All Tips
- Food Stains
Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rise with water. - Green way to Clean your Faucets
Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but it won't leave streaks and
won't harm your fingers or fingernails while you clean. - Bad Breath
Just finish a business lunch and realize you dont have gum or mints? take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the photochemical will kill the bacteria in you mouth resposible for causing bad breath. - Peeling Garlic
Garlic skin comes off easily if the garlic cloves are slightly warmed before peeling. - Energy conservation #3Seal and weatherstrip your windows and doors to ensure that you're not wasting energy on heat or air conditioning that escapes through leaks to the outdoors.
- Watering plants #2
Do not mist spray when leaves are in sunlight. Droplets behave as lenses and burn the leaves. - Bananas
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. - cheese
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold. - White spots from a wood table
To remove white spots from a wood table caused by heat , set your iron on steam and place a clean white cloth on the spot and quickly run your iron over the spot. Wipe dry. If a portion of the spot remains, repeat the procedure on the spot only. This will work on water marks also. - Crispy Chicken
Make fried chicken crispy by adding baking powder to the flour. - Clean pans easily
To clean pans easily after using on an outdoor grill, before using, coat the outside with an old bar of soap. - Potatoes From Budding To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
- Pen And Crayon Marks On The Wall Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
- Feeling tired in the afternoon
Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours. - Vases or china
To clean dirty vases, glass or China, fill it with either black tea, vinegar, lemon juice or coca cola and let it settle for at least an hour before rinsing. - Wash vegetables before peeling or cutting to preserve the water soluble vitamins.
- Energy Effeciency
Replace your five most used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. These light bulbs use two-thirds less energy and last up to 10 times longer. - Watering Plants
Don't water plants in the evening especially in winter. Watering is best carried out early in the day. - Soft Tips
Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back. - Cure for headaches
Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away. - Opening Jars
Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy. - Mosquito Bite Relief
To get rid of itch from mosquito bites try applying soap on the area instant relief. - Easy Cleaning
To clean dirty vases, glass or China, fill it with either black tea, vinegar, lemon juice or coca cola and let it settle for at least an hour before rinsing. - Broken Glass - Cleaning
Use bread or cooked rice to pick up fragments of broken glass. - Cleaning Burnt Food
Vessels having burnt food can be cleaned easily by placing chopped onions and pouring boiling water in it. Leave for 5 minutes before cleaning. - Pyaas
Keep onions in the refrigerator before cutting, to avoid tears. - Wood Is Good
Avoid Knives from getting blunt by using a wooden board while chopping. - Bright Color of Any Vegetable
For maintaining the bright color of any vegetable don't forget to put it in ice cold water as soon as you blanch them. - Add salt to the boiling water
While making any pasta add salt to the boiling water in which you are cooking it. That will be the only chance you get to salt it. Add salt after the water boils. If you add it before , it will take a longer time to boil. - Bleach & Vinegar
Every weak disinfect your kitchen cutting boards and knives in hot water added with bleach and vinegar. Bleach disinfects and vinegar removes odors.
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