Old tree
It is unreasonable to throw away the old holiday tree,when he can find so many uses. Bath broom. To coniferous bouquet was not a tool for torture for you, soak it in boiling water for ten minutes - needles will become softer. And, of course, take a steam bath with such a broom without fanaticism - you shouldn't lash it hard on the skin. But a light massage with pine aroma is useful for skin and respiratory organs. A coniferous bath. Who has not reached the bath, can get healthier at home. Needles, cones, small branches fill with water at the rate of a pound for two liters and boil for about fifteen minutes. Let the cooked broth stand for three hours. Strain and pour into a bath of water, the temperature of which is not more than 37 degrees. Do not stay up longer than 15 minutes, and after water procedures, wrap yourself in a blanket and porlaxuse for another half an hour. Pack the needles in packages - so you can pamper yourself with coniferous spa treatments even until the next New Year.
Photo: Getty Images A face mask. It has downright healing properties, which is especially valuable in the first days after the holidays. You will need 1 tablespoon of coniferous broth, 2 tablespoons of soft cottage cheese and 1 teaspoon of honey. All this must be mixed, applied to the face and removed with a cotton pad after 10 minutes. Several of these masks - and you - as new. Body Scrub. Here, too, everything is simple. We take pine needles, dry tangerine crusts and sea salt. Pine needles and peel should be ground in a coffee grinder or ground in a mortar, add salt to the mixture in a 1: 1 ratio. Before the shower, add some warm water or shower gel to the scrub. Supports for hot. Here it is no longer needles, but the trunk of the forest beauty. Armed with a saw, we saw the trunk into small round or oval planks. They can be used as coasters for cups or by connecting several pieces with glue, for hot pots or pans.
A photo: Getty Images A coniferous pillow is another useful application for an obsolete Christmas tree. You will sleep soundly and forget about the cold. And all thanks to the essential oils that the tree allocates, they kill germs and act as a sedative. You can sew a pillow yourself or remove the filler from the finished one. In order not to sleep, as on needles, coniferous twigs need to be properly kneaded. And do not fill the pillow too tight, just a small layer. Well, so that the coniferous effect lasts as long as possible, do not forget to periodically change the filler. Means for cleaning floors. And no chemistry! True, in this case will have to work a little. You will need half a glass of soap shavings, a quarter cup of soda, a glass of salt, two glasses of decoction of needles. You can also add 2 teaspoons of essential coniferous oil, but this is optional. Add shavings, soda and salt to warm broth and heat until the ingredients dissolve. Cool, add pine oil and pour into a container with a lid. On a bucket of hot water will take 3-4 tablespoons of this tool. After washing the floors, wipe them with clean water, not forgetting to add vinegar. Animal feed. You can take part in the winter environmental campaign "Christmas trees, sticks, five buffalo." For the fourth time, activists of the “Rubbish no more” movement will hold it in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. On January 20, from 12:00 to 14:00, Christmas trees will be received at reception points - their addresses after January 10 can be specified on the page vk.com/elki_palki_bizoni. All collected trees will be recycled. They will be crushed with the help of a special crusher, and the received chips will be sent for plant nutrition, fertilizer and bedding for animals.
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Half eaten jelly
On the eve of the New Year, every second mistress preparesas much as her household and guests at once turned into voracious aliens with seven stomachs each, like the main character of the television series “Alph”. Is that culinary passions for cats do not feel. And only on January 1 comes the realization that in vain planed salads with basins and cooked as much jelly. The guests ate and left, and the refrigerator is not rubber. We’ll make it right away, Olivier after 12, maximum 18, we send it straight to the trash can, and the salad filled with mayonnaise is still alive for 10 hours. Remember the recipe: melt the jelly in a saucepan, add water for volume. Add chopped potatoes, grated carrots, a little later - pasta, chopped boiled egg and bay leaf. Salt, pepper and herbs - to taste. Your soup is ready! And you can cook delicious buckwheat porridge on jelly. Heat the remaining brawn, bring to a boil, add buckwheat and place in the oven on a small fire. After 20 minutes, porridge is ready.
Stormy sausage
Do not buy sliced meat delicacies -they are stored at times less, and are more expensive. But if you still bought and did not have time to eat, make a hodgepodge of sausage. For those who, under the chime of chimes, went over with alcohol, such a soup is a real balm for the stomach. Of course, ideally meat, smoked ribs, even recipes with beef kidneys are added to the hodgepodge in addition to the sausage. But we will work with what we have. So, fry the onions, grated carrots. After a few minutes, add the sausage and grated garlic clove, a little later - two salted cucumbers, cut into cubes. Shake the ready frying in the pan. Add potatoes, if desired - boiled beans. Fill with water. Salt, spices - to taste. We are waiting for the soup to boil, and then keep on fire until the potatoes are cooked. A few minutes before the readiness, pour in half a glass of tomato juice (adjika or tomato paste will also work). You can add olives, olives and a slice of lemon to the ready solyanka. You can bake a pizza from sausage slices, cook roasts in a pot. Or make a dressing for spaghetti - you just need to fry the smoked meats in butter and add cream.
Tangerine rind
Another extremely useful thing wemercilessly sent to the trash. Well-known housewives know dozens of ways to use tangerine peel. Brew teas, make tinctures and decoctions for colds, prepare candied fruits and add to the ground as a seasoning for meat. Happy owners of fireplaces will appreciate how easy it is to light a fire with dried citrus peelings. From tangerine peel, beautiful, and most importantly, fragrant candlesticks are obtained. Gently using a spoon to separate the skin from the pulp. Trim the edges of the bowl with scissors, make small windows on the walls and put a small candle inside - let the holiday in the house never end.
