homemade goodies

So sometimes homemade food is just in order. 

After we had a whole chicken last night, I used the bones and leftover veggies I've been saving to make chicken stock using my crock pot! Absolutely easy (easier than the stove).  This time instead of using mason jars to freeze the stock I used ziplock baggies each filled with one cup of broth.  I'm thinking this will be much easier to thaw than a glass jar!

Here's the recipe I used: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/01/homemade-chicken-broth-crockpot-recipe.html

 Yesterday I made this homemade peanut butter granola.  The recipe is via my friend Kim from this site: http://unadulteratedshivaree.blogspot.com/2012/01/peanut-butter-granola.html  The granola is yumm-eee!!  And also very easy and quick to make.  In fact I made it while Eli was playing and Isaac was waking up from a nap.  I've already eaten it on top of 2 bowls of yogurt.  De-lish!

And while we're on the subject of making things homemade, I've made homemade laundry detergent recently and I think it works BETTER than the ALL Free & Clear detergent I was using.  And at .05 cents per load its a bargain! And all the ingredients can be found on the cleaning aisle at Wal-Mart.  Simple.
Here's the site: http://www.diynatural.com/simple-easy-fast-effective-jabs-homemade-laundry-detergent/
Note: I used my food processor to "grate" the Fels-Naptha instead of using a hand grater.  Mucho-easier.