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Hot Dog Buns Turned French Toast Sticks

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | January 26th, 2009 | Category: Recipes | 10 comments

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with your leftover hot dog buns, we’ve got the answer. Make them into delicious french toast sticks!
Lonely hot dog buns - you know, the ones that don’t get used on hot dog night and sit in a bag on top of the microwave for a few days until [...]

Go Green and Save on Shipping with Popcorn

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | October 6th, 2008 | Category: Kitchen Tips | 2 comments

Use Popcorn to Save on Shipping and Save the Planet

The holidays are fast approaching and many of us will be packing up boxes of presents to mail out to loved ones. Shipping materials can be expensive to purchase and usually are made of plastics that aren’t the friendliest on the environment. There are many fillers [...]

Kitchen Tip: Use Your Oven’s Peep Hole

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | September 16th, 2008 | Category: Kitchen Tips | 4 comments

Valuable energy (and dollars spent on utilities) can be wasted by using your oven improperly. Even energy efficient models of appliances are designed to be efficient only when used correctly.
Kitchen Tip: Use Your Oven’s Peep Hole!
Exterior doors on homes and apartments have peep holes for a very good reason - so you can see what’s [...]

How to Protect Produce From Spoiling with Sponges

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | August 18th, 2008 | Category: Kitchen Tips | 4 comments

Kitchen Tip: Don’t Let Your Produce Spoil!
It’s always a wonderful treat to find fresh produce on sale and stock up on the great find! However, how often does that produce start to spoil and mold before it can be eaten? A study by the University of Arizona in concert with the United States Department of [...]

Kitchen Tip: No Mess Cupcake and Muffin Baking

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | July 8th, 2008 | Category: Kitchen Tips | No Comments »

Spills and drizzles on the edges of a muffin pan will burn, turn black, smoke and smell bad while baking. To top it off, baked on burnt batter is hard to clean and often leads to scraping off by hand or soaking. Avoid the mess altogether and make cupcake and muffin baking clean and easy, [...]