The Simplest Way to Clean a Wooden Knife Block

The Simplest Way to Clean a Wooden Knife Block

A wooden knife block houses all the knives needed for cooking and enjoying your food. It often holds a knife sharpener as well. Your paring knife, your steak knives, a chef’s knife and more are typically all stored in a wooden knife block. Just as those knives get...
Tips & Tricks for Quick Family Meal Planning

Tips & Tricks for Quick Family Meal Planning

Who has time for meal planning? It is a fast paced world we live in. We are always zooming to the next place with little time between stops. Well, actually meal planning can save you tons of time and save you tons of money. An added bonus of meal planning is that you...
Easiest Dish Washing Techniques for Camping

Easiest Dish Washing Techniques for Camping

Dish washing isn’t any fun in the real world, so you can imagine how challenging it can be in the great outdoors. Fortunately, there are plenty of simple things that you can do to make dish washing during a camping trip fun and easy.     Items Needed...
Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day—Never Too Soon!

Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day—Never Too Soon!

If you’re a working parent, making time to spend with the kids isn’t always easy. There are schedules to maintain, deadlines to meet, and extracurricular activities that keep everyone running in different directions.     This year, set aside a...
Fried Chicken Day — A Yummy Celebration

Fried Chicken Day — A Yummy Celebration

Fried Chicken Day is celebrated in July. After spending a long weekend eating hot dogs and hamburgers in celebration of the 4th of July, the fried chicken meal is no doubt a welcome one. This delicious day is a celebration of the taste and texture—not to mention the...
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day

Sidewalk Egg Frying Day

National Sidewalk Egg Frying Day is in July.  You might wonder why we have such a day at all. Here is a theory.  The kids have been up since the crack of dawn.  The whole family has been out at the holiday parades all morning.  Everyone is tired and a little cranky...
How to Clean a Slow Cooker

How to Clean a Slow Cooker

The slow cooker may cook for you, but unfortunately it doesn’t clean for you. That means you still have at least one chore at the end of a probably busy day. Make it as easy as possible to get a clean crock pot with these great tips!     How to Remove...