Coffee Filter Hack And What I Learned. 

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The word HACK to me is such a strange little word but so inventive.

A hack is a way to get through life using what we already have to get the job done without having to run out to finish what we are doing.

Hacks come in every shape and form and generally, it’s a creative new use for something that we have around but can use in other ways. 

What I love most is that once I learn a new hack, I am able to use it in so many new ways. 

That said, there are good hacks and bad. 

However, today’s hack will help you in the kitchen. 

Coffee Filter Hack And What I was in a Bind 

It was late at night, and the kids wanted a snack so I was not running back out to the grocery store.

Plagued by the thought that I would be scrubbing a microwave at 11 PM at night, I rethought my strategy and suddenly gave myself a life hack!

What needed covered? 

So what I did, was reinvent a type of cover that was perfect for the jar. 

With a lack of wax paper, or other options, I was really in a bind.

The lid was metal and therefore it left me without a way to cover the item.

What I did not want to do was clean up spatter at midnight.

Truly, caramel sauce does spatter the microwave.

Suddenly inspiration delivered a hack!

There was no way I was going to use 150 filters in one week so I was fine with using the coffee filters to cover my plates in the microwave.

 

Depending on the Coffee Filter 

 

Rather than using it right side up, I inverted it and used it right side down.

 

It is paper so it takes the moisture on and wicks it away. It is perfect as it makes its own dome.

 

If you need a bigger you just flattened it and you don’t use it with the creases.

 

It is actually the perfect solution for the smaller size type cover items that you need in the microwave.

This is a picture of the jar that I used whenever I was using my coffee filter hack.

I guess you could say desperation leads to inspiration.

 

Now, rather than tossing out all those extra coffee filters we have at home since we use K-Cups, I use this hack to cover from the potential spatter. 

Slick. Easy. Disposable. Coffee Filter Hack