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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Have You Found A Clever Use For Ice Cube Trays?

Ice cube trays can be used for so much more than making ice. Tell us how you use yours.

Dog Treats

When trimming meat for my meals, I often have leftover pile of meat with lines of fat (not *just* fat) and a Chihuahua who is willing, but unable to healthily eat it all. I cut up a couple pieces in each cube, made a cup of broth from jar to pour over it. Freeze and pop out for handy dog treat, either as cube if your dog likes cold (like regular ice cubes) or microwave for 30 sec, stir, microwave again as needed (make sure to test temp before giving to your dog to avoid burns!)
—Guest Edge of Thornes

Clever use for ice cube trays


I freeze leftover wine in an ice cube tray, and when a recipe calls for a splash of wine, I pop one in from a Ziploc bag! Also useful to cool down white wine - with the same ice cube! I also freeze whole strawberries in the tray, and store in Ziploc for months.
—Guest jinty

Better than ice cube trays


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ice cube trays - I freeze colostrum that I have milked from my newly kidded doe goats in the trays. Then keep the frozen cubes in a double bagged Ziploc bag. They can keep for a year. Makes it easy to freeze a couple out for a new baby kid who's mum doesn't have enough colostrum.
Jaki

Anonymous said...

I make pesto and put into ice cube trays ready for any meal I want a "pesto" flavoring added. Once frozen I place in a zipper bag.


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