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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.
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.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your
plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put
layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with
mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some
gardening
plastic
they will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to
pick up little broken glass pieces of glass-the fibers catch
ones you can't see!
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your
pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel 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.
Bike
If you purchase a new bike
for your child, place their picture inside the handle bar
before placing the grips on.
If the
bike is stolen and later recovered, remove the grip and
there is your proof who owns the bike.
Flexible Vacuum
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 static is gone.
Measuring Cups
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. Viola! 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...
Good-bye 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, esp. if it rains, but it works & you
don't have the worry about pets or small children being
harmed!
Take baby
powder to the beach...
Keep a small
bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you are ready to leave the beach
sprinkle
yourself and kids with the
powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.