Saving $$$$, Little by Little...

Recently I was over at a friend's home for a playdate and saw that she had a great soap dispenser. It created foaming handsoap, which is great for little one's hands, out of liquid soap and water. I checked it out and saw that there was a fill line for soap and a fill line for water, then the pump did the work. So I started thinking any foaming handsoap dispenser should really work the same way, and I since I always have a couple around I gave it a try. Check it out for yourself, it's an awesome money saver since little hands would waste a lot of regular handsoap...

Take an empty foaming handsoap dispenser and fill it 1/6 with regular liquid handsoap. Then fill almost to the top with water, it may foam a bit. Put in the foaming pump and ta-da, you have created foaming handsoap. This is a great trick since a refill bottle of soap is usually about $5, a single bottle should last for about 2 years at least depending on how many people are in your household.

Just something I wanted to share...

My Bamboo Wrap

I finally finished my bamboo wrap just in time for some beautiful spring weather! I love it! It is made out of a natural bamboo blend yarn and is one of my favorite colors since I tend to go for sea blues. The "Pleated Wrap" pattern was by the infamous Debbie Bliss and although I have so much I want to make that is by her, this is my first finished product. I learned a useful technique with the pleating that I know I will come back to.

Check out the pattern in the Debbie Bliss Spring 2009 magazine (it is featured on the cover).

Trying to Sneak in Some Veggies!

This week I decided to attempt to sneak more veggies in Little Man's diet. Something that can be a little hard to do at times now, it's all a texture thing. I decided that I would finally pull out my cookbook, "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld.

The first recipe I tried was the Chicken Nuggets. I chose Smart Chicken which has no hormones or antibiotics and pureed some yummy sweet potatoes to use too. Little Man loved it! It was the first time I've heard him say "more," for something I've actually wanted him to eat in awhile. The Hubby loved it too, the consensus was I need to make this one again.

The second recipe I made was Macaroni and Cheese, which I made with both pureed cauliflower and pureed northern beans in the sauce. Surprisingly, Little Man is not a fan of mac and cheese, the only kid I've ever heard of actually. Hubby and I enjoyed it as a way to sneak protein into an otherwise protein-free meal. Little Man ate a little, but maybe he just wasn't that hungry.

I will try more this week and see what passes and what doesn't...