PRODUCT: SodaStream “Pure” Soda Maker

We make club soda and flavored sodas daily with our SodaStream. Photo courtesy SodaStream.   If you’ve been lugging home too many bottles of soda and club soda to beat the summer heat, it may be time to consider a SodaStream soda maker. You’ll not only save a lot of effort, but it’s an effortless…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Brew Your Iced Tea

In the cool weather we drink hot tea all day. In the warm weather, we’ve been drinking eight or so bottles of iced tea daily. A key difference: Hot tea doesn’t create landfill; bottled iced tea does. So as much as we love certain bottled teas and still enjoy them, we’ve been focusing on brewing…
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PRODUCT: Fun Kitchen Decor

These fun decals meant for the nursery are over our kitchen table. Photo courtesy WeeGallery.com. We saw these baby room decals from Wee Gallery Wall Graphics and knew immediately that we wanted to repurpose them for our kitchen, which needed a bit of color. The self-adhesive, removable decals, made of eco-friendly polypropylene, can be repositioned…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Drunken Fruit #2 – Marinated In Wine Or Champagne

May 13th is National Fruit Cocktail Day. How about an easy “drunken fruit” dessert. You can use winter fruits or summer fruits. More delicate summer fruits do best with a white wine marinade; winter fruits such as citrus and grapes can use either white or red. You can do all of the prep work in…
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