If creme brulee is on a menu, I will order it, and if you screw it up, it will ruin my whole meal. It does not matter that I can make it deliciously myself. It's a gut reaction.

I follow on the suggestions to flash-freeze pieces or puree. You can always take them out later if you want to preserve them another way. You can also stew them and then freeze that delicious stew...

Your original plan of freezing hashbrowns might actually be one of your best options, as the best hashbrowns are also the driest. This might be worth investing in a potato ricer to seriously press...

The only thing about that is the size/shape of the cap would make it hard to put a measuring cup in there, unlike the flexible edge of the straight up bag. Most things would be pretty pour-able so ...

Ditto on milk and sugar for breakfast. My house was always deeply divided on whether this was appropriate for leftover rice (always Hawaiian-style sticky) but I've come down seriously on the pro s...

My favorite is strawberry basil lemonade, mostly because why mix six drinks for six friends when you can mix pitchers and sit on the porch all afternoon? You just throw some thawed frozen (or fres...

Thanks for your awesome suggestions everyone! I will pass them along.

Our library is in Washington, DC, but the majority of our card catalogs are on the larger end--20 feet--so not exactly living-room size. But I will pass along the suggestion that we sell them to ...

We used to make one-pot spaghetti as girl scouts... brown the meat or chicken in the pan, pour in canned or jarred sauce with some extra water, and cook the pasta right in the sauce. In fact, I've...

carrier, more like one step closer to *whispers forebodingly* Sandra Lee!

My mom often does a hot take on tea sandwiches by mixing up some hot roll mix and rolling it out into a large rectangle (kind of like making cinnamon rolls) filling it with cheese, seasoning, musta...

Applesauce can do the trick, my friend also made me vegan brownies once that used applesauce for the oil to make them healthier and mashed bananas instead of the egg--perhaps an easy fix if you're ...

I do mine in the slow cooker and use some bourbon in the sauce, among other things. But that's when I only want it for barbecue pulled pork.

I saw one (or something similar) last time I was at the Lodge cast iron outlet digging through the seconds. They looked pretty solid but I was flying home and it would have been too heavy for my l...

I'd put it in my bathroom instead of my kitchen--that sink doesn't look very dishwater friendly. Does it re-use the grey water from the sink?

I've actually done soaked beans partway in my rice cooker when I needed to cut down the time for other recipes like chili I was going to start when I got home from work. Dried beans soaked in wate...

My fridge top is currently occupied by my empty glass jars and bottles, a big improvement over my previous hodgepodge setup. I think it's hard to fill your visible fridge top with things that are ...

I'm with Joan, $100 a week is hardly being impressively frugal, unless you're feeding 5 or 6 people. Maybe if you're including all staple items or spices in the costs. $75 or $50 for 3 or 4 woul...

I've used them and they worked okay, although the times recommended on the bag were sometimes too long but that could be because we have a pretty powerful microwave. But I didn't have results any ...

Along with showerheads, kitchen and bathroom sinks can be easily modified to reduce water usage. Particularly in terms of resolutions you can spread around to other "envirosloths," turning of the ...