Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Practical Home Tip: Always running out of Ice Cubes?

Do you always run out of ice cubes whenever you need it most? I do! All the time.

I love drinking juice and making home-made drinks such as iced tea and sago't gulaman for me and my family. But since I have a small fridge (5-cu ft) since we live in a small condo, I can only afford to store one tray of ice cubes in my freezer at a time (I need the rest of the space to freeze our fish and meat). So even if I immediately replace the ice cubes I consume, I still find myself 'ice-less' most of the time!

I already thought of adding more ice cube trays but the freezer space wouldn't just allow it. Between the fish & meat to store and the ice, of course, the priority's the fish & meat. One time, I bought a bag of ice tubes from 7-11 to use in my home-made iced tea but I was left with the same dilemma -- no space to store the leftover ice! We have this ice chest at home but it melts the leftover ice tubes after 10 hours!

And then I realize there are these small spaces left in the fridge after I fill it with containers holding the fish & meat and my single tray of cubes which isn't big enough for another ice tray nor an ice bag but big enough for a few of these:

I have been making this 'ice' in ice candy bags ever since and I no longer run out of ice whenever I need it most! What's best is it adds fun to my glass of juice or iced tea by using it as 'spoon' to mix my drink. :)

Try it!