Helpful hints.
Did you know?
You can flip a toaster on its side and
grill cheese in it. – Source
Reynolds Wrap has lock in taps to hold the
roll in place – Source
The color on the bread tab indicates how
fresh the bread is – Source
And those colors are in alphabetical
order: b, g, r, w, y.
You can divide and store ground meat in a
zip loc bag. Just break off how much you need and keep the rest in the
freezer for later. So much easier than dividing and individually wrapping
each pound or half pound. – Source
If you place a wooden spoon over a pot of
boiling water, it won’t boil over. – Source
Marshmallows can cure a
sore throat. Perfect for kids who don’t like medicine. – Source
Stuffing a dryer sheet in your back pocket
will repel mosquitoes. – Source
You can freeze cupcake batter for later
use. - Source
You can paint upholstery. – Source
You can make your own laundry soap. – Source
You can dye plastic buttons. - Source
You can run a paper bag through your
printer. – Source
You can print directly onto fabric. – Source
A dry erase marker can be used on most
desk tops. – Source
You can mail anything that will take a
stamp and weighs less than 13ounces without a box? - Source
If you break your blender jar you can
replace it with a mason jar. – Source
Cereal canisters make the perfect trashcan
for your car. – Source
Medicine cabinets are NOT the safest place
for medicine – Source
Here are a few more.
Take
your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store
your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold! (But you can scrape
off any mold and still eat the
cheese without changes in flavor!
Peppers with 3 bumps
on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer
and stronger flavored.
Add
a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To
make scrambled eggs or omelets rich
add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in
and then beat them up.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you
want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if you
want a stronger taste of garlic.
Reheat
leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on
top of the stove, on med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust
crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
Easy
Deviled Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks
in a zip lock bag, seal, mash, add remainder of ingredients, keep mashing,
mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just
throw the bag away!
Expanding
Frosting: When you buy a
container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a
few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
for the same price. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating
refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits,
pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with
a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it
reheat faster.
Newspaper
weeds away: Plant your plants
in the ground; work the nutrients in your soil. Then wet newspapers, put
layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover with mulch, and
forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will
not get through wet newspapers.
To
keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne
pepper. The cayenne pepper
doesn’t hurt the plant: squirrels won’t come near it.
Flexible
vacuum: To get something
out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or
empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in
narrow openings.
Pin
a small safety pin to the seam of your slip or slacks to eliminate static
cling. It works; you will
not have a clingy skirt or dress, or slacks when wearing panty hose; … Ta
DA! … Static is gone.
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry cup. Next, add your
ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
De-fog
your windshield: Buy a chalkboard
eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub
with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Re-opening
envelopes: If you seal an
envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just
place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It
unseals easily. Only for old- fashioned ‘lick-type envelopes!
Use
your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really
smooth.
Goodbye
Fruit Flies: To get rid of pesky
fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2′ with Apple Cider Vinegar
and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies
drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get
Rid of Ants: Put small piles of
cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it ‘home,’ can’t digest it
so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it
works and you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being
harmed!
Drop a small object
on the carpet and can’t find it. Place panty hose over the end of the vacuum hose and start
vacuuming. The panty hose will keep it from getting sucked into the vacuum.
Need
to cut some corn off the cob. Use your Bundt pan. Place the ear on
the opening in the center of the pan, and as you slide the knife down the
ear, all the kernels will collect in the main part of the pan.
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