Archive Category: 'Kitchen Tips'

• 10 Easy Organizing Tricks For The Kitchen: Use plastic bins or tubs to hold all pouches of dry soup mixes, seasonings, etc. Keeps them neatly contained in one place, store in the pantry or cupboard. Insert kitchen reference charts and favorite recipes in clear plastic sleeves then hang on the inside of kitchen cupboard doors for easy access. They can easily be wiped [...]
• Hidden Feature On Foil & Plastic Wrap Boxes?: Today’s feature is from Complete Organizing Solutions with Do You Fight With Aluminum Foil? There’s something hiding (in plain sight) on your foil and plastic wrap boxes that you might not be aware of (I sure wasn’t!): Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and [...]
• 35 Kitchen Tips – A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom: This tip list is a continuation of 45 Cooking & Baking Tips – A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom with this collection containing handy Kitchen Tips from the 1950s and 1960s. I’ve also included a few tips found on Tipnut where there was more info available. 35 Kitchen Tips – A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom A damp cloth under [...]
• Tip: Use Mason Jars With Your Blender: Today’s feature is from Simply Recipes with a Blender and Mason Jar Tip: Did you know that many, if not most, blenders can be used with a standard mason jar, or wide-mouthed mason jar? This is a trick my mother taught me. Apparently 40 years ago or so, about the time this blender pictured was bought, [...]
• How To Close A Bag Without A Bag Clip: Today’s feature is a cool video just sent in to Tipnut, it demonstrates a super easy way to seal a bag closed without knots or clips, very smart: Give the top a few folds then fold each end a bit to tuck the ends up into the folds–then fold under, watch the video to see [...]
• 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 [...]