From the article: Clever Uses for Ice Cube Trays
Ice cube trays can be used for so much more than making ice. Tell us how you use yours. Share Your Tip
ice tray use
- Living in a hot conuntry, we drink a lot of water in the summer. We prefer cold drinks or juices, but all this adds and increases sugar intake. We can fill ice trays with a cold drink or juice and drop one cube in a glass of plain water. looks decorative and flavours water too. Diabetics can also enjoy this.
- —Guest upinder sahni
Lemonade
- While this may not be the time of year for a lemonade stand, if you freeze some lemonade and then serve it in the drinks it doesn't wash out the flavor. This can also be done with Virgin Marys and similar drinks. Also if you cover the top of the ice cube trays and poke holes in them you can make mini-popsicles during the summer. Whole lot cheaper than an air conditioner :)
- —Guest Caroline Tigeress
uses for Ice cube trays
- I freeze left over coffee in them, then use it for flavoring iced drinks or microwave for a quick get away.
- —Guest diana
Pesto ice cubes
- I freeze pesto in individual ice cube trays and then add it to sauces, thaw for pizza etc...
- —Guest Numsa
lemon and lime
- I buy lemons or limes, squeeze them for juice then freeze in one tablespoon portions , ready for your recipe. NO more rotten fruit.
- —Guest windywoods
More than just the Kitchen
- I use ice cube trays in my dresser drawer to keep my earrings organized. They can hold over a dozen pairs and they stack very nicely.
- —Guest Angleggs2
ice cube tray race
- Best ice cube tray use- great for pre-gaming. Fill ice cube tray with beer. One person sits on one side of the tray, and another person sits on the other side. Each person has a straw, and at the same time you start sucking up the beer. First person to finish wins the ice cube tray race.
- —Guest kim
lava
- I use them to make home made surf wax. I pour the hot mix into the trays and when hardened I have nice sized surf wax cubes. Metal trays only. Plastic ones melt. I'm allergic to store bought wax.
- —Guest lava
Steel Ice Trays
- I have found some great steel ice trays, can't really use them as a picture frame, but they work very well for freezing things like pesto, fruit cubes, etc.. Find those here: http://www.healthegoods.com/product/stainless-steel-ice-cube-tray
- —Guest Tony
chocolate bars
- Pour melted chocolate in them and allow it to dry and harden; then, knock it out. Its not too much chocolate and not too little.
- —Guest jkjkjkjk
Drink Packets
- I Take Those Drink Packets That I Get For Water Bottles; And I Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays And Then I Put A Shake Of Powdered Drink Mix Into Each Cube And Freeze It. I Take Two Or Three Frozen Flavored Cubes And Put Them In My 16 oz Water Bottle; Along With About 10 oz Of Chilled Water
- —purpless51
Picture Frame
- Ice cube trays can be used to make a lovely frame. Step 1: colour the tray and then cut small pictures of your choice which fit in the cubes of the tray. It could be fruits, vegetables or any comic characters and accordingly hung either in your child's room or in the kitchen or near dining table. It is something very different and people will love this. It could be made and gifted too.
- —Guest Asmita
The oldest trick in the book
- Make ice cubes from tea and use them in iced tea, so it doesn't get diluted. Same process works for iced coffee, lemonade, or any other cold drink that you don't want weakened. I've been doing this type of thing for 50 years!
- —Guest GrandmaMae
Pesto
- We make tons of pesto and freeze it in ice cube trays. That way, we can just defrost a cube or two for our pasta, rather than defrosting the whole container, scooping some out, and then refreezing the rest.
- —french
Neat Idea
- Try this idea! Its crazy, but if you freeze any old tap or filtered water: you can use it in any drink to keep it cool. You can also blend it for smoothies.
- —Guest lewlew
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