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 “mucilage 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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