hacks
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How to Keep Grated Potatoes from Turning Brown
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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…
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How to Keep Your Car Cup Holders Clean Once and For All!
There will be no more grungy crevices to deal with! You know the yucky stuff I mean, right? It just seems to happen on its own. One minute you have a freshly Pesach cleaned car and the next you don’t quite want to put your hand into that cup holder to get the quarter you…
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How to Turn a Tote into a Stylish Crossbody Bag
You can buy a chain on Amazon and upgrade any bag for a few dollars. I know that many of my fellow BCPers are not pocketbook carriers. They keep their credit cards in their BCP “phony thingy” and they’re good to go, sans-purse. My bag, though, is always at my side. My bag needs to…
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The Easiest Way Ever to Get Those Stickers Off Before Toiveling
I have been spraying with Goo Gone all my life. This way of removing stickers is so much quicker, easier, and neater! For both of my sons’ bar mitzvahs, I bought real stemware to use on the tables. The dollar store really has nice options that look beautiful (no one would guess!). They add a…
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How to Make Cold Rice Taste Like Fresh
There’s nothing like a fresh pot of rice. But leftover rice? Nah. Give your rice new life with this hack. You made too much rice. Now what? What do you do with leftover, cold day-old rice? You can easily warm it up with some teriyaki sauce (for those who are crazy about everything teriyaki) or…
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Static Got on Your Skirt? 3 Ways to Get Rid of It
It’s easier than you think to release that static and be on your way. You had in mind to wear that outfit. But when you put it on, it’s full of static. So you quickly try to find a Plan B outfit or maybe a slip that might help, but there’s an easier solution. There…
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Would You Love Just One Fresh, Hot, Soft Cookie?
Did you know that you can make a chocolate chip cookie in the microwave? My children are the ones who taught me this cookie hack. My freezer is usually stocked with chocolate chip cookie dough. I buy the Nana Rachel’s box, although some of you might keep your own dough in the freezer like Renee…
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Five Ways I Use My Photo App’s Album Feature to Organize My Life
It’s not just for photos. Use your camera and “album” feature in iPhoto to organize so many more aspects of life. You’ll love every single one of these hacks! School/Camp Info Whenever I get correspondence from a school or camp that I’ll need to refer to in the future, I snap a picture and add…
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On the Go? This is the Easiest Way to Take Along Your Baby’s Formula
Now, you’ll always have your baby formula accessible, in one little convenient package. I don’t know why it took me so many babies to figure this one out. I mean, duh. Couldn’t I have first had this simple formula idea 14 years ago, instead of when my youngest was 11 months old? It would have…
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Your Teenagers Will Love This Notebook Hack
All notebooks look the same from the top. This hack makes it easier to kids to find what they need, fast. When we started BCP, for one moment we thought, “What would happen if we run out of hacks and tips?” So far, that hasn’t happened. What has happened, rather, is that our kids have…
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