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You can flip a toaster
on its side and grill cheese in it. -Â Source

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Reynolds Wrap has lock
in taps to hold the roll in place -Â Source

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The color on the bread
tab indicates how fresh the bread is -Â Source


                 And those colors are
in alphabetical order: b, g, r, w, y.

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You can divide and store
ground meat in a zip loc bag. Just break off how
much you need and keep the rest in the freezer
for later. So much easier than dividing
and individually wrapping each pound or
half pound. -Â Source

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If you place a
wooden spoon over a pot of boiling
water, it won't boil over. - Source

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Marshmallows
can cure a sore throat. Perfect for kids who
don't like medicine. - Source

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Stuffing a dryer sheet
in your back pocket will repel mosquitoes.
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You can freeze cupcake
batter for later use. -Â Source

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You can paint
upholstery. -Â Source

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You can make your own
laundry soap. -Â Source

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You can dye plastic
buttons. -Â Source

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You can run a paper bag
through your printer. -Â Source

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You can print directly
onto fabric. -Â Source

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A dry erase
marker can be used on most desk tops.
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You can mail anything
that will take a stamp and weighs less than
13ounces without a box? -Â Source

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If you break
your blender jar you can replace it
with a mason jar. -Â Source

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Cereal canisters make
the perfect trashcan for your car. -Â Source

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Medicine cabinets are
NOT the safest place for medicine -Â Source

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

Store
your opened chunks of cheese in
aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much
longer and not mold! (But you can scrape off any
mold and still eat the cheese
without changes in flavor! Â
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are
sweeter and better for eating. Peppers
with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer
and stronger
flavored.






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 in and
then beat them up.Â
 Add garlic immediately to a recipe if
you want a light taste of garlic and
at the end of the recipe if you want a
stronger taste of garlic.

Reheat
leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on
top of the stove, on med-low and heat
till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.
No soggy micro pizza.

Easy
Deviled Eggs:Â Put cooked egg yolks in a
zip lock bag, seal, mash, add remainder of
ingredients, keep mashing, mixing thoroughly,
cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into
egg. Just throw the bag
away!


Expanding Frosting:Â 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 for the same price. You also eat
less sugar and calories per serving.



Reheating refrigerated bread:Â 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:Â Plant your plants
in the ground; work the nutrients in
your soil. Then 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.

To keep
squirrels from eating your plants,
sprinkle your plants with cayenne
pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt
the plant: squirrels won't come near
it.


Flexible vacuum:Â 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.

Pin a
small safety pin to the seam of your
slip or slacks to eliminate static
cling. It works; you will not have a
clingy skirt or dress, or slacks when
wearing panty hose; ... Ta DA! ... Static is
gone.
Before you pour sticky substances into
a measuring cup, fill with hot
water. Dump out the hot water, but
don't dry cup. Next, add your
ingredient, such as peanut butter, and
watch how easily it comes right out.

De-fog
your windshield:Â 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!


Re-opening envelopes:Â 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. Only for old- fashioned "lick-type
“mucilage envelopes!

Use
your hair conditioner to shave your
legs. It's cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really
smooth.

Goodbye
Fruit Flies:Â To get rid of pesky
fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2"
with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of
dish washing liquid; mix well. You will
find those flies drawn to the cup and
gone forever!

Get Rid
of Ants:Â 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 and you don't
have the worry about pets or small
children being harmed! Â Â Â
Drop a small object on the carpet and
can't find it. Place
panty hose over the end of the vacuum hose and
start vacuuming. The panty hose will keep it
from getting sucked into the
vacuum.

 Need
to cut some corn off the cob. Use
your Bundt pan. Place the ear on the opening
in the center of the pan, and as you
slide the knife down the ear, all the
kernels will collect in the main part
of the pan.Â

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The Reynolds wrap tip....I learned only recently. I can't believe I have lived my whole life without knowing there was a way to secure the roll of aluminum foil in the box

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The Reynolds wrap tip....I learned only recently. I can't believe I have lived my whole life without knowing there was a way to secure the roll of aluminum foil in the box

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My wife never realized it either, until I showed her...