Tada's Goal: Year in Review

Here it is, Tada's Goal: year in review.  This year our goal was food storage.  We have done pretty well at my house.  Each week we got just a few items and stocked up a little at a time.  Now the year is nearly over and it's time to begin a new year.   We hope it's your goal to get your food storage stocked up this next year or start over if you have been working on it already.  Here is our year in review.  Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us here at Tada's.

 Here is the link to the whole document.

  Tada's Goal: Weekly Food Storage Goals

Mint Chocolate Chip Lip Balm

Mint Chocolate Chip Lip Balm
2 TBSP Shea Butter
2 TBSP Coconut Oil
1 TBSP Beeswax
7 drops Essential Oil (Peppermint)
15 chocolate chips
Small Containers to hold lip balm

This should be done in a double boiler, but if you don't have one (I don't) you can use a 2 cup size glass measuring cup and place it in a small pan of water on your stove.  With the stove on a medium heat, melt beeswax, then add shea butter and coconut oil, till melted in glass cup.  It will be a clear liquid.  Add chocolate chips till melted.  Then take off heat and add essential oil.  Pour into small containers and let sit till cool.  That's it.  Easy. 

Each year my kids like to make gifts for their friends at Christmas time.  We made our candy trains as we always do, but my daughters are getting older and wanted something more for their friends.  We searched through lots of lip balm, lip gloss recipes online and decided to make our own version based on some of the others.  The recipe calls for 1 TBSP beeswax, but our local health food stores didn't carry the beeswax pellets.  Instead we bought the bars of beeswax ($1 each) and 1/2 of one = 1 TBSP.    You could make several variations on this recipe.  You could use any essential oil that you like in place of the peppermint, and the chocolate chips are optional.  I read on some of the other recipes that they bought a little container of blush, or any powdered makeup and used a tiny bit to add color to the lip balm.  I  wouldn't recommend using food coloring.  We found all of the items necessary at our local health food store.  Also the containers we used are bead holders that we found in the sewing section at Walmart.  

Tootsie Rolls

Homemade Tootsie Rolls
2 TBSP Butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c clear corn syrup
3 c powdered sugar
2 squares unsweetened chocolate (melted)
3/4 c powdered milk (carnation has the best flavor)

Blend butter, corn syrup, chocolate and vanilla in a medium bowl.  Combine sugar and milk, stir in chocolate mixture.  Mixture will be crumbly.  Knead until well blended and smooth.  Roll into 4 long rolls, then cut into bite size pieces and wrap in wax paper.

I've tried this with a couple of different brands of powdered milk and found that carnation has the best flavor.  Also, as a time saver I put everything in my food processor.  Then I roll it out by hand.  Less mess.  This is a quick project and my kids love it.  You could try a some different variations on this recipe and substitute a flavor, like strawberry or cherry in place of the vanilla and use white chocolate squares instead of regular chocolate.  These are easy to make and super fun for birthday parties or a simple treat for the kids.

Tada's Goal: Week 46

 
Tada's Goal: The rules

1. Each week buy the items listed and store them.

2. Use a permanent marker to write the date purchased to aid in stock rotation.

3. Buy the largest quantity you can afford and store, don't go overboard and stay within your budget.

4. If you miss a week, skip it and go on. Don't get behind.

5. Replace items as you use them

6. Share good deals with your friends and family. Everyone loves discounts!

7. Store properly

Tada's Goal: Week 46- Candles & Matches.  

Merry Christmas!!  Give yourself a great gift - security!

Tada's Goal: Week 45

Tada's Goal: The rules

1. Each week buy the items listed and store them.

2. Use a permanent marker to write the date purchased to aid in stock rotation.

3. Buy the largest quantity you can afford and store, don't go overboard and stay within your budget.

4. If you miss a week, skip it and go on. Don't get behind.

5. Replace items as you use them

6. Share good deals with your friends and family. Everyone loves discounts!

7. Store properly

Tada's Goal: Week 45- Cooking oil.  (canola, vegetable, olive, peanut, coconut, grape)  What ever kind of oil that you cook with is best!