Home Made Enchilada Sauce

I am about to give you a yummy, easy, and fast recipe for making your very own enchilada sauce. No more buying red sauce from a can. This morning Greg made potatoes and we smothered the potatoes in red sauce making one of my New Mexican favorite breakfast meals...papitas with red sauce!

The recipe:
3 tablespoons of red chili powder (less or more is fine)
3 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon of oregano
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt
1 teaspoon of cocoa powder (secret ingrediant)
3 cups of water
1 cup of tomato sauce ( I use spagetti sauce-cause it's thick)

mix dry ingrediants together, throw into a pot with the water and stir aggressively at first and consistently until it becomes thick. Add tomato sauce at the end. You are done!

Are our Cleaners that Clean for Us?

The definition of clean from the Webster's dictionary:
clean |klēn| adjective 1 free from dirt, marks, or stains • having been washed since last worn or used • [ attrib. ] (of paper) not yet marked by writing or drawing • (of a person) attentive to personal hygiene• free from pollutants or unpleasant substances.


This was my favorite surface wipe, and made me feel like things were clean around the house. Yah, I always felt a little sick from the smell after cleaning a lot, but I felt better about bacteria and viruses. I have not bought this brand for a while because it got too expensive. I recently read the hazard warning yesterday, and was glad that I have not bought them in a long time. This cannot be good for us as a family because we are in fact HUMAN.

Family=humans - the chemicals=hazardous to humans=not good.


This shows the ingrediants, I do not understand them, this cannot be good either.

I bought these for fun not too long ago. I may stick with them, but bottom line is I can make a cheaper and "cleaner" cleaner :) that is not hazardous to my family's health. I recently have been using vinegar, tea tree oil and lemon essential oil and it doesn't smell great but I still feel clean, and I don't get sick from the smell. Maybe we can avoid cancer.

Interesting enough I understand these ingrediants, and there are not that many in the formula.

We Could Eat Them

There is a garbage can in Bethel that says "kids-Praise em' while you raise em'!" I never heard that slogan before but I really liked the reminder and I thought it was fun to say. "praise em while you raise em."

Old slippers, New slippers

Moxy finally fits into Ruby's old slippers, and we recently found the toddler size in a similar slipper...together their feet look really cute.

COMMUNICATION

For about three weeks, Ruby kept carrying around this little card that read "communication." Every time that I tried to put it away she would get upset or if I did get it and put it some place I would turn around and she had it again carry it around. Today she put it in a clear container with one of her favorite pink sparkly play purses. I decided she was really trying to hint to me about something :), maybe this is a sign for me. Later Greg found the little card all chewed up in Ruby's mouth.

communication |kəˌmyoōnəˈkā sh ən| (noun) the imparting or exchanging of information or news • a letter or message containing such information or news. • the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings • social contact

Space Please!

And to All a Goodnight!

Ruby is actually asleep in this picture. But it's pretty normal for her to fall asleep at the table. Too bad she didn't have a pillow.