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Using Egg Nog as Coffee Creamer

Geoffrey — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:06:25 +0000

Try substituting a little egg nog for your creamer; it will add a rich, creamy flavor. This is especially good with vanilla egg nog, which I didn’t even know they made until a few days ago. I also saw pumpkin egg nog at Kroger, which may be good if you like those pumpkin spice coffee drinks that I have seen advertised everywhere. If you are counting calories though, don’t forget to add these in. Kroger’s vanilla egg nog comes with 170 calories per 8-ounce serving; that’s a little over 10-1/2 calories for every tablespoon you add to your coffee.

Save Your Old Coffee Carafes as a Backup

Geoffrey — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:39:50 +0000

“Dear Heloise: The glass coffee carafe that comes with inexpensive coffee makers many times costs more to replace than the coffee maker. I save old ones from worn-out coffee makers. If you break one that comes with an automatic shut-off valve, you can substitute an old one by taking out the automatic valve.”
-Oscar, via e-mail

Read this and other [non-coffeee] Dear Heloise tips at The News-Press, posted 11/28/09.

Use Metal Coffee Cans to Bake a Cake

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:43:30 +0000

It seems like more people are buying the 1-lb. bags of coffee, but there’s still plenty of metal coffee containers out there. These are very handy for putting nuts or bolts in, but have you thought about baking in them? In a letter to Dear Heloise, a lady wrote that her church group bakes cakes in small metal coffee containers to be shipped off as care packages for troops in Iraq. The cakes travel well and they stay fresh longer; this is a good idea.

Read the full letter to Dear Heloise, A whole new meaning to the term ‘coffee cake’ at The Washington Post.