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Mother Mentoring
Cleaning Aids
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All-Purpose Cleaner
4 Tablespoons soda plus 1 quart warm water: Dissolve soda in water. Apply with sponge a wipe clean
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1 teaspoon Murphy’s Oil soap (or other similar vegetable oil based soap) plus a squeeze of lemon plus 1 quart warm water; Combine in a small bucket, apply with sponge or rag and wipe clean.
Uses for Vinegar – vinegar cuts grease and deodorizes
Wipe down the interior of your fridge with white vinegar – this will kill fungus.
To remove mold and mildew, scrub with equal parts vinegar and salt.
Mix 1 cup white vinegar in 2 gallons of water to clean linoleum |
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Products you shouldn't be without:
White vinegar, baking soda and club soda
White vinegar:
Use to remove soap scum and mineral deposits. Make a window cleaner in a spray bottle with 1/4 cup white vinegar added to 1 quart of water.
Clean vinyl floors with 1/2 cup white vinegar to 1 gallon warm water.
Clean mirrors with a solution of half vinegar and half water. Wet a sponge or soft cloth, wash and then buff dry. Never spray water onto a mirror.
Baking Soda:
Clean smudges on wallpaper with baking soda and water. To clean up pet vomit, sprinkle on a heavy coating of baking soda. Let it absorb moisture and dry, then scoop or vacuum up.
Club Soda:
Pour club soda on carpet stains then blot. Don't be afraid to really wet the carpet. Blot carpet never rub. Club soda will remove red wine, coffee, tea, pop (even red pop).
When cleaning, always remember to clean top to bottom.
"Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean"
by Linda Cobb. |
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Receipes
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Basic White Sauce
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
2 Tablespoons flour
¼ teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1 cup milk
In a small saucepan melt butter or margarine. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add milk, stirring well. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir one to two minutes more. Makes about 1 cup.
Use any vegetables and/or meats and serve over cooked grains, pasta, potatoes or pastries. For a really quick meal, serve over toast! When using vegetables, cook them partially and add to the sauce. If they have lots of liquid after cooking, the sauce will be runny, in which case you can add thickening – put in a jar with tight-fitting lid: 1/4 cup water and 2 teaspoons flour or cornstarch, put lid on, shake very well and slowly add to the white sauce, heating well. Adding grated cheese will thicken the sauce too. Or you can add less milk to the original recipe if you anticipate that the ingredients you will add have extra liquid. You can add cooked meats (cook completely before adding), canned or frozen pre-cooked (thaw beforehand) meats, such as small bite-sized pieces of chicken, turkey, beef, pork, fish, etc. Be creative - add dill weed, garlic, hard-cooked eggs, or curry. If desired, sprinkle with parsley, grated cheese, olives…you name it!
IDEAS FOR USING WHITE SAUCE:
Cheese and broccoli over pasta
Ham and peas over toast
Zucchini and onions over croutons
Potatoes and carrots over a crusty pastry
The ideas are endless! This may be a good way to help children learn to love vegetables!
SOUPS can be made from the Basic White Sauce:
To the Basic Recipe, add broth or water to thin, then add ingredients to create:
Clam Chowder
Corn Chowder
Potato and Bacon Soup
Creamy Veggie Soup
Etc., etc., etc. |
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I grew up making bread with my mom and in college I made a loaf every day--popped the ingredients in the breadmaker at night and it was hot and ready in the morning. My first time making bread by myself--no mom and no breadmaker...I was terrified! I still called mom, and this is the recipe we're going to use.
If I were simplifying life for a couple of hours. I would try not to plan anything else for at least 3 hours.making bread for the first time, I would, for sure, want to get it right. That may mean Impossible, you say? Perhaps. Now that making bread is second nature, when I make bread it really only takes about 20 minutes of my time, but my brain has to be at least half available for a couple of hours. The work is all at the beginning, but I don't run errands while the dough rises. Distractionswill come up, so if I were back once again making my first loaf, I would just get a good book, an activity for the kids or the dogs or my husband, and be available for my bread. Whoever is trying to distract me is always happy with the results.
To get started on your first batch, look through your cupboards or go shopping for:
oil
honey
12-14 Cups of flour--find a good stone ground whole wheat flour in the baking section or order some online
salt
instant or rapid rise yeast-I buy it in bulk, but for your first time get 3 packets
oil spray (like PAM)
You'll also want to filter some water.
You'll also need to pull out or purchase the following equipment:
a plastic bowl that will hold at least 5 cups of water and fit in your microwave
a 1 Cup measuring cup
a 1/3 Cup measuring cup
a 2 Tablespoon measuring cup/spoon--or just use your 1 Tablespoon spoon twice, but I use my 2 T all the time. You can find it in the kitchen supply area of your grocery store, and it's usually called a coffee measurer or something
a mixer, such as Bosch or Kitchen Aid
a kitchen timer!
a huge bowl for the bread to rise in
 like this one
a thin but large towel to cover the dough while it rises
4 loaf pans
a meat thermometer to test your bread for doneness--optional, but you'll not regret it! You can get one at Walmart
a cooling rack
Mandy's Bread
5 cups hot water
1/3 C oil or butter
2/3 C honey
12-14 C freshly ground white wheat, use 1/2 white flour if using red wheat
2 T salt
2 T instant or rapid rise yeast
Knead 5 minutes, if you have a Bosch, a little more with any other mixer. Let rise till doubled, form into 4 loaves and let rise till doubled again. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until done. |
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