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Quick Tip: Softening Butter

March 1, 2010

Can you picture this? You’re in the kitchen, gathering the ingredients to make cookies. You look and see softened butter is one of the ingredients and all of your butter is in the refrigerator. Probably 1 in 15 times I remember to pull the butter out an hour early and let it soften perfectly but [...]

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Washing A Shower Curtain Liner

January 18, 2010

Did you know that you can wash your shower curtain liner in the washing machine? You probably did but I didn’t. We have two showers and whenever one of the liners started getting a little icky, I’d just buy a new one. You can get a really chintzy one for just a few dollars – [...]

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Quick Tip: Use An Electric Knife

January 15, 2010

One of the things I do for my family is make all of our bread. I’ve talked about that at length before. However, it occurred to me today, as I was slicing bread, that I hadn’t mentioned a very handy tool that makes homemade bread that much easier.

I use an electric knife to slice it. [...]

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Quick Tip: Single-Serve Leftovers

August 28, 2009

We recently spent some time visiting with my husband’s parents. While we were there my mother-in-law shared an idea to which my husband replied, “I think I see a Quick Tip here!” How funny is he? I’ve got him recruiting post ideas for me!
Her tip was simple, which is why it’s perfect for this feature. [...]

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Quick Tip: Taco Seasoning

July 6, 2009

So it’s 5:00 and I’m about to start supper. It’s taco night. I put the ground beef in the skillet and go to the pantry to grab the seasoning packet. There isn’t one. I usually buy a few of them when they’re on sale and obviously my supply ran out. Grrr. I called my hubby [...]