Mamas Chili or Taco topping

Ingredients

1 lb hamburger

1/2 onion

1 can black beans

1 can kidney beans

1 packet of chili seasoning

6 oz can tomato paste 

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 can of rotel (chili fixins')

1 can of diced tomatoes

Honey to taste

Instructions

Brown meat and add onions

Drain then add all other ingredients into pan and simmer for 30 mins to an hour! 

So delicious and can be added to taco shells or Indian fry bread 

(Easy version is to roll out biscuits and deep fry) 

Free Piano Lessons

I am planning on homeschooling my children this coming year. Previously I taught my oldest (who is currently 4)  pre-k and she is now on a kindergarten to first grade level. This coming fall I will be adding some fun activities to help tie in all the other basics of learning. This summer I am going to introduce the piano/keyboard. Well today, I found an amazing resource! Yes your right free piano lessons. Visit this website to get started.

Here you can find printable sheet music, books  practice sticker charts and more.

My 4 year old now plays hot cross buns.. yes from 10 minutes of learning!

Thanks for visiting and please share.

Blessings to you!

JLM

DIY Recipe Binder

I am getting my family recipes organized! The recipe binder is going very well for our family and I am glad that I dont have to write them out. Now they can be copied and given out! Yay to no more messy handwriting..What I truly mean is, when you are trying to write, hold a baby, plus eat at the same time.  YOU can also customize your own recipes on google drive and print them out or even share them. Email me at Jlm.customize@gmail.com if you want me to create them for you!

Here is a free weekly menu planner that I created!

Free recipe binder covers on Prudent baby. Have not got that far into creating yet. I will share when I do though.


This is a link to around 50 or so printable recipe card templates to put your recipes on before you add them to your binder!

This is so simple you can even add a page from a magazine or written on pages.

This is a free printable recipe to start you off. (not my recipe or photo) they had no option to print out the recipe. Green Smoothie Recipe from pinterest.

Blessings!

JLM 

Homade multi-purpose cleaner

I made this last week and it is really awesome stuff!! It has a lite smell and is gentle on surfaces BUT cleans great!!

1 part water
1 part peroxide
2-3 squirts of Dawn dish soap
1/2-1 tsp baking soda

Mix well before you use it and there you have it a very cheap and easy cleaner.
I also used it on carpet stains. Just spray soak and wipe up the mess.

Enjoy!

Blessings Always,

JLM

Soap Chunks Diy for Baby Wipes

It is really easy to make these. I made this recipe because I did not want to run to the kitchen every time I needed a new batch of wipe solution for our terry cloth and flannel wipes(handmade wipes) that we use to cloth diaper with. I figured I am cloth diapering why not use cloth wipes too?

All you need is:

Grater- finest is best (I have a kitchen aid attachment)
Saucepan
1 bar of Castile soap (Walmart in beauty)
4 teaspoons of witch hazel (Walmart near peroxide)
1-1 1/2 Tablespoons liquid glycerin
Essential oil- 16 drops of tea tree or lavender
1/8 cup water


What you do:

Grate bar of Castile soap an put into pan on medium heat

Slowly add other ingredients one at a time mix until well incorporated

Simmer until melted into a paste

Line loaf pan with foil, add paste, press down with hands or measuring cup (not too thin) then let it cool

Cut into small squares and place into a jar with a lid. The jar in the picture is stuffed plus there are extras.

When ready to use place 1 chunk into the squirt bottle half cold water then put in the hot water and shake until cube is dissolved. Now you have your Poo la la spray ready to tackle that tiny little tush without harmful chemicals.

Thanks for reading!

                                                 

This is our set up for on the go! 

Travel sized bottle of wipe solution made from soap chunks

Handmade Wet bag

Handmade Terry wipes 6x6 inches

Gdiapers

Emergency food- Oatmeal Blueberry Packs

If an emergency strikes you will want something easy to get and prepare with the least amount of struggle.

This is my tutorial for easy breakfasts using dehydrated blueberries.

They are so easy! All I did was took frozen blueberries we got from the blueberry patch, laid them on the the dehydrator trays (2 cups per tray) and let them dehydrate for 13-16 hours.

Now I will show you how to make packets that I will put into a small bucket to make it easy to grab and go if necessary.

I also vacuum sealed individual powdered milk packets that make 8 oz of milk. You can either drink it or add some to your oatmeal.

Better than Walmart Broccoli Cheese Pasta Salad

I love love love Walmarts broccoli and cheese pasta salad but... I cant find myself spending $4 and something a pound! So I have been trying to get it right. Finally I came up with something very similar.

You will need:
1 box of rotini noodles
Dry coleslaw mix (follow package instructions) OR a jar of coleslaw mix
Ground mustard to taste
1 medium broccoli crown cut into bite sized pieces
1/4 of an onion chopped (optional)
1 cup cheese (I use sharp cheddar)


Boil noodles according I package
Chop broccoli and onion
Prepare coleslaw mix in a large bowl Strain noodles and rinse with cold water then place into bowl and add broccoli, onion, ground mustard and cheese
Stir and refrigerate 15-20 minutes
Enjoy!

Sorry I did not have time to make fancy pictures. These were just off m phone.

Basic crepes

1 cup all purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 water
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp melted butter

Using a mixer mix together flour and eggs, slowly adding milk and water.

Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure batter evenly, pouring batter in the center of the pan, roll pan around to spread batter into a larger thinner circle.

Cook about 2 mins and flip over for 30 seconds and they are ready to eat!

Some ideas of what to stuff them with:

Ham and cheese
Fruit
Nutella or peanut butter

Hope you have a blessed day!

The easiest popcorn ever.

Our family LOVES popcorn and to me it is a big pain in the butt to get out the pan and try and not burn it as well as cook it enough to not waste most of the popcorn in the pan. Grr!

What you will need:

1 brown lunch bag
1/4 cup pop corn kernels

What you need to do:

Place kernels into brown bag
Put in microwave for one and a half minutes and that is it!
Enjoy!

Many Blessings!
JLM Customize

Homemade cold/cough & flu syrup

You will need to find the following ingredients which can be found at a local health food store!

Base- 1 cup of raw honey
1 Tbs Echinacea purpurea (herb)
1 Tbs Echinacea Root (ground)
1 Tbs Slippery Elm bark (ground)
1 Tbs Ginger Root (ground)


Heat honey on medium heat until consistency is runny. Add the remaining ingredients and stir into honey, while turning to a low temperature. Make sure you stir often so the honey does not burn. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Then place a small metal strainer on top of jar and strain out the echinacea herb. Another option would be to grind the herb before placing into honey.

Straw and soda can trick!

You know how annoying it is when your straw floats around or even out of your soda can... Right??


Well below is a trick to solve that problem. Viola! Easy as that.

God Bless!

Homemade vs. Store-bought

Just wanted to show you a comparison of my homemade dehydrated broccoli vs a store bought version.

Enough said...

God Bless!

Dehydrated-Onion

This is simple! I am focused on dehydrating many things this year. So keep an eye on my blog for more ideas.

I just placed half an onion into my food processor and pulsed until all pieces were similar in size.
Then place onions onto a parchment paper lined tray for your dehydrator so the little pieces don't fall through.
It will take around 14 hours to finish dehydrating. Just make sure before taking onions off the tray they are crispy all the way through!

Done!

Videos of the scriptures (animated)

These are really great animated videos that our church has for the children, but I love them too!!!

Old Testament Stories

New Testament Stories

Book of Mormon Stories

Scented Hand Soap

You will need the following:

Hand Soap refill-unscented or antibacterial

Recycled soap container

Essential oil of your liking

Food coloring is optional

Here is what to do:
Pour ingredients into container and mix!

These make a great gift idea if you buy the little squirt pumps, put in fragrance & decorate.

Have a great day!

Carpet Odor Eliminator

This is homemade sprinkle for you carpet. You will need the following ingredients.

Baking soda
Essential oil
Recycled container with holes in lid



Fill bottle or jar with baking soda, place essential oil drops into container until scent is to your liking. Shank it really good before use.
Sprinkle your carpets and let is set for 10 or so minutes then vacuum up.
So easy cheap, easy and no chemicals are going into your carpet.

Homemade beads!

I used a technique I found online to make these beautiful beads! I did however come up with my own way to make the colors vary but to coordinate as well. You can find out how to make these by contacting me for more details. God bless and may blessing be with you.

Cloth Diaper Patterns

Here is a link to many useful sewing patterns for cloth diapers.

Have you tried Calgon water softener to strip your diapers? You should try it.

A great place to find almost every type of cloth diaper for sale is Cottonbabies.com, they also buy back your used diapers.

Hand-Made Stamps

Lets make some cute stamps!

Things you will need:

• Styrofoam plate or take out box
• plastic or jar lid ( small-large)
• stamp pad or paint 
• pen or pencil does great (object with a point will work too ex skewer)
• glue 
• scissors  

First press lid onto the Styrofoam to make an indention for you to easily cut out the size you need, glue to cap, let dry, make design....get to stamping!  Don't forget if your including letters  on the stamp write them backwards.  ( I am not good at drawing.) 

Peroxide for your plants

Did you know?


It is this hydrogen peroxide in rainwater that makes it so much more effective than tap water when given to plants. With the increased levels of atmospheric pollution, however, greater amounts of H202 react with air-borne toxins and never reach the ground. (information found http://educate-yourself.org)
**By adding 1 ounce of 3% hydrogen peroxide (or 16 drops of 35% solution) to every quart of water you give your plants. 


** It can also be made into an excellent safe insecticide. Simply spray your plants with 8 ounces of 3% peroxide mixed with 8 ounces of white sugar and one gallon of water.)