Product Review - Just Tasting by Libbey® - Montessori-ish Utensils

(This review is not sponsored by any company.)

The great "Montessori" utensil search left me crushed. So many gorgeous three piece sets for the low low price of $19.99 each. While gorgeous they were just too far beyond my price range to make the commitment (I knew it'd be a temptation to yell if they were ruined/lost). With the Bed, Bath and Beyond coupon:"$5 off any purchase $15 or more" (available on the back of most of their fliers) these come to just $10 for a set of either 12 spoons or 12 forks.
12 pack Libbey® "Just Tasting" Spoon
12 pack Libbey® "Just Tasting" Forks


Here are pictures with them next to my utensils. You can see the size difference makes sense. Note, these forks are as sharp as regular forks and are not Oyster Forks.

L to R: Espresso Spoon, Soup Spoon, Teaspoon, Just Tasting Spoon, Just Tasting Fork, Salad Fork, Dinner Fork

L to R: Soup Spoon, Dinner Fork, Teaspoon, Salad Fork, Just Tasting Spoon, Just Tasting Fork

These hold up extremely well in the dishwasher....but not scraped on the cement. C'est la vie. You win some you lose some! ;)

I can't wait to test out the rest of the Just Tasting series from Libbey®

Snow day snow cones

A cup of snow or shaved ice

Melted popsicles

voila!

Food Storage: Bananas

Bananas are feast or famine around here. We either have "1 last banana" or "15 black ones". I've tried a myriad of ways to freeze very ripe bananas this is the best for several reasons:

1. You don't have to defrost them to measure
2. Minimal amount of space. (they stack nicely)
3. No peeling slippery banana icicles.

Most recipes measure banana by "number of bananas". These easily break off and can be thawed individually for most recipes or used frozen in the case of smoothies.

Peel very ripe bananas and place in 1 qt ziploc freezer bag:

Freeze flat and stack when frozen solid