Fly Repellant

Summer is here people! Do you know what that means? Flies!!! I swear as soon as we take off the grill cover here they come. Wanna snack outside there’s a fly. Well if you are sick of swatting at them let me share a little secrete I’ve got. Recently at my cousin’s wedding we had a family crawfish boil and let me tell you they where EVERYWHERE! The next evening we had the rehearsal dinner same location and outside I put out some lemon slices sprinkled with ground cloves and bam not a fly in site the whole night!! It works best if you put it out about an hour before you start to grill or have food set out. I’ve tried it with lemons cut in half and sliced lemons, whole cloves and ground cloves. It works any way. You can cover them and pop in the fridge and reuse them for a few days too.

Cheers to being fly free this Summer!

Poached Egg Hack

If you want a quick and easy way to make poached eggs for a crowd, break out your muffin tins! Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Add 1 tablespoon of water to the each cup then crack one egg into each muffin cup. Baking times may vary, but I found about 12 minutes you can remove the egg and have a runny yolk.

I’ve made them several times in the oven and each time they come out perfect. Especially when making eggs benedict for a crowd you can’t get any easier than this and they are all ready at the same time!

Freebie and Cleaning Tip

Today is kind of a lazy post I've wormed my way out of cooking lately, but I'll have a recipe on Friday I promise. I'm so sorry I forgot to put a note about Whataburger celebrating their 60th anniversary yesterday. Between 5-8pm they where giving away a free burger if you wore something with orange in it. I loved it because I like their burgers and as a bonus I didn't have to cook dinner. :) There was a sea of orange in line.

This week I got a new toy! I got a hutch and dining room table so I've been busy arranging and rearranging the display. If you are like me I like to keep some of my glass wear out on display the only negative is that after a while the glass is covered with this sticky dust and it's a pain to get it off. I used to let it soak for hours run it in the dishwasher and nothing really got it all off. That was until now....

Start by sprinkling a little baking soda on the item (or wet paper towel).

Then scrub it like you where hand washing the item. Rinse and dry.

The item is brand spanking new and super sparkly!