How to care for cast iron in a few simple steps

How to care for cast iron in a few simple steps

Have I told you lately how much I love my cast iron Dutch oven? I swear everything I cook in it just tastes better. 

A few weeks ago I was at my mother's house. She made me a grill cheese sandwich in her cast iron skillet. 

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How to get set in oil stains out of your clothes (using things you already have at home!)

How to get set in oil stains out of your clothes (using things you already have at home!)

Do you ever pull a clean shirt out of your dryer, slip it on and see an oil stain on it? It's infuriating! Where do these things come from?!?!

I have so many shirts ruined by oil stains. And I don't have that many shirts to begin with. So I knew I had to come up with a way to get rid of these stains for good.

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Child Safe Cleaning Wipes

Child Safe Cleaning Wipes

Since having my babies I have become more concerned about what's in my cleaning solutions...  (**Snickers at the idea that I actually clean my house.)

Sometimes I clean. I am working on it, okay. Especially now that I have a baby that puts everything in his mouth. 

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Ten Kitchen Disasters- FIXED!

Ten Kitchen Disasters- FIXED!

My grandmother once told me a really funny story about a time when she was young and a new cook. She made so much rice that in order to conceal her embarrassment from my grandfather, she buried the rice in the backyard.

Cooking disasters are not uncommon. They are much like the disasters that happen in our own lives, often when we are ill prepared it leads to an outcome that is unpleasant.

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Clean scratches on hardwood floors using... Mayonnaise

Clean scratches on hardwood floors using... Mayonnaise

We have gorgeous hardwood floors in the home where we currently live. And the owner of the home has gone to great lengths to keep them looking good for the past 60 years!

But, we are humans who have furniture, and lives and a baby. The floors gets scratched. 

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