We’ve had a great time on Saturday coloring a bunch of Easter Eggs. I usually keep them in the fridge and we end up eating them for the next few days. Here are some of the things we like to do with hard boiled eggs.

• Put them on Salads
• Make Egg Salad and serve it on bread, tortillas or bagels
• Make Potato Salad and add them
• Add them to wraps and sandwiches
• Serve them with a little mayo on a biscuit for breaksfast
• Just by themselves with a little salt on them for a snack
• Make deviled eggs

I’m sure there are more, but that’s about all I can think of right now

How about you? What do you make with those hard boiled Easter eggs?

Decorating Easter Eggs with the Kids (or just by yourself) is a lot of fun, but before you can start dying, painting and adding stickers to those eggs, you have to boil them first.

The perfect boiled easter egg has a nice fluffy yolk that is the perfect shade of yellow. What you don’t want is an egg whose inside starts to look green – Yuck.

Here’s my no-fail method of getting those perfectly yellow eggs.

Put eggs in a large pot, in a single layer and cover with COLD water. Turn on the heat under the eggs and as soon as they come to a full boil, remove them from the heat and let them sit in the hot water for about 15-20 minutes.

Take them out and let them cool completely before you start to decorate them.

Enjoy!

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A few days ago, I shared some tips on how to store herbs. Today I’d like to propose another alternative. How about growing herbs right on your kitchen counter, or the window sill? It’s a lot easier than you may think and there just isn’t a way to get fresher herbs
1.Get to know your location
Where are you planning to have your little indoor garden? Take a look at the windows that you can reasonably use and consider how much exposure to sunlight your herbs will get. Unless there is something specifically blocking the way, southern and eastern exposures tend to have the best light. You can decide what to grow based on what light you have. For instance, basil, thyme, tarragon, rosemary and oregano all need regular full sunlight, while chervil, mint and lemon balm do best in shadier conditions.

2.Give them a good start
Some herbs do quite well if you start them out before you put them in the soil. Take some time, and wet a paper towel before putting your seeds into it. Keep the paper towel moist, but not soaking wet, and you’ll soon some sprouts. This is a great way to start herbs off and give them a better chance to grow towards maturity.

3.Soil
There are a lot of different opinions out there on the best soil to be found. Probably by far and away the best to use is something from your compost heap. If you don’t have a compost heap, you can start with simple potting soil. Many people like a mixture that is two parts clean potting soil to 1 part perlite. Remember to line to the bottom of your containers with gravel to ensure good drainage.

4.Watering
Over-watering is a mistake that many novices make, and it can be just as detrimental as not watering at all. Make sure that the water is drained out of the bottom of your pots and that you know how much each herb needs; they will have varying needs and issues, so check them daily for yellow leaves Similarly, make sure that the water you give them stands at about room temperature. Sudden changes in water temperature can be detrimental to plants, especially young ones.

5.Maintenance
There are a few tasks that should be undertaken on a regular basis in order to keep your indoor herb garden running all year round. Remember to repot your herbs annually, renew the annuals and make sure that the plants do not become overgrown. Regular pruning will do wonders, as will occasionally rotating your setup out of doors.

A friend of mine asked me the other day if I “really” thought that meal planning could save time. Heck Yeah! To prove my point, I set down to figure out exactly how much time it saves me each day. Not including the time a service like Menu Planning Central saves you because we create the menus and shopping lists for you, I figured that it saves me on average about 30 minutes to an hour of time. That includes …

• Extra trips to the store I don’t have to make. (Plus my shopping trips are faster because I know exactly what I need).
• Drives to pick up food I don’t have to make.
• Trying to figure out where to order from and what everyone wants to eat and have it delivered – Don’t have to do that
• Standing in front of the pantry or fridge trying to figure out what to cook – Don’t have to do that either.

I’m sure there’s more, but those are some of the big time savers for me. On average it’s at least 30 extra minutes a day I have which brings up an interesting question…What To Do With All That Extra Time!

Which brings me back to my original question… What would you do with an extra 30 minutes a day?

Here are a few of my favorites:

• Read to my kids
• Play a game of catch with them outside
• Take a bubble bath
• Go for a walk

How about you? Leave a comment and let me know what you would do with an extra 30 minutes a day.