Sweet shortcuts

• What’s on sale in March? Winter clothes and cover-ups, camping and gardening equipment, washer/dryer combos and tableware and china.

• Use your muffin pan to bake hot potatoes. Stand the potatoes on end in the cups. They bake faster and are easy to grab with an oven mitt.

• “If you place an apple in your bag of potatoes, you can keep them from budding.” — T.C. in Washington