Just down the street from us, we have a Chinese restaurant that has really good takeout food. If your local place is anything like ours, they give you about three times as much food as you need for a meal. As a result, we always have leftovers (well, almost always…). We typically reheat our leftovers…
Maybe you’ve run out of toilet paper and need an alternative. Or, maybe you’re simply looking for a way to dispose of used coffee filters. In either case, does it make sense to simply flush them down your toilet? Coffee filters work great for filtering not only coffee, but other items where you only want…
Many people worry about lighting their lawns on fire and not being able to contain the flame. With the proper precautions you can indeed put a fire pit on grass. These precautions also depend on what kind of fire pit you are looking to add to your yard. Are you looking for a more permanent…
Passwords have been used as a safeguard against others obtaining information throughout history. The less people who know a passcode or phrase, the more secure the information becomes and the less likely it will ever turn into public knowledge. During the course of history, in order for a password to be secure, it was always…
Most people probably think of a paper towel as a simple convenience item that’s used to clean up messes. Like many household items though, paper towels have other uses as well. One such use that you might not have considered is to use paper towels as a cover in the microwave (more on the potential…
Growing up, my mom always liked a helping hand with the laundry. It’s a never-ending, thankless task. You think you’re caught up, and then WHAM! Where did that pile come from?! This is especially true when you have kids. That helping hand my mom wanted wasn’t as ridiculous as I always thought it was. When…
Wax paper. Chances are if you’re like most people you have a box of it in a drawer next to the plastic wrap and aluminum foil. You probably bought it because a recipe called for it, but for the life of you, you can’t remember what it was for and haven’t used it again since….
While there’s plenty of controversy surrounding whether or not eggs are healthy, there’s no denying that there are a multitude of ways to eat them, either on their own or as part of a meal. In a typical week, we go through about a dozen eggs, but from time to time, we’ll easily go through…
Although somewhat controversial, olive oil is considered to have many health benefits and is part of many healthy diets, such as the Mediterranean Diet. Olive oil has many uses that aren’t related to food, but typically it’s used as part of a dressing or marinade. It’s also commonly used as an alternative for butter in…
If you’re like me, you are not a morning person. At all. The sun makes you want to hiss like a badly-mannered cat or a vampire waking from a 3,000-year sleep. I’m definitely a night owl. I’d much rather be up till the wee hours of the morning than get up at the crack of…