I wash and re-wash my food, from veggies to cans, make sure everything is sealed, living in a tropical country known for having 5% of the fauna in the world and too much of those are bugs, I extremely wash everything
Im not Jewish or religious at all but I've found myself mesmerized by your channel. I love learning about your culture and lifestyle, you also have some wonderful cooking/ food tips, especially the bug related ones. For the bananas you could make dairy free vegan banana pudding or banana bread. Both of those are so so good. Thank you for teaching me knew things and expanding my world view.
@@frumitup of course! I also had a question, can you eat Challah anytime or only on Shabbat? I know it has spiritual meaning so I’ve been curious if it’s saved specifically for Shabbat
For the bananas- I recommend making banana “ice cream”! Blend the bananas with a touch of your favorite milk (so it will blend) and some peanut butter or Nutella. Or whatever flavor you want. It makes a yummy substitute.
I highly recommend making banana based ‘ice cream’ and adding cocoa powder! It’s often called ‘nice’ cream online. You can also defrost the bananas and make banana bread/cake/muffins.
Mangoes, bananas and cherries when frozen, blend up creamy and not icy like other fruits. They are great for faux ice creams.. we also add peanut butter powder to the banana. Try cocoa powder to the frozen dark cherries for a black Forrest style!! Yummy
I'm not Jewish. In fact, I'm a Roman Catholic Christian. But I'm always curious to learn about other religions. Being German, I think it's especially important for people from my country to be open to other religions, so that history doesn't repeat itself. Which is why I'm here: To learn. Thank you for providing an insight into your life!
Greeting from a Baptist friend who appreciates the loving care that is the hallmark of the way you cherish your family. You and I are alike in many ways --- faith is the cornerstone of life.
I'm not Jewish but we are more alike than different. I love my Jewish RU-vid creators. All of you are an inspiration and a blessing to me. Thank you for doing what you do! I appreciate you and your efforts. By the way, I too have a chocolate stash and I do reuse my ziplocs. I use a bag dryer stand. I wash them with soap and water then rinse and dip in vinegar water to make sure mold cannot grow if they don't get perfectly dry. Thanks again for the tips. I'm going to wrap lemons and peppers from now on.
Hello my best Beagle Momma! Your tip to end the cleaning of the ziploc with I what is priceless: I will try for sure! I am so grateful that we are creating more and more bridges between our respective communities ❤️❤️❤️
Peppers should not be stored in a refrigerator, nor fresh tomatoes. The way they are sold in the market is the way you should store them. (lemons and oranges DO last forever in the fridg. ) I write this with utmost respect.
I found this channel and I could not do without. My mom was Sephardic, my dad was not. I love to see the life that I have missed. Your calm voice, your attentiveness to every detail makes your videos so very special. What a gift to the world. Thank you 😊
💖💖It is so NICE to see Sephardi representation! I wasn't raised Orthodox, but most resources we had at our disposal growing up were centered on Ashkenazi traditions, so hearing someone use Sephardi terms (especially for your Hannukah video!) is amazing. (also, please someday do a Tu Bishvat video!!) Thank you, and bless you!
Thank you so much for inspiring me in the kitchen. ❤ I’m a single, middle aged Australian woman and have taken your tips onboard. This week I cleaned my kitchen like never before and have ordered storage solutions for my pantry and fridge to make life easier. Bless you and your family ❤ 🇦🇺
I love an organized kitchen. Thank you for so many tips. I cracked up when you showed the peppers. You see, I am 64 and my skin looks like the first pepper. I wonder where I can get enough plastic wrap to wrap me? LOL! So many of these tips will help. We are on a fixed income and cannot afford any waste. Again thank you so much for your channel. I love that you are a bridge. We need so many more like you.
I found out my DNA is part Jewish and having not been raised as such your channel is really nice. Thank you for the Jewish insights and lifestyle I missed out on growing up ♥
I'm loving these videos!! As a Jewish woman of color, I love how alike we are when it comes to food prep and storage. Keep spreading the good tips! Also, make some banana bread! : )
I love organized kitchens! While I’m nowhere near on your level, I’ve used some of the same hacks over the years. We used to have a huge vegetable garden (hotter, dryer summers and lower-back problems have made that increasingly difficult in the past few years), so I would use quart and pint freezer bags to put up our vegetable and fruit harvests (I use the fruits to make freezer jam), as well as using the pint and quart bags for preserving meats in the freezer as well. We’d make soup from scratch (5 gallons at a time!), and I would divide the soup into four or five 3-pound margarine tubs for freezer storage. One tub of soup with a cup or two of water added made dinner for four when accompanied by grilled-cheese sandwiches. And I also store my baking ingredients and grains in glass jars with labels, but I like to scout out those vintage instant coffee jars with the fun designs on the glass at yard sales and thrift stores. They’re great for storing anything from grains to drink mixes, and they work well for preserving time-sensitive foods like wheat germ, chia seeds, and cocoa mix in the fridge or freezer (I like to mix wheat germ and chia seeds in my pancake batter to make it healthier, whether it’s from scratch or a box mix like Bisquick or a just-add-water mix). And if you want, I have a recipe for banana nut bread that’s just as good as the Pillsbury mix. I use chopped pecans in mine, but you can use whichever nuts you like best!
I love organized kitchens! I am not Jewish but I find your lifestyle inspiring. I am Catholic but I know the foundation of our faith comes from Judaism. This video gave me some great ideas! Thank you!
Love the transparency of showing what your freezer looked like before you organized it. so many of these home organization youtube channels feel like they are designed to make homemakers feel bad about themselves. real life gets cluttered and messy sometimes and I love that you showed it's ok. You're a real wife and mother with an active and full life. It also makes your tips and advice that much more powerful when you show things you have found to streamline your life. Love your videos. G-d blessings on your house.
Love it your voice is so gentle you give to listeners sense of serenity and piece and calmness you are real healer bless you honey thank you for knowing that people like you exist
Thank you so so much Piper❤️ Your comment is so true: many people on social media wants to make us believe, and maybe it is the reality, that their house is always clean that their refrigerators are always impeccably organized that there’s no dust on the floor, nor on any surfaces; if it is true: good for them but rest assured it is not mine and I thank G.od for that! Because not having a maid /cook/…. At home brought me to find ways to make do specially as you know with working full-time with small kiddos and everything else my life is or can get quite chaotic ! and this is why I want to show what it is for me to try to keep my sanity, and what tips and tricks help me to somewhat achieve that including messy freezers and fuzzy macaronis!!! thank you again for being here wishing you and your family a blessed day
I wish there was You Tube when I was raising my family. I’m learning so much from you. Yes, I’ve always reused freezer/storage bags. I’d turn them inside out, rinse and dry.
I love organized kitchens. After fleeting Ukraine because of war I live in a safe place with an extremely small kitchen. Keeping my kitchen kosher, your tricks from video are really helpful. More videos how to keep fruits and veggies alive for long. Toda raba!
Awww I am so sorry you are safe now sweet Alena ❤️❤️❤️ I am grateful these tips could help you! Please let me know if you have questions or need help! Stay safe and blessed xoxox
Yes, I reuse my plastic bags. I've even been known to put them on the wash line in the sun -- to the embarrassment of my children! Ilove the tomato paste tip and I shall certainly use it. Thank you!
It’s not just that they’re expensive, it’s also that it’s incredibly wasteful to use those plastic zip top bags only once. Definitely reuse them if you can, because otherwise they go to the landfill.
Hi Sarah, I like whipped cream sandwiched between graham crackers. Then I wrap them in plastic and freeze it. A simple ice cream sandwich. For your frozen banana, you can do banana bread, banana muffins, smoothie bowls, smoothies, substitute eggs when baking for vegan baked goods. Chocolate covered banana, banana pancakes or waffles. Try slicing the bananas into 1/2 thick and top with nut butter. Stick it in the freezer for an hour, then top with another banana. Freeze again. Then cover with melted chocolate. Store in freezer. You will love it.
Suggestion: Open disposible cup packages from the bottom, so when you reach in to get one, you are not touching and contaminating the exposed lip of the cup. Also, store them above table height to reduce contamination from dust flying around near floor level as the pantry door opens and closes.
awww thank you so much Colleen, i have always been very self conscious about my voice as it is not purely something i.e. purely French purely german, purely,... as i speak many languages thank G.od so you comment strikes a very sensitive chord and i truly thank you for your kind words
I liked the saving of tomato paste idea. I like organized kitchens. I am a Christian and enjoy your videos immensely. Your voice is lyrical with love. We both have so much to glean from each other. I will say however, after watching your Shabbat preps that I'm glad I am free from all that work and dietary law. Nevertheless you are loved also. I have been to Israel twice and have a love for her and your people, put there by our mutual Father Yahweh God. I think we could be friends. Shalom.
I recently discovered your channel. Love the meal preparation. I am in awe of your energy. I am a retired RN so I can appreciate how demanding being a Dr. is. I love an organized Kitchen! You may find this interesting. I am a Protestant who studies the Old Testament for Bible Studies in my home. The tradition and view of life of my Jewish friends is so amazing to me.
Awww I am so blessed to have you in my life Glenda! I LOVE my RNs!!! They are the heart and soul of our healthcare! I love the interfaith bridges we are building you and me! May G.od bless our endeavours with love and success
Hello from Ireland, found your channel 2 days ago and I’ve been binge watching. I’m a catholic but am always interested in learning about Judaism. You have a wonderful way of explaining and showing very interesting content. I’m enjoying all your you tube posts. Thank you for teaching, I mean no disrespect as a 55 year old Irish mum of two in their twenties, am just curious. God bless you and your family .
Hi Elaine! Welcome to my little house on RU-vid! I am so happy you are here and happy we can build bridges between ourselves and our faiths! Please let me know if you have questions: I would love to help! Stay safe and blessed my new friend! Xoxox
I know this is from a year ago, but you can take very ripe frozen bananas and stuff them with chocolate chips, wrap them in foil, and bake them. You can also make banana bread with them. I love the baskets for the kitchen. Those are nice. I had aside-by-side refrigerator-freezer, and it was always too thin to easily get things in and out of it. Thanks for sharing! I love organized kitchens
I immediately threw my recently bought celery in some foil once I saw this! Look up banana nice cream. Frozen bananas in a food processor with whatever additions you'd like. Can add fresh or frozen fruit. Might need to add some water if using frozen fruit to loosen it a bit. Even with frozen fruit, you don't typically need to add sweetener if using ripe bananas. If i was a kid, my go to ice cream would be strawberry. Being 36 now, I will have to save chocolate. * I love organized kitchens.
I loved the way you’ve done your pantry. I’ve done mine the same way and also my medicine cabinet along with my herb and spice cabinet. It all looks so good and neat!!! Thank you
Banana spice cake or banana bars is one of my favorite afternoon tea snacks. For breakfast I am terrible at making pancakes, but my kid does actually like my banana pancakes. I substitute 1/4 cup mashed banana for each egg the recipe calls for. The natural sugar in the banana gives the pancakes a nice caramelized flavor from cooking on the griddle. And yes I too love organized kitchens ❤️
@@miriam8026 😀I was born in Brussels, I love it and I lived 40 years in Etterbeek now I live in Walloon Brabant. I hope your daughter is happy there, in which municipality does she live? Ukkel?
I am not Jewish but your channel appeared on my feed a few weeks ago. Thank you for sharing so much with us, your recipes are amazing and the traditions are beautiful. I have been following some of your cleaning and organising routines without realising😊 The frozen bananas could be used for banana bread perhaps? Bananas are not my favourite but toasted banana bread, buttered, with a cup of tea is delicious.
Aww thank you so much for connecting with me today and I am soooo grateful you can get value out of our content : I feel truly blessed. Thank you for the banana 🍌 bread idea❤️ Stay safe and blessed 💕
your videos bring me a feeling of peace and happiness,and i have shared your channel with my friends. I am currently sick with covid and can not do much but lie in bed.but your videos help comfort me and keep me from being lonely
I'm a Christian and although we obviously have some different beliefs and practices from you, I try to follow the Bible regarding passover and other practices and traditions that you also partake in so when I watch your videos I see so much that I recognize and I truly feel love for you and your precious family. I hope we can all continue to grow as people and communities, and show honor and kindness to each other, no matter our differences because we actually have a lot more in common than we may first think ❤
Hi my friend! thank you so much for taking the time to write to me today and also to create and build with me more and more bridges between our faiths that are very very similar in so many aspects I really hope that you continue enjoying our content and I'm looking forward to reading from you again wishing you and your family only good tidings and happiness
@@frumitup thank you! I appreciate that greatly ♡ You have inspired me more than you know, with my home but also to be proud of my faith while also extending kindness to others. I am truly inspired by you!
Hi, I just found your channel and I love it! I'm not Jewish but the food storage tips are so helpful and I can't wait to start implementing them! As for bananas, banana is a fantastic supplement in most sweet baked goods for sugar. My mom used to use overripe bananas in cupcakes and cakes and it usually didn't override the cake flavor. There's lots of recipes online if you just look up banana based deserts or deserts with banana instead of sugar
I had no idea you could do this either. I’m totally looking it up now. I really have enjoyed this channel so much in the short few hours I’ve been watching (I just discovered it last night). Not only are her tips things I never knew and will totally use, but the people (like you) in comments share so much great info as well. I thought I knew a lot about food storage and tricks in the kitchen as a 41 year old mom of 4. (3 of which are now adults) I mean I’m always of the mind set there is more to learn and always open to learning. But man I have learned soooo much in just this video alone and in the comments section. Im not Jewish but I really enjoy learning about different cultures, religions and just people in general as well as tips and tricks I can add into my routine and family. Thank you for sharing your tip on the bananas. I can’t wait to try it!!
Aww that is so sweet Tricia! And I agree with you 100%: this comment section is filled with golden nuggets! I love how you keep and open mind and you are willing to learn: it tells a lot about you ! Stay safe and blessed my new friend ❤️
It’s also a good replacement for eggs. Bananas can be used in place of any baked goods where eggs were used as a binder instead of a raising agent. If the recipe you want to substitute doesn’t already include baking soda or powder, you might need to add a teaspoon.
I was reading many of the comments, and it looks like many who are watching your videos are not Jewish, but are fascinated by what you do. I love your organization, your attention to detail, and your commitment to your faith. Your voice is so soothing !
I recently discovered your channel, and I love it! I'm not Jewish (I grew up Catholic), but I still enjoy learning more about your culture and your faith. A good way to use up the bananas is to make some banana bread/banana muffins! I normally hate bananas, but I'll scarf down a whole loaf of banana bread if you put it in front of me. LOL. My singular ice cream flavor would be Double Cookies n' Cream. Runner-up would be Coconut. As an aside, I'm jealous of all your pretty tichels (I hope I spelled that right!). I have to imagine it's a great way to be creative and show off your personality. 🙂
Hello my sweet friend! I love you ice cream 🍦 choices! Niuuummm!!! For my tichels: thank you ❤️❤️ you are right : I get to wear them as a crown that adapts to what I am wearing ! I love it BH! Xoxoxo thank you again for being here! Xoxoxo
Love the use aerated produce bins! You may want to consider separating your onions and potatoes (like how you separate the fruit and veg in the fridge) as gasses onions produce will cause potatoes to sprout quicker.
This is so interesting. My grandma always taught us to store potatoes and onions together so as to make them both last longer....similarly...storing onion with Avocado (both open and peeled) will make them both last longer ;)
Your videos bring tears of joy to my eyes. My grandmother (bubbe) was a holocaust survivor and her kitchen was immaculate like yours. Thank you for being such a helpful and loving Jewish woman.
Wonderful you are so organized, makes life so much easier and thank you for the tomato paste freezing tip - Bananas.. - you can make fried bananas with a bit of butter, cinnamon and caramerized sugar,/banana bread/muffins/ice cream/pancakes/cake/cookies/pudding/french toast.. etc. - Blessings 🙏
I am not Jewish, but I love how you teach your culture to us. I don’t have any suggestions on the bananas- as I don’t eat them. Thank you for this tour- especially the pantry organization! It was so inspiring and inspired me to tackle my own small pantry, which had been annoying me for a longgggggg time. Love your videos!
Your organizing tips have been such a blessing! Thank you so much for sharing. I, too, often end up with lots of frozen bananas. My son once commented that our freezer looked like a banana graveyard. I have a wonderful banana bread recipe - true story - I once had a new neighbor in the other half of my duplex. He had his "surround sound" up so high that my wall hangings were vibrating. I brought over some fresh, homemade banana bread and never heard a peep from next door again. 😉 Be well and Shabbat shalom.
You are simply beautiful 😍 I love watching your videos and wish it never ends. You are so organized and I love everything about your videos. God bless you and your family ❤️❤️❤️🙏
To say I am IMPRESSED with your organizational skills would be a true understatement! I have never seen such perfection with refrigerated and frozen food structure. You are impeccable!
You are amazing! A true gift to all who watch and are inspired by and learn from you. A true blessing and gift from Him. I will say special prayers and ask for blessings for you and your lovely family. Thank you for all the helpful hints.
I love an organized kitchen! Your storage and organization is amazing!! I have to fix my pantry! I so enjoy you videos! I am a woman of faith, not Jewish but Protestant Christian! I love learning about your culture and faith. You’re voice is soothing and joyful. I can tell that you are a woman filled with joy and love of your family. I am an elementary school teacher and when I am planning and grading I play your videos to help me de-stress. Thank you for sharing!
I cannot say this enough: I absolutely LOVE your videos! They're informative and always so kind. I learn a lot of great tips! I always re-use my zip-lock bags whenever possible! I love that you are showing us how you keep your produce fresh longer! These are great tips for ANYONE!! Do you freeze your flour? My mother used to always freeze excess flour. I've heard mixed reviews about freezing it. I've always frozen my tomato paste the exact same way! It lasts so much longer, never any waste at all and yep, I totally do the portioning trick with a butter knife! Works like a CHARM! It's funny...watching you show how you store your meat in the freezer. I've done exactly this for years. I figured out if you store it flat as you can get it, you can then slip the freezer bags in neatly like books on a shelf! It makes finding what you need so easy. I also tend to portion out large quantities of meat in 1 or 2lbs portions, usually ground meats are ways just 1lbs each. Besides smoothies, frozen bananas are great for banana bread! There are several kosher recipes and although you need to thaw the frozen bananas, and they will darken which means they're sweeter...once baked they are fantastic! A trick I've found that really helps to keep them from browning too quickly is to slice the bananas into 1 1/2" slices, place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or plastic wrap and then freeze. Once frozen transfer the frozen slices into airtight freezer bags. This keeps them fresh looking for up to three months! There are so many other uses for frozen bananas too. I use mine in my "Monster cookies" recipe. It's not traditional but I find they really help keep the cookies moist and soft! Replace the white sugar with softened, frozen bananas and voila! They also add a lovely tropical flavor to the cookies. Monster cookies are mostly peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips and chocolate candy pieces. I like to replace the chocolate candy pieces with dried fruit like dried cranberries. (Which are kosher and do not need to be checked for infestation as they are checked before they are dried!) My family loves my twist on monster cookies better than the original recipe! These cookies are NOT parve for Passover as they do contain baking soda. P.S. my absolute favorite ice cream flavor is: Coffee. Hands down. I love coconut but it doesn't love me at all...so Coffee wins!
Gosh as a 41 year old mom of 4, (3 of my kids are now adults: 20,two 18 & 15) I really thought I knew a lot about storing foods and how to maximize them. I was WRONG! Im not Jewish but find it incredibly interesting to lear about other cultures and religions. I am learning SOOO MUCH about things I can implement in my home from you! The strawberry trick!! I have always just washed them and put them back in the store container. Usually some go bad and we have to toss them. I am ordering an air tight container this week!! The baskets in the freezer! Genius!!! I hope our dollar store has them, my side by side is about the same exact size as yours. That’s such a brilliant way to organize them. I learned so many more hacks from this video. Thank you so much for sharing your info, daily life and religion with all of us. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos!! (I just came across your channel last night.)
I love organized kitchens! I am a Latter-Day Saint or attend The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Notice the large of non Jews that watch and comment your channel. "You are a light to all nations." I enjoy learning from you. Thank you so much, Sara Malka.
I just recently found your channel and I'm enjoying learning about your religion, customs and especially all your AMAZING household tips! I constantly struggle to keep food from going bad, so I learned a TON in this one video, alone. We have a narrow, deep pantry and you helped with some fantastic ideas of how to use that space more efficiently. Thank you so much! You have a beautiful home.
I freeze bananas as soon as i bring them home. I peel and store in freezer bags. You can flavor your ice cream. Melt chocolate and dip frozen banana as a nice treat for adults and kids. Banana nut bread.... I love organized kitchens. I actually watched this video twice
I'm not kosher, nor Jewish, nor even religious, but I really enjoy your channel. So, first, thank you. Make 'nice cream' with your frozen bananas... youtube is full of recipes for different flavours. Basically, you just blitz them in the blender with whatever flavours you like--in my house freeze dried strawberries are our favourite--and then freeze to your desired texture. I was dubious, but it's just great! As for ziplocs, I have been washing and reusing mine for YEARS with no problems...like the viewer below, I wash them carefully and dry them carefully, and they're just fine. I also wash and reuse tin foil, I rinse and reuse paper towels and parchment paper, though more recently I'm using torn up old towels for most paper towel chores, and silicone mats for baking most things. By the way, I always watch your videos all the way to the end.
The extra freezer in the basement reminds me of my childhood with my house having it in the garage, my father's parents had theirs in the cellar and my mom's parents had theirs in their garage. We did not grow up Jewish, however we had/have the same habits. 💙💙
This is absolutely fascinating! As a single person who lives alone, I do a lot of bulk purchasing and freezing. For example, when I made chicken noodle soup last week, I bought large bags of carrots and celery and chopped it all : half went into my soup, half into Tupperware to freeze for other things. But it never occurred to me to save and reuse my chicken storage ziplocks! I hate plastic waste, so thanks for the tip!
I love your videos. I struggle with scheduling time because I work for a psychiatry consult service and some days are 10 or 12 hours long, others could be four hours, I never know . I do feel overwhelmed, and I admire your organization.
Yes please do a video on how to keep onions and potatoes fresh….chocolate ice cream on deserted island 😂 and I love organized kitchens….I’m in the middle of organizing my storage shelves for stockpile foods and while it is a chore it’s one I’m happy to do because it means I am so blessed to have extra food for my family…..Have a great week!,
Hello from the U.K.! I just discovered your channel and am incredibly in awe of your organisational skills! I too am a physician and mother, I am so impressed with how adeptly you seem to balance the requirements of your faith with motherhood and a demanding job. Thank you for your videos- I really enjoy them 😊 Also I think all mothers are the same in some ways regardless of our cultures- I’m CofE Christian and I, too, have a hidden chocolate stash in my fridge! Sometimes we just need it! Best wishes to you and your family 😊
awww I am so grateful to meet another MD Mom! we are far and few between! I am looking forward to hear more form you in the future:) Stay safe and blessed:)
The shoe pockets on the inside of your pantry has been my favorite Pintrest success in my home. I used mine for all the water bottles and straw cups that didn’t fit in my cabinets. We are in the middle of a move, and my new kitchen and pantry are smaller. So I got rid of most of those large water bottles and cups. Trying to decide the best way to use the shoe pockets in my new pantry. Time will tell.
Yes, please, I would like more tips on storing the fruits and vegetables. I've lost so much food as being 1 person, I can't seem to eat them fast enough. Also, having no vehicle, I shop once a month when my friend comes into town to help me out. Being able to properly store fruits and vegetables means more salads, good fresh snacks, ect!
Hi Sara Malka, I recently discovered your channel and I love it. Everything is so organized and beautiful. Thanks for that. 😃. you can do banana bread with the banana's the more brown they are the sweater so you can add less sugar.
I LOVE ORGANIZED KITCHENS!! This was so much fun to watch. I will try wrapping up my lemons as mine dry out before I can use them all. I love the dollar store bins in the freezer too. Everything looks so tidy. Love your videos!
I love organized kitchens! I am doing a whole house deep clean and my kitchen is next. You have inspired me to analyze my storage and be mindful of how items are used so I can organize it with the intent of being more efficient and less wasteful. Thank you so much for this video.
I am a Lutheran woman and loving all that you are sharing! I have already watched a few of your videos this evening! I too keep my celery in aluminum foil and am amazed how long it lasts. I also store left over canned pumpkin the same way you store your tomato sauce! I like pumpkin in some dishes, I freeze and break it off as you do! I wil start wrapping items in cling wrap!! I had heard recently about not reusing zip lock bags.. this is what I found. “When deciding whether or not to keep a used Ziploc in your kitchen, think about what you used it for in the first place. If it was used to store or marinade raw meat, eggs, or seafood, you should toss it in the trash. These products can contain dangerous pathogens in their uncooked state, and no matter how well you scrub the bag afterwards, there's no way to be sure you sanitized the bag completely.” I am going to watch this video again to see if I missed anything! 1) One of my favorite tips is freezing meats and storing them like a file cabinet! 2) are you allowed to eat Banana bread?? 3) ice cream choice- Vanilla Bean!!! 4) I love organized Kitchens! Thank you so much for sharing! Shalom..
I love organized kitchens. Your kitchen hacks are amazing Sara! Some I know but others were new to me. Thanks for sharing & giving access to your life. I am not Jewish but watching your videos has given me insight into Sephardic Jewish life, plus yor kitchen/meal hacks can be used by anyone. Thanks for sharing. Blessings & Peace to you & your family.🎉
Wow! You’re so organized! It’s very impressive that you do all of this while also working outside of your home and having small children. “I love small kitchens!” I hope you have a lovely week 😊
Use of banana, when my bananas that are over ripe, I make ice cream, mashing them and adding chocolate chips, then freeze in a container, so good. You could also add some vanilla
Frozen bananas work beautifully in banana cake, defrost 2-3 to make the required quantity of mashed banana. If liquid looks excessive, drain some off and use it with the milk to male up the milk quantity required. My mother has done this all my life when we have frozen bananas and need a cake (or need the room back in the freezer).
I do the same thing with my storage jars 😁 I also reuse ziploc bags because they're plastic and therefore not good for the environment to be tossed after one use. I also freeze whatever can be freezed instead of letting it go bad. Dill, oregano, chives, etc are great candidates for freezing after being chopped.
I love organized kitchens! FYI your calming voice put the tiny toddler to sleep on my lap! BnJ vegan chocolate garcia !! Wanted to share a hard won lesson, if you can organize a freezer fruit, veg and bread above meat with chicken and fish at the bottom, that way if the power dies you have a better chance of having food you can eat as the fruit and veg isn't coated in raw meat ick. This 'trick' legit saved me from starving once. long story short the freezer got defrosted while I was at work one day and after refreezing it all (helps with the smell while cleaning it up) I was able to save fruit veg and beef. I didn't have the ability to buy more food for 3 weeks, the freezer had just been fully stocked the day before the catastrophe. I hope you never have to experience that sort of failure but stacking that way can offer peace of mind when everything else seems to be going off the rails.
Wooowww thank you so much for the tip Victoria! I’m sorry you had to go through that and at the same time I am so grateful you are sharing your experience so we can learn from it! Stay safe and blessed ❤️❤️❤️
@@frumitup And, since cold falls and heat rises, meat at the bottom will have a better chance of staying frozen longer. (I think you knew that. I posted in case someone else didn't.)
Another trick for freezers is to take a small plastic container and freeze and add a coin or marble and place a lid on top. This is handy if you are gone and the freezer goes off and resumes freezing. If the coin isn’t on top then it thawed. It also helps because it provides an indicator as to how long it was out. Especially helpful if you are gone on vacation. Also on an upright, ALWAYS lock it when leaving, learned this the hard way when it wasn’t closed well and we lost everything. I have also found a dry erase board on the outside listing the contents to be helpful.
Bananas make great ice cream! It sounds odd, but tastes delicious! Even the best on a dessert island. Thanks about the Pink Stuff! I love organized kitchens!
Hi Sara Malka. I love organized kitchens!! I really do and thanks to all of your hacks and genius ideas, I have gotten there. My pantry is so narrow I didn't think anything would work in there but on the previous video where you showed us the dollar store containers, my pantry is now organized and beautiful!! As far as the fruits and vegetables wrapped in cling wrap...we'll, I need cling wrap lessons!! About the only thing that I can successfully wrap is 8 fingers and 2 thumbs and anything close by!! I will try again though. What I do with bananas that are on their way out, is I make banana bread and freeze it until it's needed. Yes I do reuse my zip lock bags. I don't know who says we shouldn't reuse them but I'm willing to bet that it's the people that make them 😂. I love the egg hack!! Another way to get shells out of a bowl is to put a larger shell in the bowl and the smaller shells will come to it. I laughed when I heard that but it really does work!! Your way, however, is much faster!! I'm always up for ideas on storing food so it will last longer. I like to keep my shopping trips to a minimum so all ideas are helpful. Being by myself now, it's important to me. As always I loved the video and can't wait for the next one!! There was so much information on this one that I will be watching it over again. I pick up something new every time I watch all of your videos. Have a great week and stay well. Sending love and hugs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
For the frozen bananas look up "nice cream" basically you blend them and they make a kind of ice cream (you can add cocoa powder, berries, nut butters, whatever makes you happy). If I had to have only 1 ice cream flavor... pistachio. Full stop. I don't reuse ziplock bags. Like the plastic breaks down with time. I'm a big fan of silicone bags (I like Stasher brand) and containers. I love organized kitchens. I don't have one (I live with 2 other adults and we are all tornados) but they are nice.