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Even though I really like my house, one of the things that has always bothered me about this place is where is the best place to put some
kitchen spice racks. Almost every woman that I know keeps her spice rack really close to their kitchen range. My mother had a custom spice racks built into the cabinet above her range, and she loved it!
Yet, I’ve read that spices should not be kept near a source of heat, so that tells me that they should be stored away from the range. I like the idea of the racks that fold up under the cabinets, but they don’t seem to hold very much.Organizing a kitchen would be so much easier if all spice cans and bottles were the exact same size and shape; it is difficult to properly store so many different odd mix and match containers!
TAGS: house, kitchen, range, spice, woman
CATEGORIES: family and friends, good food, home improvement, my life, opinion, shopping
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Having decided to try to lose a few pounds, I bought some of those Special K cracker chips yesterday. They were on sale, and I thought to myself that I would like them. Well, I don’t like them very much at all. They are too spicy-hot for my liking. Because of that I want to cover them with sour cream to cool them down! And I don’t believe that adding sour cream to them would help to accomplish my “lose a few pounds” strategy.
Not wanting to waste food, or money, I’ll eat them up. But I won’t buy them again.
TAGS: chips, cream, spicy, strategy
CATEGORIES: good food, my life, opinion, shopping
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When I was sitting down this afternoon to eat my late lunch of peanut butter and honey sandwich and a glass of water (yes, I really am trying to save money) I noticed that my son was watching an episode of “House” on television. I was only there for a couple of minutes, but I watched it while I was there. I learned something very interesting in that couple of minutes; sorbital is used as an artificial sweetener in sugar-free products, such as gum. It is also used by the medical profession as a laxative! Now that I know that, I will keep that in mind the next time I am having stomach troubles!
TAGS: education, entertainment, food, health, television
CATEGORIES: education, entertainment, good food, health, my life
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Have you ever tried those chicken cordon bleus by Barber foods? The are exactly like the chicken cordon bleu that you can buy in the restaurants. One of my favorite things to do with them is to cook more than I plan to eat and then use the leftovers to make sandwiches the next day. I especially like them if I have hot dog rolls; I cut them in half lengthwise and put a little bit of fat free salad dressing on the hot dog roll and one of the halves of the chicken cordon bleu, roll it in a paper towel and nuke it for a few seconds. Makes a great and easy sandwich.
CATEGORIES: good food, my life, opinion
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This guest post from Lewis Beck
Mom and I spent a lot of time on all the logistical stuff for the cupcake shop like card services and the tax set up and the employee breakroom but when it came time for opening weekend we hadn’t put as much thought into the décor of the restaurant as we should have. People didn’t seem to really gravitate to the décor we had so after that first week I had my sister come in and really make the place over. She’s got an eye for that kind of stuff and boy did she do it right – by the end of the weekend there were giant stripes on the walls and a lifesize cupcake cutout for kids to stick their faces in and get their pictures taken! I know it sounds silly but I think the small changes to the décor really made my customers “feel it” and that’s what I credit to business being as good as it is. There’s nothing like the smell of success (and cupcakes!) in my store!
CATEGORIES: family and friends, good food, my life, shopping, work and money
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