COOKING TIPS

[Jeanne Tuger]

Storing Veggies

• Make sure your vegetables are quite dry before storing. Vegetables that are damp or wet will spoil more quickly than dry vegetables.
• Line the bottom of you vegetable compartment with paper towels or place a few dry sponges in with the vegetables. Either will absorb excess moisture and keep vegetables fresh.
• To preserve your garden-fresh herbs, wash quite a chunk of leaves, put them in a little mini food processor and puree them with a tad bit of water. Then put the herb puree into an ice cube tray and freeze. When you need it for a meal, just pop out a cube and toss it in the pot and let it melt! The large cube measures out to about a Tbsp.

 

 

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Ants!
Ants, ants, ants everywhere ...Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march.