Archive Category: 'Kitchen Tips'

• Ideas for Organizing Recipes: Whether or not you’re a serious recipe collector, organizing recipes in an efficient manner can be challenging. You have a few goals to accomplish, recipes need to be: Easy to find Easy to add to Easy to browse Kept clean (ideally) There are dozens of different ways to collect and organize recipes on a computer via software or online applications, but [...]
• Quick Tip: Remember–Pot Handles Turned In: Remember to keep the handles of cookware turned in so they are completely over the stove top and they are not protruding over the edge of the stove at all. It’s far too easy for young children to reach up and pull a hot pot down on themselves or to bump into the handle and set [...]
• Martha Stewart’s Good Things For The Kitchen: Martha has a new booklet out “Good Things For The Kitchen – 91 shortcuts & smart ideas”. The shortcuts and ideas are quite useful and basic, nothing complicated or so off the wall you wouldn’t use them. Things like how to cut in butter and using the right measuring cups. The booklet also has a [...]
• How To Wax A Wood Cutting Board: Wash the wood cutting board well and rinse in a sink of hot water with a splash of bleach. Dry the board as best you can, then let sit overnight to ensure there is no moisture left in the wood. Pour melted paraffin wax over the board with enough wax to cover it completely. Now iron the wax [...]