Saving Dryer Sheets

I've heard and read so many different uses for dryer sheets, besides the obvious! Recently I decided to save some from laundry day and use them as dusting cloths!  It was AMAZING!  I couldn't believe it!  What a great way to reuse something that would have gone into the trash!  I really like using them to dust fabric things like lampshades, our roman shades etc.

Now that I like reusing the dryer sheets I save them, but I didn't have a good way to keep them until I was ready to use them.  I had to come up with something.  At first I thought of using an old Clorox wipes container, but then I thought the top would tear them when I pulled them out.  Then it hit me...a tissue box!

Unfortunately I only had a large box empty, a smaller box would be better for our home.  Since there are only 2 of us I don't use too many dryer sheets before I need them for dusting, but I imagine a home with more loads of laundry might need the large box!

Peanut decided to help me with this little project.  He checked to make sure the tissue box was empty and ready to be re-purposed!

Now I gather all the dryer sheets on laundry day and stick them in my box until dusting day!

Simple. Free. Reusing.  

My New Friend Ginger

I never really knew if I liked ginger...the spice that is! If I was eating out and the meal came with it, I wouldn't think twice about it, but I never cooked with it.  Today I bought, grated and ate fresh ginger for the first time...and I like it!

Photo credit: suzyhomemaker.net

My friend makes great homemade salad dressings so I wanted to try her Asian 4-1-1 dressing.  In order to make it I had to figure out how to cook with fresh ginger.  When I put the ginger root on the counter it seemed to be staring back at me saying, "Hahaha, you don't know how to peel me!"  It was right...I had no idea!  Thank goodness for Suzyhomemaker!  She has a simple video showing how to use a spoon to peel the ginger.  Check it out here.  Once I watched that I knew this little root had nothing on me!  I peeled and grated it with no problems, what had I been so worried about?


The next issue was going to be if I actually liked the taste of ginger once I added it to the salad dressing.  I put the Asain 4-1-1 dressing on an Asian slaw salad that I shared here.  It's official, I like ginger, it has such a nice spice to it!  And now for the part where you get to have a good laugh at me...as I was eating my delicious lunch my brain clicked.  Or maybe my taste-buds and stomach talked to my brain and said, "Duh, you like ginger ale!  What do you think is in that?"

So now I have some fresh ginger ready to be added to another recipe...wonder if my other half will like it...hmm, he does like ginger ale!