Unique Tips
Unique Tips!
Reheat 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 micro pizza. I
saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
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 kids with the powder and the sand will slide
right off your skin.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass- the fibers
catch ones you can't see!
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up.
Add remainder of ingredients, 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.
Newspapers stops weeds
Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers and put layers around the plants, overlapping as you go. Cover with
mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic but
they will not get through wet newspapers.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrels 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.
Vacuum Help
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
pin in seam of slacks and - voila - static is gone.
Measuring Cup help
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
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! 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. Voila! 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. It's also a great way to use up the
conditioner
you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" 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!