Handy Kitchen Tips

I honey handy kitchen tips, don't you?  I don't know how many times I've had i of those Homer Simpson "D'oh!!" moments when I encounter something that I never idea of...yet seems thence obvious...like this tip:

Did yous know that the plastic lid from a Parmesan container volition likewise jibe a regular mouth bricklayer jar?  How handy is that !?!??

This side past times side tip is super handy for gift wrapping season, never accept to "find" the destination of the tape....D'ho!!

Did yous know that cranberry sauce freezes well? We are empty nesters too I abhor opening a tin bathroom of cranberry sauce, (or worse yet...make it) too and then non live able to purpose it all.  I works life that if yous pose it inwards a bricklayer appal (with enough of caput room) it freezes well. It never freezes solid, thence yous tin bathroom scoop out what yous necessitate (completely frozen it is yet the consistency of H2O ice cream) too and then pose the balance of the appal dorsum inwards the freezer.  15-20 minutes at room temp or an hr inwards the fridge too it is only equally adept equally fresh cranberry sauce!! We purpose a lot to a greater extent than these days (for baked chicken) because its e'er inwards the freezer!!

Remember Tang?  I buy it inwards gallon cans from Costco too in i trial a calendar month or so, I pose two cups of it inwards my dishwasher too run a super hot wheel through. The dishwasher gets sparkling build clean too smells fantastic!!

I purchase soil beef inwards mass packages, too then split too freeze it.  I works life that if yous wind the soil beef (tightly) alongside plastic wind BEFORE yous pose it into a Ziploc bag, there will be ZERO freezer bathroom or H2O ice crystals. Also, since there is only the two of us, I split the burger into a broad arrive at of sizes...some equally petty equally 1/4 pound; I too then pose all of the mini-packages into i big Ziploc handbag too freeze...it works cracking too a lot less waste.

Do yous necessitate room temperature cream cheese inwards a hurry?  Take an 8 ounce block out of the wrapper too microwave it, on high, for xiii seconds. Do yous necessitate room temperature butter inwards a hurry?  Grate the butter onto a slice of waxed newspaper too allow it sit down for a few minutes.

This petty fridge magnet, inwards the cast of a Pyrex mensuration loving cup has been on my fridge for at to the lowest degree twenty years too I nurture to it all of the time.  I've had it thence long that I can't fifty-fifty recall where it came from, I only know that it has been ultra handy too has answered many cooking questions for me over the years. If yous ever encounter one, or notice a similar one...grab it, yous volition non live sorry.