Organizing your meals, by the book
Having trouble organizing your meals? There may be a good reason for that, such as not enough time to cook, not knowing how to cook, or not planning ahead. If you get home from work in the evening, and...
View ArticleOrganizing your meals: what can you make?
You probably know how to make all sorts of meals; you just fall into a rut of having the same things all the time. “If you are what you eat, then I am cheap, fast, and easy.” Planning ahead will … Read...
View ArticleClean out the recipe box
If you’re the family cook, you may have a stash of recipes lurking in the house. An overstuffed recipe box or binder, a wad of pages torn from magazines, or a cookbook collection. These often fall into...
View ArticleClean out the cleaning supplies
Cleaning supplies multiply like rabbits, usually under the kitchen or bathroom sink. What happens is, we buy a product- say, an all-purpose cleaner- and use it for a while, and if we are not totally...
View ArticleClean without hurting yourself
It’s not easy to find cleaning products that clean well. smell good, and aren’t harmful to people or the environment. Well, it used to be hard. I find these products do the trick: baking (or washing)...
View ArticleOrganizing your entertaining
Whether you have people over for meals frequently or rarely, it’s likely that you have repeat guests. You may have a few specialties that you like to serve those guests- dishes that you have invented/...
View ArticleStocking your house: Bringing home the bacon
Warehouse stores have great prices, and I find their meat to be excellent quality, but what I find discouraging is hauling home that huge package of meat. We rarely use that much at one time, so it...
View ArticleAdding space to your cupboards
Kitchen cupboards are, unfortunately, not very stretchy. Usually, the only way to make more space inside them is to get rid of some of the things inside. Storage containers that fit snugly side-by-side...
View ArticleGet more in your drawers
Drawers, like cabinets, are not stretchy. You can get more in them by using the entire depth. Often we use only the bottom half, so there is a lot of “air space” above the utensils. 1. Get a tray or …...
View ArticleGet a head start on Christmas baking
Well, it may be a bit early to actually start baking- though the freezer can be your friend- but you can certainly start planning. The grocery stores are starting the sales on baking supplies, so it’s...
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