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Summer is fast approaching, this means the start of the grilling season. Even if you are the die-hard “I’ll-grill-in-a-snow-storm” type, in order to get the best performance from your grill, you need to keep that grill clean! Continue on with this post for some great tips on how to keep and get your grill ready to BBQ!
Top Shelf: Milk, dairy items, eggs. Keep eggs in their original carton.
On the middle shelf: Non-leafy veggies and fresh fruit. Leftovers.
Bottom Shelf: Raw meats and fish. Keep these items in the original packaging to avoid introducing bacteria and place on tray to catch any liquids.
In the vegetable crisper: Produce such as leafy greens, peppers, and broccoli do best in this refrigerator drawer. It is best to keep each type of fruit and vegetables separated. For example, apples release a natural gas called ethylene that can wilt, or rot other produce so it is best to keep them in a crisper by themselves. Do not wash produce until you are ready to use them.
In the second drawer: Deli meats, bacon, and hard cheeses
In the door: Orange juice, condiments, pickles, and acidic foods. Dairy and highly perishable foods should not be kept here.
Top of the refrigerator: It is best to keep this area empty. Not only is it too warm for food, storing items up top will cause the compressor to work harder, therefore wasting energy.
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Potatoes, onions and tomatoes should not be stored in the refrigerator. If it wasn’t cold at the store, it shouldn’t be at home. However, storing your olive oil and white flour in the refrigerator will extend its shelf life to two years
Do you ever feel like you are on your own when it comes to cleaning up pet stains?
I love animals, I really do. Growing up I had every type of pet from boa constrictors and iguanas to guinea pigs and ferrets and everything in between. I am not really sure why my parents indulged me in this passion of mine but they did and it made me one happy kid. Currently I have three cats and a dog (I just lost my parrot of 18 years this past November) so I have a pretty good idea about how messy pets can be. Ironically the night I wrote this post I woke up to my beagle barfing on my bedroom floor at 5am just to assure me of my authority on the subject. The good news is, with a couple of key ingredients and a little know how, dealing with pet stains and odor can be (almost) painless. Read More→