Random Advice | Pad Patter 12.05

[weaselwatchr]

Like the give a penny take a penny jar at your local convenience store, I would like for you to share some advice or a good tip about well anything! Who knows you may learn something or teach something to someone else!

 

[weaselwatchr]

So recently I discovered if you forgot to take your butter out to use it for baking, you can easily soften it. What you do is take a tall glass ( I used one with thicker glass) and pour hot water in it. Let it sit for a few minutes so the glass warms up. Pour out the water then place the glass on top of the butter. I left the stick wrapped. In a few minutes it will soften from the heat off the glass! And it works because we forgot to take the butter out for Thanksgiving!

 

[tanteva]

In my freezer I keep an old plastic ice cream box, size about 2 cups. Whenever I get some veggies over after dinner/cooking, I cut it in small pieces (like corn sized) and put it in the box. It could be as little as a tomato slice or a few peas... everything counts. Once the box is full, I boil water, add a stock cube (or two) and then the veggies and some spices. Whatever I feel like that day. Leftover Soup - best soup ever.

 

[umyesh]

So recently I discovered if you forgot to take your butter out to use it for baking, you can easily soften it. What you do is take a tall glass ( I used one with thicker glass) and pour hot water in it. Let it sit for a few minutes so the glass warms up. Pour out the water then place the glass on top of the butter. I left the stick wrapped. In a few minutes it will soften from the heat off the glass! And it works because we forgot to take the butter out for Thanksgiving!

I’ll have to try this one!

I never have soft butter because we keep our house cold so when I need to bake with softened butter I grate it with a cheese grater and it works great!

 

[umyesh]

Do something every day that won’t be undone.

 

[Scrapping with Liz]

I recently saw one of those cleaning hacks where you use a toothpick to clean things...never thought of it before. I used one to clean some cracks in my bathroom this week...and it was amazing! LOL.

 

[weaselwatchr]

In my freezer I keep an old plastic ice cream box, size about 2 cups. Whenever I get some veggies over after dinner/cooking, I cut it in small pieces (like corn sized) and put it in the box. It could be as little as a tomato slice or a few peas... everything counts. Once the box is full, I boil water, add a stock cube (or two) and then the veggies and some spices. Whatever I feel like that day. Leftover Soup - best soup ever.

That sounds good

 

[weaselwatchr]

Any more advice? I figured there would be a thread full of handy dandy tips here to make our lives easier. Even if you think it isn’t noteworthy, it may help someone.

 

[mary kate]

If you want to use raw onion in a recipe (e.g., a salad), but you find the taste of raw onions a little too strong: slice your onion, then place in a bowl of ice water for 15 minutes. Drain, and use in your recipe. Onion will still have some crunch, but it will taste milder.

 

[jaye]

Rather than buying Mason jars and lids, use your glass jars from spaghetti sauce etc., they freeze just as well and it saves you some $. I make a big pot of soup and put the rest in jars, let cool pop in the freezer. I thaw overnight and you have just enough for lunch the next day and it's easy to transport.

 

[Laura ODonnell]

If you want to make banana bread but don’t have ripe bananas bake them at 400 degrees for 15 minutes with the peels on and they are ready to use.