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One thing I love is a good chimichanga!! However, I am currently eating healthy and losing weight (hooray!). With today being Cinco de Mayo I wondered if there was a healthy alternative to the deep fried chimichanga and, of course, there is! Just spray your pan with cooking spray, make your burritos (I use whole wheat tortillas and fill with whatever’s on hand – black beans & rice, refried beans & a little cheese, green chili meat) and put them in the prepared pan (seam side down). Spray the burritos with a little more cooking spray and bake 20 minutes at 400º. Easy peasy beans & cheesy!

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This 1 year 4 person THRIVE food storage package from Shelf Reliance provides 1500 calories per person per day.  It even includes a cookbook to help you learn to use the food!  For a limited time only, you can purchase it for $2,081 less than the retail price. It ends up at  just under $0.16 per serving!

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Details:

Here are the details of what is included in this 1 year 4 person THRIVE package:

It provides 1500 calories per day per person and would make for a great basic food supply. It comes with a mixture of dehydrated and freeze-dried foods in 17,586 total servings. The shipment contains 336 #10 cans in 56 separate boxes.

Grains

6 Six Grain Pancake Mix
6 Germade
6 Quick Oats
6 Nine Grain Cracked Cereal
36 Hard White Winter Wheat
6 White flour
9 Whole Wheat Flour
6 Cornmeal
6 Elbow Macaroni
18 Instant Rice
8 White Rice

Proteins & Beans

3 Taco (TVP)
6 Bacon (TVP)
6 Beef (TVP)
3 Sausage (TVP)
3 Sloppy Joe (TVP)
6 Chicken (TVP)
3 Ham (TVP)
6 Lentils
6 Pearled Barley
12 Black Beans
6 Kidney Beans
14 Pinto Beans
6 Whole Egg Powder

Dairy

6 Chocolate Drink Mix
24 Powdered Milk
6 Cheese Blend

Fruit

2 Pineapple – FD
4 Raspberries – FD
1 Blackberries – FD
1 Blueberries – FD
4 Sliced Apples
6 Strawberries – FD
4 Apple Chips
2 Banana Chips

Vegetables

16 Potato Chunks
6 Sweet Corn – FD
2 Broccoli – FD
2 Carrot Dices
6 Green Peas – FD
3 Split Green Peas
2 Onions Chopped – FD
2 Onions Chopped
4 Sweet Potato
6 Mixed Bell Peppers

Basics

6 Orange Drink
4 Peach Drink
6 Apple Drink
2 Bouillon Beef
2 Bouillon Chicken
1 Baking Powder
1 Iodized Salt
2 Brown Sugar
4 White Sugar

Dessert

6 Fudge Brownies

When I decide to try making my own cleaners of any kind, I spend days searching the internet for recipes.  I read them all, with the accompanying blog posts, articles and all the comments before I decide which one I want to try.  Sometimes I decide to use a recipe I find just as it is; sometimes I use other peoples comments and experiences and put them together to make my own.  This case is no different.  I found dozens of recipes for making hand soap; I put this one together because it was the simplest and least expensive and my family is happy with the resulting soap.

You can really play around with the amounts; some of the sites I found made their soaps similar to this, but some used more water, some less.  Some used glycerin, some didn’t.  You’re not out much money to make it and the savings are huge, so it’s worth it to experiment until it’s exactly right for your taste.

Supplies and Ingredients:

Bar Soap – One of the bloggers I read recommended Yardley.  Since their Oatmeal and Almond soap is one of my family’s favorites –and since Walgreen’s regularly puts it on sale for $ .69, I decided to go with this.  Many commenters had very different results when they used different soaps, especially kinds that had a high content of moisturizer, so if you want to use that kind, it may be worth a google search for a different recipe.

Water

Glycerin – Many people left this out.  Those that used it said it made the liquid soap keep a smoother texture.  I decided to make it with.  I found this bottle at Walmart in the section with the vitamins.  I don’t remember the exact price, but it was right around $3.

Cheese Grater

Large Pot

Something to put the finished soap in – I reused the old containers from previous store-bought soap refills.

Directions:

Grab the bar of soap and grate the entire thing.  I found that my one bar of soap made 1 1/2 cups of soap flakes.

Put the soap flakes into a large pot, along with 15 cups of warm water and 1 1/2 Tablespoons of the Glycerin.

Cook and stir this over low to medium heat until all of the soap flakes dissolve.  This will not take long; maybe 5 minutes.

Once you see that all of the soap flakes are dissolved, keep stirring and cooking about 1 minute more.  It should look very smooth and creamy.

Now just remove it from the heat, and set it somewhere it can cool.  Let it cool for several hours.  I left if sitting on my counter all afternoon and just gave it a little stir every time I walked by.

Once it is completely cool, it will turn really thick and congealed.

Now you want to whip it back to a smooth, liquid consistency.  I used an immersion blender, but I’m sure that you could also use a regular mixer.

Use a funnel to pour the finished soap into containers for storage. 

When you are ready to use it just pour into the soap pump of your choice.

*Note that this soap is not foamy.  If you are someone who really needs the foam, then I would recommend buying a bottle of foaming hand soap from the store and reusing the bottle when it’s empty.  Put this soap in, and it should foam up for you just fine.

As you store the soap, it can sometimes get a little thick.  No biggie at all; just thin it out with a little bit of water and shake well.

So, I spent $.69 for the soap, $3.xx for the Glycerin – but only used about 1/6 of the bottle and this is how much finished soap it made (these are 64 ounce bottles).

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I grew up in Arizona and we didn’t call it Mexican food – we just called it FOOD! For Cinco de Mayo tomorrow you may want to try this delicious favorite, Fried Ice Cream! I admit that I leave out the traditional coconut, but the secret ingredient is FROSTED FLAKES instead of corn flakes. Mmmm… Can’t wait to make some tomorrow!
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FRIED ICE CREAM
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Ingredients:
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1 quart Vanilla Ice Cream (don’t skimp on quality!)
3 Egg Whites
Frosted Flakes, 1 1/2 cups crushed (I put mine through my food processor)
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon sugar (optional)
sweetened coconut (optional)
2 quarts of vegetable oil (for deep frying)
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Instructions:
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Scoop ice cream and flash freeze on a cookie tray until very hard (best in a deep freeze for at least an hour, regular freezer for at least 2 hours). In a bowl large enough to put a scoop of ice cream, beat the egg whites (with the cinnamon sugar if using). In another bowl put the crushed cereal (combined with coconut if using). Roll ice cream scoops in the egg whites and then the cereal until completely coated.
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Return scoops to freezer for at least 2 hours.
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Heat oil to 375*
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With slotted spoon, place scoops in oil and fry for about 30 seconds or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels or brown paper bag. Serve with whipped cream and other ice cream toppings or just by itself!