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12 Natural Beauty Tips From The Kitchen

We found a great article at TipNut with tips for natural beauty tips and remedies using foods and other household materials. Among them are beauty tips for olive oil, sesame oil, strawberries, apples, tea, egg whites, honey, yogurt, lemon juice, and even avocado!

New Uses for Peanut Butter Jars

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | May 1st, 2008 | Category: Alternative Uses | 11 comments

I love reusing things, and food containers are no exception! Check out the great uses I invented for these JIF plastic peanut butter jars in my bathroom:

On the left: holding plastic dental flossers

On the right: holding cotton swabs
Peanut butter jars (the small, 17 oz. jar) are the perfect size to hold these small [...]

40 Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 31st, 2008 | Category: Alternative Uses | 3 comments

Plastic milk jugs / milk containers have many uses after their primary function of holding milk is over. As milk container week comes to a close (it actually ended yesterday, but I had to get this list in!), we’re left to recap the many creative uses for milk containers!
1. Utensil holders in the kitchen [...]

31 Money Saving Uses for Salt

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 27th, 2008 | Category: Alternative Uses | No Comments »

Looking for even more savings in the kitchen department? Salt is so versatile and inexpensive that it may just be your answer. Did you know you can use salt to remove the acidity from your coffee before you brew it? Did you know that you could boil eggs in salt water to ease peeling [...]

Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen Right Now

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 26th, 2008 | Category: Alternative Uses | 2 comments

Milk Jug Uses In My Kitchen Right Now!
It’s milk jug week, and in keeping with The House that Milk Jugs Built , here are 3 of my own milk jug creations you can find in my kitchen right now:
1. Storage for rice, beans, oats, other grains:
Label with a Sharpie or wet erase marker. If you [...]

The House That Milk Jugs Built

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 26th, 2008 | Category: Alternative Uses | No Comments »

My husband started a running joke in our house about my use of empty milk jugs. He says that ours is “the house that milk jugs built”! If you look around my house you’ll see all kinds of things made from milk jugs. Here’s why:
About a year ago, I read an article about 100 uses [...]