back to freezer and mark which bag of bananas in oldest.)
I've a quick and easy "low fat" banana bread recipe but I think I'll postpone making it. Even though low fat, it is high in calories when you snack on it all day.
...and that brings me to my annual weight loss resolution which seems to fit well with this blogs title" "Live More with Less".
Yes we had too many bananas....too many ripe bananas.
Just removed three soft and blackened bananas from the fruit basket, peeled off the skins and popped the mush into a ziploc bag.
I now have 1 1/2 cups of ripe banana on hand. More precisely, I have 3 cups of ripe banana on hand as there was already a bag of bananas in the freezer. (Note to self: go back to freezer and mark which bag of bananas in oldest.)
I've a quick and easy "low fat" banana bread recipe but I think I'll postpone making it. Even though low fat, it is high in calories when you snack on it all day.
...and that brings me to my annual weight loss resolution which seems to fit well with this blogs title" "Live More with Less".
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Normandy sausages
This was absolutely wonderful!
Ingredients:
450g of sausages
3 dessert apples
1 T calvados or apple brandy
200 ml cider
100 ml cream
butter
oil
Slowly fry the sausages in butter or oil for around 20 minutes or until they are cooked.
Meanwhile add butter to a second pan and fry the apple pieces until they are golden brown
Remove the sausages from the pan and keep warm. Add the cider to deglaze the pan. Stir, bring to a boil and reduce the cider for a few minutes. Add the calvados and cream, reduce the heat and let this bubble for 30 seconds. Check seasoning and pour the sauce over the sausages and apples. Serve with mashed potatoes
Ingredients:
450g of sausages
3 dessert apples
1 T calvados or apple brandy
200 ml cider
100 ml cream
butter
oil
Slowly fry the sausages in butter or oil for around 20 minutes or until they are cooked.
Meanwhile add butter to a second pan and fry the apple pieces until they are golden brown
Remove the sausages from the pan and keep warm. Add the cider to deglaze the pan. Stir, bring to a boil and reduce the cider for a few minutes. Add the calvados and cream, reduce the heat and let this bubble for 30 seconds. Check seasoning and pour the sauce over the sausages and apples. Serve with mashed potatoes
Monday, 4 January 2010
How to work out quantities for a large meal
I found this site just before Christmas and then lost it again just in time for our Christmas feast. Here it is to help others when their next big meal comes up:
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/perfect_portions
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/perfect_portions
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Corn Bread Recipes
The other day, I decided to make corn bread. I haven't done so for a long time because I have always had a hard time finding corn meal (corn flour in Canada) in the U.K. I went into my usual source, a health food store, only to discover that they don't stock it anymore. I also found out that it wasn't called corn meal by them but maize meal. Whatever it's called, it wasn't available. I then went to several supermarkets without much hope since I had never found it there before. Today, I had luck in Waitrose and discovered that they called it polenta. Funny! I often wondered what polenta was. It does say on the package that it is 'fine' and I wonder if the cornmeal/cornflour/maizemeal/polenta I'm used to is supposed to be coarse! I'll soon find out since I'm going to try and make corn break tonight! Wish me luck and below is the recipe I'm going to try from the website: http://southernfood.about.com
Ingredients:
* 1 1/2 cups stone ground cornmeal
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
* 1/3 cup canola oil
* 1 large egg
Preparation:
Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Heat oven to 350°. Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl or large cup, whisk together the buttermilk, oil, and egg. Combine the two mixtures until blended and spread in the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned.
I'll let you know how it turns out!
Later!
I'm still waiting for it to come out of the oven but I just wanted to add that I decided to put 1/2 a red pepper in it. I think that the colour will look great and the flavour will add something to it. We shall see!
Ingredients:
* 1 1/2 cups stone ground cornmeal
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
* 1/3 cup canola oil
* 1 large egg
Preparation:
Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Heat oven to 350°. Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl or large cup, whisk together the buttermilk, oil, and egg. Combine the two mixtures until blended and spread in the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned.
I'll let you know how it turns out!
Later!
I'm still waiting for it to come out of the oven but I just wanted to add that I decided to put 1/2 a red pepper in it. I think that the colour will look great and the flavour will add something to it. We shall see!
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