You can flip a
toaster on its side and grill cheese in it.
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Reynolds Wrap
has lock in taps to hold the roll in place
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The color on
the bread tab indicates how fresh the bread is
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And those colors
are in alphabetical order: b, g, r, w, y.
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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.
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If you place a
wooden spoon over a pot of boiling water, it won't boil over.
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Marshmallows can cure a
sore throat. Perfect for kids who don't like medicine.
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Stuffing a
dryer sheet in your back pocket will repel mosquitoes.
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You can freeze
cupcake batter for later use.
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You can paint
upholstery. I did that with a couch.
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A dry erase
marker can be used on most desk tops.
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You can mail
anything that will take a stamp and weighs less than 13ounces without a box?
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If you break
your blender jar you can replace it with a mason jar.
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Cereal
canisters make the perfect trash can for your car.
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Here are a few
more.
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!
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!
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Add a teaspoon of water when frying
ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while
cooking.
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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.
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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.
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.
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