1. Reheat 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.
2. 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 , cut
the tip of the baggy , squeeze mixture
into egg. Just throw bag away when done
easy clean up.
3. 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 and calories per serving.
4. 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.
5. 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 and forget about
weeds. Weeds will get through some
gardening plastic they will not get
through wet newspapers.
6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up
the small shards of glass you can't see
easily.
7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It
will keep the mosquitoes away.
8. 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.
9. 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 or flattened to get
in narrow openings.
10. 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 -- ta da! --
static is gone.
11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a
measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump
out the hot water, but don't dry cup.
Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut
butter, and watch how easily it comes
right out.
12. 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!
13. Reopening envelope
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. Viola! It
unseals easily.
14. 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...
15. 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 dish washing liquid
, mix well. You will find those flies
drawn to the cup and gone forever!
16. 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 the worry about
pets or small children being harmed!
17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The
gentleman that fixes things around the
house for us told us that he wanted to
show us something and he went over to the
dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It
was clean. (I always clean the lint from
the filter after every load clothes.) He
told us that he wanted to show us
something; he took the filter over to the
sink, ran hot water over it. 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. It's what
is in the dryer sheets to make your
clothes soft and static free - that nice
fragrance too, you know how they can feel
waxy when you take them out of the box,
well this stuff builds up on your clothes
and on your lint screen. 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 (& 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!
How about that!?! Learn something new
everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer
sheets would do that. So , I thought I'd
share!
Note: I went to my dryer & tested my
screen by running water on it. The water
ran through a little bit but mostly
collected all the water in the mesh
screen. I washed it with warm soapy water
& a nylon brush & I had it done in 30
seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water
ran right Thru the screen! There wasn't
any puddling at all! That repairman knew
what he was talking about!
Thanks
MaryJane for forwarding the above info
8/15/07
