
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
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Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
PEPPERS
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better
for cooking.
GREASE
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
OMELETTES
To really make scrambled eggs or omelettes rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
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COOL BROWNIES
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed.
Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies.
Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
GARLICKY or NOT TOO GARLICKY
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
DELICIOUS DESSERTS FROM LEFTOVERS?
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a
baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream!
REHEAT PIZZA
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm.
This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
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EASY DEVILED EGGS
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all brokenup.
Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg.
Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
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 with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them ina microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
NEWSPAPER CAN KEEP THE WEEDS AWAY
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wetnewspapers, 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 notget through wet newspapers.
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BROKEN GLASS
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
GOODBYE MOSQUITOES
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
SHOO SQUIRRELS AWAY
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
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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.
SAY NO TO STATIC CLINGS
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and .... ta daah! ... static is gone.
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MEASURING CUPS
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.
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FOGGY WINDSHIELD
Hate foggy windshields?
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!
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HAIR CONDITIONER instead of SHAVING CREAM
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner youbought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
ADIEU 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.
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!