I checked out Pearls of Kitchen Wisdom: Tips, Shortcuts, and Recipes from a Country Home
Here are the top tips from that chapter that I thought I could incorporate immediately into my kitchen time:
- When baking, keep warm sudsy water in the kitchen sink. As soon as you remove a loaf of bread from its pan, muffins from a tin, or a cake from a cake pan, place in the sink to soak. It makes later cleaning of these baking items so much easier.
- Avoid "dishpan" hands. Add a teaspoon of baking soda to the dish-washing water.
- Make cleaning the inside of the microwave easier by first heating a cup of water until it boils. The moisture inside will help loosen the food particles.
- To clean the blender with little effort, squirt in some dish soap and fill three-quarters full of water. Blend for 2 minutes. Wipe out with a dish cloth and rinse.
- Remove rust stains from stainless-steel sinks by applying baking soda and allowing to sit overnight. Rub into the area and rinse the next morning.
- Problems with sugar ants in the pantry and on kitchen counter-tops? Place some peppermint oil or clove oil on a cloth and wipe the shelves and counter-tops where ants are a nuisance.
- Toss a bay leaf into each kitchen canister to keep pests out of pasta, flour, rice, and dry mixes.
- Make cleanup time easy by spraying the grater with a light coat of cooking oil before using it to grate chocolate, cheeses or vegetables.
- Oil your measuring cups or spoons before measuring molasses, honey or peanut butter. The contents slide out easily, leaving no waste.
- A square skillet holds more than a round one.
When Lisa isn't busy caring for her three young children, she can be found at her personal blog Growing Up Mo' or journaling about her weight loss journey at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.
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