I'll take any shortcut I can get...

I heart shortcuts.

Whether I'm driving, working, cleaning, cooking...I just love a shortcut. Anything that can make my life easier and help me manage my time (and my sanity!) is worth it in my book. My latest shortcut obsession has to do with cooking.

I already have this love affair with Birdseye Steamfresh frozen veggies and now I have another goodie in my freezer that I just love, love, love...These little bits of frozen herbs rock. One cube equals to one teaspoon of herbal deliciousness and there are so many varieties to choose from! We currently have in our freezer the crushed ginger and the chopped parsley. Don't get me wrong, I love using fresh herbs, but when fresh isn't an option, this is the next best thing. I don't even want to reach into my spice cabinet anymore for the dried herbs!

Check out Dorot Foods and then head to your local grocery store to see if you can find this product in the frozen vegetable section. Don't let sticker shock get you because once you start using them you'll see why they're worth every last dime (and, if you are lucky like I was, maybe you'll catch them on a BOGO sale).

Edited on 4/1/09 to say that at my local Harris Teeter, the Dorot cubes are $2.99...and that's no April foolin'!

The picture above is from Dorot Food's website (gotta give credit where credit's due!).