As we all know, onions rot when they’re left in plastic bags, and they spoil quicker when they’re touching each other. The solution to the plastic bag dilemma is that they need air, the solution to touching each other is to separate them. One day when I was Continue reading
Another valuable contribution to Irish Attic from Debbie at ArtlinkGallery.com
I live alone and I don’t like shopping, so I buy several bags of the spinach and lettuce in one shopping trip. I found they spoil so fast. And spinach not in a bag spoils even faster. What I found that works amazing is to open the bag as soon as I get home and put in a couple of paper towels, then seal with a rubber band, twist-tie or bag clip
. If I seal it well between uses and change out the paper towels for new ones when they get moist it lasts much longer.
If you buy spinach and lettuce loose or in a bunch, wash the leaves and make sure they’re dry. Store them in a repurposed bread bag with paper towels just like above.
IA: Thanks Debbie for your dedicated reading of IA and your flow of tips and tricks to improve this blog!
Half-gallon milk jugs rinsed out and filled with water make great hand weights. A half gallon jug holds four pounds of water. Bonus: they can also serve as your emergency water supply, just be sure to change the water every six months.
I was cleaning up after dinner and thinking about what to do with a chicken breast I had thawed for the next day. The mustard jar I’d used for sandwiches still had a bit in it, but not enough to use for another sandwich. You all know I hate to throw a good thing away so I dumped the bit of salad dressing from the bottom of the salad bowl into the mustard jar, the dregs from our wine glasses, added some olive oil, lemon juice, a tablespoon of Italian seasoning and shook it up.
I dumped the whole thing into a resealable freezer bag with the chicken breast. The next day I dumped it all out into a roasting pan and baked it up.
Result? Delicious chicken!
