Removing Stains With Our Homemade Laundry Detergent!

Our little Miss Bean had a birthday recently and she got this dress as a gift from a friend. She loves the dress, and she looks so adorable in it; but as most 3 year-olds do, Miss Bean played hard in her dress and stained it up! We thought this was a great opportunity to test the laundry soap for pretreating. We've used the Fels-Naptha bar directly on stains before; but since we didn't have any on hand, we tried the laundry detergent. 

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You can find our homemade laundry detergent tutorial here!

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Miss Bean got several stains on her new dress, but she'll be wearing it again in no time!

Chocolate from her ice cream cone.

Of course she wipes every little thing off her hands and onto her dress!

Miss Bean is really hoping this works. 

White ruffles are no place for stains!

**To treat the stains with the detergent**

Pour it on.

Or dip it in.

Then scrub it in.

*Once you've treated the stains, wash with like colors as you normally would.*

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And voila! It worked like a charm! Every stain is gone!

No more chocolate!

No more hand smudges!

This dress is ready for more Adventures of Miss Bean!

We hope you'll give it a try!

Blackened Fish! Foil Wrapped & Grilled!

Mister and his bloodline love kayak fishing in the Gulf, and they've been catching some amazing fish lately! This particular meal is some from some Redfish and Black Drum. We love our fish prepared numerous ways, but today we wanted it blackened! 

Blackening is the technique of dredging fish with melted butter, and then coating it in your favorite seasoning (usually a Cajun style seasoning, or something with a little spicy kick.) We have different preferences here when it comes to our seasoning; Mister likes the Cajun's Choice, and Mel likes the Gator Sprinkles from the Gator Hammock line of seasonings and sauces. If we got paid by Gator Hammock to use their products, we'd be rich!

Cajun's Choice

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For two pieces of fish, I melted 2 Tbsps. butter.

I dredge the fish in the butter, making sure to coat well. 

 Then I sprinkle my chosen seasoning onto a plate, and coat the fish well with the seasoning. 

 We make sure to coat both sides well. We like our fish smothered in seasonings.

Once the fish is coated with seasoning, lay it on a piece of foil that has been lightly drizzled with olive oil or more melted butter (your choice.) 

Lay the fish on the drizzled oil, then drizzle a small amount on top of the fish.

Wrap the foil around the fish. We wrap each piece individually so I get a good even grill on both sides of each piece.

Put the foil wrapped fish on hot coals. After about 7 minutes, we turn each foil packet over and grill for about another 7 minutes.  

Fish is done when it is opaque.

 

We enjoyed ours with Mel's foil grilled potatoes and onions, but it goes well with her rice too!

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Mel's grilled potatoes & onions.

Mel's no-stick rice.

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Until next time!

May your blessings be many and your troubles be few!