New Kitchen Tips

I just thought that I would share a few things that I do in the kitchen that makes life a little easier for me...

1. When the bottom of your pan gets food burned and stuck on it really bad and you know that even soaking it all night won't get it off. Try putting enough water in the bottom to cover stuck on food and then sprinkle a few Tablespoons of baking soda and then put back on the stove to boil for a while and the soda will boil the food right off!

2. When I am cooking I always make sure to rinse my dishes off right away and then set them in one side of the sink. Then when dinner is over it makes clean up a lot easier, or if you don't feel like doing them you can wait until morning and the food is not stuck on.

3. I always try to clean out my fridge before I go shopping. That way I know what I have and when I get home I have room to fit more food. Plus I am always more willing to cook if I can see what I have to cook! I learned that one from my mom!

4. If you by fresh parsley or cilantro often, bring it home and snip the ends and put in a cup of fresh water and it will stay fresh a lot longer than sitting in the bag and getting all slimy.

5. It seems like every time I start to cook my kids get so hungry they can't even control their selves. So I try to keep cut up veggies in the fridge for them to start on. And this is for anytime of the day, I have a cupboard that they can reach that is just healthy snacks. Like: raisins, pretzels, almonds, peanuts, crackers, cranberries ect. That way they can get to it when they feel like a snack and it doesn't ruin their meal. And they have some kind of independence on choosing healthy things!

Easy Cleaning Tips

Ellie posted her easy and cool cleaning tip! Thanks Ellie for being the first one to add to this blog!(wow I want to try this one!)

My Sister in law told me about this one. (On a home make-over they had to deal with a very nasty grimy yucky tub They tried lots of different cleaners and guess what worked: ready? ready? Drum roll please ........ Dum dum dum dum .... There it is folks: liquid dish detergent( Ajac). Cheap, sudsy, and lemony fresh. This is the one I had on hand and tried, but I'm sure any would work... I've tried it twice now and been so excited at the results I was actually EXCITED to clean the tub and rushed to the phone to tell my sis-in-law about it. Today I tried it without any other helpers: just a blast from the shower to wet the surfaces, a squeeze of dish soap all around the tub rim and along the base, and my scrubby brush. I had a clean gleaming sparkling white tub in 3 minutes. So go try it. I dare you. Then come back and tell me how great it is. We could start a fan club for dish soap.)
August 6, 2008 4:04 PM

Tami: I tried the dish soap thing....THANK YOU!!!! It was so much easier. That is one of the things I hate doing is anything in the bathroom. Thanks guys.

Becca: I tried the dish soap and it is a miracle! I also use dawn dish soap to get out grease stains on clothes it always works and better than the other pre-wash sprays!

Anonymous said...
Oxy clean is great for kids stained cloths! it may be a bit pricey, but it really works well for stains...

Posted by: Jenny

November 24, 2008 12:57 PM

Becca: My kids spilled finger nail polish on my carpet the other day.(not just a little, but the whole bottle!) I did not know what to do...My mom always used her home made window cleaner to clean carpet stains and all I had was the foaming spray window cleaner. We scrubed with that and YES it got it all out! I thought that I would have to replace the carpet, but you can't even tell! Amazing stuff