Saturday, April 9, 2011

Coffee filters are not just for making coffee

I was recently at a store that sold all kinds of kitchen gadgets and stuff and noticed all these items for protecting your bowls and plates from scratching each other when stacked. Pricey!
It got me thinking about alternatives that I could use that wouldn't be just a uni-tasker (to borrow wording from Alton Brown).

I brew my own coffee at home (saves money on having to buy it at a coffee shop) and my machine requires coffee filters (which I buy at the dollar store). It dawned on me to try using the filters as liners for my glass bowls and sure enough it was the perfect shape to do the job! Flattened out, it works for small salad plates.

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