No, you don’t need to buy a new one. So you own this pretty cloche and you love displaying it near your Shabbos candles. It’s useful and pretty. (We know, we own one too, and love it). But, as time goes on, or maybe it’s the Chanukah aftermath with lots of matches used nightly, you notice that…
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Baby Doesn’t Want to Wear a Diaper? Not Ready to Train? A Solution.
One quick toddler tip saved some embarrassing moments! I think it’s only in Lakewood where you can be in an upscale clothing shop and a baby will take off her leggings and diaper, and instead of people being horrified, women will actually smile and give you advice. (Well, that happened to me and that was…
The Solution to the Hats on the Dining Room Table Problem
With an easy landing spot, there are no more excuses! If you have a young – or not so young – man in your life who wears a black hat on a regular basis, chances are you’re annoyed by the amount of time it spends on the dining room table. If you don’t know what…
Take These Hot Gooey Lotus Ramekins Straight from the Oven
Our 9×13 Lotus Blondies are transformed simply by changing the serving dish. Come Yom Tov, you might not want to serve most desserts in a 9×13. But you still want them to be easy! You don’t need new recipes. All you need is a new serving dish. Mix any 9×13 in a bowl, add it…
How Do I Stop My Wig from Slipping Back?
Do you always feel like your wig is slipping back? Or, you don’t like wearing bangs wigs because the bangs don’t stay in the middle of your forehead? Yes yes, I know the solution is a wig grip. We mentioned the wig grip in this post about 4 wig hacks. But I’m super sensory and…
Pizza Dough Goes from Frozen to Ready to Roll in Two Minutes
Frozen pizza dough usually takes a couple of hours to thaw at room temperature. Or it takes two minutes in the microwave. There are some things in life that are so ‘duh’ that I wonder why it took me 17 years to figure out. But if I didn’t figure this out until now, then perhaps there’s…
How to Pack a Sheitel for Travel
Remember the days people took wig boxes as hand luggage? They were bulky, hard to carry, and someone always left the boxes sitting somewhere. Thankfully that’s a thing of the past. With many sheitels these days set naturally, we aren’t busy pinning, rolling in curlers or worrying that our sheitel won’t be set like the…
Potatoes Take a Long Time to Cook. How Can You Cut the Time in Half?
Learn how to cut the time potatoes take to cook in half, because sometimes waiting isn’t an option. If you’re a Mom, you’ll know that sometimes you need dinner to be ready fast. Ok fine, most times. Dinner done, fast and tasty, is a daily requirement. Also, incidentally, the title of a popular cookbook we might…
How to Serve a Perfectly Cooked Steak on Shabbos
It makes sense that we always prepare slow-braised meats for Shabbat. But is it even possible to have a medium-rare steak? Actually, yes. I remember, years ago, when my children were very young and not yet meat eaters, I would prepare a steak for my husband for the main dish on Friday night. We definitely…
How to Keep Grated Potatoes from Turning Brown
Now you can grate potatoes in advance for kugel and yapchik and they’ll stay white! For the times that Pesach leads right into Shabbos, I needed to come up with a way to have my potatoes grated in advance for this Yapchik. Previously, if I left grated potatoes in the fridge for more than an…
