Post Tagged with: "Kitchen Basics"

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Reader Request: Container Store Picks and Faves

Reader Request: Container Store Picks and Faves

It’s no secret that The Container Store is one of my happy places, so when reader and fab blogger Inspirationele suggested that I do a post on my TCS faves, I was 100% on board. Thanks for the idea! My dream office would have oodles of these Bisley Storage Cabinets. Oodles. Stockholm Desktop Collection I’ve been […]

August 13, 2014 × 2 comments

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Kitchen Organization: Tea (or Coffee) Supplies

Kitchen Organization: Tea (or Coffee) Supplies

My general organizing strategies are 1.) to keep similar and/or similarly purposed items corralled together and 2.) to store things where (or very near to where) I use them. Because I make tea so often, this tea supply tray lives on the kitchen counter under the cabinet that houses my […]

March 26, 2014 × 4 comments

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Reader Request: Dish Towels

Reader Request: Dish Towels

Reader Request: What type of dish towels do you use, and how do you keep them fresh-smelling? Thank you for your question! A few years ago, after realizing the obscene amount of paper towels I used on a daily basis, I switched to using cloth dish towels for most general […]

November 1, 2013 × 2 comments

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Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

What’s not to love about smoothies? When made with quality ingredients and without tons of extra sugars, juices, and empty calories, they’re the perfect portable, quick, easy, painless, and above all yummy fruit and veggie delivery systems. Some mornings are crazy hectic though – I don’t always have time to […]

April 25, 2013 × 0 comments

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Kitchen Basics: Mangos and Avocados

Kitchen Basics: Mangos and Avocados

When I’m at home, not intending to share, and not trying to be particularly cute, I tear into mangoes the fastest way I can, and get about the business of eating it. Sometimes, though, it’s necessary to have mess-free mango cubes, like when eating on the go or preparing a […]

March 12, 2013 × 4 comments

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Quick Tip

Quick Tip

I hate emptying the dishwasher. I know, it doesn’t make sense: I should be so thankful that I don’t have to wash dishes by hand that I should be doing the Beyonce’ Uh-Oh around the kitchen, putting clean dishes away on beat. But I don’t. I usually run the wash at […]

January 2, 2013 × 0 comments