Kitchen Tips
How to Wash and Store U-Pick Lettuces and Greens
For the past two weeks, we have been going to a local U-Pick farm, Sterken Farms, and bringing home bags of baby and head lettuce for the rest of the week. Washing and storing it properly is the key to making it last the whole week.
Summertime Cooking Strategies
Vickilynn Haycraft and Shonda Parker released a fabulous new book, “Naturally Healthy Cuisine: Real Food for Real Families.” Since we’re coming up on summer, when we all hate to heat up our kitchen with cooking, I’d like to share one of their helpful summertime cooking strategies from the “Surviving Summertime” section.
Use Mason Jar As Liquid Measuring Cup
The most common uses for mason jars are storage, canning, and sprouting. But mason jars makes great liquid measuring cups, too. Sometimes all my “official” liquid measuring cups are dirty, or they’re too small anyway. More and more I just turn to a mason jar.
How to Remove Labels from Glass Jars and Plastic Containers
My friend Jami has another tip to share with us. She saves jars and containers for her own purposes and shares how she easily removes labels, whether paper or sticky adhesive. Read more…
Spring Tip: Freshening and De-Bugging Carpets
We are straying a bit from the topic of “Weekly Ktichen Tips” today. This is more of a household tip, but I find it helpful because so often my mindset in the kitchen is affected by how my general household is running. It comes from Jami who shared the measuring hard oils displacement method of last week.
Displacement Method for Measuring Hard Oils
This is a tip from my local friend, Jami. We were just at her house on Wednesday for lunch. She made us the most fabulous grass-fed hamburgers. The night before we went she emailed me to say what she was making. I could just taste the hamburger, I was so eager! The next day, the hamburger tasted just like I imagined… it was that good! But, back to her tip. 
De-Crystallizing (Melting) Raw Honey
This tip comes from Tiffany Perez’ cookbook, At Tiffany’s Table.
When melting raw honey, put it into a glass jar, place in a pan of water and turn on stove to LOWEST temperature possible. Heat and stir until melted. This should stay liquid for about 1 month, if it lasts that long. Raw honey should not be heated above 117 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the integrity of the enzymes.
The Best Raw Cream Cheese
Alicia left a comment not too long ago, and she included a gem. I’m pulling it out for those of you who make your own cream cheese.
Freezer Inventory Help
Another tip submitted by Mary, who shared her tip for using blue painters’ tape for handy labeling of stored/freezer foods:
If I’m freezing lots of food stuff or meals, I keep a list near the freezer of things as I put them in and check off stuff as I use it so I know what’s still [...]
Use Painters’ Tape to Label Stored and Freezer Foods
My sweet friend Mary submitted this week’s Kitchen Tip:
I use blue painters’ tape to mark the lids of freezer and stored items. I write on it with a pen or sharpie. This tape stays on in the freezer and easily peels right off. Read more…
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