Innovative and Often Time Saving Kitchen Tips. Why Don’t You Try Them?

Innovative and Often Time Saving Kitchen Tips. Why Don’t You Try Them?

1. Make your fingers wet to easily remove egg shells from the egg white and yolk.

2. Use cookie cutters to fry some creative eggs. (Do not use plastic ones, though.)

3. If an egg is fresh it will sink in water if it is off, it will float.

4. Unscented dental floss can cut soft foods e.g. cheese.

5. Put ice cream containers in a zip lock bag and it will stay as soft as when you first opened it.

6. Tongs can be used to juice a lemon.

7. You can perfectly dice avocados with a potato masher.

8. Use a waffle iron to fry bacon.

9. A cheesegrater can also grate nutmeg.

10. Use a coffee grinder for whole spices to make your own blends.

11. Tap on a butcher’s knife with a mallet to cut a squash.

12. Use cookie cutters to shape whipped cream on your hot chocolate.

13. Grill your fish on top of a bed of lemons to infuse the fish and stop it from sticking to the grill.

14. Freeze lemons and water in cupcake tins for large ice cubes.

15. Use tic tac containers for smaller amounts of spices.

16. To remove the smell of garlic from your hands, rub them on stainless steel.

17. Sprinkle lemon juice on a sliced avocado to stop it turning brown.

18. Run a knife under hot water to cut perfect cake slices.

19. Use a bottle opener to open jars by lifting the edge of the lid until you hear a pop.

20. For a disposable funnel use an envelope with a corner cut off.

21. Add chocolate truffles to a mug of hot milk to make your own hot chocolate.

22. To remove fat from a soup or stew drop ice cubes into them to reveal congealed fat that will be easy to scoop out.

23. To prevent water from boiling over rest a wooden spoon across the pan of boiling  water.

24. Wrap clingfilm around the stalk of a banana to keep it from over-ripening.

25. To cook bacon with an iron wrap it in foil and use the iron to heat thoroughly.

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