Helpful Hints.

Nan72

Thanks Cheri,

GREAT TIPS
Reheating Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set
heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy
micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Easy Deviled Eggs

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing
thoroughly, and 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/calories
per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread

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

Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put
Layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover
with mulch. Weeds will get through some gardening
plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass

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

No More Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away!

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

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 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 pin in seam of slacks and voila! Static is
gone!

Measuring Cups

Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with
hot water. Dump 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?

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! Works
better than a cloth!

Reopening Envelopes

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.


Conditioner

Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great
way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in
your hair...

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 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 & you don’t have worry about
pets or small children being harmed.

INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS

The heating unit went out on my dryer! The guy that fixes things went
in to the dryer pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. We always clean the
lint from the filter after every load of clothes. He told us that he wanted to show us something. He took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it.
Now, the lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure
you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot
water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He
told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns
out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. This is
also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house
down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very
long time and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash
it with hot, soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at
least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at
least twice as long!

Anonymous

Thanks for sharing these ... I'm going to give them a try!!
Doreen

Anonymous

Oh my, Nan, these are awesome! I'll have to print them out to remember them all! Thanks!

~Marin