I like to chop a whole kilo of garlic at a time and then I add rice bran oil and store it in a jar.  It has never gone off yet and because rice bran oil has no noticeable flavour it doesn't affect the taste.  It also has a higher burn point than olive oil and it is a heart smart oil. 

I recently found out that if you garlic is white it has been bleached, look for the purple stuff.  Also we don't really know what the overseas garlic, another reason to buy local produce!

Hi,  I've made a couple of batches of soap in my TM, its fabulous for melting the oils because I only heat it to 37^oC.  I make the caustic solution separately and let it cool down heaps, I do have an old seal so I have that in my soap making kit and use it when I mix it.  I carefully tip the solution into the TM with the lid off and slowly turn it up to speed 4/5.  I wouldn't go past that and I only do a litre batch at a time.  It hasn't damaged anything and when I made a batch of castille soap I was happy I blended it that way as it took a good ten minutes.  However I usually like to make at least a triple batch of soap so I usually use my stock pot and stick blender too.  Have been thinking it would be better to use a bakers sized blender to make the soap in the quantities I need to make     If you do try making the cp soap in your TM do be careful and take all the necessary precautions caustic is very serious stuff and can really cause damage to us, our pets and our children.  There are some good YouTube videos about soap making 

Hi I make my own soap to sell in my shop and would like to comment on your liquid soap making.  For best results you should start with a handcrafted soap, any soap bought from the shop has had the glycerin removed which is one of the reasons it dries you skin out.  Coconut oil makes bubbles so consider adding a little if you want more bubble.  Goat's milk is very nourishing to the skin, it has the closest pH to our own skin and is the recommended soap to use for young children.  Consider adding a quarter teaspoon of dried goat's milk powder to your mix (1/2 tsp per litre of liquid) is enough.  Also I saw you said to use tap water, I personally would use filtered or twice boiled or rain water and with rain water it would be better to filter it anyway especially if you live in a city.  When you make liquid soap you would normally use potassium hydroxide to get the chemical reaction to make soap and it is a 5 day process where it changes through different forms one of them is a solid state.  I have made natural soap in my TM but I have decided not to try the liquid soap process as it is too time consuming.  I hope this helps you though.