Kitchen Tip: No More Stinky Dish Cloths!

I have tried everything for these dish cloths – and they remain stinky. 

Over at Tammy’s Recipes, some commenters mentioned they boiled the dish cloths.   

This time, I decided to do a little experiment. 

• Boil some. 
• Do nothing to the others. 
• See how long the difference lasts.

If your dish cloths are stinky, simply bring a pot of water to a boil. 

Add the dish cloths and boil them for 10-15 minutes at a medium boil rate. 

Use extreme caution, because the cloths can cause splashing of the hot water as it boils. 

Strain the cloths and then toss them in the washing machine as you normally would. 

I’m going on three washes now without the smell coming back… and that’s lasted longer than any other mechanism I’ve tried.  I’m ready to do the other half of my dish cloths!!

What do you do to get rid of the smell? 

Menu Plan–May 28

My final has been given, my grading is done & it looks like summer will be getting underway shortly here!  Last week, Frog Prince was traveling, so the menu was rather simple –

Twice, last week I hosted two large end-of-the-school-year gatherings – one was a soup/sandwich lunch (soups are above) and the other an ice cream sundae bar!  Both were a huge hit & very easy to prepare. 

This week, we kick off summer!  Hopefully our sump pump will stop running continuously too this week:

Monday
Granola with Milk & Dried Fruit
Beer Brats, Corn on the Cob, Potato Salad, Crockpot Baked Beans & Homemade Buns
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars {new}

Tuesday
Sweet Potato Baked Oatmeal {freezer}
Garlic Balsamic Crusted Chicken with Wild Rice Pepper Salad

Wednesday
Cinnamon Raisin Bread {overnight, bread machine}
Broccoli Hotdish
Game Night – Pizza Dip & Chips, Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thursday
Cinnamon Raisin French Toast
Crockpot BBQ Pulled Pork over Crockpot Baked Potatoes

Friday
Eggs & Sausage with Bell Peppers {new}
Broccoli Beef {new}

Saturday
TBD
Grilled Pizza

Snacks
Popcorn
Spiced Country Applesauce {freezer}
Greek Yogurt with Raspberry Rhubarb Sauce

Find more great menus at OrgJunkie’s Menu Plan Monday!

Things to Eat for Memorial Day

Are you celebrating this weekend?  If so, here’s some ideas for your menu:

Berry Lemon Trifle

Crockpot Baked Beans

Zucchini Burgers

Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns

              Macaroni Salad                      Tomato Cucumber Salad               Roasted Potato Salad

Grilled Potato Fries

Beer Brats

Smokehouse Maple Fajitas

Garlic Balsamic Crusted Chicken with Wild Rice Pepper Salad

              Rhubarb Cake                              Frozen Lemon Tart           Strawberry Brownie Layers

    Brownies & Strawberries                 Toasted S’more Bars            Blueberry Rhubarb Crisp

Strawberry Rhubarb Pineapple Dump Cake

Sweet Potato Dark Chocolate Chip Bars

What are you most looking forward to about this weekend?

Friday Favorite Finds #109

Finals week is wrapping up, and we are drying out.  We got over 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.  Wet. Wet. Wet.  Pinterest & blog reading provided a great break from grading during all the rainstorms! 

{All images are from the original recipe source, and linked through Pinterest}

Blueberry Vanilla Ice Cream
{My friend Megan posted this amazing ice cream!}

Source: whatmegansmaking.com via Finding Joy In My Kitchen on Pinterest

 

Chicken Spinach Burgers
{I'm always looking for good & different burgers for the summer}

Source: alittlenosh.net via Finding Joy In My Kitchen on Pinterest

 

Maple Bacon Biscuits
{Yep. No intro needed}

Source: ourfamilyfoodadventures.com via Finding Joy In My Kitchen on Pinterest

 

Rhubarb Cheesecake Squares
{Rhubarb. Love it}

Source: oneperfectbite.blogspot.com via Finding Joy In My Kitchen on Pinterest

 

Mushroom Lasagna
{We love mushrooms - don't need an excuse to eat them!}

Source: melskitchencafe.com via Finding Joy In My Kitchen on Pinterest

As a reminder, if you like these recipes, either re-pin my original pin, or pin the source of the recipe NOT my blog!  The talented chefs that came up with these recipes deserve the credit and traffic, so, please, please pin the source!

What did you find this week?

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