Organized. Tidy. Neat. Dreaded words, but invaluable ones in the kitchen. When your pancakes are about to burn onto the pan, you don’t have time to yank open all the drawers in search of the heat-proof spatula! You’ll enjoy cooking and baking much more if you take a little bit of time to organize your [...]
It’s easy to make potpourri, and I guarantee your own will smell better than the commercial, chemical-laden types. Just throw the following in a small pot of water (1-2 cups) and let it simmer on a low setting: 2 cinnamon sticks, each broken in half 6 whole cloves 8 cardamom pods, lightly smashed (you can [...]
Have leftover ingredients sitting around? Here some common ones and ways to use them: Extra grapes that you won’t be able to eat before they spoil? Freeze them! Frozen grapes are great on a hot summer day. Extra bread? Grind it into fine crumbs in a food processor and then freeze it. Homemade breadcrumbs are [...]
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