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Helpful Kitchen Tips and Tricks

02/10/2012 By Tammi 180 Comments

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looking for some genius helpful kitchen tips and tricks? I tried a number of these, they work like a charm!

helpful kitchen tips and tricks
 

Helpful Kitchen Tips and Tricks
 
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1. For smelly hands after chopping onions or garlic, rub them on a stainless steel spoon. The steel will absorb the odor.

2. Over-salt a pot of soup? Drop in a peeled potato, it will absorb the excess salt.

3. Not sure if your eggs are fresh? Place them in about four inches of water. Eggs that stay on the bottom are fresh. If only one end tips up, the egg is less fresh and should be used soon. If it floats, it’s past the fresh stage.

4. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.

5. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag, put an apple in with them.

6. Making soup, sauce, or a casserole that is too fatty or greasy? drop in an ice cube. The ice will attract the fat, which you can then scoop out. Or, sweep a piece of bread over the top of the liquid – the oil will be attracted to the bread!

7. If your milk always goes bad before you can finish it, add a pinch of salt to the carton when you first open it, It’ll stay fresh days longer.

8. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to keep them from getting stinky.

9. Cottage cheese will remain fresher for longer, if you store it upside down in the refrigerator.

10. To prevent fat from splattering when frying sausage or bacon, try flouring them lightly.

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Comments

  1. Julia says

    02/10/2012 at 5:48 pm

    #7 will never be a problem in my house. We go through milk so fast it’s ridiculous. Great tips!

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/10/2012 at 8:40 pm

      Same here Julia, I do know people that never seem to finish their milk though, before it goes bad. What’s that like? lol

      Reply
    • Rita says

      05/10/2014 at 12:16 pm

      I put my milk into creamer containers which hold around 1 quart and freeze it. There is only myself in the home and I hate to buy a half gallon of milk which is sometimes only fifty to seventy-five cents cheaper than a gallon.
      And with turning the cottage cheese container upside down…always make sure the lid is on real, real tight…believe me, I can speak from experience.
      Also, turning peanut butter upside down will keep the oils in it better distributed.

      Reply
  2. Nancy says

    02/10/2012 at 8:12 pm

    No freaking way. I’m definitely going to use # 5!!!

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/10/2012 at 8:39 pm

      Ha!! I know, Nancy – of them all, I did a little cheer with #5 too!
      🙂

      Reply
      • niki says

        05/26/2012 at 10:16 pm

        me too!

        Reply
  3. Curt says

    02/11/2012 at 5:44 am

    Great tips, and all very useful. Seems salt solves most of the kitchen woes!

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/11/2012 at 6:35 pm

      Yep, salt might be the top thing to have on hand!

      Reply
      • mongupp says

        02/06/2015 at 11:24 pm

        salt is amazing!

        Reply
  4. Pam says

    02/11/2012 at 7:15 am

    Great tips, Tammi. I think I’ll be referring to your post often in the future 🙂

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/11/2012 at 6:36 pm

      Hope it helps you in the kitchen!

      Reply
  5. Cooking Lady says

    02/11/2012 at 7:45 am

    These are some very good tips that we all should remember, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  6. Monica says

    02/11/2012 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks for the tips Tammi, I had never before heard of #’s 4, 5, 7 or 9….and here I thought I knew my way around the kitchen! lol

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/11/2012 at 6:37 pm

      I had no idea that you should store cottage cheese upside down! Now, hopefully I’ll remember to…
      🙂

      Reply
  7. julie g says

    02/11/2012 at 4:20 pm

    I’m gonna try number 5

    Reply
  8. Bonnie Banters says

    02/11/2012 at 8:55 pm

    All helpful…really like the one about the milk! Thanks!

    Reply
  9. Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says

    02/12/2012 at 4:26 pm

    Those are so cool!
    I didn’t know half of those 🙂

    Reply
  10. Randa says

    02/13/2012 at 10:51 am

    Never heard the cottage cheese one. I’ll have to try it. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Tammi says

      02/13/2012 at 11:54 am

      Bought Cottage Cheese today – it’s upside down ing the fridge! lol

      Reply
      • Chandra Christine O'Connor says

        08/07/2013 at 12:26 pm

        but why does it stay fresher upside down?

        Reply
        • Amie says

          09/23/2013 at 7:30 am

          Great list! Thanks for posting! Had never heard about the cottage cheese one!

          Reply
        • Ruth says

          02/01/2014 at 8:59 am

          It makes the container airtight

          Reply
  11. Cheryl Morreale (@loucheryl) says

    02/19/2012 at 8:20 pm

    These are awesome tips. I love the cottage cheese tip. The fresher egg tip was really interesting too!

    Reply
  12. Tammy says

    02/20/2012 at 10:17 am

    Wow thanks for sharing, a few of these I already do but the rest are new to me, awesome!!!

    Reply
  13. Katie says

    02/21/2012 at 4:04 am

    Thank you for the great tips…XoXo

    Reply
  14. Penny says

    02/21/2012 at 4:43 pm

    Hi,

    Thank you for the great tips. I look forward to sharing them with friends and family.

    Reply
  15. julia g says

    02/27/2012 at 11:06 pm

    I love tips 8 and 10; will be sure to try.

    Reply
  16. Kathleen says

    02/29/2012 at 4:03 pm

    Cool! I’ve done the potato one once when I oversalted a dish. The cottage cheese one is weird! Thanks.

    Reply
  17. Shash says

    03/01/2012 at 11:33 am

    I’m printing these out for the fridge. 🙂 Thanks Tammi xoxox

    Reply
  18. Ellen Monheit says

    03/01/2012 at 1:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing! And I thought I knew it all! lol

    Reply
  19. Caitlin Waldo says

    04/26/2012 at 7:40 pm

    Awesome Tips! Love #5 will have to try that

    Reply
  20. faythe says

    05/21/2012 at 10:12 pm

    Going to go put a pinch of salt in my empty plastic containers..I hate stinky plastic containers.
    thanks for the tips

    Reply
  21. Denver internet marketing says

    05/22/2012 at 10:02 am

    These are all really great tips! I didn’t really know salt had so many additional uses to keep stuff fresh. I knew that in mass quantities it worked as a preservative, but I didn’t realize just a pinch would do. Great post thanks for sharing

    Reply
  22. susan platana says

    05/24/2012 at 10:37 am

    great tips tammi!

    Reply
  23. Melissa says

    06/02/2012 at 9:19 pm

    Im going to try the apple in with the potatoes thing! I always buy bags that are too big for 2 of us to go through in a hurry,always get sprouty ones!

    Reply
  24. Tara says

    06/05/2012 at 8:48 am

    Awesome, I had no idea!

    Reply
  25. Jamie Goodwin says

    06/06/2012 at 8:34 pm

    What makes the difference with the cottage cheese container, how do you know if its upside down or not. I mean what would make the difference besides the writing on the outside. LOL the top could be the bottom and vice versa….

    Reply
  26. mom says

    06/11/2012 at 6:48 am

    I have been cooking for over 30 years but didn’t know about # 2.
    Great tip. Thanks.

    Reply
  27. Candlelight Obsession says

    06/11/2012 at 1:42 pm

    Great tips!

    Reply
  28. Candlelight Obsession says

    06/11/2012 at 1:59 pm

    Wow, very helpful!!!!

    Reply
  29. Amy Louis says

    06/21/2012 at 10:23 am

    #2 does not work. Cooks Illustrated did a big test on this a few years back. The potato does not absorb the salt. Once you’ve oversalted the soup, it’s pretty much going to stay salty. The only way to possibly salvage it is to try to mask the flavor with something else, like lemon juice, or doubling the recipe to dilute the salt.

    This tip keeps getting passed around as gospel but it does not work.

    Reply
  30. carol j says

    07/01/2012 at 7:33 am

    These are great tips. Love these types of post. We could all use the tips or reminders.

    Reply
  31. Sandra says

    01/22/2013 at 9:12 am

    I never knew the trick about eggs, that is a good one to know!

    Reply
  32. Robyn L says

    01/22/2013 at 10:30 am

    love the tip about storing Cottage Cheese and must try it. thanks.

    Reply
  33. Cheryl says

    01/25/2013 at 10:09 am

    Thank you for the tips for the kitchen:)

    Reply
  34. Jeannelle says

    01/25/2013 at 10:22 am

    Lots of interesting tips I’d love to try!

    Reply
  35. The Weary Chef says

    01/29/2013 at 11:36 pm

    I wish I had read #6 sooner! I made French Dip sandwiches tonight, and the au jus was way too oily. Next time I’ll drop an ice cube in the pot or use the bread trick in the dipping bowls before serving. Thanks for all the great tips.

    Reply
  36. Scarlet says

    02/02/2013 at 7:36 am

    #1 was news to me! Really? I have always heard rub them on a lemon! Stumbled.

    Reply
  37. Christine H says

    02/02/2013 at 10:30 am

    Very helpful! Thanks!

    Reply
  38. Pleasant says

    02/02/2013 at 2:19 pm

    Eggs can make you sick if eaten raw. This is because of what is on the outside of the shell. The shell is very porous do note that when you do place it in water ( same goes for washing eggs ) the harmful germs can very easily get inside the egg. I would check 1 egg and if all is ok then throw it away and use the others. My mom in law taught micro-biology and told me never to eat an egg that came into contact with water while inside the shell.

    Reply
  39. Crystal Walker says

    02/08/2013 at 5:39 pm

    I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD RUB STAINLESS STEAL TO REMOVE ONION SMELL, COOL

    Reply
  40. DAWN B says

    02/09/2013 at 5:15 am

    Storing Cottage Cheese UPSIDE DOWN?!?!?!? I will try it, but can’t figure out how it will make a difference! 😉

    Reply
  41. Harvinderks says

    02/10/2013 at 8:19 am

    I knew a few of them but some are new to me. I will be storing my cottage cheese upside down from now on!

    Reply
  42. Katie McDonald says

    02/12/2013 at 7:34 am

    Great tip and tricks, thank you.

    Reply
  43. Cathy C says

    02/12/2013 at 11:31 am

    Love the icecube in the sauces tip and the apple with the potatoes tip. I will definitley by trying these. Excellent ideas I tweeted about this post – this is must be shared stuff. Thx

    Reply
  44. Patricia says

    02/13/2013 at 6:57 am

    to prevent overboiling – put a wooden spoon over top -> doesn’t totally solve the problem in some cases (ie pasta), but it does help

    Reply
  45. Jennifer McLean says

    02/14/2013 at 2:36 am

    these are some great tips, lol. I totally didn’t know about the cottage chess one!

    Reply
  46. Raine says

    02/14/2013 at 8:31 pm

    What cool and super helpful tips-how strange about the cottage cheese, and the uses for salt I never would have possibly thought of. Shared & can’t wait to show my mom. TY 🙂

    Reply
  47. valerie godin says

    02/15/2013 at 9:34 am

    Thanks for the tips and tricks 🙂

    Reply
  48. Teresa M. says

    02/17/2013 at 11:13 am

    #2 – I wish I had read this when I made Split Pea & Ham Soup…I had thought of adding a potato but only to thicken it up…ugh…the salt container lid fell into the soup along with a lot of salt!!

    Reply
  49. sarah sar says

    02/19/2013 at 7:44 pm

    great tips, i did not know half of these!

    Reply
  50. Nicole W. says

    02/23/2013 at 12:33 pm

    Awesome tips – thanks!

    Reply
  51. Debbra Grossheim says

    02/24/2013 at 3:46 pm

    Thank you for sharing! There are some that I plan on trying.

    Reply
  52. Crystal Walker says

    02/26/2013 at 10:49 am

    THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD TIPS, I DIDN’T KNOW

    Reply
  53. Jordan says

    02/27/2013 at 11:14 am

    I’ve read a LOT of kitchen tips before but these are new and will be very helpful! Thanks!!

    Reply
  54. Susan Broughton says

    02/27/2013 at 6:08 pm

    I can’t believe some of these tips! I would have never figured them out on my own. I think I’m going to try some of these at home!

    Reply
  55. Chelsea reboulet says

    02/28/2013 at 5:39 am

    I love the egg tip!

    Reply
  56. sandra mitchell says

    03/03/2013 at 6:54 pm

    I , also, will be using number 5

    Reply
  57. Ava M says

    03/07/2013 at 1:09 pm

    wow thank you for posting never thought of some of things ty

    Reply
  58. Jeannette Laframboise says

    03/08/2013 at 5:33 pm

    I have heard a couple of these but certainly not all. I guess you really do learn something new every day…I would love to know how storing cottage cheese upside down makes it last longer. I love cottage cheese but I seldom buy it as I am the only one that likes it and then it ends up going bad. I will have to try that tip for sure. Thanks for posting!

    Reply
  59. Cheryl Rahkonen says

    03/09/2013 at 10:50 am

    Thanks for these great tips. I am printing them and hanging them in my kitchen. I am always throwing out milk and cottage cheese – I am definitely trying these tips to save these products. I did not know any of these tips and tricks. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  60. Karen Hill says

    03/13/2013 at 5:21 pm

    Great hints I haven’t seen before

    Reply
  61. Sonya says

    03/16/2013 at 12:41 am

    Ginger also works great to get rid of onion or garlic smells on your hands! I always chop those first and then chop my ginger.

    Reply
  62. Cindy Brickley says

    03/16/2013 at 5:59 am

    I love this tip:
    1. For smelly hands after chopping onions or garlic, rub them on a stainless steel spoon. The steel will absorb the odor.
    We love our garlic and onions but not the smelly hands. Thanks for the tip.

    Reply
  63. Erin McGrath says

    03/16/2013 at 2:38 pm

    Great tips! I’m going to try the cottage cheese one to see if it helps.

    Reply
  64. Sydney D says

    03/16/2013 at 7:54 pm

    Thanks for the great tips, these will come in handy…

    Reply
  65. Tania Smith says

    03/18/2013 at 8:49 pm

    I am going to try all of them.
    I knew about the apple in the potatoes but not about the others. Salt in milk? I will give it a shot.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  66. Amy Heffernan says

    03/22/2013 at 5:56 am

    Nice! TY

    Reply
  67. Holly says

    03/22/2013 at 9:22 am

    Awesome tips. Thank you 🙂

    Reply
  68. Sherry Butcher says

    03/27/2013 at 6:29 pm

    I found 6. Making soup, sauce, or a casserole that is too fatty or greasy? drop in an ice cube. The ice will attract the fat, which you can then scoop out. Or, sweep a piece of bread over the top of the liquid – the oil will be attracted to the bread! Very helpful. TFS.

    Reply
  69. Ava M says

    04/17/2013 at 11:31 am

    oh wow these are some good tips i will need to remember these thanks for sharing with us

    Reply
  70. jody cowan says

    04/26/2013 at 9:38 am

    Thanks for these tips! I’ve used a couple before but the rest are going to be really helpful!

    Reply
  71. Undomesticgirl says

    05/13/2013 at 2:14 pm

    Great tips

    Reply
  72. Erika B says

    05/28/2013 at 7:35 am

    Great tips,I especially like the eggs one as I never know how to tell if the eggs are fresh or not! Sharing!

    Reply
  73. Chandra Christine O'Connor says

    06/07/2013 at 10:42 am

    has anyone tried the rubbing on the stainless steel to get rid of garlic odour? that I gotta try

    Reply
  74. Rob Love says

    06/12/2013 at 7:17 pm

    well that is helpful.

    Reply
  75. Catherine says

    06/13/2013 at 5:18 pm

    Great idea with the apple in the potato bag, I’ll have to try it. Since there is only 2 of us it seems that we can’t eat all the potatoes fast enough before the start sprouting.

    Reply
  76. Melodie says

    06/14/2013 at 2:37 pm

    So many helpful tips…thank you 🙂

    Reply
  77. Ashleigh Swerdfeger says

    06/15/2013 at 3:00 am

    Wow- didn’t know stainless steel could absorb odours or that salt can keep containers from smelling. I will need to use these valuable tips.

    Reply
  78. Cindy Brickley says

    06/15/2013 at 9:42 am

    I love the milk tip. I always have milk that goes bad or I am always out. Thank you for the wonderful tips and post.

    Reply
  79. Sherry Conrad says

    06/20/2013 at 7:56 am

    Nice tips- I will have to try #5- wonder if it works with sweet potatoes as well? I’ll find out soon, I would imagine. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  80. Doris Calvert says

    06/20/2013 at 1:26 pm

    How did I miss this ? Salt in Milk, who knew! Thanks for the tips!

    Reply
  81. Erika B says

    06/21/2013 at 3:04 pm

    Lve all these tips!! Thañks for posting!!

    Reply
  82. Amy Dell (@mimishumblepie) says

    06/22/2013 at 11:55 am

    I used your fresh egg trick today 🙂 Thanks for posting

    Reply
  83. Erika B says

    06/27/2013 at 5:00 pm

    Great tips, learn something new everyday! sharing with friends and family!!!

    Reply
  84. Megan Barnecutt says

    07/03/2013 at 12:55 pm

    THis is great! Thank you very much for posting this – you’ve already improved my cooking, lol!

    Reply
  85. Catherine says

    07/06/2013 at 10:20 am

    I’ll have to try the salt in the milk trick, we are not big milk drinkers but do use it in our cereal so it does tend to go bad before we use it all.

    Reply
  86. Susan T. says

    07/06/2013 at 2:35 pm

    Great tips! I am definitely going to try #5!

    Reply
  87. Catherine says

    07/07/2013 at 12:11 pm

    The onion and the spoon trick really works I’m amazed.

    Reply
  88. Wanda Bergman says

    07/08/2013 at 2:21 pm

    Wow! Some great tips here! Will have to try some of them, for sure!

    Reply
  89. Debbie Bashford says

    07/13/2013 at 8:39 am

    great tips!! Thanks

    Reply
  90. Chandra Christine O'Connor says

    08/06/2013 at 6:24 am

    i had a house load of company this weekend preparing ahead of time saved a huge amount of time .

    Reply
  91. Judy C (Cowan) says

    08/18/2013 at 11:05 am

    Storing the cottage cheese upside down does seem to help!

    Reply
  92. BobbiJo Pentney says

    08/24/2013 at 10:04 pm

    Ohhh, I am going to try the stainless steel spoon trick to get the smell of garlic off of my hands. I hate that smell.

    Reply
  93. Judy C (Cowan) says

    08/25/2013 at 10:26 am

    Trying the apple in the potato bag as I type!

    Reply
  94. Holly says

    09/10/2013 at 2:50 am

    Some great tips here. I can’t tell you how many times #2 would have been helpful to me!

    Reply
  95. Elva Roberts says

    10/15/2013 at 10:33 am

    October 14-‘When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the eggs from cracking.’- This is a dandy hint. Often, when I boil eggs, I notice some of the white comes out from a crack and ruins the look of a boiled egg. Thanks for this useful tip.

    Reply
  96. Elva Roberts says

    10/16/2013 at 12:57 pm

    October 16- My husband used to be a potato farmer, retired now. I have never heard that an apple in the bag with the potatoes will keep them from budding. He always has to bud in the late winter. -Maybe not this year!-Thank you.

    Reply
  97. Elva Roberts says

    10/17/2013 at 4:17 pm

    October 17-I love cottage cheese and it never occurred to me to put it away in the frig upside down. You may be sure I will from now on!

    Reply
  98. Sara rai says

    10/31/2013 at 5:06 am

    Nice tips. Haven’t heard many of them before.

    Reply
  99. Brenda Penton says

    11/04/2013 at 5:08 am

    I didn’t know about the cottage cheese tip. Great! Gonna go turn mine upside down right now! lol

    Reply
  100. prairigrl says

    11/05/2013 at 2:29 pm

    Hey, thanks!

    Reply
  101. Amanda @ The Mommy Mix says

    11/05/2013 at 9:30 pm

    I’m definitely going to have to try #4. Thanks for the tips.

    Reply
  102. Stephanie N says

    11/07/2013 at 1:44 pm

    Great post, Im going to try the salt in the milk.

    Reply
  103. Stephanie Baum says

    11/08/2013 at 8:09 pm

    #9 is news to me! My tip is to put your onion in the freezer for 10 minutes before chopping, I swear you won’t tear up 🙂

    Reply
  104. Debbie W says

    11/11/2013 at 8:07 am

    Thanks for the tips. I didn’t know that about cottage cheese (off to the fridge to flip it)

    Reply
  105. Roseline says

    11/11/2013 at 10:32 am

    Love the spoon tip for hands and flour for ant-fry mess great top ten ! LOVE IT

    Reply
  106. Elizabeth Vlug says

    11/13/2013 at 4:35 am

    I did not know about #5 and the apple with potatoes trick. That is something I am definitely going to try. Love simple tips, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  107. Carroll says

    11/13/2013 at 1:01 pm

    its interesting to know all these helpful little hints for the kitchen.

    Reply
  108. alicia says

    11/17/2013 at 9:45 pm

    I always remember to add salt for boiled eggs! I hate when they crack

    Reply
  109. Pam says

    11/29/2013 at 9:43 pm

    Thank you for the great tips. I could use all of them but mostly the potatoe one.

    Reply
  110. Jo says

    12/01/2013 at 9:47 am

    Thanks for these tips! My favourite kitchen tip is to use baking soda when soaking messy pots. Your clean-up will be effortless…no scrubbing!

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  112. Lynda Cook says

    12/04/2013 at 2:36 pm

    I am going to try #7

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  113. Jacqueline says

    12/04/2013 at 11:30 pm

    Actually, potatoes don’t absorb the extra salt. They absorb liquid which has salt in it so they taste salty, too. You have to add a liquid, preferably milk or heavy cream.

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  114. jan says

    12/09/2013 at 1:45 pm

    okay, now I need to research how salt keeps milk fresher longer!

    Reply
  115. Jodie Miller says

    12/15/2013 at 11:50 am

    All Great tips……love the one with the apple in the bag of potatoes …Always a problem I have & sometimes when I open a bag looks like i am starting a potato patch

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    02/11/2014 at 2:58 pm

    Cool tips. I knew a couple but the pinch of salt was a new one for me..and the upside down cottage cheese. With my luck the lid wouldn’t be on tight!!

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    Thanks for the smelly hands after peeling garlic and onions tip! That is the worst smell that lingers long after the dishes have been cleaned up!

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  128. Darlene Demell says

    08/05/2014 at 10:00 am

    I really like the tip of putting an apple in the bag to stop your potatoes from budding. We don’t eat enough potatoes here with just hubby and I and usually I end up with budding potatoes. I will have to try this one. Thanks for the tips.

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  129. Alayne Langford says

    08/12/2014 at 12:16 am

    I love your kitchen tips and tricks. I had never heard of most of them!! Great print-out for the fridge!! Thanks!!

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  130. Elva Roberts says

    08/27/2014 at 6:28 pm

    Thank you for these great tips. The one about salt in the milk is completely new to me. All of them are very useful.

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  131. jan says

    09/05/2014 at 11:04 am

    I never knew stainless steel would get rid of the garlic smell

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  132. Lana Thompson says

    09/13/2014 at 6:57 pm

    If you put a piece of bread in dry brown sugar it will moisten up

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  133. Joan G. says

    10/10/2014 at 5:53 pm

    I’ll have to try the apple to prevent budding potatoes tip – thanks.

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  134. Susan says

    11/05/2014 at 9:49 pm

    Great tips — will try this with my cottage cheese!

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  135. Rebecca Daly says

    11/06/2014 at 11:30 am

    will definitely be trying #8

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  136. ZZTHERESA says

    11/07/2014 at 11:33 pm

    Thanks for the great tips and tricks. 🙂

    Reply
  137. Kimberly B says

    11/23/2014 at 3:15 pm

    Going to try the cottage cheese trick for sure. Great tips several I didn’t know.

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  138. Alayne Langford says

    11/25/2014 at 11:18 am

    I love your foodie tips. Hubs makes a lot of soups, but our tastes are a little different so sometimes there may be too much salt for me. Love your tip for adding potato, will try it (without him looking) next time! 🙂

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  139. Brenda Lacourciere says

    11/26/2014 at 6:00 am

    great tips

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  140. Elva Roberts says

    11/26/2014 at 11:51 am

    I love your household tiips. They are full of common sense and certainly make working in the kitchen easier.

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  141. Susan says

    12/21/2014 at 2:20 pm

    I love these ideas!

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  142. ChantelleParrott says

    02/03/2015 at 4:21 pm

    #5 and #8… game changers!! 😀

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    • Tammi says

      02/03/2015 at 7:44 pm

      YES!

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  143. Lynda Cook says

    02/17/2015 at 1:39 pm

    Some pretty awesome tips, myself personally like the one with putting salt into the milk, now that one I need to remember!!

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  144. Rick F says

    02/24/2015 at 2:39 pm

    That picture is so beautiful. Wish I had some of those fresh tomatoes right now.

    Reply
  145. Athena says

    03/04/2015 at 7:26 pm

    Thanks for the great tips 🙂

    Reply
  146. Betty S says

    03/10/2015 at 4:34 am

    Wow these are great tips, I will be sure to pass them on. Everyone should know about these

    Reply
  147. nicolthepickle says

    03/18/2015 at 12:02 pm

    I didn’t know that adding a pinch of salt to boiled eggs will keep them from cracking. Thanks for the tip.

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  148. Vanessa says

    05/16/2015 at 9:55 am

    great tip about the air tight containers….. mine always smell and I never know what to do!

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  149. Elva Roberts says

    05/19/2015 at 8:22 pm

    These tips are so helpful that It should be required reading every few weeks so I could remember them. I will try to try one at a time.-especially the one about a little salt in fresh milk to keep it fresher longer. Thank you so much.

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  150. nicolthepickle says

    06/12/2015 at 5:20 am

    Most of these are new to me. I’m going to try the spoon and the onion hands sometime.

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  151. Mandy says

    08/16/2015 at 2:42 am

    A pinch of salt seems to solve a lot of problems! These are great tips. I’ll have to try the potato one and mix it with apple.

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  152. Ali P says

    09/10/2015 at 10:49 am

    I knew lots of those! The apple in the potato bag really does work!

    Reply
  153. Laurie P says

    11/09/2015 at 2:40 pm

    #9 is a good one!!!

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  154. jenn says

    11/18/2015 at 7:18 pm

    I am so excited about tip #5. We love potatoes but always avoided buying big bags of it because we never finish them in time! I can’t wait to use the tip. Thanks for sharing!!

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  155. Meg says

    12/08/2015 at 10:23 am

    The trick about flouring the bacon before frying is one I’ve never heard- must try! I love bacon but hate the mess it makes when frying.

    Reply
  156. Chandra O'Connor says

    12/20/2015 at 12:13 am

    these are really good tips, have they all been tested. I’d be rubbing my hands on a spoon, I cook with garlic a lot.

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  157. Sarah @ Smile & Conquer says

    01/08/2016 at 12:36 pm

    I knew about #1 and it works like a charm but lots of the others are new info for me. Definitely going to try the ice cube to get fat out of soup, that layer always yucks me out!

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  158. BRENDA ROY says

    05/02/2016 at 9:28 am

    Great tips Thx Tammi

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  159. Debbie Bashford says

    06/25/2016 at 5:09 am

    definitely will start doing #5 I never seem to be able to stop them from sprouting!

    Reply
  160. Amanda says

    08/11/2016 at 5:41 pm

    I’m absolutely going to be using the apple in the potato bag trick! And do you know if using a potato to fix over-salting would work in a crockpot? I don’t make many soups, but I’ve oversalted my crockpot more times than I care to say…

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  161. NJ Nowoselski says

    11/23/2016 at 10:06 am

    Over-salt a pot of soup? Drop in a peeled potato, it will absorb the excess salt. Never heard this before: Wonder if this works for canned soups that have way to much salt for me? Can’t hurt to give it a try. Thanks for the tip

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  162. Anna Roszak-Robinson says

    01/05/2017 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you for the awesome tips.

    Reply

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