Paula’s Picks 6. It’s time for an additional Paula’s Picks submit, and this one feels very “summer season at dwelling.” I’ve been making straightforward meals, testing recipes, reorganizing my kitchen, and discovering little merchandise that genuinely make cooking and on a regular basis life simpler.

A few of these are sensible. Some are enjoyable. Just a few are completely pointless however nonetheless make me blissful. 😄

Listed below are a number of favorites I’ve been loving these days.

Paula’s Picks 6: Merchandise, Finds & Favorites

Transportable Handheld Turbo Fan

I used to giggle at individuals with handheld followers, however now I’m completely hooked. This compact fan is nice for journey and watching sports activities. The battery lasts about 12 to 13 hours, and it’s rechargeable.

Dental Floss Picks

These dental floss picks are the one manner I can get my boys to floss!

Slim Kitchen Trash

This slim kitchen trash is ideal for my pantry, and I like that it has dividers for recycling.

Duke’s Mayonnaise

If you realize Southern cooking, you already know. There’s simply one thing about Duke’s in tomato sandwiches, pasta salads, pimento cheese, and tomato pie that tastes higher to me.

I particularly adore it in the course of the summer season cooking season.

Paula’s Picks 6: My Present Favourite Lip Balm

I preserve Burt’s Bees lip balm in:

• my purse
• my automobile
• beside my mattress
• my kitchen junk drawer

As a result of in some way lip balm disappears continually.

I’ve been loving something with:

• shea butter
• coconut oil
• kokum butter

Particularly throughout scorching climate when all the things feels dry.

Glass Meal Containers

These have fully changed mismatched plastic containers in my kitchen with these glass containers.

I take advantage of them continually for:

• leftovers
• recipe prep
• reduce fruit
• pasta salad
• marinating protein

Bonus: they stack properly and make the fridge look much less chaotic.

Paula’s Picks 6 Style

As I stated in a current e mail, I like turquoise and gold. I ordered these earrings and this necklace.

My Favourite Sandals

I like footwear that work with:

• denims
• informal attire
• shorts
• airport outfits

A easy sandal makes all the things look just a little cleaner and extra put collectively with out making an attempt too exhausting. I like these sandals too. I bought these to put on to the seaside.

Present Favourite TV Exhibits

I’m all the time cooking with one thing enjoying within the background.

These days I’ve been watching:

• Crime dramas – Berlin, Nemesis
• Documentaries – Marty Life is Brief, Lainey Wilson
• Previous sitcom reruns – Youthful, Working Mothers

Typically recipe testing goes a lot sooner with present enjoying within the kitchen.

Kitchen Ideas I’ve Been Utilizing

This primary time is from a reader, and I simply adore it!

When bagged child spinach is on sale, I purchase a number of BIG luggage and freeze them.  As soon as the spinach is frozen, I “crush” it (nonetheless frozen within the bag), then switch the crushed spinach into a big Ziplock. 

Once I make a recipe that requires spinach, I seize a big handful and toss it in nonetheless frozen.  The items are nonetheless giant sufficient, however I don’t have giant items of wilted spinach in my last dish.

This methodology

• Saves a bunch of area in my freezer as soon as the frozen spinach is condensed down right into a ziplock bag
• I all the time have spinach readily available for a recipe when wanted
• I get monetary savings in the long term.

I additionally do related with broccoli – When broccoli is on sale, I purchase quite a bit, like 6-8 lbs or extra, relying on the sale, blanch the crowns, not absolutely cooked, only a good blanch with many of the stem reduce off.  Then I drain them nicely with a salad spinner and freeze them on a cookie sheet.  

As soon as the broccoli is difficult frozen, 

• I chop most as much as “diced” recipe-ready bits – then place them right into a gallon ziplock.
• Chop the remainder into tiny bits so as to add to dips, rice…locations the place you need tiny bits (not diced dimension) and put them in a quart ziplock.

Subsequent, I put each luggage into the freezer.  Similar to the spinach, I seize nonetheless a lot I wish to use in a recipe and add it frozen.  

I don’t waste the stems – I shred or grate them, blanch them calmly and separate from the crowns, spin them dry and freeze them additionally to make use of in casseroles…my household doesn’t know there may be broccoli in lots of my dishes!

Paula’s Picks to Make This Week

With the boys being dwelling for the summer season, these recipes are on repeat round right here these days:

What I’m Loving About Summer time Proper Now

• recent produce
• slower evenings
• grilling outdoors
• iced espresso each afternoon
• straightforward dinners
• porch sitting

Easy issues simply really feel additional good this time of yr.

Paula’s Picks 6 Remaining Ideas

I all the time take pleasure in sharing these random favorites, recipes, little life updates, and helpful finds with you. Typically the smallest issues turn into on a regular basis favorites.

You probably have one thing you’re at the moment loving these days — kitchen gadget, recipe, present, magnificence product, or random Amazon discover — inform me as a result of I’m all the time including issues to my “wish to strive” checklist.

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