Homemade Concentrated Laundry Sauce

Homemade Concentrated Laundry Sauce
adapted from Budget101.com Super Laundry Sauce for Dummies
http://www.budget101.com/myo-household-items/5-minute-no-cook-laundry-detergent-recipe-4075.html

 

What you'll need:

1 Entire 5.05oz Bar of Fels Naptha Soap (you can find this in most laundry isles of your local convenience stores, Menards has everything you need all in the same section of the isle)
3 c. water
1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax Powder
1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (not Baking Soda)
2 (1 qt) Mason Jars

Directions:

Unwrap the Fels Naptha soap and cut the bar in half. Take (1) half of the bar and slice it, cutting it into pea sized chunks. Place all of those chunks into a 1 qt mason Jar. Cut up the other half and place those pieces in the second mason jar.

Add 1 1/2 cups of Boiling Hot Water to each jar, cover and leave it alone overnight.

The next day (or several days down the road, depending on your schedule!), open the jar, use a butterknife to make a "criss-cross" pattern to loosen the gelled fels naptha off the bottom when you whip it. Add 1/2 cup borax and 1/2 cup washing soda to each jar.

Add enough hot water to bring the level up to the "shoulder" of the Jar (just where the bottle starts to narrow-about 2 inches or so from the top of the jar)

Carefully seat the gasket and blender blade onto the bottom of the jar. If the rubber gasket is wet or has any contents of the jar on it, it will get chewed up into your laundry soap.

Place the jar on the blender base and Whip until it is light and fluffy with the consistency of Creamy Mayonnaise.

To USE, add 1 Tablespoon to a load of laundry in any type of machine, conventional, Front Loader, High Capacity & High Efficiency (HE), etc. Do not add the detergent to the "detergent compartment" but instead directly with the dirty clothes. (It WILL get stuck in the compartment, I can assure you!)

1. start the water, (hot- Cold- or warm- doesn't matter)
2. Measure out 1 Tablespoon (literally) of super laundry sauce
3. stick the measuring spoon of detergent under the running water, let it fall off the spoon.
4. Close the washer lid, go away and do something else while the machine runs.
5. Do NOT Use Baking Soda or Oxyclean in this recipe hoping it will be an added "Boost". Your jars will likely explode within 7-10 days in storage

Sausage Spinach Risotto

Sausage Spinach Risotto

3 cups fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth

1 cup water

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 (8-ounce) package presliced mushrooms

5 ounces sweet Italian sausage, casings removed (about 2 links)

1/2 cup chopped red onions

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup uncooked Arborio rice

1/3 cup dry white wine  

2-3c chopped baby spinach

1/4 cup (1 ounce) shaved fresh Romano cheese

Preparation

1. 1. Bring broth and 1 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan (do not boil); keep warm over low heat.
2. 2. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add oil; swirl to coat. Add salt and mushrooms to pan; cook for 8 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally. Remove mushrooms from pan, and set aside.
3. 3. Add sausage to pan, and cook for 3 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium. Add rice; cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in wine, and cook until liquid is nearly absorbed, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
4. 4. Stir in 1 cup broth mixture; cook for 2 minutes or until liquid is nearly absorbed, stirring constantly. Add remaining broth mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly until each portion of broth mixture is absorbed before adding the next (about 30 minutes total). Remove pan from heat. Add mushrooms and spinach; stir until spinach wilts. Top evenly with cheese. Serve immediately.