Cook Smarter - Not Harder!

Here are a few ideas to make your kitchen time go a little smoother:

• 1/4-1/2C white vinegar in the dishwasher makes your dishes SHINE and dishwasher SPARKLE!
• When chopping onions, rub your hands over the stainless steel tap when washing up. Prevents rotten onion smell!!
  I don't know why it works, but it does!
• Treat your wooden spoons and spatulas with respect!
  No dishwasher!!
• Keep your knives sharp - more people are cut by dull knives than sharp! Also keeps hovering husbands from getting underfoot!
• A sliced lemon makes a good scrubber for cutting boards.
• To pit cherries, place cherry on top of an empty beer or pop can…poke the pit out with a chopstick or skewer.
• Laying a wooden spoon over a boiling pot keeps it from boiling over!
• If you bring meat - especially roasts and steaks - to room temperature, you will achieve a more even cooking.
• When resting meat, if you rest the meat on a rack, you will lose less of your juices! Try it...you'll be amazed!!

Kristine