Cheesecake bites

C has made this several times and we always have to look for the recipe to find it.

It can be found here https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/mini-no-bake-cheesecakes/

Makes 24 mini cheesecakes or 12 regular

Ingredients:

Crust

(C used 10 sheets and said to cut the crust amount in half for 12 standard cupcake)

2c graham cracker crumbs (12-14 sheets)

1/3c brown sugar (I used 1/4c sugar and a little molasses)

1/2c melted butter.

Filling

1c heavy whipping cream

2 8ox blocks of cream cheese, softened to room temp

1/3c sugar (I used 1/4c sugar)

2T sour cream or plain yogurt

1t lemon juice

1/2t vanilla

Instructions

1. Line 2 standard 12-count muffin pans with cupcake liners.
2. Prepare the crust. Pour crumbs into a medium bowl and stir in the brown sugar and melted butter until combined. Mixture will have the consistency of wet sand. Spoon 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons of the crust mixture into each muffin liner and use the back of the spoon to pack it down tightly.
3. Optional: Bake crust for 5min at 350F for a firmer crust.  Make sure they are cool before adding the filling.
4. Whip cream to stiff peaks.  Move to another bowl
5. Beat cream cheese and sugar on medium until smooth.
6. Scrape down sides, add sour cream, lemon juice, and vanilla.  Beat on medium until smooth and combined.
7. Use mixer on low speed or a rubber spatula, fold in the whipped cream until combined.  Combine slowly so whipped cream is not deflated.
8. Spoon ~2T of filling over each crust.
9. Refrigerate for 3hr up to 2days.
10. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve

TV mix

 The original recipe from the 1940s was served at Aunt Max's home only for Christmas because it was very expensive to make.

Melt and combine in a saucepan

2 sticks of butter

1/4c Worchestershire sauce

1.5T garlic salt

1T onion salt (I don't have onion salt so I used 1/2T onion powder and 1/2T salt)

1T celery salt

optional a little cayenne

Combine in a large roasting pan and stir.  All of the following are suggestions or what I like to use.  But the roasting pan should be full but not overflowing.

~1/2 box of Rice Chex

~1/2 box of  Wheat Chex

~1/2 box of  cheerios

some goldfish cheese crackers and pretzel crackers (I don't care for too many pretzels)

oyster crackers,

rye chips (Gardettos roasted garlic rye chips-my fav part)

roasted peanuts or mixed nuts

Stir everything in a roasting pan, then pour butter and salts over the entire pan.  Stir.

Bake at 250-300F for 1hr, string every 15min so it doesn't burn.

Shampoo Bar

Found on https://simplelifemom.com/2019/08/04/hair-type-shampoo-bar-recipes/

For thin, fine hair.  Palm oil is best for thinning hair. 5% superfat seems to be the best. 

9oz palm

9oz coconut
5oz castor
5oz cocoa butter

4oz olive oil

1oz shea butter
1oz neem oil
12.9 oz filter water

4.6oz lye
1oz essential oil (half clary sage and half lavender)

Directions:

1. Melt oils in a stainless steel pan over low/med heat or in a glass bowl in microwave.  Cool to 100F.

2. Outside with safety gear!! Pour lye into water and stir until dissolved. Cool to 100F

3. When lye water and oil are at 100F, pour lye water into oils and use a stick mixer until light trace.

4. Add essential oil and blend to medium trace.

5. Pour into mold and insulate for 24 hours.

6. Remove from mold and cut.

7. Allow to cure 4-6 weeks.