See below some helpful tricks to make you look like a whizz in the kitchen and make people say "Woah that's smart I never would have thought of it! "
1. Peel garlic bulbs in the microwave by putting it in a microwave safe container for 20 seconds or put it in a jar and shake it.
2. Stop ice cream from melting with bubble wrap.
3. Pit cherries with chopsticks.
4. Shuck corn in the microwave.
5. Keep brown sugar with marshmallows.
6. Use butter wrappers to prevent microwave splatter.
7. Chill wine in salt water.
8. Soften cookies in a jar with a slice of bread.
9. Simmer tomato sauce with a carrot.
10. Dice eggs with a cooling rack.
11. Orangize snacks with cupcake liners.
12. Cube butter to soften it faster.
13. Extend the life of herbs with water.
14. Meal prep/organise with bbq trays.
15. Slice potato chips with an apple cutter.
16. Freeze chopped vegetables in a bag for soups.
17. Freeze blended pasta sauces in ice tray.
18. Lower eggs temperature to room temperature in warm water.
19. Prep your cheese grater with cooking spray.
20. Microwave lemons before juicing.
21. Hull a strawberry with a straw.
22. Add herbs and lemon to butter.
23. Cook tender, juicy meatloaf with a beef/pork mix.
24. Shred chicken with a stand mixer.
25. Bake fish in baking paper.
26. Slice herbs with your pizza cutter.
27. Turn wine into a cocktail, if you dont have enough in a bottle to share.
28. Use leftover cooking sauces/juices and freeze as a broth base.
29. Decorate cookies before baking them in then oven.
30. Measure ingredients on a digital scale to be more precise and save time.
31. Rescue a salty soup with raw apple or potato.
32. Cut a capsicum without waste. To cut a capsicum efficiently, start by cutting off its green stem. Then, cut the capsicum into fours before opening each section. The seeds will be easy to clean out.
33. Juice lemons with a skewer. Take a skewer and poke a hole through the non-stem end of a lemon. Squeeze for a stream of lemon juice.
34. Roast vegetables in a preheating oven.
35. Spray measuring spoons with nonstick spray.
36. Put a fork in potatoes for easy peeling.
37. To keep potatoes white, cover shredded or diced potatoes with cold water before cooking tp prevent the spuds from turning the gross greyish/brown caused by the release of starch that makes them oxidise.
38. Slow down rotting store tomatoes by keeping stem end down. This prevents air from entering snd moisture from exiting the scar where the tomato once attached to the vine. or even place a small piece of tape over the stem until you are ready to use.
39. Give bananas a longer life. Keep bananas fresh for longer by wrapping the end of each bunch with plastic warp.
40. Save cut fruit from browning by mixing 1 part honey and 2 parts water.
41. Prevent brown from hardening add an orange peel or slice of apple along with the sugar into and airtight container. For a quick fix microwave brown sugar next to a small glass of water.
42. You can use a wine bottle as a rolling pin if you don't have one.
43. Dice or mash potato with a cooling rack.
44. Add oil to the water before putting the pasta in a pot to prevent sticking together.
45. Stick a wooden spoon across your pot of water to prevent boiling over.
46. Freeze leftover sauces.
47. Keep ginger in the freezer for easy grating.
48. If your having trouble cutting a pizza, use scissors.
49. Cracking an egg is easy as wetting your fingers and reaching right in.
50. Use a plastic bottle to separate yolk from the egg whites.
51. Store you avocado halves with a slice of lemon.