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Cut cloves in half and press down on them with the flat part of your knife. The peels will usually slide right off.
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Fried Biscuits Instead of Donuts
My family likes donuts for breakfast sometimes. Because it is rather expensive for a family of 5, I fry biscuits. I buy the store brands for about $1.09 for 4 cans. I fry 2 cans, roll in powder sugar and enjoy. We have 20, more than enough and have some left for snacking later. By Lisa C.
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Pizza Cutter for Cutting Sandwiches
Use a pizza cutter to slice grilled cheese sandwiches and similar foods into kid-size pieces. It is much quicker, cleaner and safer than using a knife. It also cuts the crust off of sandwiches very nicely. By M. Day, Ohio
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Homemade Tile and Grout Cleaners
Here are two cleaners that you can make yourself and use to clean your tiles and grout.
Caution: Make sure to clean the spray bottle you use for these solutions thoroughly before mixing these recipes. And try to create as much ventilation when using bleach as possible.
Tile Cleaner
Ingredients:
Directions:
Add equal parts of chlorine bleach and water to your spray bottle. Using rubber gloves, spray this solution on your tiles and wipe it off with a sponge. If there is a lot of built up you may need to let the solution sit for about 10 minutes before wiping it off.
Tile Grout Cleaner
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Directions:
Mix the the chlorine bleach and water in the spray bottle. Then spray it on the grout and wipe off with a sponge. If the grout is especially dirty you may need to spray liberally and let it sit for about 10 minutes and you may even need to break out an old tooth brush if it still doesn't come off easily.
Tip: If you clean your tiles regularly with the Tile Cleaner solution you won't have to use the Tile Grout Cleaner solution very often.
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My family uses a lot of catsup so I have saved a lot of bottles to refill. I then buy the gallon cans of catsup at Wal-Mart, refill my bottles and save a good bit of money and time! By Lisa C.
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Removing Lime Deposits from Your Shower
Before buying those expensive lime removers for your bathroom shower and fixtures, try hydrogen peroxide. By Sharon
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Featured Feedback: RE: Softening Brown Sugar
You can also re-soften or keep brown sugar soft by placing it in an air tight container and place one or two pieces of white bread in with it. Will soften overnight or you can just change the bread every other week. You must use white bread do not use wheat.
Some also use half an apple instead of white bread but I don't like the after taste of the apple and you must change it more often. I put a reminder on my pda or calendar and change the bread as I complete other tasks that I only do once or twice a month.
By Julie
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Featured Feedback: RE: New College Students
*Flip flops ~~~ VITAL for communal showers.
*Quarter rolls ~~~ good for laundry day
*Index cards ~~~ good for that "wait" time spent in lines, waiting on professors to show up, etc. Use them for vocabulary (word on one side, definition on the other), foreign language (English on one side, translation on the other), terms (like "cottage industry" on one side...on the back, what it was and why it was important to the Renaissance etc. etc.)
When I was in college, I began to use index cards to use wait time to study, and I watched my grades jump by one letter in some classes, two in others. Because they're small, they're also portable. Plus, future students might be willing to buy them from you once finals are over. The secret is, though, it's imperative that you make them yourself because you absorb some of the material just by making the cards.
By Melissa
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Featured Feedback: RE: How do you make lip gloss out of Koolaid?
I have used this recipe to make tinted and/or flavored lip balms/glosses. You can vary the ratios to your own preference.
1 teaspoon beeswax/paraffin wax
1 teaspoon petroleum jelly
A few drops candy flavoring, presweetened kool-aid mix, or mint flavoring.
Heat each separately over the stove (med/low heat),
Combine wax and petroleum jelly, blend well, remove from heat and add flavor/coloring.
I also add a drop or 2 from a vitamin E capsule at a time.
After it cools check it for the right consistency. If it's too hard remelt and add more Pet. Jelly. Too runny, add more wax.
Do you have a lipstick that you can't use because it is too dark. You can add a few slivers of that lipstick to the hot mixture. This gives the lip balm a soft tint.
I usually quadruple this recipe to make it worth the time.
The tiny gourmet jelly jars that come in gift baskets are great containers, so are the really tiny "Altoid tins"
Use care if doing this with kids - Petroleum jelly (and wax) is flammable
By Cathy
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Featured Feedback: RE: Make Your Own Clorox Ready Mop Pads
I use the blue shop towels. They can be found at walmart and come on a roll like paper towels but they are much thicker and sturdier. Each towel usually lasts a day or 2, at least. I use a big a dark green pot scrubber pad for scuff marks and the "clean mop" for getting greasy floors clean after cooking. I just plop the scrubber on top of the scuff and use mop to scrub. One scrubber last for months The windex mixture works well. No rinsing.
* Hint: keep these shop towels hidden from your hubby. They love to use these.
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1/4 cup margarine - softened
1/2 cup canola oil
1 3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cup flour
4 tbsp cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
2 cups zucchini, grated with fine grater
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup sour cream
Cream margarine, oil, and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream & vanilla. Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Add zucchini and chocolate chips.
Bake in 9 x 13 pan at 325 F for 45-60 minutes.
From http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com
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Ideas for 6 Year old Daughter's Golden Birthday Party
My daughter 6 yrs. old will be celebrating her Golden Birthday. Do you have any party ideas or gift suggestions to mark this special day? Thanks, Jean
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I have a problem in my garage. I have many shovels, rakes, snow shovels, a hoe, and many long-handled garden tools. I have nowhere to put them, though. My garage does not have inside walls, just the main beams, and I cannot put nails into the thin wood of the walls or I can damage the siding. Where should I store all of my long-handled tools? Any suggestions? And please don't tell me to get rid of some, this is not an option. Thanks for your help! Joy from Pennsylvania
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Hi There! Lately my dishwasher will not rinse all of the soap out of the soap dispenser during a wash cycle. It has water, but acts like the spray action isn't strong enough. I feel like the dishes aren't getting clean...any ideas? Thanks. :) Aeromama
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Ideas for an Abundance of Tomatoes
Can anyone suggest some ideas for an over abundance of tomatoes? Any relishes or canning suggestions? Help please! jspcoolbeans
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Can anyone suggest different ways to decorate milk jugs as door stoppers? jspcoolbeans
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Years ago my mom made a very simple pizza dough with self-rising flour, instead of yeast. It was very good, but unfortunately I've lost the recipe. Please help! Evie from New York
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I have to plan an engagement party for my brother and his fiance. I dont know what to do. I am married but never had one myself. Please help. Kimberly
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