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Day 80: Bathroom cleaner

I'm going to take a minute and brag about my AMAZING hubby! Before we got married we discussed household chores. I mentioned how I loath cleaning bathrooms (what woman doesn't?) and he joyfully chimed in that he didn't mind them and then proclaimed that in our home whenever the bathroom needed to be cleaned he would be the one to do it! Did I get a catch or what?

And he wasn't just blowing smoke! We have been married 5 years and every week... or so he has faithfully cleaned the bathrooms. I love this man!

Matthew is also the one that LOVES homemade-organic-non toxicie stuff so this recipe is for him. He's even more willing to clean when I tell him it's a homemade cleaner. No wonder he had a halo when I met him.

Homemade Bathroom Cleaner
1 tb borax
2 c hot distilled water
4 tb white vinegar
10 drops each of lavender
eucalyptus
tea tree
lemon

Both Lavender and Lemon essential oils have disinfectant properties. They kill all sorts of yuckyness and they are super concentrated...like that old commercial "just a spoonful cleans a sink full!"
borax eucalyptus homemade bathroom cleaner recipe
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Day 66: Hollandaise Sauce

"As early as 1651, François Pierre La Varenne describes a sauce similar to Hollandaise sauce in his groundbreaking cookbook Le Cuisinier François: "avec du bon beurre frais, un peu de vinaigre, sel et muscade, et un jaune d’œuf pour lier la sauce" - wikipidia

According to my extensive knowledge of the french language what he is saying is, "with the good french brew, of the vinegar, and mustard, my little Jane devoured all the sauce."

Well what a review from little Jane! If you can get any kid to devour a sauce of vinegar and mustard I say props to the guy! After tasting this sauce I'm with Jane. This is the sauce on one of my favorite breakfasts - eggs benedict. I'm still perfecting the vegan'ised recipe but here is the sauce....Thank you Francois and little Jane!

Hollandaise Sauce

basic white sauce

1-2 tsp mustard

1-2 tsp white vinegar

1 pinch paprika

Blend everything together. This sauce should be a light yellow in color and have a mild tang to it. Try this over vegan sausage or steamed asparagus.
basic white sauce mustard paprika
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Day 52: mmm cake.......

Ok, I'm back. I think those brownies really did the trick. And to celebrate I say "let them eat cake." I've never been a big fan of sugar, chocolate in particular. They always tend to give me sugar head aches, does anyone else get those? But since I can control the sweetness factor I've been liking chocolate a lot more. Ever since I was a kid my birthday cake has always been a chocolate cake with no icing....icing...yucky!

When it comes to vegan cake, our favorite line is from the movie "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandler when he walks into the birthday party, "whats that smell? Is that the donkey" and the little kid with his mouth full of cake replies " no, it's the cake" while vegan cake isn't always "rank"ed on the top of the list of party foods - This cake really takes the cake if ya know what I mean.

Vegan Chocolate Cake
1 1/4 c white flour
1 c sugar
1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 c warm "milk"
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 c oil
1 tsp vinegar

In two separate bowls mix the wet and the dry. Pour the wet into the dry and blend. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake on 350 till a toothpick comes out clean. Let sit for a few minutes and only put icing on it if you absolutely have to.
baking soda brown sugar coco powder
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