These are the hacks that didn’t make it onto Between Carpools, brought to you by The Kichels!
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Unpublished Hacks
9×13 dinner
The 9×13 Life: For those days when you’re short on time, there’s nothing like this 30-second supper for a quick and easy meal your family will love!
Unpublished Hacks
The Life Planner for Real Life
Finally, the day planner that meets your needs as a busy mom, with enough room to log dentist appointments, therapy sessions, doctor appointments, days off, work deadlines, to-do lists, and shopping lists. Stick it into your purse and take it everywhere with you. (Often purchased together with our Mom Purse for Real Life.)
Unpublished Hacks
The No-Fail Laundry system
Get your kids engaged and get those stacks of laundry put away efficiently! Just follow these simple steps:
- Sort all laundry by type and color
- Pre-treat any tough stains
- Soak any super-tough stains
- Wash
- Hang delicates out to dry
- Iron shirts and pleated skirts
- Neatly fold and sort items by family member
- Place a stack of folded laundry on each child’s bed
- Gently and lovingly remind each child to put away their clean laundry
Presto! In under a minute, each child will have thrown all their laundry back into the hamper, thus completing The Laundry Cycle of Life.
Unpublished Hacks
Send the Perfect Classy Gift to Your Neighbor’s Kiddush
- Bake your favorite yellow cake recipe, then let cool. Using a 2”-circle cookie cutter or a glass that magically fits these parameters, cut the cake into perfect circles.
- Throw out all of the circles that crumble, have messy edges, or stick to the cookie cutter. Bake another cake. Try again.
- Boil your favorite berries and fruit in a simple syrup. Scrape out of pot, leaving the burnt sugar behind.
- Whip cream, then transfer into piping bag with star tip. Whip more cream when your piping bag gets a hole in it, and cream shoots out the wrong end.
- Assemble mini-trifles in the pretty cups you purchased for this purpose. Wipe off sides when the cake crumbles and whip smears and fruit smudges.
- Check to see how many trifles are pretty enough to send your neighbor. Google local bakeries to see how many trifles come in their gift options. Repeat steps 1-6 as necessary until you have a minimum of 8 trifles.
- An hour before Shabbos, give up hope and send a saran-wrapped-whatever-was-left-at-the-bakery, with a hand-scrawled note and your last vestiges of pride.
Unpublished Hacks
Leftover Gefilte Fish Hack
Carefully store in clean Tupperware or pan, sealing tightly. Wrap in foil and/or Saran wrap. Place in back of fridge—not on door. On Thursday, when you start Shabbos prep, remove leftovers from fridge and toss.
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