Today’s post is all about some healthy stuff. Now before you roll your eyes hear me out.
OK, maybe I’ve been getting a little bit more involved with some of the greener choices lately – but honestly is that all so bad? Not only is it better for the earth but it just might also be better for you. Also I’m thinking that my dish soap might have cost me about $0.10 to $0.15 to make, so that’s not all that bad is it?
Enough of the speeches. So here is my Green Blog for the month.
Homemade Dish Soap – now this is the first time I made this, but so far so good on the bubbles and stability of it.
1 ¼ cup boiling water
¼ cup (tightly packed) grated bar soap. * I used my homemade soap 🙂
Dissolve soap in hot water
Add 1 Tbsp washing soad (more for thicker soap) and stir
Add ¼ cup liquid castile soap and stir
Let mixture cool and add essential oils if you like (I added lemon)
Transfer to repurposed dispenser and if it’s too thick just add a little water to thin
Shake before you use it
The next thing I made was some breakfast cookies that don’t have any sugar in them. Check them out
No Bake Breakfast Cookies (Amy’s recipe)
Mix in a large pot on the stove:
½ cup coconut oil
½ cup honey
6 Tbsp cocoa
¼ cup peanut butter
½ cup milk
I used local fresh honey – Yum!
Bring to a boil for 1 minute and remove from the heat.
Add:
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups quick oats
½ c ground flax seed (I used wheat germ)
Spoon on wax paper or parchment paper to cool
And last on my list is a detox method for your bath. Yea, after all that healthy stuff right? Well here is that mixture. What you do is to put it in your bath and after about 20 minutes you get out and take a quick cool shower. Oh yea, you’re supposed to drink a bunch of water before and after. I’m thinking this bath soak is on my to do list this weekend.
Detox Bath Salt
In a container (I used a canning jar) add 2 cups of Epson Salt, 1 cup baking soda, and about 10 drops of essential oil if you like.
Shake and then enjoy a nice warm bath