Ice Cube are not just for ice anymore

Remember ice cube trays that function to be an ice cube tray. Well they have evolved to being molds since the new technology of flexible rubber bake ware. Comes in all kinds of shape, sizes color.

Did you know how versatile the ice cube tray has gotten over the age of time.

You can do all kinds of other things like freeze, chill and mold items, even using them for your crafting needs.


Like to give you a few of my tips that I use myself for using them in making some awesome treats.

Suggestions.

1. make rice crispy in a ice cube tray as a mold for a quick pop snack

2. Make a marble cheese cake as a quick snack and monitor your calories

3. lemon juice or squeeze lemon plus some sweet n low diluted with water to make ice cubes to make lemon water for your drink.

4. set a strawberry and water in ice cube trays - set some blue berries and water in ice cube trays then add to a white lemonade to make a colorful Red white and blue drink

5. Make chocolate and peanut butter layers treats that I  chill in trays

 

6. freeze cookie dough to cook one cookie at a time. to help me on my diet not to eat to many treats at once. Great for portion control.

 

7. Don' t forget the old fashion ice cube. that I use to make smoothies. 4 strawberries, 1 banana , spoonful  of apple juice,  ice cube, I use bottle water because I can't have fluoride. blend and you get a 116 calorie  quick drink for the summer.  Omit the banana and you have a 16 calorie drink.  great for quenching the thirst and the calories.

 

 

Just some beautiful suggest to get those ideas stirring. have fun this summer.
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How to clean my baked on mess on Pyrex

I got a tip for you!

I actually love to collect lavender Pyrex, I moved to a new residence and stored my Pyres under the stove. Then I got nothing but headache, the dishes started getting a backed on mess from the constant heat generated by my cooking. Now I had to find a solution.

Thank God for the easy of goggling the answer. I had to get online looking for the answer to clean it. Well ! with no help I finally stumbled on the recipe to clean pots and pans and it works great. When heat made the problem , you need heat to fix the problem.

 

Directions to Clean:

Fill your Pyrex dishes with about 1/2 cup baking soda and covered the bottom with white vinegar. Put Into the oven at 250 for cook for about a 1/2 hour.

Then the stain will come off in sheets! No scrubbing-no no fuss. This was a blessing to clean. I salvaged my dishes and you can use this same method on other pots and pans.

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Designer Butterfly Cake ~ 9" Round

A while back I decided to make a Butterfly cake and I now have the photo's to share with you. In April I had a neighbors Birthday and In May I had to whip another cake for two for my husband Birthday. The first cake was a little more colorful for my neighbor, made with brilliant food colors of yellow, pink and blue food coloring. But, this was a more macho approach for the Man in the house. Of, course the first cake, was design in a photo format. For the design purpose to show how to cut the section to design the cake. Which you can check out the design pattern to create your own HERE. As you can see here there is not much to this design, but it has a beautiful impact to the eye. Creativity don't have to be difficult. Just pleasing to the human comfort to be pleased. So this Birthday cake was delicious as well as easy as 1,2,3,4,5 which is about how many cuts it takes to create this design. I also added the antenna which I made out of foil for my husband, You can also use your imagination to create one out of many other materials and tulle, colored plastic wrap, or even using candies or licorices. I myself, will now use the foil and even perhaps frost the foil with color as I did for the first cake I produced for my neighbor. Except don't try to eat it. Ha Ha. Just use a square sheet of foil and cut half way down the middle of the sheet of 15 by 15 size piece of aluminum foil. Then it is necessary to roll the to side towards the slit.and then curl the antenna as you can see by the photo. This makes the best antenna I have found so far. NOW, Lets frost the cake. If you let the cake air dry the ends will become a little dryer and easier to frost. But, if left to long the cake will dry and be hard and not pleasing to the palette. because of the small portion of cake that is being made. You have to have a watchful eye not to dry the cake to long.

My husband cake was only frosted on the top and sprinkled with a few jimmies. Just to rush the cake process through. Because, I really had a busy day and trying to keep up with a full time job and my love to tell you guys all about it. Takes up a big portion of my day. The truth is, I really like to spend more time reading, writing, and studying then my is Job. And of course my Handsome husband Of mine does most of the cooking. But, when it comes to sweets look out. I'm in the kitchen whipping up smoothies, cake, cookies or even the occasional fruit bowl. And as you can see it don't take long to devour this cake. Enjoy

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DYI Fun Project ~ PAPER BEADS

  The recycled paper bead making paper beads making easy peasy

Looky! Looky! what is new and made a big difference in producing the paper bead. A look into the process of how I make a beautiful bead with ease.

First, the the item doesn't come with the bottle to store the paper beads.Instead with a hand held handle But, don't be discourage with a liter coke bottle is the perfect size container for the attachment to settle it's housing on. Works beautiful, just make sure to wash and fully dry the bottle before loading it with paper beads. I actually let mine dry for several days before producing my first bead. Then assemble the two pieces and all that is left is to start making paper beads.

Very Minimum Amount of Assembly

Hand held to Cap or

Opt for the soda bottle assembly

The box comes with the starter cut paper size strips. 

  Left side is the Paper product in the Package

Right side is the Paper I photo copy to cut  

I like to keep the Originals to make copies

This Process has been used for years.

Recycling Magazine project. We suggest 

Using magazine pages with full color coverage 

will make a complete stylish group of beads.

Below we included the Measurements, that will

be useful if you use the magazine process with out tool.

Very necessary to have a good measurable pattern. 

Below the measurement that you will cut your strips for a proper 4M bead size.

Below are my beads ready for winding

Insert the widest end of your bead when using the Triangle

Insert the smallest side of strip when using the Rectangle 

this will ensure a smooth bead.

Leave a little tail on the bead to apply a dab of glue

and then your bead is formed

This one Triangle and one Rectangle bead 

Ready to be put on a strand of string

Optional: add a touch of Diamond Glaze to add luster 

and protection to the paper bead "Let Dry"

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