These are tips number 14 and 15 on our series Practical Tips for Everyday Living.
Tip #14: Waste disposal tips Never put these through your kitchen’s waste disposal system:
- cabbage, bokchoy, or any fibrous green vegetable
- raw potatoes, including peelings
Tip #15: Easy-peel hard-boiled eggs Immediately after cooking hard-boiled eggs, run COLD water over them until they […]
Hamilton Beach has improved on a product that’s already on my list of top kitchen gadgets. Their Stay or Go Slow Cooker has features that make it easy to travel with food in the cooker.
* Clip-tight lid locks on to prevent messy spills
* Large, full-grip handles make carrying easier
* Convenient lid rest keeps lid out […]
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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John Richardson, who writes the blog Success Begins Today, has found that “8 out of 10 women prefer yard work to cooking“. He got these results as part of his research for the game “Draw 50: The Productivity Game”, which involves 10 cards listing one household chore each (more about this game later).
Here’s what he […]
If you haven’t carved a pumpkin yet, make it easy and fun with printed pumpkin faces that you can use as guides. Here are three examples available at the Lansing State Journal:
Visit the Lansing State Journal to get the templates for these and many other designs. Happy carving!
Tags: Halloween, pumpkin designs, pumpkin carving, pumpkin decor, […]
Being able to clean the house quickly and efficiently is a skill that would benefit every homemaker. After all, there are other more fun things we can do with our time, right? Though there is no magic formula, there are a lot of tips we can incorporate into our housekeeping.
Here are some, from the Citizen-Times:
Dust […]
I like Rachael Ray. That’s no secret, as I’ve talked about her many times (here, here, here and here). While I would love to be a Martha Stewart, Rachael is really more my league. Though she’s been criticized as not being a real chef, or as one who’s too loud, or who smiles too much […]
Here are tip numbers 12 and 13 in our series, Practical Tips for Everyday Living. If you have any tips that you would like to share, please leave a comment and I’ll add them to the list.
Tip #12: Use rubber bands as jar openers
Keep a couple of wide rubber bands in your kitchen drawer. Those […]
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