Vinegar Oven Cleaner Recipe

I found this recipe for cleaning your oven without harsh poisons: Make Your Own Inexpensive Natural Oven Cleaner
So, I'm giving it a try on our nasty oven and broiler. I love using the broiler, but it was starting to 'smoke', it had gotten so filthy!
Following the directions, I got together all the ingredients.

1 Tablespoon Dr. Bronner's liquid Peppermint Castile Soap
1 1/2 cup baking soda
2-4 drops lavender essential oil (you can use any scent you like, or none at all)
1/4 cup organic white vinegar (you can also use apple cider vinegar)
Water, as needed to make a “paintable” but thick paste

Mixed them in a bowl, and used a basting brush to 'paint' the oven! Looks messy, doesn't it! ;)

I'll let all of that set for a few hours before wiping it off. Hopefully, it will all be sparkly!
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Well, I think it worked pretty well since the oven and broiler were so filthy to begin with. I left most of it overnight. It may take a couple more pastings to get the oven door and the shelves really clean, though. And, there are still a few areas on the broiler pan to work on. But, I am happy with it. I'll use this recipe again.

Lemon/Vinegar Cleaner Recipe

There are so many things you can do with lemons and vinegar. They are both great for cleaning things. Together, they clean nearly everything! I found this article, which had some great recipes. Here is a similar article using orange peels.
I've been saving up lemon peels (with a few Clementine peels) for a month in the freezer to have enough to fill a gallon jar. Then, poured about 2/3 gallon of white vinegar over them. I will let them sit for about 2 weeks before straining out the citrus peels. The resulting liquid will be stored in an empty vinegar jug as refills for the spray bottle.

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Good Health Articles - February 13, 2013

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Lunch - February 12,2013

Today's lunch is not very Paleo or gluten-free! But, it's pretty good.
Leftover pork roast on buttered rye toast and a banana.

Food Recalls - February 11, 2013

Country Fried Steaks Sold at Walmart Recalled for Foreign Materials

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Nestlé Prepared Foods Company AnnouncesVoluntary Recall of LEAN CUISINE® Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli

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Lunch & Dinner - February 10, 2013

Today I turned 50. If I had kept eating the way I had for the first 47 years of my life, I doubt I'd be saying that. I was in constant pain and nearly bedridden and had started walking with a cane. My asthma and allergies were getting worse every year. No more! You, too, can take control of your health by eating like our ancestors. Not our recent ancestors of the 19th and 20th centuries! They had already succumbed to the greed of the processed food and man-made drug barons. I'm talking about ancestors from 200 years ago and more. Simple, whole foods were what made humankind survive for thousands of years before corporations decided to take over the food chain and brainwash the masses.

This was my lunch and dinner. It was very good!

Lunch:
Lamb steak and sweet potato hash browns fried in bacon grease.

Dinner:
Hot wings!!

The picture is a bit blurry. The camera decided to act up.

Lunch and Dinner - February 9, 2013

Made some really yummy meals today. I very rarely eat breakfast or snacks these days. I seem to get more than enough fuel from lunch and dinner. I do have tea at about 4pm, water throughout the day and raw milk with dinner. That's it. I am wheat/gluten-free and nearly grain-free (occasional rice, wild rice, rye or quinoa, but not often.) Although rye does have some gluten ... hmmm.
Lunch today was a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich with a side of raisins and pine nuts.

Dinner was an experiment. Our very first taste of acorn squash. I love it! I seem to like all the squashes we have tried. Tonight, I started way too late for our normal dinner time, but my mom said it was worth the wait.
I found the original recipe here: 5 Ingredient Breakfast Stuffed Acorn Squash
Since I didn't have any 'breakfast sausage', I used two of the artisan
sausages I get at our local co-op and opened up the 'tubes' and squeezed out the meat. It was hot Italian sausage! Whoowee, was it spicy! But, so good! The 'tubes' didn't go to waste - Nikky loved them!
I had to cook it longer than the recipe directed, as I can't stand a runny egg. So, after adding the egg, cook the length of time it takes to bake the egg to your taste. You may have to check it several times.

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Dinner - February 6, 2013

Another simple and quick dinner. Very Paleo-friendly.
Sliced sweet potato fried in bacon grease and sprinkled with dried rosemary and white pepper. Baked beef heart, rubbed with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, parsley and Italian seasoning.

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My farmer is great
Fresh raw milk and eggs daily
Just like the old days
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Dinner - February 5, 2013

Tonight's dinner is based on this recipe: Baked Bell Pepper Basket.
You definitely don't have to eat bacon or eggs for breakfast! They are great any time of day!
I added some chopped yellow bell pepper to the 'stuffing' and topped with dried parsley and hot pepper flakes after cooking. So yum!

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Today's Lunch - February 4, 2013

I have not kept up blogging on my daily meals. Just haven't been in the mood. And, have been wanting to change it up a bit.
But, I think I will occasionally share some of them. Like today's lunch! It was sooooo good!!

This is lamb shoulder chop (sprinkled with black pepper, sea salt and basil) fried in bacon grease; sliced heirloom tomato; jumbo black olives; Meyenberg Goat Cream Cheese; dried chives. This took less than ten minutes to prepare everything.

The round bone and the little rib section with meat and fat attached are going to be Nikky's dinner. It's very rare that she actually eats dog food, although there is a bowl of it down for her every day. One cup of Bench & Field Holistic Natural Canine Formula Dry Dog Food will last her for a week. She is a 9-pound chihuahua. She has beautiful skin and coat, perfect white teeth and lots of energy.

It's not hard to eat healthy with a huge variety of real foods. No one should need to eat overly processed foods. Humans survived for millennia without faux foods in their larder. Processed (boxed, bagged, canned) foods are less than 150 years old and look at the damage they've already caused in such a short time to our species, as well as to our canine and feline friends. Modern diseases that everyone seems to accept as the norm were unheard of by anyone less than 200 years ago. I cannot and will not accept them as 'normal' and neither should you.

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Food Recalls - January 30-31, 2013

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Food Recalls - January 28, 2013

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Food Recalls - January 24, 2013

Voluntary Regional Recall Of Thomas', Sara Lee, Publix, And Weight Watchers Bagels

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Daily Meals - January 22, 2013

Breakfast - water

Snack - Trader Joe's Goat Cheese Medallion; homemade nut mix; water

Lunch - water

Snack - Kalahari Cafe Chocolatte Black Tea - Hazelnut Mocha

Dinner - pork chop rolled in taco seasoning; broccoli with cream cheese/herbed goat cheese sauce; raw milk

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Annie's Voluntarily Recalls Annie's Homegrown Frozen Pizza Products

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Daily Meals - January 21, 2013

Breakfast - water

Snack - water

Lunch - leftover maple-glazed roast turkey; water

Snack - Full Circle Organic Chai tea

Dinner - Spanish rice with turkey; Clementine orange; raw milk

Good Food Articles - January 20, 2013

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Food Recalls - January 19-20, 2013

Idaho Firm Recalls Fully Cooked Meat and Poultry Products Due to Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

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Daily Meals - January 19-20, 2013

January 19, 2013

Breakfast - water

Snack - water

Lunch - water

Snack - black olives; Trader Joe's White Stilton cheese with Cranberries; Organic Brown Rice Snaps, Unsalted Plain; Moondarra - Fig Walnut Australian Cream Cheese; Twinings Fresh & Fruity Tea

Dinner - bacon; pasture eggs; grapes; raw milk
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January 20, 2013
Breakfast - water

Snack - water

Lunch - Honey Fried Plantains ;water

Snack -Taja Tea Saffron Mango Green tea

Dinner - maple-glazed roasted turkey; raw milk

Honey Fried Plantains Recipe

I found this recipe on Clean Eats in the Zoo. I've only had plantain once and made the mistake of eating it raw like a regular banana. I'm so glad I found this recipe. OMG!! So. Good!

2 organic plantains

3 Tablespoons

Dr Bronner's Virgin Coconut Oil

2-3 Tablespoons local raw honey

3/4 teaspoons

Simply Organic Cinnamon Powder

pinch of salt

Cut the ends off the plantains, peel and slice into 1/4-inch thick 'coins'. 
Heat the oil in a large cast iron pan (I used #9); stir in the honey, cinnamon and salt. Add the plantains.  Cook on medium, stirring the plantains until coated and flipping occasionally to brown both sides.

Serve with more honey drizzled on top.

Serves 2.

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Daily Meals - January 18, 2013

Breakfast - water

Snack - water

Lunch - leftover rotisserie chicken; water

Snack - Twinings Fresh & Fruity Tea

Dinner - broiled pork ribs; banana; raw milk

Snack - Sweet Riot Yum Bar, 85% Dark Chocolate; Trader Joe's Fresh Goat Cheese Medallion; water

Food Recalls - January 18, 2013

Stop & Shop Recalls Ocean Beauty Seafood Smoked Salmon for Listeria

Georgia Firm Recalls Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Wheat 

 

Daily Meals - January 17, 2013

Breakfast - water

Snack - water

Lunch - Apple Bacon Hash; water

Snack - Trader Joe's White Stilton cheese with Cranberries; black olives;

Dr. Stuart's Tranquillity Tea

 
Dinner - Spanish rice with pork; raw milk

Food Recalls - January 16-17, 2013

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Apple Bacon Hash Recipe

I originally found this on Facebook shared by Just Eat Real Food. It is sooo good.

1/4 cup unsalted

Pasture Butter

2 organic Pink Lady apples, cored and sliced
1/2 cup pecan halves (not in first picture)
1 pound bacon
2 Tablespoons Shredded Parmesan cheese

Melt butter in large cast iron pan (I used a #9). Slice and core apples. Cut bacon in small pieces. Add apples and pecans to pan and sautè. Add bacon and cook on medium heat until done and apples are slightly browned; stir occasionally.

Top each plateful with 1 Tablespoon cheese.

Serves 2.

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