Magic Crystal-clear Ice Cubes and Other Genius Things To Do With Ice Cube Trays

Homemade Seedling Bed

Millions of people around the world are beginning to embrace gardening as a soothing, family-friendly hobby that also provides extra food. One look at the internet is enough to tell us the importance of gardens, and we do not need to worry about space when we have ice cube trays.

These ice makers are just the perfect size for seed starters. With a bit of soil and a drainage hole at the bottom of each compartment, we’re ready to go!

Portioning Cookie Dough

Dividing cookie dough is one task that even the most experienced baker may struggle to perfect, especially when they don’t have a scooper handy. However, an ice cube tray will come in handy to divide the dough evenly. And that’s not the only cookie dough hack.

Making a batch of cookies means ending up with cookies everywhere, a disadvantage when they’re irresistible! So why not freeze individual cookie dough mounds in an ice cube tray and bake them on demand?

Frozen Garbage Freshener

According to Utah State University, vinegar and lemon are acidic and have the ability to neutralize alkaline substances such as scale from hard water. In the same vein, the combination is just the perfect solution for when the garbage bin starts to release unpleasant odors, and it’s advisable to have it handy.

While vinegar is not the best thing to keep in the fridge, freezing it with small lemon slices will help keep the foul odor away and disinfect garbage cans.

The Perfect Summer Frappé

When summertime comes around each year, it’s hard to keep away from refreshing cold drinks, and it’s crucial to have them in the fridge, especially for the kids. For the perfect thirst-quenching smoothie, freeze some fruit juice in an ice cube tray and simply blend it when the sun gets too hot.

Better yet, the kids can do it for themselves but under supervision. Letting them learn important chores, such as preparing a snack, helps them grow into more responsible adults.

The Organizer

Research shows that disorganization leads to stress and anxiety. This is worrying, considering there’s always that one disorganized drawer in any room in the house that no one ever bothers to arrange. That need not worry us now, as with an extra ice cube tray, disorganization can be a thing of the past.

Use it when organizing small items, or it could even be a makeshift jewelry box for storing beads, earrings, dainty pendants, and other accessories. No more worries about lost earrings!

Homemade Seedling Bed

Millions of people around the world are beginning to embrace gardening as a soothing, family-friendly hobby that also provides extra food. One look at the internet is enough to tell us the importance of gardens, and we do not need to worry about space when we have ice cube trays.

These ice makers are just the perfect size for seed starters. With a bit of soil and a drainage hole at the bottom of each compartment, we’re ready to go!

Artist’s Palette

Painting is a significant way for children to convey ideas and emotions, explore color, and unleash their artistic talents. This is why parents prioritize every item required for the craft, but who said they couldn’t save some money with some simple ice cube tray improvisations?

Old ice cube trays make the perfect paint or watercolor holders as the compartments are deep enough to hold more paint without mixing the colors, something that often happens with expensive but shallow paint palettes.

Neverending Herb Garden

With the introduction of home gardens, we can now grow almost all the food we require rather than relying on grocery stores. Some common herbs, such as sage, rosemary, and thyme, grow easily in our home gardens, but the surplus could soon go to waste.

We’d be hard-pressed to find a better way to keep these herbs fresh once we pick them from the garden other than to freeze them in olive oil and butter, as the oil also assimilates the flavor.

Preserving Bacon Drippings

Bacon drippings are among the most delicious flavors, and we’d be lying if we said that we didn’t wish we could always have them on hand. But what if we told you that we finally found the perfect solution to this annoying problem? Well, guess what? We found it in ice cube trays!

Pouring bacon drippings into an ice cube tray and storing it in the fridge or freezer ultimately saves money, as we don’t have to cook bacon whenever we want it.

Watered Down Coffee? No, Thank You

Have you ever made a piping hot cup of java but needed to gulp it down? We bet you came up with the solution of cooling it down with ice blocks. But the ice simply watered down your brew. How frustrating!

We have the best solution. Just freeze coffee in an ice cube tray. Next time you need to cool down your beverage, the coffee cubes will do the trick without watering down the flavor! This could also be useful when making iced coffee.

Sushi the Modern Way

Most of us love sushi, but do you know that it was initially Japanese food, and the first time it was sold outside Tokyo was in 1970? It has now become a favorite delicacy in various places worldwide. The Japanese spend years perfecting the craft of making sushi, but who needs years when we’ve got ice cube trays?

Cover the tray with cling wrap, and add toppings, rice, avocado, and sesame layers before chilling and flipping the tray upside down.

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