Tried and Tested Kitchen Tips For Everyday

Ever found yourself wondering how to clean a burnt food from a pan, keep potatoes fresh, prevent eggs from cracking while boiling them or how to make hardened brown sugar soft again?

Well, wonder no more. I made a list of my tried , tested and true everyday kitchen tips to help you out.

#1 To remove burnt food from your pot with ease just add few drops of dish soap, cover the bottom with water and boil on the stove for a few minutes. You can also put a teaspoon-full of dishwasher detergent, cover it with hot water and let it sit overnight.

#2 If you don’t have a proper potato bin you can prevent your potatoes from budding by placing an apple inside the bag.

#3 If your brown sugar hardened over time don’t throw it out. Just put a slice of apple inside the container to soften it.

#4 When you’re boiling corn on the cob add a pinch of sugar to bring out the natural sweetness. Half way through add salt and stick of butter to make it ready to eat without needing to butter it.

#5 To remove food stains from your hands just rub sliced raw potato over the stains and then rinse and you’re ready to entertain.

#6 Kids want an ice-cream in a cone and it always seems to drip all over the house? Put a miniature marshmallow on the bottom of the cone and no mess (from the bottom, that is).

#7 In a hurry and accidentally put too much salt into your dish? Don’t worry, just put a large peeled potato into the pot while still cooking. The potato will absorb the salt like a sponge.

#8 When cooking hard boiled eggs just add a pinch of salt in to the water before boiling to prevent the shells from cracking.

#9 If you want to get the most juice out of your citrus fruits make sure they are room temperature and roll them with the palm of your hand on the kitchen counter.

#10 Celery wrapped in an aluminum foil will stay crisp in the fridge for weeks (no need for expensive Tupperware, unless you have some).

#11 Have leftover wine after a party? Freeze it into ice cubes and use it in cooking.

#12 Not sure how fresh are those eggs your fridge? Put them to the test in a pot with salt water and if the egg sinks it is fresh. Throw away the floaters.

#13 Use cake mix to flour your pan instead of a regular flour when baking a cake. The mix won’t leave the white residue afterwards.

#14 When cooking pasta do not put oil into the pot while cooking. While it might prevent boiling over it will also cover pasta with a film and it will not stick to the sauce as it should.

#15 Recipe calls for buttermilk and you don’t have any? No need to run to the store just add 1 Tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and let it sit for a few minutes.

If you have any tried and tested kitchen tips or ideas I would love to hear them.