Shampoo In A Bar?

Karita's Shampoo Bars

A Typical Commercial Shampoo

Ingredients:  Water, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamidoprophl, betaine, glycol distearate, parfum/fragrance, disodium prosphate, glycol stearate, ricinoleamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, stearic acid, aminomethyl propanol, cocamide mea, linoleamidoprophyl PG-Dimonium chloride prosphate, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, propylene glycol, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, tetrasodium EDTA, methylparaben, citric acid, methylchloroisothazolinone, methylisothazolinone, ext. violet 2, violet 2.

Whew!  Can you believe that?  Try reading that fast! You should have seen my spell checker!  Those were the ingredients on my shampoo/conditioner hair rinse to brighten my gray hair.  Thank goodness I only use it about once a month.

On the other hand: Karita’s Handmade Shampoo/Conditioner Bar

Ingredients:  Olive oil, water, coconut oil, castor oil, and sodium hydroxide (lye). Plus pure essential oils.

This handmade bar through its rich penetrating lather has superior cleaning and conditioning properties, to soften and add body to your hair.

Try it today! http://www.karitashandmade.com/shampoos.htm

Our Hen and Her Chicks

Bessie and Chicks

I love our chickens.  Recently one of our hens, Bessie, decided to set.  We live within the city limits where roosters are poultry non grata, so we had to search for fertilized eggs.  Usually we try to get some from country folk with roosters, or the local farmers’ market.  Well anyway, we got a dozen eggs and sneakily and carefully put them under Bess.  Sadly only 2 chicks hatched, but we were excited nonetheless.  So much time is spent (some folks would say wasted) observing the newest editions to our menagerie. 

Our hen is an excellent mother.  One who is fiercely protective of her brood, an example many human mothers would do well to emulate.

Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes

Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes

When tomatoes are plentiful and it is HOT, I know I will not be cooking dinner that night.   I will fix a tub of salsa.  We eat chips and salsa – ALL DAY LONG.

Karita’s Tomato Salsa

4 cups chopped tomatoes in separate bowl

1 cup cilantro leaves

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 med. red onion, chopped

1 to 3 Chilies, to heat level desired

Using a food processor, process all ingredients, except tomatoes.  Add tomatoes, a few at a time, using the pulse mode to desired chunkiness.  Pour salsa back in tomato bowl and add:

1 tsp. Seasoning salt or to taste

Juice of ½ lime, more or less to taste.

Refrigerate to allow flavors to meld.  For extra spunk, add ½ to 1 tsp. Ground chipolte pepper.

Um um good!

For an attractive summer dinner try Ceviche Tostados

2 cups salsa

½ pound of salad shrimp meat

½ pound fake crab meat

Refrigerate 1 hour to allow flavors to blend.

Spread mayonnaise on a tostado shell.  Sprinkle with cayenne pepper (optional).  Spoon ceviche  on top.

Garnish with avocado slices, a cilantro sprig and lime wedge.

Bon Appetit!

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Welcome to Karita Lou’s Blog.

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