Sausage Sliders

I finally found a recipe to make delicious buns. Then I decided to make some italian sausages with peppers and onions to go on the buns.

The bun recipe:

1 1/4 c milk

1/2 c shortening

3 c flour

1/4 c sugar

1 tbls salt

2 1/4 tsps yeast (one packet)

Heat the milk (not boiling) and add the shortening. Stir until melted and the milk is cool enough to touch. Mix everything except the salt together and stir until well mixed. Cover with plastic wrap for about 20 min. Sprinkle the salt over it and put on lightly floured board. Knead for a short time mixing in the salt. Place in oiled bowl and cover with plastic. Let it rise until when poking your finger into it the dough does not spring back.

Form 18 balls and place on ungreased pan and let rise. Bake in preheated 400 F oven for about 15 mins. Let cool.

For the Sausage:

1 lb Italian Sausage (The kind that is 6 large links)

1 red pepper in strips

1 green pepper in strips

1 onion in strips

Olive Oil (not extra virgin)

1/2 c Shiraz

Put a little oil in a large frypan and cook the sausage about 20 min on med. Slice the sausage down the middle long ways and then half them so that you now have 12 sausages split almost all the way through so that they are open.

Put the peppers and onions in and cook about 20 more minutes covered. Remove lid and pour some Shiraz in and let it all cook down until the wine has gone.

Put one sausage on a bun with some peppers and onions. Add some tasty brown mustard (or wait for my Ruth sauce mmmmmm..... recipe).

I steamed some broccoli and cauliflower and heated some canned cheese sauce to pour over.

Drink the rest of the wine with this meal.

Handmade Dishwasher Detergent and Dish Soap

First I want to suggest purchasing a few things. I get some of these things at Dollar General. Some of the other stuff I had to hunt for. Internet, Hardware stores, and Krogers carry most of these. It may cost a lot at first, but it lasts a long time. If you look on the internet, you will find soooooooooo many things you can do with these things.

Borax

A&H Washing Soda

Unscented Liquid Castile Soap

Fels Naptha Bar Soap

Ivory Bar Soap

Tea Tree Oil (or any essential oil)

Peroxide

Vinegar

Sea Salt

Kosher Salt

Baking Soda

Glycerin

Honey

Olive Oil

Mineral Oil

Lemon Juice

Unsweetened Lemonade (Koolaid)

Food Coloring

Labels and Marker

MAKE YOUR OWN DISH SOAP

I grated 1 bar of Ivory bar soap and added 2 Tablespoons of glycerin and 2 Tablespoons of honey.Then I added 1 cup at a time of really HOT water and used a whip until I had the thickness I wanted and all the soap was dissolved.

I filled a small bottle with flip top and had enough left over to fill a larger dish detergent bottle with squirt top.

Of course you can add essential oil and food coloring if you so desire.

HOMEMADE DISHWASHER DETERGENT

(This may leave white residue if your water is hard)

1 cup washing soda (not baking soda)

1 cup borax

½ cup salt

½ cup citric acid (unsweetened lemonade koolaid works)

Mix together and store tightly covered. I love the plastic coffee containers from Folgers and Maxwell House. Use one tablespoon per load. Add vinegar to the rinse dispenser for the best results.