Handy Tips

 

Subject: Handy Tips

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. 

Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients and 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/calo ries p er serving. 

Broken Glass 
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass. 
The fibers catch ones you can't see! 

Bike owner 
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 of 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 a pin in seam of slacks and the static is 
gone. 

Measuring Cups 
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with 
hot wat er. Du mp 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 
Do you 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! It 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. 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. 

Goodbye 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 co rnmeal 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 & 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?re 
ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder 
and the sand will slide right off your skin.