A Kitchen Must Have!

I was cooking a lemon rosemary pork tenderloin recently and I was using my great digital meat thermometer to make sure that I didn’t over cook it, I left the probe in the meat while it was cooking and when the alarm went off signaling it was done I took it out of the oven. I reached around to finish a few other items for dinner and absentmindedly grabbed the probe out of the tenderloin with my finger and thumb. OUCH! It felt like a slow motion event as it took a split second for my fingers to tell my brain that I just did something really dumb. I have no idea why I would have thought that the probe would have cooled in a matter of 2 minutes but my fingers were on fire and I was in a ton of pain! I ran to the sink to try to cool them down since the oven was at 400 degrees. Luckily, my husband was home and ran to my rescue. He grabbed the kitchen scissors and cut a large piece off of our aloe plant. He cut open the piece and rubbed the gel all over my finger. It still burned and I was concerned that things were going to get worse. I was already crying and my kiddos were getting concerned, probably because they don’t like mama to be sad and they were starving. I knew aloe was good for sunburns but I had no idea how it would work on my finger burn. Thank God, aloe really works! Within 30 minutes the pain had significantly decreased. I was able to finish dinner, feed my hungry kiddos and I never had a single blister, bump or scar! I am a huge believer in natural solutions but I had no idea that a plant on my windowsill would have saved my fingers. I have made it my mission to make sure all of my friends have an aloe plant now. It is a great house warming gift because you don’t know when you might need. I am soooooo thankful I picked up this cute little plant on a whim one day. My fingers are proof that the plant is a miracle worker, taking away the pain and not a single mark.  If you don’t have one of these plants, I encourage you to grab one the next time you are out and about. It’s such a small investment and really easy to care for. In fact, I have a hard time keeping plants alive but aloe is super hardy! I have had my plant for over a year and it has probably tripled in size and I have forgotten to water it for several weeks but it’s still alive and thriving.

~ Katie