Is all cinnamon healthy? Well, yes and no. Look, I’m not here to smack your hands or check your cabinets. But when I discover something really cool that makes my food healthier and taste better, I want to tell you all about it! We all know cinnamon is a kitchen spice cabinet staple, and we love…
Kitchen Tip: Freezing Lemons
Did you know that freezing lemons is a real thing? I have this super smart friend named Donnah and she buys lemons by the box and freezes them. So the last time she went to the market, we split a box. And I froze most of mine…and it works! Who knew?!?? Why would you want to…
THM Tip: Stevia To GO!
Today, on Trim Healthy Tuesday, I’m sharing a favorite THM tip…this is my purse sized stevia container that travels with me everywhere. Where did I find it? The Dollar Tree! It was in a 4 pack, and was filled with… GLITTER!!! But I saw the potential! So I bought a pack of the glitter shakers,…
Concentrated Cream of Mushroom Soup Cubes
My kitchen tip for today is creating flavor cubes that allow me to very quickly whip up recipes that use cream of mushroom soup. Not only is is WAY less expensive than using canned soups, but it’s a big space saver as well. Twelve “soup starter cubes” take up very little space in the freezer!…
Grease Your Pan
My Grandma taught me how to grease a pan. You can learn a lot of amazing kitchen tips from the generation that lived through the great depression. I think of her whenever I unwrap a stick of butter. She would scrape all that extra butter off, OR… fold it (butter side in) and stash it…
Cleaning Burnt On Food
I found this little kitchen tip ‘jewel’ on Pinterest today: Apartment Therapy’s post on How to Clean Burnt Pans With Vinegar and Baking Soda.I was so excited to try this! Providentially, while I was pinning this tip, my son was upstairs burning the grits. Breakfast was saved by the ‘burnt beans’ kitchen tip. But the…
Freezing Bacon II-Space Saver Option
A while back, I posted a kitchen tip on freezing bacon flat on a cookie sheet. This weekend, my man and I were making breakfast together, and he had a great idea for freezing bacon in a much smaller space. So I took a few snapshots for you. This is for everyone who has a…
Covering Smushy Desserts
I made this lovely banana pudding for an event, and I didn’t want to mess up the whipped cream with plastic wrap. What to do? Mom used to use toothpicks, but those just poke holes right through the plastic wrap. But wait! I remembered these little flag picks that I found last year at the…