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A Sinkful of Help in the Kitchen

{ 09:45, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 } { Posted in Kitchen Tips } { 2 comments } { Link }

Kitchen Sink Showing Pots, Pans, Plates and Other Utensils Photographic Print

Here's one of my very simplest, but most helpful tips. Before you start cooking, draw a half a sinkful of hot, soapy water. As you use something, wash it and lay it on a clean, dry towel. You'll be surprised at how few dishes you have to do at the end of the job! Also, you can easily wash your hands between steps.

Garlic Storage

{ 08:26, Monday, April 7, 2008 } { Posted in Kitchen Tips } { 2 comments } { Link }

I've been very disappointed with the freshness of the garlic I've been buying. It seems to be sprouting in a matter of days! So I researched garlic and how to store it and found out this:

Never store the garlic in the fridge, as it causes quick sprouting and a bitter taste.

To store garlic longterm, divide the heads into cloves, leave the paper on, and freeze in a sealed baggie. Take out as needed! What could be easier than that? I bought a BIG bag of garlic at Costco this weekend and will be prepping it for the freezer today!

Frozen garlic is easily peeled, crushed and minced for cooking. Thawed garlic will not substitute for fresh, as is has a different texture after being frozen.

Smelly Hands

{ 02:05, Monday, January 14, 2008 } { Posted in Kitchen Tips } { 1 comments } { Link }

If you've been handling onions, garlic, or other smelly things, your hands can pick up the odor and keep reminding you of the fact for hours! What can you do about it?

If you have a stainless steel spoon, you can rub your hands all over it, under running water, and that will remove the smell.

You can also wet your hands with water, then get a palmful of baking soda or salt. Add enough water to make a paste, and rub your hands together like your washing them. The baking soda or salt will absorb the odor and exfoliate a bit, too!

I have heard that rinsing your hands with lemon juice after cutting garlic will remove the odor, but I haven't tried that one.

Blessings,
Momma

Neat site!

{ 03:49, Friday, January 4, 2008 } { Posted in Kitchen Tips } { 1 comments } { Link }

Have you found Recipezaar.com yet? I find many useful recipes there. Go check it out!

Momma

Another Use For Flax

{ 10:04, Wednesday, December 19, 2007 } { Posted in Kitchen Tips } { 3 comments } { Link }

Did you know that you can use flax as an egg substitute? Just replace 1 egg in a recipe with 3 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp water. I do this in almost every multi-egg recipe I have!

Three tablespoons of ground flax (without the water) also replaces 1 Tbsp of oil.

Please do grind your flax fresh, as it rapidly goes rancid. Just throw it in your blender for a few seconds and whir!

Blessings and Merry Christmas!

Momma

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