THE NIBBLE kitchen enables us to squeeze fresh lemon juice. But if your workplace doesn’t afford that luxury and you drink lots of water, bring extra bottles filled only with 1/4 to 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. The almost-empty bottles don’t weigh much, and you can fill them with tap water when you get to work.

Other options:

• Keep lemon juice at work if there’s a fridge. Italian Volcano Lemon Burst is the only bottled lemon juice we use. It doesn’t have that “reconstituted” taste because it isn’t reconstituted—it’s real organic lemon juice and tastes like fresh-squeezed.
• True Lemon is a powdered option that requires no refrigeration. It comes in tiny packets like artificial sweetener and has an excellent flavor.
• Another option needing no fridge: lemon extract. Find it in the supermarket with the other extracts and add a few drops to your water bottle. (We use a medicine dropper to do this neatly.)
• Try lime water, too!

When life gives you lemons, make lemon
water. Photo courtesy Italian Volcano.

Several mouth-watering flavors of Mama’s
Goodies. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky |
THE NIBBLE.

Mama’s Goodies blends seeds and nuts with honey, maple syrup and real butter. This all-natural (and kosher-certified) treat can serve as dessert or as a sweet snack. It’s not a classic buttercrunch (made with sugar and without the seeds), but it’s a honeyed delight. (Don’t know the difference between toffee and buttercrunch? Find out in our ABCs Of Toffee Article.)

• THE PRIZE: One winner will get to taste all five flavors of Mama’s Goodies: Almond, Cashew, Macadamia & Coconut, Pecan and Sesame Seed. All five boxes will be shipped just in time to share with mom. Approximate retail value: $25.
• To Enter This Gourmet Giveaway: Go to the box at the bottom of our Toffee & Buttercrunch Section and enter your email address for the prize drawing. This contest closes on Monday, April 26th at noon, Eastern Time. Good luck!
• Learn more about Mama’s Goodies.

The SKrAPr was born after its inventor scratched his own glass cooktop with the conventional razor-type cleaning implement. Made with a patented blend of ?resins that will not mark or damage any surface, The SKrAPr easily pushes through hardened food deposits. The hard edge also is effective for digging into corners.

But The SKrAPr (we’re getting dizzy from looking at this silly spelling) has proven its usefulness for multiple scraping tasks. It safely cleans pots, pans and glass cooking ?vessels, and enables scratch-free scraping of hardwood floors, tiles, granite counters, windows and ?more.

The tool sports an ergonomically correct handle for optimum ?leverage and scraping ability. It’s dishwasher safe.

Scrape without scratching. Photo courtesy
Handy Home Products.

And you preserve that pricey cooktop from ugly scratches.

• Learn more about The SKrAPr. You can get the 8-inch SKraPR and a mini 4-inch SKrAPr for $14.99 at: TheSKrAPr.com.