Thursday, March 24, 2011

Spring Cleaning Time




  Spring is here,  but not here in Southern California brrrrrr. So as soon as this rain stops and the sun comes out it is spring cleaning time in our house. My usual cleaning supplies are always eco friendly and as natural as possible. This year I am going to start attempting to clean our home naturally and make our own cleaners. I am on somewhat of a no waist kind of kick and am trying to eliminate how much packaging we throw out. That is a another post to come....
Back to spring cleaning, to help me get started I purchased a book called  The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning.There are so many recipes using natural ingredients, including herbs and essential oils for pretty much every room in your house. I am so excited to try it out, maybe it will make cleaning more fun than it already is:)


The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning      

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Skillet Cooking

 I am so enjoying cooking in my cast iron skillet and am constantly looking for new recipes.  I found a cookbook The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook: Recipes for the Best Pan in Your Kitchen that  has some really good recipes.  Even though I don't eat meat I enjoy cooking it for my family.  We usually roast a whole organic chicken but found this simple recipe in Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys, another great cookbook.  It was a big hit! Cooked in half the time of a whole chicken and was super easy:)  I LOVE cookbooks, so if you have any recommendations for some good cookbooks let me know.    




Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys        The Cast Iron Skillet Cookbook: Recipes for the Best Pan in Your Kitchen