Many people spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Not only preparing good dishes, but also cleaning up, which can often prove to be very tedious. Ideally, we would like to spend as little time as possible there, so we can enjoy more quality time with our loved ones. That’s fine, we just have a few useful tips to share with you to give you a good breather!
We certainly learn something new every day when it comes to housework. In the end, there is a kind of consolation: the more intensively you devote yourself to home maintenance, the more you manage to discover some unexpected tips and tricks. Whatever the case, we will always love the most ingenious methods to minimize tasks and effort.
To help you smile again, here are some clever tips that will not only help you clean the kitchen, but also prepare your next meal!
Paper towels in the refrigerator to make cleaning easier
Paper towels
Paper towels are especially useful for cleaning the plastic fruit and vegetable boxes at the bottom of the refrigerator and the refrigerator door shelves.
Their special feature: They catch the pieces of vegetables that fall off and absorb the excess moisture that condenses in the refrigerator. When you store food in glass jars, sticky rings can remain on the shelves.
Line these jars with paper. It may look unsightly, but it will save you a lot of work the next time you clean up.
Another tip: Wrap the refrigerator shelves with cling film. Remove the shelves, wash them thoroughly, and dry them. Then wrap them in cling film. The next time you clean, simply replace the cling film.
Some tips for cooking and preparing pastries:
If you’ve added a lot of salt to your soup, don’t despair; you don’t have to start from scratch. Simply add two egg whites to your overly salty soup, and the flavor will balance out. In fact, they’ll absorb a large portion of the salt. If the eggs don’t fit in the soup, you can simply scoop out the egg whites.
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If you can’t remove a baked dessert, such as a cake, from the pan, you’ll need to cool the surface of the pan. To do this, soak a piece of paper in cold water and place it on the pan.
What’s an easier way to peel garlic without much effort? Simply cut off the hard part and crush the garlic with the flat side of a knife. The skin will peel off on its own.
How quickly do you peel potatoes? Once the potatoes are cooked in their skins, drain them with paper and immediately throw them into a bowl of cold water. Thanks to this trick, the skin peels off the potatoes easily.
Place a piece of paper under your cutting board to prevent it from slipping while you cut vegetables or meat.
Use the oven to cook several eggs at once. Forget the classic hard-boiled egg recipe: Place them in the oven at 150°C for 30 minutes. You can cook dozens of eggs at once! Use
a knife with a hot blade to cut onions
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How can you chop onions more efficiently? There are many tips for chopping onions. One of them, probably the most commonly used, is to rinse the knife and onion with water or to cut directly with a hot knife. If you want to get rid of the onion smell that lingers on your fingers, rub your hands with a slice of raw potato and then rinse them with cold water.
More tips:
Finely grated nutmeg
Do you have leftover nutmeg that’s too small to grate? Use your pepper grinder after grinding a portion of raw rice in it to give it a good clean.
Hardened sugar recovered.
Have large, hard blocks formed in your brown sugar? Place it in a zippered grocery bag with an apple slice. Store it in a dry place for 2 days, and your sugar will regain its fluidity.
Rice heated to the top.
Your microwaved rice will retain its full fluffiness if you place an ice cube on top before starting the timer. Remember to check that the rice is hot enough before serving!
