Do You Know What I Know?

I'm a big fan of "helpful hints"...if they're actually helpful and actually work of course. When I do find a neat trick that, um, does the trick, I am always so pleased, but often wonder if maybe I was just the last to find out? Either way, whether it was my clever idea or someone else's clever idea that I finally got around to testing out, when it turns out great it's a Yay For Mommy! moment. Today's tip to pass along is a peanut butter solution. Now I have no idea where or when I heard this, but I recalled a tip that sticky, gooey, gummy sticker residue could be removed with peanut butter. I like to try to limit the use of chemicals where I can and heck, I have peanut butter around so I gave it a try.

My first attempt was that stubborn sticker backing and fuzz that I couldn't get off the dining room chair after Jake went through a sticker sticking spree. I rubbed on a dab of peanut butter and lo and behold it worked. No smelly chemicals and the peanut oil agreed with the furniture. DING!

Today I busted this trick out again for two things: to remove the sticky residue left from the band-aid Jake stuck to the hardwood floor (he often asks for a 'boo-boo sticker' to open and waste by sticking it anywhere but on himself) and to remove adhesive on a couple of plastic frosting tubs. I'd let the floor go an embarrassingly long time but a bit of the peanut butter rub and a few swipes of a sponge to clean up and floor done! The tubs took more work because they had more goo and I'd put them through the dishwasher. I thought the empty frosting containers would be handy for craft item storage or even for a project but they had an annoying stripe of label glue on each of them. It took more rubs but still only a few minutes and I had goo-free containers.

I only buy natural peanut butter so I suspect the slight 'grit' it has may help but as far as I know the tip is intended for any peanut butter (I'd skip chunky though). I've also heard peanut butter gets gum out of hair, but I hope I'll never have to test that one out!

More Fun Food Facts

I drink too much (tea) and there's nothing like a nice cuppa tea and a lovely slice (or 5) of toast. But I have another tea companion love: goldfish. Yes the crackers. No not the cheese or pretzel or rainbow. It began with cinnamon goldfish, the perfect match of crunchy little cookie-ish bite with another of my favorites - cinnamon. Then yesterday at Target when I was restocking my cinnamon snack fix (on sale for $1.66 a bag) I happened upon vanilla goldfish. Now I have tea time goodness times two! And while I won't try to suggest that they are a 'healthy' snack, you can eat 50 of the little buggers for 140 calories. That's about a half cup and if you eat them one or two at a time between tea sips they really last and feel like more than they are. And the best part of all? My 2 year old thinks "goldfish" are the orange cheese crackers so he stays away from Mommy's stash. Win-win!

Yum For Mommy!

I made a yummo quiche for a Mom's group meeting. A bunch of my friends are following Weight Watchers so I thought it would be nice to bring something that was already translated into "points". It really is good and doesn't taste at all diet-y. I intend to add it to the dinner rotation next week!

Weight Watchers Cheese and Broccoli Quiche

Ingredients:

• 6 oz pie crust, 9-inch, refrigerated
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup red onions, chopped
• 1 1/4 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg white
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped dill
• 1/2 tsp table salt, or more to taste
• 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or more to taste
• 10 oz frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and well-drained
• 1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

TIP: Not a broccoli fan? Substitute spinach in its place.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Press pie crust into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch, removable-bottom tart pan or a 9-inch pie pan; refrigerate until ready to use.
To make filling, heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Transfer onion to a large bowl and add ricotta cheese, cheddar cheese, egg, egg whites, mustard, oregano, salt and pepper; mix well and fold in broccoli. Spoon mixture into prepared crust and level surface with a wooden spoon; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and chopped dill.
Bake until a knife inserted near center comes out clean, about 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing into 8 pieces.

Entire recipe makes 8 servings
Serving size is 1 slice (1/8th of quiche)
Each serving = 5 Weight Watchers Points

Love Me, Love My Feet

Growing up I remember my maternal Grammie having "pretty feet". At least she said that. Or my Mom said she said that. But in any case, I believe I inherited those pretty feet so I simply must keep them polished and pretty! My Mother-in-Law gave my hubby and me these AWESOME Pedi-scrub foot buffers for Christmas and after my first use I stole G's. I totally can't express how much I love them. But I'll try...they are soapy soft on one side and scrubby rough on the other for pampery perfection! They smell terrific and feel great and of course they make my feet smooth and sexy. I bet even ugly feet would get prettied up with these fantabulous foot fixer-uppers. I started out with revitalizing Citron-Eucalyptus Aromatherapy and then tried Lavender Tea-tree Oil that I bought in a 4-pack from amazon.com. They have special sponges for hands and body and even dogs (huh?) Seriously. These things rock. Massage, exfoliate, moisturize, enjoy!

G'day!

Hello blog world!

Here I am again this time with a place to note cool Mommy/kid/household/family/whatever stuff. I decided to keep my crafting updates separate so I can post all the cool non-felt stuff I want to share here and not create clutter. I'm all about the decluttering and organizing...despite the fact that you might not know it simply by looking at my house. If you want to see my crafty felt-world updates, follow me at feltsilly.blogspot.com. While you're here, though, stay for a cup of tea and check out my recent finds and ideas I love that you might love too!