Tips & Precautions

Natural Furniture Polish

You’ll need:

·      Funnel

·      Measuring cup and spoons

·      Lidded 8-oz. plastic squirt bottle

·      Microfiber cloth (or clean, soft rag)

Ingredients

·      2 Tbsp. olive oil

·      ¼ cup distilled white vinegar

·      ¼ tsp. lemon oil (or fresh lemon juice)

Instructions

Using funnel, pour olive oil, vinegar and lemon oil into bottle. Shake well to emulsify. Squirt polish onto microfiber cloth and rub onto finished-wood furniture. Always go with the grain and evenly distribute polish. Remove any excess polish with a clean cloth.

Source: http://www.howtocleanthings.com/furniture/how-to-clean-wood-furniture.htm

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Wine Tips

Never cook with wine you wouldn’t drink. Cooking wines have added sodium and lack the flavor of a good wine.

It is not recommended that red wine be saved more than a day or so, but I recork mine and leave the bottles on my counter for up to two weeks. I haven’t noticed any flavor issues.

Keep white wine in refrigerator. It lasts quite a while. Always smell or taste your wine before you reuse it.

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The Amazing Avocado

Did you know the avocado is a fruit?

There are over 500 varieties of the power-packed avocado. This links you to the many varieties:

http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/fruit/varieties_avocado.htm  

However, if you take blood thinning medications (such as Coumadin) be aware that avocados, dark green vegetable, and greens contain Vitamin K. It is important that you eat the same amount of these foods the same days each week; otherwise your INR blood tests may be not be accurate.