Quick Tips
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Each month we'll give you tips and tricks to make your home life easier. You'll find everything from cooking shortcuts that save you time to simple ways to keep your house clean.
Cooking Tricks
Avoid the Food Fumble
Football season is in full swing, and it's time for tailgating parties with plenty of snacks. Play it safe: Supermarket Guru® Phil Lempert warns against leaving perishable foods—such as dips and chili—at room temperature for more than two hours. Keep guests out of harm's way by setting out buffet items in two-hour shifts (switch out foods at halftime).
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Entertaining Advice
Recipes Ahead of Time
Are guests always asking for your dinner-party recipes? Go ahead and write out or print the recipe on some cards before your next party and keep them on hand. Then you'll have them ready should a guest request the recipe.
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Time-Saving Tips
Cut Out Chopping and Dicing
Lots of recipes call for fresh herbs, chopped onion, minced garlic, and other time-consuming steps. Consider buying jarred minced garlic, dried minced onion, and dried herbs—you'll cut down on time, but not on flavor. Don't forget to divide the amount by half: fresh herbs = ½ dried.
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Household Hints
Insulate Your Pockets
During hot months, probably the last thing on our minds is proper insulation, but now is a great time to replace cracked, broken, and old insulation around windows and doors. It will help with your cooling costs now, and heating bills in the winter.
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