Food hacks are fun and I’m sharing a stack of them today. You may not take to all of these, but I’m sure you’ll find a great takeaway in this great collection.
So far, my favourite is making boiled eggs in bulk in the oven. Wow. Never thought of that!
- Use dental floss to cut perfectly through a cake, cheese or bread (if you don’t mind a slight ‘minty’ twist)
- Cut a cupcake in the middle and stick the bottom on top so you can get enough icing for both sides
- Use the lip of a glass to separate a mango from its skin
- Place a piece of bread over food items (e.g cookies) to keep them fresh
- Put two slices of bread into one side of a toaster to make perfect sandwiches (Toasted on the outside and soft in the middle.)
- Flip a muffin tray upside down and make interesting shaped baked goods
- Open a banana the opposite way – it’s easier and how Monkey’s do it!
- Put an onion in the freezer before cutting it to stop those tears
- Wrap a warm beer bottle in a wet paper towel and pop in the freezer – it will get cold super fast
- Grate cold butter if it’s too hard to spread on bread or toast
- Fry eggs in an onion ring for flavour and a gourmet breakfast
- Fold pizza over and cut away the crust to make pockets, place in a toasted sandwich maker and you’ll get toasted pizza pockets. Yum!
- Cut an onion under a switched-on range hood to stop tears
- Line a muffin tin with bacon rashers, egg, milk and cheese and bake for a delicious quick brunch
- To seal packets, cut the top off a plastic bottle and pull the top of the bag through the opening – put the lid on to seal
- Place a lemon between the bottom of tongs and squeeze to get more juice out of a lemon
- Mix double cream up and whisk to make butter – drain off milk and add salt
- Add baking soda to eggs in boiling water to easily peel them after
- Combine cereal and marshmallows to make muesli bars – microwave and cool to set
- Put bananas in a plastic bag to make them last four days longer
- Dip your ice-cream scoop in hot water to soften hard ice-cream as you scoop it out
- When heating pasta in the microwave make a circle in the middle so the pasta heats through evenly
- Use metal cookie cutters to make cool shaped eggs and pancakes
- To open a stubborn jar bang the metal edge on the counter to loosen it (Just lightly – you don’t want to break the glass and cut yourself!)
- Poke holes in the lid of a milk bottle for a quick watering can
- Poke holes in the bottom of a can to help stubborn food out
- Use a banana peel to shine your shoes
- Reheat pizza in a non-stick frying pan – it will become crispy again
- Make boiled eggs in an oven in bulk for 30 mins – dunk in cold water and peel
- Flip a loaf of bread over the make cutting easier than trying to cut the crustier top
Got great food hacks? Leave them in comments below.