where did I put my...

everything.

Somewhere under there is a couch.

I'm moving in a couple days and I've mostly cleaned out the fridge and cupboards. All I have left are a few plastic containers and the coffee pot. Add a spoon and a set of chopsticks, and you can eat almost anything. 

I'll be eating a lot of cereal for the next couple of days.

So, since I have no real food to cook, I figured I'd show you an ingenious little trick I figured out a few moves ago.

I'd always washed my dishes after I unpacked because packing material is, well, icky. Three week old newspapers and re-re-recycled packing materials are not exactly something I want to eat off of. And since I'm going to have to pack the extra sheets and blankets anyway...

Clean sheets means no dishes to wash!

Works with blankets too

And when you get to the new place, no dishes to wash! And even if the cleanliness of the inside of the box is questionable: one load of laundry and you're good to go.

The trick now is finding everything once I'm in the new place, because this kind of thing does not help...

Simply Luscious Lime Sugar

So I know you’re asking yourself, “What in the world am I going to do with lime sugar?”  Well, not only will I be posting a recipe that calls for it soon, but once you’ve made it, you’ll be asking yourself, “Why have I never had lime sugar?”  It’s super simple, and amazingly delicious.  Not to mention it’s like an air freshener in a jar.  I should note that although I haven’t tried them yet, I’m sure orange, lemon, or even grapefruit would be just as fabulous. 

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 3 cups sugar
• 2 Tablespoons lime zest

Go ahead and zest your limes.  Obviously, the amount of zest you’re going to get from each one depends on what size the limes are.  Mine were fairly small, and I got about 1 Tablespoon per lime.  A really fine microplane works great for this because you want really tiny pieces. 

When you remove the zest, be sure to only take the colored part.  The white stuff is bitter. 

 

Put your sugar and zest into some kind of jar or container with a tight fitting lid. 

Put the lid on, and shake the dickens out of it.  Seriously, think of it like a shake weight and work your arms out for a full minute or two.  Not only do you want everything evenly distributed, but the sugar beats the oil out of the zest releasing all that lime goodness. 

Now just take the lid off and inhale.  It has to be one of the most amazing scents I’ve ever smelled.  After making fabulousness for which I made the lime sugar (and I made it with Elise Logan, so you know it was seriously good) I went on to find other uses for this amazing new creation.  I put some in my ice tea with mint, and I even sprinkled some on toast as you would with cinnamon sugar.  As good as Seeley’s cinnamon toast looked, I’m going to say it’s got nothing on lime sugar toast.