My husband came home this evening telling me I needed to check out bigoven.com They too have a recipe finder by ingredient. I'm not sure of how good it is or how varied the recipes are (I literally opened the page 2 minutes ago), but it came up with a pasta dish that didn't look bad based on having some leftover creme fraiche and arugula. It lets you put in up to three ingredients and updates the number of recipes based on your selections on the fly. Try it out, see if you like it. Bri Here is a link that might be useful: Big Oven

Three decades ago when liquid soap for home use was "new", I would save bar soap slivers and small hotel soaps and make them into liquid hand soap. Now it's less expensive, and less mess, to purchase gallon jugs of liquid soap (Sam's Club and Big Lots are good sources). For foam dispensers I use a 1:3 mixture of liquid soap and water, so we use all foam dispensers for even more savings. The recipe I used is very similar.... Homemade Hand Soap 11 c. water 1 bar soap (or enough slivers to equal the same amount) 1 T. glycerin optional - 10 drops essential oil Grate soap on a box grater, microplane, or in a food processor. Bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add grated soap and stir to a boil. Add grated soap and stir until it melts. Add glycerin. Add remaining water. Once cooled, add essential oils. Let mixture sit overnight. Place 2-cups (at a time) in a blender. Mix well. If you want thicker add 2 more T. glycerin and allow to sit for a few hours. To use in a foam pump dispenser, add 1/4 c. homemade liquid soap and water to fill the bottle. You can add tea tree oil or grapefruit seed extract, or other essential oils like Four Thieves for additional anti-bacterial protection. HOMEMADE BODY WASH 1 c. Suave Shampoo ("flavor" of choice) 1/2 c. water 3 T. table salt or Epsom salts Whisk until frothy. \-Grainlady

John, There must be in a city that size, try the phone book, or a craft supply store for a name of an outlet.

I make soaps too, I have done much research and have found that Sodium Lauryl Sulphate or Sodium Laureth Sulphate or SLS is a cheap foaming agent. The same is used in garage floor degreasers. It's in your shampoo, your toothpaste, baby products called Sodium Trideceth Sulphate (same thing) You're not even supposed to use it on children under the age of six. It causes hair loss, and dermatologists use it to induce dermatitis in test subjects so they can treat it. Read here, this is a link to a major article on the whole subject. http://www.peterdunn.org.uk/health/sls.htm Here is a link that might be useful: Peter Dunn .org