PEELING VEGETABLES
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Unless you’re preparing winter squash,
celery root, or some other food with a
tough outer coating, there’s no reason to
waste precious before-dinner time peel-
ing vegetables, reports thekitchn.com.
That goes for foods you may have been peeling
all your life, such as carrots, cucumbers, potatoes,
and turnips. You’ll save time and gain flavor and
healthy fiber.ROASTING
CHICKEN10
It’s often cheaper—
and faster, of
course—to buy an already
cooked chicken. Costco
sells rotisserie chickens
for just $4.99 each, an
acknowledged money
loser designed to get
people in the door. At
other stores, they’re about
$7 each on average, while
an uncooked whole
roaster typically costs
around $8.50 in a super-
market. Treat yourself
once a week, and you
stand to save as much
as $182 annually,
not to mention
more than
150 hours of
cooking.SWEEPING UP AFTER YOU TRACK IN DIRT
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In many countries, it’s customary to take off your shoes as soon as you come
inside. Adopting a no-shoes policy is an easy way to keep your house cleaner
and your family healthier. About 85 percent of all the dirt in our homes is tracked
in on shoes, say the experts at Family Handyman. And that’s not the worst of it.
According to a study at the University of Houston, more than 26 percent of shoes
carry Clostridioides difficile bacteria, responsible for many cases of stomach distress,
into the house. Another small study at the University of Arizona showed that
96 percent of shoes track in fecal matter. A simple solution is to keep a mat or shoe
rack just inside your front door.82 september 2019
Reader’s Digest Your Home