FOOD HACKS!!!

Okay, so, I might be a little too excited about this one because I LOVE food (who doesn't, right?). Soooo, let's get into some food hacks!

·         Make any cake taste like it was from a bakery!

o    Follow the directions on the box.

o    Add one more egg (or 2 more for a richer flavor).

o    Replace oil with melted butter & double the amount.

o    Replace water with milk.

o    Mix & bake according to the package.

·         Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

·         Store your open chunks of cheese in aluminum foil to prevent mold.

·         Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter & better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer & better for cooking.

·         Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

·         To make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream, then beat them up.

·         For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiled & pour over warm brownies. Let set for a minty frosting.

·         Add garlic immediately to a recipe for a light taste of garlic & at the end if you want a stronger taste of garlic.

·         Leftover Halloween Snickers dessert: Chop them up in a food chopper. Peel, core & slice apples. Place in baking dish & sprinkle chopped candy over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes & serve with vanilla ice cream.

·         Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set to low-med heat & heat till warm. Keeps the crust crispy.

·         Deviled eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag & mash it up. Add remaining ingredients & mix. Cut the tip of the bag & squeeze mixture into egg.

·         When you buy cake frosting, whip it with your mixer, which doubles it in size.

·         To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water.

·         Before pouring sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry the cup. The substances will easily come right out.

·         Eating mangos before smoking marijuana can heighten its effects.

·         11 Stress Relieving Foods: Bananas, pasta, almonds, grapes, green tea, oatmeal, chocolate, watermelon, orange juice, cornflakes, & tuna.

·         Before frying, sprinkle a little salt in your pan to keep the oil from splattering.

·         Eating a piece of chocolate for breakfast can help stabilize your mood & enhance your happiness throughout the day.

·         A banana for breakfast can also stabilize your mood. It is known as the happy fruit. Can you image having chocolate-covered bananas for breakfast???

·         To cook bacon perfectly, put it on tin foil, heat the oven to 400 degrees, & bake it for 12 minutes.

·         When limited water is available, rinse your mouth for 30 seconds before swallowing since most of your thirst is caused by a dry mouth.

·         Crush up candy canes this holiday season to add to hot chocolate, cake batter, cookies, ice cream, etc.

·         Rub oil on your eggs before refrigerating. It will keep them fresh longer.

·         After cutting a cake, use toothpicks & bread to cover the exposed part. The bread will get hard, but the cake will stay soft.

·         If you need some lemon juice, poke a hole in a lemon with a toothpick, squeeze some juice out, then cover the hole with tape & store in the fridge for later.

·         Store cut avocado with a cut onion. The sulfur helps keep the brown away. Also, a sprinkle of ACV will help keep from browning as well.

·         Wrap banana crowns in plastic. They’ll last 3-5 days longer.

·         Make herb butter ice cubes. Fresh herbs spoil quickly. Preserve them by mixing with melted butter & freezing for future meals.

·         Use a pants hanger as a cookbook holder.

·         Use a muffin tin for a condiments holder at a party.