Organize Your Plastic Grocery Bags - Tip #7

How do you store your grocery bags? Or, do you even store them at all? Well, I have a great solution for you!



You can reduce the size of the plastic pile by



wadding up each bag into a ball



and stuffing it into a Kleenex box! You will not believe how many you can fit into one box. It is compact and very easy to dispense again.



You can do the same thing with your oversized bags. Then you have a big bag to easily find, too.



The boxes fit neatly and compactly in your space! I have them in my kitchen. I also have them in a child proof space upstairs for dirty diaper removal (before they go into the Diaper Genie). I have the last one in our pet area for pet waste.

Lots of uses!

Source: This is one of my favorite tips and have used it for about 15 years! This was one of the 1st tips I learned on my journey in "thing organization". I used to watch a show called Lynette Jennings Home on the Discovery channel and I learned a lot from her. Thanks Lynette!

Homemade Bread Crumbs - Tip #3

Another tip for bread! Homemade bread crumbs are so easy to make. Try this the next time your recipe calls for them.

Put a few pieces of bread (stale or fresh) in your food processor. Add a pinch of salt. Pulse for a few seconds and you have fresh bread crumbs!



If you want to season them, just add in a little bit of whatever taste you are going for.

These homemade bread crumbs will make your meatloaf and meatballs so much moister that the ones from the can.

Source: Probably Martha Stewart

For more cooking ideas go to: A Dash of Vanilla Blog

Cubed Stale Bread Can Also Make Great Croutons - Tip #2

Stale bread cut into cubes can also be repurposed to make great homemade croutons.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Put on a cookie sheet. Drizzle your bread with olive oil, salt & pepper. Add any other seasonings that you might like. Bake 10 - 15 minutes. Gourmet!

Source: My experimentation living in Ivins, UT. Homemade crouton recipes are now easy to find.

To find more cooking ideas go to: A Dash of Vanilla Blog

Fish Food for a Later Date - Tip #1

Do you want to feed the fish or ducks at a nearby pond or park with your kids or grandkids? You will always be ready with this tip.



Use your bread that has gone stale or is unusable. (Think heels or the last hot dog bun, etc.) For our example; ciabatta rolls.



Cut them up



into bite size pieces.



Bag all of your scraps together



and put them in your freezer in a small designated spot.



Then, when you get the wild idea that you want to go feed an animal, you are ready!



Places here in the Las Vegas, NV area to feed the fish and ducks are:
Sunset Park
Lake Mead Marina

Source: Bret's dad & his family were here to visit. We decided to cut up all of the stale freezer bread that we had before we went to feed the fish at the Lake Mead Marina. It was a hit and made the outing easy when we got there.