Category: Kitchen

Spring in a Bottle

 
  • Total Time Needed:
1 Hour

If it feels like spring’s taking too long to sprout, liven up a winter windowsill by making this mini greenhouse — a recycled take on a cloche, traditionally used outdoors to protect early plantings.

Materials
  • Clear 2-liter soda bottle
  • Small flowerpot
  • Potting soil
  • Seeds
  • Saucer
  • Craft stick marker
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Instructions
  1. Cut the top from a clear 2-liter soda bottle.
  2. Find a flowerpot that fits inside the dome. Fill the pot with potting soil, then plant the seeds according to the packet directions.
  3. Place the pot on a saucer and poke in a craft stick marker. Slip the dome over the pot. Be sure to water the soil when it looks dry.
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Black Bean Corn Salsa

Quick Bean Recipes, Healthy Bean Recipes, Easy Chili Recipes

  • 1 can white shoepeg corn – drained
  • 1 can black beans – rinsed and drained
  • 1 can Rotel tomatoes with cilantro and lime (or your preference)
  • 2 Tablespoons Italian dressing
  • Mix all together and serve with tortilla chips. Yummy and good for you!

Thanks Katherine

Chip Bag Origami Fold

From the OrigamiResourceCenter: Learn this chip bag fold and you will never need a clamp ever again! Have you ever had a bag of unfinished potato chips which you want to keep fresh? These simple steps will allow you to close the potato chip bag without using a clip or clamp. An example of a silly (but undeniably useful) origami fold.

chip bag origami

1. Place the bag of potato chips on a table and flatten the top of the bag.

2. Fold the right and left side of the bag towards the middle allowing the corners to meet at the center.

3. Fold the top of the potato chip bag down. Keep folding down 3 or 4 iterations.

 

chip bag origami

4. Insert your thumbs under the flaps made in step 2. Invert the flaps over the top edge.

5. This is how it looks when done.

6. This is how it looks at the back of the bag.

 

chip bag origami