I love sharing my favorite things.
For years I have been hearing about a product called Iron Out. A lot of my baseball mom friends use this on their kids' baseball pants to get the red dirt out.
I don't know what took me so long, but this stuff is amazing. So amazing, in fact, that I would probably feel okay about going door to door to sell this stuff. It's like magic! All these years, I have accepted the red stains and lived with them. Well, no more, folks!
I pour a half a cup of the powder into a big Home Depot bucket and fill it with about a gallon of hot water. I put dirty pants like this in:
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| Before I started using Iron Out, I would spray pants like this with Shout and wash them, and they always came out of the wash still red and stained. |
I let them soak for about 10 minutes - sometimes longer. I rinse them well with water and then spray the grass stains with a product called AWESOME (Dollar Store!!) and let them sit a few more minutes. When finished, they look like this:
Can you believe it? It's magic! Now, I must warn you that it produces some fumes. In fact, I have inhaled so much of this stuff (while adding the hot water to the powder) that I've convinced myself I may have some abnormal cells growing in my lungs. In all seriousness, do consider wearing a painter's mask or something of the like, when doing this.
On to my next favorite THING - and I love it! First of all, let me just say that I LOVE the Container Store. I feel like an organized woman just because I shop there from time to time (when the reality is that I'm really not). I went in a few weeks ago to pick up a magnetic strip to hang all of Brooke's artwork, and I came across this sticky note weekly calendar. Check it out:
It's the most wonderful little $9.99 purchase I have ever made. I write all that we have coming up each week - so this Summer so far, it's full of baseball practices and games, doctor's appointments, reminders, etc. I peel it off, place it at eye level on the wall beside my fridge and the kids can reference it whenever they want. I LOVE this product! I think it comes with 50 weeks, so you're set for almost a year!
And to wrap up this week's Friday Favorites, let's talk about eggplant.
I am having a love affair with this cute purple vegetable. I eat it 5 times a week. I can't get enough! I wash it, slice it and sprinkle it with salt.
Then I cover it with a paper towel to soak up all the moisture that the salt brings out. I let it sit anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours.
Can you see how wet the paper towel is? The next step is that I squeeze each piece in a paper towel to remove just a bit more of the moisture - then I toss the slices with some olive oil - that's it - no need to add salt because you have already done that. Lay them out in a single layer.
Then roast them in a 420 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. I like mine pretty well cooked.
They are good hot or cold - but the best temperature is room temperature. Mmm mmm - so delicious! Eggplant is a good source of Vitamin K, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Potassium and Manganese, and a very good source of dietary Fiber. Sounds good to me!
Have a super weekend!
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