Bed Sheets

Store bed sheets inside their pillowcases for easy storage and access.

This is a super idea!

Jar Opening

Use rubber bands to help open a jar easily:

place one around the jar lid and another around the middle of the glass.

The rubber provides friction to prevent your hands from slipping.

Scissors

To sharpen scissors, simply cut through sandpaper.

ANOTHER GOOD ONE

Chopping Board

To clean a wooden chopping board, sprinkle on a handful of Kosher salt

and rub with half a lemon.

Rinse with clean water and dry to ensure it is clean and germ-free.

House Plants

Prevent soil from escaping through the holes in the base

of flowerpots by lining with large coffee filters

Good Egg, Bad Egg

To tell if eggs are fresh, immerse them in a bowl of water.

Fresh eggs will lie on the bottom, while stale eggs will float to the surface.

Clear Ice

Water straight from the tap becomes cloudy when frozen.

To make ice cubes crystal clear, allow a kettle of boiled water to cool slightly

and use this to fill your ice cube trays.

Stuffed Peppers

Use a large muffin tin to cook stuffed peppers in the oven

- it will help keep them upright.

This is a really smart idea!

Potato Budding

To prevent potatoes budding, add an apple in the bag.

This one I'm not so sure of.  I feel you would have to keep changing the apple so it doesn't rot and cause the potatoes to do the same.

Boiled Eggs

Add half a teaspoon of baking soda to the water when hard-boiling eggs

to make the shells incredibly easy to peel off.

Grill Cheese

Flip a toaster on its side to make grill cheese.

INGENIOUS!!

I like this idea!

Crayon Marks

WD40 can be used to remove crayon marks from any surface!

Cool!

My Beloved Friend - Dusty

It hurts me so to place my best friend, Dusty's picture on my Memorial Site, but I lost her today - 4/15/2015 - and will be lost without her.  Had it not been for Dusty I would have never published my 1st cookbook.  We had some wonderful times together and some wonderful laughs.  Boy am I going to miss her!  I know you're up there watching out for me in Heaven as you did here on Earth.  I love you my beautiful friend.

Pet Hair

Remove pet hair from furniture and carpets with a squeegee

If your dog is like mine, he really sheds and I found that this does work.

Watering Can

Create a thrifty watering can by puncturing holes in the top of a used milk bottle.

GOOD ONE

Just in time for the upcoming planting season!

Brown Sugar

Keep brown sugar soft by storing with a couple of marshmallows.

Shoe Rack

Install a regular coat rack low down the wall to store shoes safely off the floor.

(I love this one!!)

Slicing Cherry Tomatoes

A friend sent me some really neat tips that I'll be passing along over the next couple of weeks.  Here is the 1st.

The simplest way to slice a bunch of cherry tomatoes  is to sandwich them between two plastic lids and run a long knife through all of them at once!

This might work on GRAPES also!

'Unsticky' Lasagna Noodles

It really irritates me when I'm making lasagna and the noodles stick together and tear when I try to pull them apart.  I finally found a simple way to prevent this from happening.

Boil your noodles until they are almost done, I think they call it al dente.  Drain off the water and rinse with cold water.  Fill a baking dish, like the one in the picture, half full with cold water.  Add the noodles one at a time and set aside until you're ready to use.  Make sure the water covers the final layer of noodles.

This works great.  I was able to pick up each noodle from the pan and place them in the baking dish without tearing even one!  That is a 1st for me.  You may have your own way of accomplishing this little task but this one works for me.