Prevent Microwave Dryness
Microwaves can cause food to dry out. But there is a way to combat this.
Place a cup of water next to your food in the microwave when you cook
it. Then you can even make a cup of tea with your hot water. Say it with
me: Two birds, one stone, especially, if you want to warm your pizza slices !
Easy way to grate cheese
Make grating semisoft cheeses like mozzarella easy. Just put it in the
freezer for about 30 minutes. It will be much easier to grate this way,
and easier to grip.
Tear free way to chop onion
Chopping onions can turn you into a weepy mess. To avoid this just
freeze your onion before chopping. Just make sure you cook the onions
right after you freeze and chop them or else they’ll get soggy when they
thaw. You can also hold a slice of bread in your mouth to prevent the
tear-inducing gases from reaching your eye. Another trick is to keep the onion in the fridge for some hours, then chop or wash onion and then chop !
Clean Wooden cutting boards
Bacteria can build up if you don’t properly clean your wooden cutting
boards. Cut a lemon in half and dip the cut side with coarse salt. Use
it to scrub your cutting board clean, then rinse.
Make pitting cherries easy
Place a cherry on top of an empty beer bottle. Use a chopstick to
squeeze the pit out of the cherry. The pit will fall into the bottle.
Then you’ll have yourself a free maraca. That’s two birds with one
cherry stone.
Easy way To Cut Cherry Tomatoes
Here’s the secret to safely cutting cherry tomatoes. Place your cherry
tomatoes in between two plates. The bottom plate should be upside-down.
Run a knife in between the two plates.
Preserve herbs
Don’t let your herbs dry out or go bad. You can preserve them by placing
them in an ice tray with olive oil or water. Freeze them and take out
when you’re ready to cook with them.
De-crystalize Some Honey
Honey can become crystallized and hard to use after a while. You can
reverse the crystallization by placing it in a bowl of hot water for 5
to 10 minutes. Then it will be as good as new.
To speed-up fruit ripening
Don’t want to wait for that peach or banana to ripen on its own? Put
your fruit in a paper bag and toss it. The concentrated ethylene gas
will help it to ripen faster.
Brew Coffee Without Coffee Machine
Boil coffee in a pot of water using the same coffee to water ratio as
you’d put in a coffee maker. Remove the coffee from the heat and let the
grounds settle for four or five minutes. Ladle the coffee off of the
top of the pot into a mug.