Category: Household Tips

• Household Tips: Baked Chicken Wings

  09.07.12 |Food, Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Baked Chicken Wings

  
  
  

  I love to eat chicken wings and I discover the simplest way to make healthy chicken wings.

  Ingredients
  Chicken Wings
  2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
  Pepper
  2 tablespoon Honey

  1. Mixed all the ingredients together in a bowl. Cover it and put it in the fridge for 1 hour.

  2. Heat up the oven to 350°C for 15 minutes.

  3. Put aluminum foil on the pan and grease it a little.

  4. Lay those wings on top, brush those marinated sauce on the wings to keep it moist.

  5. Put it into the oven and baked for 15 minutes.

  6. Brush more marinated sauce on the wings. Make sure the wings do not stick on the foil

  7. Lower down the oven heat to 200°C and baked for another 15 minutes.

  Wah la…juicy baked wings!

• Household Tips: Gift Boxes

  08.15.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Gift Boxes

  I am sure you have given a gift to someone before. Besides shopping for the gift, you probably need to buy a box and also some gift wrappers. Now there is an easy way to do this without spending too much. You can make beautiful gift boxes from origami. I found these tutorial videos on folding gift boxes. It is really very simple.

  By the way, I bought a stack origami papers for RM$5 and with these you can make plenty of boxes! I am sure the receiver will love this because it is handmade!

  
  

  
  

• Household Tips: Tips On Making Tempura

  07.30.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Tips On Making Tempura

  Everyone loves to eat fried things. For health note, please try to reduce, if you eat it too often as it is really unhealthy for the heart.

  Anyway I saw this great video to teach us how to make Tempura that I like to share it with you. Here are some of the tips that I learn along the way too:

  1. To clean the prawn, you can use a toothpick. Poke and pull out the black tiny intestine out.
  2. To straighten the prawn, make tiny cuts on the curl sides.
  3. Use ice cold water on the batter.
  4. Make sure the frying oil temperature is right.

  Happy making your perfect tempura!

  
  
  

• Household Tips: Organized Kitchen

  07.25.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Organized Kitchen

  I always have problem arranging my things in the kitchen. I may have over bought too many things or collected too many kitchen appliances. I would say more than 50% of them are untouched. Maybe once in a year I will use them.

  I am sure you are in the same shoe as I am. The other day I came across some tips on arranging kitchen’s stuff. Here is the video and hope you can use the tips too. Now I need some turn tables!

• Mini Recycle Project

  07.09.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Mini Recycle Project

  I have so many magazines that I need to recycle. I am sure you do too. I thought of doing a mini recycle project like weaving a basket from these papers in the magazine. Before I attempt to do the basket, I started with weaving a pen holder.

  I started browsing the web on how to do weaving and found a couple of videos on you tube. Here is how to start.

  First tear a page from the magazine and cut it into 4 equal long pieces. After that, roll it. You can use a thin satay stick to help roll. You join the paper sticks with glue.

  

  You need to makes lot of rolls before starting to weave.

  

  

  

  Here a video to teach you how to weave

• Household Tips: Opening Air Tight Jar

  07.02.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Opening Air Tight Jar

  Don’t you hate it when you need to open a jar and you cannot! Usually I will take a butter knife and poke the hinges to release the vacuum. Once I hear the pop sound, it will be easier for me to open. However I learn a few ways from this video:

• Household Tips: Mosquito Repellents

  06.10.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Mosquito Repellents

  
  
  

  A friend told me this that Listerine can help repel mosquitoes. All you need to do is to get a spray bottle, fill it with water and pour half cap of Listerine into the water. Spray it around the house or rooms. It can repel mosquitoes. It is better than spraying those toxic aerosol and also environmental friendly. Yes, I tried it and it works.

  By the way, if you bath with soap that is pine scented, the mosquitoes will not come near you. Or you can buy pine scented oil and burn it. I love the pine smell.
  Lastly, you can also plant a pot of lemon grass, it will also repel mosquitoes. Hope these tips work for you.

  
  
  

• HouseholdTips: DIY Valentine Ring

  02.21.12 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on HouseholdTips: DIY Valentine Ring

  I know Valentine’s Day just passed. I saw this in FB and it is definitely a great gift for your love ones.

  You can use any dollar notes to fold your love one a ring. Here is the steps:

  
  
  

• Household Tips: Fish Tank Magnet Cleaner

  12.18.11 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on Household Tips: Fish Tank Magnet Cleaner

  My fish tank is filled with green algae stain and I really need to clean it. I cannot possibly take out everything from the tank and do a thorough clean because there are layers of sand and stone nicely placed below.

  I always wanted to get a magnet cleaner but not sure if it will work. Anyway I went ahead and got a good brand. It is the Marina Hagen Glass Algae Magnet Aquarium Cleaner. There is a powerful magnet to ensure a very tight grip. It has a tiny brush bristles that scrub the glass but it will not scratch it. You do not even need to put in force to do the scrubbing. All it needs is a rapid small movement back and forth and the green stain will come off.

  
  
  

  Now my tank looks clear and pretty. I am sure my fish is very happy to see my smiling face. Make sure you get a good brand of the magnet cleaner.

• HouseholdTips: Easiest Way To Paint Nails

  12.01.11 |Household Tips| Permalink | Comments Off on HouseholdTips: Easiest Way To Paint Nails

  I found the easiest way to paint nails. Painting nails is not my expertise. Somehow I cannot get the smoothness on the nail especially with color nail polish. Anyway I want to share this lovely video on how to color your nails differently.

  It has a SUPERB finished!