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100 Most Common Foods: How Many Are in Your Pantry?
These are the 100 most common foods and ingredients that most consumers usually have on hand. How do you compare to the average consumer according to the list?
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25 Most Common Kitchen Items: How Many Do You Have?
How many of these 25 items do you have? Take a gander at the list and count up how you compare to the average consumer.
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22 Unexpected Things to Wash in the Dishwasher
From the most commonplace household item to the truly bizarre, here are 22 unusual things to wash in the dishwasher:
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How to Ripen Green Bananas
Many times, the only choices for bananas at your grocery store are bright green, hard bananas that were clearly not ripe yet when they were picked. You need to know how to ripen green bananas for times just like that. Luckily, there is an easy way to fix this! We’ll teach you a quick and easy method for how to ripen green bananas that takes minimal effort and you don’t have to spend any money on specialized kitchen tools to use this trick. This kitchen tip will also allow you to ripen other produce as well. How to Ripen Green Bananas Fast When you are buying unripe bananas at the…
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How to Protect Produce From Spoiling with Sponges
Kitchen Tip: Don’t Let Your Produce Spoil! It’s always a wonderful treat to find fresh produce on sale and stock up on the great find! However, how often does that produce start to spoil and mold before it can be eaten? A study by the University of Arizona in concert with the United States Department of Agriculture showed that each US family throws away an average of 470 pounds of food each year. We also throw away 1/4 of all the produce purchased for our families. Make sure the food you buy gets eaten instead of being sent to the trash. Protect some produce which is quick to mold (such…
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Box Tops For Education Holders
Box Tops for Education Refrigerator Holder Let’s organize another one of the messiest things in the kitchen / dining room area today. Today we’re going to make a permanent home for your little Box Tops. Box Tops for Education, Betty Crocker points, UPCs for rebates, Campbells Soup Labels: all these items come off of packages which are usually kept in the kitchen. Without a system for storing for these little cut-out labels while waiting to turn them in or redeem them, they can get scattered or lost and possibly never used. Instead of letting them end up in multiple places, create a permanent home for these items that your whole…
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Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen
DIY Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen Right Now! It’s milk jug week and here are 3 of my own quick and handy DIY milk jug creations you can find in my kitchen right now. 1. DIY milk jug large kitchen utensils holders (pictured above). You can store spatulas, whisks, wooden spoons, and other cooking utensils upright in empty milk jugs and free up drawer space. 2. DIY milk jug storage for rice, beans, oats, other grains: Label with a Sharpie or wet erase marker. If you need cooking directions, cut them off the package and tape to the milk jug (just like the barley in the photo). These are wonderful storage containers,…
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The House That Milk Jugs Built
The House That Milk Jugs Built My husband started a running joke in our house about my use of empty milk jugs. He says that ours is “the house that milk jugs built”! If you look around my house you’ll see all kinds of things made from milk jugs. Here’s why. Many years ago, I read an article about uses for empty milk jugs. It’s been so long, I don’t remember if it was online or in a magazine. The point is that reading this article made me realize that all the empty food and drink containers I throw away are containers I could be reusing for other things. …
