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Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (Nutella) #Recipe
My kids and I LOVE Nutella. However, it is rather expensive and when I looked at the ingredients I wasn’t very pleased with all of the sugar and preservatives. So we decided to try making it ourselves! Not only was it a lot of fun….it turned out DELICIOUS! I love that it is silky smooth, tasty, has a fraction of the sugar and isn’t nearly as sweet as the original Nutella. Keep in mind if you enjoy the super sweetness of Nutella you can definitely get that with this recipe by using milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet and add 1/4 cup powdered sugar (that should do the trick!) Ingredients…
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Fresh Squeezed Homemade Lemonade Recipe (delicious and refreshing)
One of my most favorite things about summer is enjoying fresh squeezed homemade lemonade! For about 10 years I lived in California and had a beautiful lemon tree that produced lemons the size of grapefruit that were absolutely perfect for making fresh lemonade. I must admit I got pretty good at making lemonade and even though we now live in Kansas and lemons are not as easy as picking in our backyard I find myself picking up a bag or two at Costco and making a refreshing treat for my family! Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Recipe Ingredients: 3-4 medium/large lemons (I like the bigger lemons because they are naturally a little…
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Homemade Mozzarella Sticks Recipe
Ingredients Mozzarella cheese sticks (8-10 sticks) 1/3 cup Flour 1-2 eggs beaten 1 cup Italian breadcrumbs 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt Vegetable Oil (I love coconut oil) Salt and pepper Instructions Pre-heat oil to 300-350 degrees in a pot. I use enough oil to make about 1 1/2 inches deep in pan. Mix flour with a pinch of salt and pepper together in one bowl. In a separate bowl combine Italian breadcrumbs and garlic salt together. In a third bowl beat your egg well. Dip cheese stick into flour mixture then into egg then into breadcrumb mix. If the breading seems too thin re-dip into egg mixture and back into breading.…
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Spring Cleaning: One Task, One Day at a Time!
It’s Spring Break in our house! Which means I am feeling some Spring cleaning coming on in this house! Although I do still have to work, my daughter still has 4 hours of gymnastics everyday and we still need to have some fun time as a family; I am hoping to get some major projects done around this house. Since I am sure I am not the only one with some chores and Spring cleaning that needs to be done, I thought I would share with you some my goals and plans for the week, in hoping maybe in will inspire you. 🙂 Monday Plan Cleaning Project: Clean and organize…
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DIY: How to clean your ceramic stove top with just 1 household ingredient! (Eco-friendly, chemical free and super easy)
For years I have spent way too much money on ceramic stove top cleaner. Each bottle would cost me $5-7 each and to be honest really didn’t work that well!!! On top of that I hated the chemical smell….I have always felt that if it stinks like chemicals it probably isn’t good for my lungs. I have discovered the absolute BEST solution for cleaning those nasty brown-black rings that develop after cooking on a ceramic stove top. Even better it is made from just one ingredient…that by the way can be found in nearly every household in America!!! Baking soda!!! As you can see I had some pretty narly brownish-black…
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Bring that Leather back to life…DIY Leather Cleaner!!!
So we have these red leather theater chairs in our “family room” and well as luck would have it right after we got these cool chairs we got 2 very adorable kittens. Needless to say those kittens have put some little shallow scratches on the leather…and my kids have done their duty of making them a bit dirty themselves. I really haven’t ever seen coupons for leather cleaner or conditioner and that stuff and be kind of spendy…so I looked up different recipes and ingredients for “Do IT Yourself” recipes….viola…I have clean…scratch free leather chairs again!!! Leather Cleaner 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cups white vinegar 10 drops of essential…
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Bring that Leather back to life…DIY Leather Cleaner!!!
So we have these red leather theater chairs in our “family room” and well as luck would have it right after we got these cool chairs we got 2 very adorable kittens. Needless to say those kittens have put some little shallow scratches on the leather…and my kids have done their duty of making them a bit dirty themselves. I really haven’t ever seen coupons for leather cleaner or conditioner and that stuff and be kind of spendy…so I looked up different recipes and ingredients for “Do IT Yourself” recipes….viola…I have clean…scratch free leather chairs again!!! Leather Cleaner 1 cup olive oil 2 cups white vinegar 10 drops of essential…