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WEEK 48
By: E. Lax

hacks
hacks FREEZER
Tried and True
home
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Tips for the
Busy Balebusta

SPEEDY SMOOTHIES
Are you a smoothie person?
Save yourself serious time by preparing
individual serving size mixes of your favorite
ROLLING IN DOUGH smoothie ingredients in ziplock bags, minus any
Homemade cookies are delicious, but who has time liquids. Squeeze out any air that you can, and
for shaping them? Or, what if you only want to make a freeze your smoothie mix. Now you can blend up
small batch? This hack solves both of these. a smoothie in seconds!
Spread your raw cookie dough in a thick line on a
piece of parchment paper, and roll it up gefilta fish
style to form a neat log. Pop that thing in the freezer
and let it chill. When it comes to baking the cookies,
just slice off however many perfect circles you need
from the frozen roll. A FULL FREEZER
A freezer that’s full circulates
Get that
cold air better, making it
both more efficient and cost Get that
Gadget
RICE ICE STOCK MARKET effective. But don’t overcrowd
I always underestimate the amount that Got some carrots in your crisper it, because that can block the Gadget
rice swells up as it cooks, leaving me with that are bearing the end of their circulation and kill the freezer
an abundance of cooked rice more often life? Whenever you find yourself – a good rule is to keep it at Ziplock bags are amazing for space-
than not. If you’ve ever tried to freeze with veggies that you won’t be 75-80% full. saving freezer storage, but filling
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how dry it becomes, the key is to freezing it in a large storage bag in your and only have a bag of mini hands is a recipe for disaster. With
it while it’s still warm. freezer. After a while when the bag baguettes and a tub of ice this Ziplock Bag Stand, you get your
gets full, cook up all the veggies to personal kitchen assistant. Clip a
Put it in an airtight container to trap the make a delicious vegetable stock cream hanging out in your bag into it, and it’ll hold it wide open
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PIE PREP
Yes, you can freeze apples. If you overstocked during apple Share your favorite hacks to get household
season and already made enough compote for the year, chores done easier, faster and more HOME HACKERS
effective!
freeze the leftover apples this way: SHARE
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spread on a baking sheet in a single layer. Freeze for about Zucchini squash for 8-10 minutes in
an hour, then transfer to a large ziplock bag. They will the microwave, add spices and spray
taste a bit mushy when defrosted, but it’s perfect for pies, Dear readers! Do you want to read with oil and it's ready to eat, soft and
about a specific topic?
smoothies, or baby purées. delicious!
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