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Cooking Tips and Home & Garden

This is your place to find Cooking tips and hacks for the kitchen and home & garden tips to try around the house. I love shortcuts to make life a little easier and I love to share them with you.

chocolate stripes on pretzels
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes

Piping Chocolate Using a Ziploc Bag

Brussel Sprouts in water
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes | Sides Recipes

How To Prepare Brussels Sprouts For Roasting

post it note reminders for Thanksgiving meal
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes

A Time Management Hack for Holiday Cooking

black frosting
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes | Halloween Recipes

How to Easily Make Jet Black Frosting

homemade tomato paste
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes | Sauces Recipes

A Substitute For Tomato Paste

wooden spoon over boiling water
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes

Prevent Boiling Water From Boiling Over

using honey to sweeten yogurt
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes

How to Flavor Plain Yogurt

ice cream holder DIY
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden

DIY Ice Cream Cone Holder

baking powder substitute
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes | Home & Garden

Substituting Baking Soda for Baking Powder

homemade buttermilk
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes | Home & Garden

How to Make Buttermilk with Lemon Juice

applesauce substitute for butter
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Easy Family Recipes

Substituting Butter with Applesauce

adding soap to dishwasher
Cooking Tips and Home & Garden | Home & Garden

If You’re Out of Detergent, Use this Easy Substitute

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