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great idea! love the dots for recipes!
Ok, here is a tip. I can only think dishwasher for some reason today 😉 … I sort my silverware when I put it in the dishwasher, making sure the spoons are not spooning. Then putting it away is a breeze at the end of the cycle.
Also, if you have good knives, do not put them in the same slots as your everyday utensils. Keep them separate or they will get rust spots. If you have the rust spots on your knives already, a few runs in the dishwasher sorted away from your everyday utensils will make them go away.
This trick works great on fresh lemon juice too, but I’d use a clean ice cube tray.
I use squeeze tube of tomato paste; keep it in the fridge. perfect for me.
Brilliant. I always put a dollop in small piece of plastic wrap and then put the little bundles in ziploc bag. I just pureed some fresh basil w/ olive oil and did the same thing. Clearly I need to pay more attention at Trader Joes.
Alas, there isn’t a Trader Joes within an hour’s drive of me. But I love your idea!!
Try one of those mini-ice cube trays. Got a kitchen trick of your own to share? Let me know–any kind of tip!
Forgot to give you my idea!! I use ice cube trays, a little olive oil, and fresh chopped herbs. Freeze and then you have the flavor of the fresh herb in the middle of winter.
If I make too much smoothie in the morning, I pour the excess into an ice cube tray and use those cubes in the next batch of smoothies. Can you tell I like smoothies? 😉
Okay, my tip: push a straw up through the bottom of washed, fresh strawberries to pop the stems out. Simple!
aha, both good tips. I wonder if i did this with excess juice (I juice) it reduces nutritional value.
That is an awesome idea. I use those little product and I’ve never thought to reuse the trays. That is the coolest thing ever I am definitely going to use this idea. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the suggestion love it
Leave a tip of your own–I’m doing a drawing!