Non-Toxic All Purpose Cleaner

Submitted by: Becca J.

Ingredients:

2 cups water
½ teasp baking soda
1 teasp borax
¼ teasp liquid soap
2 teasp white vinegar or lemon juice

Combine ingredients in spray bottle, shake, and use!

Banana Bread

posted by: Becca J.

INGREDIENTS

~2 cups all-purpose flour
~1 teaspoon baking soda
~1/4 teaspoon salt
~1/2 cup butter
~3/4 cup brown sugar
~2 eggs, beaten
~2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas


DIRECTIONS

~Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

~In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

~Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN POT PIE (Betty Crocker)

posted by: Bri W.

prep:40 min (I think it is less) bake: 35 min *6 servings

1 pkg (10oz) frozen peas and carrots
1/3 C. butter or stick margarine
1/3 C. A-P flour
1/3 C. chopped onion
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1 3/4 C. chicken broth
2/3 C. milk
1 1/2-3 cups cut-up cooked chicken or turkey
two 9" refrigerated pie crusts.

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1. Rinse peas and carrots in cold water to separate; drain.
2. Melt butter in 2-qt saucepan over med heat. Stir in flour, onion, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixtrue is bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in broht and milk. Heat to boling, stirring constatnly. Boil and stir 1 min. Stir in chicken andpeas and carrots; remove fromheat.
3. Heat oven to 425*.
4. Roll one pastry out and place into 9" baking dish. Pour chicken mixture into pastry lined pan. Roll out remaining crust and make cut-outs in the center. Place crust over chicken filling; arrange cut-outs on top. Turn edges of pastry under and flute...(pinch edges together Ü)
5. Bake about 35 min or until golden brown.

ENJOY!!!