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Thought these might be helpful in day to day life. Some are new to me.
Warming up pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove. Set heat
to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No
soggy microwave
pizza.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken
up. Add remainder of ingredients and 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/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
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. 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.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass. The
fibers catch ones you can't see!
Squirrel 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.
Easier "Thank You's"
When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of thank you cards For the
guest of honor. During the party, pass out the envelopes and Have
everyone put
their address on one. When the bride/new mom sends out the thank you's,
they're
all addressed already!
Bike owner
If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture Inside the
handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and later
recovered,
remove the grip and there is your proof of who owns the bike.
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.
Reducing Static Cling
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 a pin in seam of slacks and the static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot
water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your
ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield
Do you 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! It works
better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
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.
It
unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot 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 halfway with
Apple
Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing 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 & you don't have the worry about pets or
small children
being harmed!
Take baby powder to the beach Keep a small bottle of baby powder in
your beach
bag. When you're ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and
Thanks Carla. Since I am now doing my own cooking, and I'm a real failure, these will definitely come in handy.
Thanks. Very interesting and useful.