De-kernel a cob of corn without your teeth! Use a bundt pan to slice corn kernels off the cob. Place the pointy end of the cob on the center hole of the pan (with the open part of the pan facing up) and gently slice downward. The pan acts double duty as both a stand and a kernel collector.
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Remove pomegranate seeds (without dying your hands red)! Cut a shallow cone into the flower end of the pomegranate, then slice off the bottom of the fruit. Score the fruit along its natural ridges, and pry each section apart to reveal the seeds.
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Keep seeds from falling into citrus juice! Wrap citrus fruits in cheesecloth (or a clean stocking) for seed-free juice.
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Hull strawberries! Use a straw to hull strawberries. Press a straw through the bottom of a strawberry until it breaks through the top and takes the hull—the white part of the center of the berry—with it. Remove any remaining leaves with your fingers.
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Make eggshell removal even easier! Add baking soda or vinegar to water when boiling eggs for easier shell removal. Both substances permeate the eggshells and help the albumen (that’s fancy speak for egg whites) separate from the shell.
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Peel citrus fruits without the mess! To avoid the mess and frustration, roll citrus fruits and/or microwave them for a minute for easy peeling (just be careful to not burn yourself).
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Remove the fat from the soup with ease! Spoon out excess fat from stocks, stews, and sauces by skimming a few ice cubes (wrapped in a paper towel or cheese cloth) along the surface of the liquid. The ice helps the fat solidify, making it easier to remove with a spoon or a piece of toast.
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Have the prettiest and most organized baking cabinet in all the land adding adhesive hooks and key rail hooks as baking tool organizers.
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Avoid plastic wrap disasters! Had enough of wrangling plastic wrap? Store the roll in the fridge to store leftovers with less of a hassle. Chilling the wrap makes it easier to transport it from the roll to your bowl.
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Use old CD racks and DVD towers to keep those annoying tupperware lids organized and in place in drawers and cupboards! Cuz – I mean – are you really using them for CDs anymore?
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Use Jello to color frosting if you don’t have food coloring! If you’ve run out of Food Coloring you can use Jello instead and it’s super cute and fun!
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Peel garlic on the easy way! Remove all cloves from the bulb, then whack each clove with the side of a chef’s knife. The skin will fall right off.
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Did the cookies burn in the oven? Use a cheese grater to salvage burnt cookies! You can still salvage your cookies that burn on the bottom, just use a cheese grater to get the burnt part off!
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How to keep your sponge dry and mildew free? Once you’ve cleaned your dirty counter, sink and stains on the floor, it might be tempting to just run your sponge under some water and set it at the edge of your sink. Doing so, however, sets the stage for mold and mildew to build up. Thankfully,you can keep your sponge from becoming gross and unusable with a simple clip. Just place the sponge upright which will prevent it from sitting in water as well as help it air dry fast.
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If you have a bamboo steamer basket, use it to store garlic, shallots and onions. Due to bamboo steamers being well-ventilated, they’re the perfect environment for storing onions, garlic, and shallots which will leave your fridge with some room for other veggies.
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Use drawer inserts. One of the problems with keeping a kitchen drawer organized is the ineffective use of space. Too many times people just throw all the kitchen utensils and tools in haphazardly. Use drawer inserts to make it easy to sort utensils, cooking tools and more, allowing each to be more accessible.
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Your knives are never sharp? Typically the problem with knives isn’t that they’re not sharp — it’s that they’re not straight. You can easily straighten your knife with the bottom of a ceramic bowl or cup, running the blade against the rough portion to straighten it. Take care of your knives, too — straighten regularly, bring to a sharpener every six months or so, and don’t store them directly in a drawer (use a knife block or magnetic strip, or buy knife guards).
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Don’t throw bread bags clips! Use bread bag clips to label cords. Who would’ve thought? I’ll never be on my hands and knees, following a maze of chords again.
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Clean your microwave easily. Clean a crusty microwave with a soaked sponge (and sanitize a sponge this same way). Soak a sponge in water and cook in microwave for one minute. Careful, it will be too hot to handle with bare hands. The moisture will loosen grime on your microwave and make it easier to clean. To sanitize a yucky sponge, soak it in water and vinegar and microwave for one minute.
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Use frozen sponges for cheap, convenient lunch box ice packs! Soak several sponges in water then seal them in separate Ziploc bags. Freeze, then pack them in lunch boxes for a quick, and inexpensive ice pack. The sponges will melt, soak up the water, and freeze over and over again!
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Over the sink cutting board! Preserve precious counter space with an over the sink cutting board which are just really just long cutting boards that are meant to fit over your sink. Not only do you save on either counter or cabinet space, but with these boards you can prevent vegetable and fruit peels or juices as well as other food bits that you’re slicing, chopping and dicing from making a disaster on your kitchen counter or floor. Saves a lot of clean up with food prep! As an added bonus you can also use it to hide dirty dishes when an unexpected guest comes over.
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Hang pots and pans from the ceiling! Give yourself more cabinet space by hanging pots, pans, and even cooking utensils from the ceiling. As a bonus, get yourself an attractive overhead rack and if you have a decent set of cookware, you’ll end up with a funky, stylish decoration for the kitchen.
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Add more storage in your kitchen by hacking “unopenable” drawers! Cabinet and drawer space can come at a premium, especially when working with a small kitchen, but fear not! When you’ve run out of room in your available cabinets and drawers, just create some more. Make use of those un-openable drawers that are beneath your sink.
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Create a labeling system for your kitchen! Labels are a great way to help you organize your kitchen. You can even put the labels on the tops of jars so that when you store them in a drawer you can take the guesswork out of which container you want!
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Use Magnets in your kitchen! Are you using your cabinet doors for some other clever way to give yourself additional storage? If is not so, you can still organize your spices in a clever way by making use of magnets. You can also use magnets for storing knives so that you don’t have to use a knife block… just make sure you use a strong enough magnet so that your kitchen doesn’t rain knives!
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Make freezer shelves with magazine holders! Take some magazine holders and turn them on their sides for some great shelves that can be used to organize and protect flat-ish items (like, bags of frozen fruits and veggies.) It’s inexpensive, even if you don’t already have your own mag holders.
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Carve out a spice niche! Spices and herbs play a big role for many people when it comes to cooking and these petite packages can take up a lot of storage space. Utilizing a spice rack that’s mounted onto the inside of a cabinet door allows you to keep your spices organized and make use of an unused space, leaving you the option to utilize your cabinets for store something else, like your pots and pans.
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Make a perfect poached egg! To poach an egg that’s both tasty and aesthetically pleasing, use a metal mesh strainer to get rid of excess egg white. The strainer is also a great tool for gently lowering the egg into the water.
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