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I have a friend who sends me these emails and I thought I would share them with you (as I get them I'll post them)
• Onion Scented Hands After cutting onions no doubt your hands smell like, well, onions. Get rid of the smell by washing under warm water while rubbing them with a stainless steal spoon.
• Onion smell on hands Stainless steel and water thing really works well for onion and garlic smell on hands.
• Perfect Pancakes Use a meat baster to measure out and make the perfect pancakes you have always dreamed of. Just squeeze the batter out of the baster on to the griddle.
• Pizza Cutter for a Knife Instead of using a knife or fork to cut things up such as pancakes, chicken patties, spaghetti and hot dogs, try using a pizza cutter! It is quick, and less messy, especially with the stickier things like pancakes & syrup! The pizza cutter can be used to cut virtually anything!
• Pizza Cutter Uses For small children, use a pizza cutter to cut pancakes, waffles, French toast, cold cuts, bread or almost anything into small, bite size pieces.
• Pour Away Do you want to save sauces, gravies or the like, but cannot stand the mess it makes putting it in a Ziploc bag? Well, all you need to do is put the bag into a cup or shallow bowl, large enough to spread open the bag. Then just ladle or pour your sauce or gravy into the bag. When done, pull out the bag and zip shut. No messier bag openings! Press out the air to store flat and keep fresh in refrigerator or freezer.
• Preventing eggs from cracking Not only does adding some salt to the water prevent cracking but a little white vinegar added to the water also works. I use this more often because it actually works better.
• Punch Bowl Cake 1 box Twinkies 1 Jar Cherries 1 tub Cool Whip 1 can crush pineapple 1 Punch Bowl or Large Mixing Bowl Take the Twinkies out of the box and wrapper and crumble them save 1 Twinkie for the top. Pour in 1/2 jar of cherries do not add too much juice, drain the pineapple and put in the whole can mix; then add the rest of the cherries (Save one for the top). Add whipped cream crumble the extra Twinkie on top put a glob of cool whip on top of that and add a cherry, chill for about 30 min, and serve.
• Quick steamed veggies For mommies and daddies who want a quick but healthy meal, try steamed veggies. Simply put carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, etc. in a plastic baggie. Add a couple tbsps. Water with your favorite seasoning and microwave for a couple of minutes. Be sure leave a small opening in the seal to allow steam to escape. When opening, be very careful of the steam. Adjust microwave times for the texture of the veggies.
• Quick Sunday Meal For a home cooked Sunday meal; you do not have to miss church & slave over a hot stove. Our crock-pot & bread maker are lifesavers on Sundays, and just about every other day. I just put a roast (any kind of meat will do) with a little onion soup mix in the crock-pot along with potatoes, carrots, peppers, etc. I cook this on high for about 4 hours. Then get your bread started in the machine, and set the timer. When you get home, you will have a hot meal. This quick meal only takes me about 20-30 minutes to throw together. Easy clean up too!
• Reduce the fat Substitute applesauce for vegetable oil in your baking recipes. You will reduce the fat content. Eg. : 1/2 cup vegetable oil = 1/4 cup applesauce + 1/4 cup oil.
• Remove Onion Smell from Hands To get the onion smell off your hands, simply wet them and gently rub them in salt. Then rinse and wash as usual.
• Removing Burnt-On Food To remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop - the skillet will be much easier to clean.
• Rice Krispies Made Easy Hate those sticky hands. Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan or out.
• Salad every night Young kids love to help and hate to eat veggies. I have mine help make a salad to go with dinner every night and it not only gives them a sense of pride and something to do, the fact that the salad was their creation is enough to get them to eat it. Use precut veggies and croutons and let them ix away all on their own.
• Save Those Onions Prevent onions from sprouting by wrapping each one in foil. This generally will keep them firm for quite some time. If onions start to become soft, but are not spoiled, chop them and freeze in plastic bags.
• Save your butter wrapper! Whenever you use butter or margarine, save the wrapper and place it in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. When you need to butter a pan and cannot use cooking spray, simply wipe the wrapper across the pan and then discard it. Works great and saves money!
• Saving Your Tupperware and Plastic Containers Before zapping that casserole or spaghetti in the microwave, just spray your Tupperware, or plastic containers, with Pam spray then put it in and microwave away with out any worry, and you will save your containers from any stains or wear and tear for years to come!
• scaling fish easily If fish have been out of water for some time, scale them easily by first dipping them in boiling water
• Short one egg? If a recipe calls for several eggs and you are short one, use a teaspoon of cornstarch as a substitute for the missing egg.
• Sick of Cleaning out Greasy Measuring Cups When you measure butter, Crisco, peanut butter or anything else hard to clean in a measuring cup, put plastic wrap in the cup first. You will still have an exact measurement and you can just pull out the plastic wrap to find a clean measuring cup. Another great use for the plastic wrap is to grease the pan. Once you have dumped the measured amount in your recipe, you can use the Crisco or butter that is left on the plastic wrap to grease the pan. These tips make for a faster clean-up time and you will not waste the leftover!
• Sick of Hard Tomatoes? If you have a problem with always having hard tomatoes, it is probably because you are putting them in the refrigerator. Keep your tomatoes turned upside-down in a basket on the counter and they will be much softer for serving and last longer.
• Skillet Stuck-on Food when foods are stuck to the bottom or sides of the skillet you cooked them in, fill the skillet with water and a couple drops of dishwashing soap. Heat the water on the stove to a boil and the food should peel right off.
• Skinning garlic the skin of a garlic clove will slip off more easily if you soak it in hot water a few seconds.
• Slippery fruit my children always had a hard time picking up bananas and other slippery fruit so I coat them with crushed graham crackers or animal crackers or bran, whatever is on hand and they can pick them up with ease. It was also great for my second child who hated to eat anything slippery!
• Smell of Citrus Take an orange or lemon "anything with a peel" cut it in half dig out the fruit and pour about 1/4 of a cup of salt into the rind. Set on top of fridge or any place out of reach of children. The salt will pull the fragrance out and fill your house up with your favorite citrus scent.
• Smelly Onion Hands- No More! To get rid of that awful smell on your hands after chopping onions, just grab anything made of stainless steel (a spoon, spatula, measuring cup, etc.) While holding the item, run your hand under cool running water. Within seconds, smell is gone.
• Soft Cookies to keep home baked cookies soft place them in an airtight container after they cool and put a half slice of bread in the container. The cookies will stay soft and moist.
• Solve the Burned Rice Problem if you have ever burned rice while cooking it, here is a tried and true method to eliminate that smokey taste from the rice. Take a small glass, approximately 4 oz.; you want to be able to fit it inside the pot that the rice was cooked in. Place the rice in the center of the pot of rice, pushing it in until only the bottom of the glass shows through the rice. Place the cover back on the pot and let it sit for ten - fifteen minutes, depending on how much rice you have prepared. The glass absorbs the smoke from the rice, and although you may still smell the smoke there will be no burned flavor to your rice
• Onion Scented Hands After cutting onions no doubt your hands smell like, well, onions. Get rid of the smell by washing under warm water while rubbing them with a stainless steal spoon.
• Onion smell on hands Stainless steel and water thing really works well for onion and garlic smell on hands.
• Perfect Pancakes Use a meat baster to measure out and make the perfect pancakes you have always dreamed of. Just squeeze the batter out of the baster on to the griddle.
• Pizza Cutter for a Knife Instead of using a knife or fork to cut things up such as pancakes, chicken patties, spaghetti and hot dogs, try using a pizza cutter! It is quick, and less messy, especially with the stickier things like pancakes & syrup! The pizza cutter can be used to cut virtually anything!
• Pizza Cutter Uses For small children, use a pizza cutter to cut pancakes, waffles, French toast, cold cuts, bread or almost anything into small, bite size pieces.
• Pour Away Do you want to save sauces, gravies or the like, but cannot stand the mess it makes putting it in a Ziploc bag? Well, all you need to do is put the bag into a cup or shallow bowl, large enough to spread open the bag. Then just ladle or pour your sauce or gravy into the bag. When done, pull out the bag and zip shut. No messier bag openings! Press out the air to store flat and keep fresh in refrigerator or freezer.
• Preventing eggs from cracking Not only does adding some salt to the water prevent cracking but a little white vinegar added to the water also works. I use this more often because it actually works better.
• Punch Bowl Cake 1 box Twinkies 1 Jar Cherries 1 tub Cool Whip 1 can crush pineapple 1 Punch Bowl or Large Mixing Bowl Take the Twinkies out of the box and wrapper and crumble them save 1 Twinkie for the top. Pour in 1/2 jar of cherries do not add too much juice, drain the pineapple and put in the whole can mix; then add the rest of the cherries (Save one for the top). Add whipped cream crumble the extra Twinkie on top put a glob of cool whip on top of that and add a cherry, chill for about 30 min, and serve.
• Quick steamed veggies For mommies and daddies who want a quick but healthy meal, try steamed veggies. Simply put carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, etc. in a plastic baggie. Add a couple tbsps. Water with your favorite seasoning and microwave for a couple of minutes. Be sure leave a small opening in the seal to allow steam to escape. When opening, be very careful of the steam. Adjust microwave times for the texture of the veggies.
• Quick Sunday Meal For a home cooked Sunday meal; you do not have to miss church & slave over a hot stove. Our crock-pot & bread maker are lifesavers on Sundays, and just about every other day. I just put a roast (any kind of meat will do) with a little onion soup mix in the crock-pot along with potatoes, carrots, peppers, etc. I cook this on high for about 4 hours. Then get your bread started in the machine, and set the timer. When you get home, you will have a hot meal. This quick meal only takes me about 20-30 minutes to throw together. Easy clean up too!
• Reduce the fat Substitute applesauce for vegetable oil in your baking recipes. You will reduce the fat content. Eg. : 1/2 cup vegetable oil = 1/4 cup applesauce + 1/4 cup oil.
• Remove Onion Smell from Hands To get the onion smell off your hands, simply wet them and gently rub them in salt. Then rinse and wash as usual.
• Removing Burnt-On Food To remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop - the skillet will be much easier to clean.
• Rice Krispies Made Easy Hate those sticky hands. Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan or out.
• Salad every night Young kids love to help and hate to eat veggies. I have mine help make a salad to go with dinner every night and it not only gives them a sense of pride and something to do, the fact that the salad was their creation is enough to get them to eat it. Use precut veggies and croutons and let them ix away all on their own.
• Save Those Onions Prevent onions from sprouting by wrapping each one in foil. This generally will keep them firm for quite some time. If onions start to become soft, but are not spoiled, chop them and freeze in plastic bags.
• Save your butter wrapper! Whenever you use butter or margarine, save the wrapper and place it in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. When you need to butter a pan and cannot use cooking spray, simply wipe the wrapper across the pan and then discard it. Works great and saves money!
• Saving Your Tupperware and Plastic Containers Before zapping that casserole or spaghetti in the microwave, just spray your Tupperware, or plastic containers, with Pam spray then put it in and microwave away with out any worry, and you will save your containers from any stains or wear and tear for years to come!
• scaling fish easily If fish have been out of water for some time, scale them easily by first dipping them in boiling water
• Short one egg? If a recipe calls for several eggs and you are short one, use a teaspoon of cornstarch as a substitute for the missing egg.
• Sick of Cleaning out Greasy Measuring Cups When you measure butter, Crisco, peanut butter or anything else hard to clean in a measuring cup, put plastic wrap in the cup first. You will still have an exact measurement and you can just pull out the plastic wrap to find a clean measuring cup. Another great use for the plastic wrap is to grease the pan. Once you have dumped the measured amount in your recipe, you can use the Crisco or butter that is left on the plastic wrap to grease the pan. These tips make for a faster clean-up time and you will not waste the leftover!
• Sick of Hard Tomatoes? If you have a problem with always having hard tomatoes, it is probably because you are putting them in the refrigerator. Keep your tomatoes turned upside-down in a basket on the counter and they will be much softer for serving and last longer.
• Skillet Stuck-on Food when foods are stuck to the bottom or sides of the skillet you cooked them in, fill the skillet with water and a couple drops of dishwashing soap. Heat the water on the stove to a boil and the food should peel right off.
• Skinning garlic the skin of a garlic clove will slip off more easily if you soak it in hot water a few seconds.
• Slippery fruit my children always had a hard time picking up bananas and other slippery fruit so I coat them with crushed graham crackers or animal crackers or bran, whatever is on hand and they can pick them up with ease. It was also great for my second child who hated to eat anything slippery!
• Smell of Citrus Take an orange or lemon "anything with a peel" cut it in half dig out the fruit and pour about 1/4 of a cup of salt into the rind. Set on top of fridge or any place out of reach of children. The salt will pull the fragrance out and fill your house up with your favorite citrus scent.
• Smelly Onion Hands- No More! To get rid of that awful smell on your hands after chopping onions, just grab anything made of stainless steel (a spoon, spatula, measuring cup, etc.) While holding the item, run your hand under cool running water. Within seconds, smell is gone.
• Soft Cookies to keep home baked cookies soft place them in an airtight container after they cool and put a half slice of bread in the container. The cookies will stay soft and moist.
• Solve the Burned Rice Problem if you have ever burned rice while cooking it, here is a tried and true method to eliminate that smokey taste from the rice. Take a small glass, approximately 4 oz.; you want to be able to fit it inside the pot that the rice was cooked in. Place the rice in the center of the pot of rice, pushing it in until only the bottom of the glass shows through the rice. Place the cover back on the pot and let it sit for ten - fifteen minutes, depending on how much rice you have prepared. The glass absorbs the smoke from the rice, and although you may still smell the smoke there will be no burned flavor to your rice