Clean Your Silver Accessories for Spring With Stuff You Probably Already Have

How to Get Your Silver Accessories to Sparkle for Spring Using Stuff You Probably Already Have

Dirty Jewelry BEFORE

What You Will Need

You will need :

Baking Soda

Salt

Aluminum Foil

Pan 

Warm Water

Old Toothbrush (If you really have some hardcore tarnish)

Dirty Silver (or Silver Plated) Jewelry or Flatwear

Line your pan with aluminum foil. I recommend a pan long enough to lay your necklaces out flat so they don’t tangle.  Place your items to be cleaned on the foil. Sprinkle about ¼ teaspoon salt on the foil followed by enough baking soda to cover the items. Pour warm water (as warm as your tap will get) on top of the items and dry ingredients until they are covered. 

Next place another sheet of foil on top.To make sure this foil stays down close to your silver pour more warm water on top of the second sheet of foil. Let this set for at least 30 minutes.

 Remove from the pan and rinse with warm water, dry thoroughly. If the silver still looks tarnished after this bath then its time to bust out the toothbrush…

This Chain Needs Some Extra Scrubbing!

This Necklace Only Needed A Bath

So if the initial bath was not enough to get your silver bright and sparkling, don’t give up just yet. Put some more baking soda in a cup with a dash of salt (use according to haw much you have to clean). Mix in small amounts of water until you have a gooey paste. Use your toothbrush to scrub the flat surfaces. If you have something with grooves, like a necklace chain, use your fingers to message the paste into all the nooks and crannies. 

Rub the paste all over until it starts to get clean, then repeat the bath again. For really stubborn tarnish you may need to do this a couple of times (the cz necklace pictured took two complete scrub cycles, grrrr).You now have no excuses not to have sparkling silver this spring!

Jewelry AFTER Cleaning

When Life Gives You Rotten Bananas... Make Banana Bread. (Even if you're a vegan.)

So these are the bananas I woke up to this morning...

and this is what I did with them.

I can't take all the credit for this positive out come, it's a recipe that was passed down from my mom that ensures no banana goes to waste. I have also included the vegan substitutions for those of you that are dairy-free. Enjoy!
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1 3/4 Cup flour

2 Tsp Baking Powder

1/2 Tsp Salt

1/4 Tsp Baking Soda

2/3 Cup Sugar
1/8 Tsp Cinnamon

2 Eggs (1/2 Cup "silky" tofu and 1/4 Cup water)

1/2 Cup Butter (Earth Balance) softened

2 Bananas - The softer the better

Preheat oven to 350º F.

Blend the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In a separate small bowl crack open the eggs. Make sure there are no shells in your bowl and whisk the eggs so the yolks are broken and blended. If you are using tofu whisk with water to make any eggy consistency. 

Using an electric mixer blend the eggs into the dry ingredients. Next mix in the butter until the mixture is fully blended. Cut the bananas into 1/2" slices and mix into batter in small amounts until both bananas are combined into the mixture. Place the batter in a greased/ sprayed loaf pan. Bake for at least 25 minutes. Bake until a toothpick can be inserted in the center and removes cleanly. Great for breakfast with coffee or tea. Thanks Mom!