When you roast a chicken or turkey, pull all the meat you can off the bone. Put the bones in a pot with celery and onion. Add water just to cover, simmer about 30 minutes. When done strain the broth and use for soups, casseroles, or gravy.
Wash and use those styrofoam meat trays for snack plates, or cut out airplanes that really sail!(Be sure to tape a weight to the nose of the plane)
When you boil potatoes, instead of pouring the water down the drain, mix it with powdered or evaporated milk to use in mashed potatoes, gravy, or as the base for your potato soup.
Use your crockpot, electric skillet, toaster, or microwave often. They consume less electricity than the stove and clean up is easier.
Use lifesavers candy to hold candles in place on your next birthday cake. Kids love 'em!
Poke an egg with a small sewing needle before hard-boiling, and the egg will peel with ease! And hold that needle in place with magnet refrigerator clip!
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips!
Zap garlic cloves in the microwave for 15 seconds and the skins slip right off!
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes!
To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling!
Use a pastry blender to cut ground beef into small pieces after browning!
Sweeten whipped cream with confectioners' sugar instead of granulated sugar - it will stay fluffy and hold it's shape better!
For easy "meatloaf mixing", combine the ingredients with a potato masher!
To easily remove honey from a measuring spoon, first coat the spoon with nonstick cooking spray!
Mash and freeze ripe bananas, in one-cup portions, for use in later baking - no wasted bananas (or you can freeze them whole, peeled, in plastic baggies)
To quickly use that frozen juice concentrate, simply mash it with a potato masher ~ no need to wait for it to thaw!
To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing!
To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stove-top ~ skillet will be much easier to clean now!
To aid in washing dishes, add a tablespoon of baking soda to your soapy water ~ it softens hands while cutting through grease!
Save your store-bought-bread bags and ties ~ they make perfect storage bags for homemade bread!
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato ~ it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix it"!
When making bread, substitute non-dairy creamer for the dry milk ~ it works just as well!
Instead of throwing away bread heels or leftover cornbread, use them to make bread crumbs. For use later, store them in the freezer. Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator ~ it will keep for weeks!
Place a slice of bread in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up!
When starting your garden seedlings indoors, plant the seeds in egg shell halves. Simply crack the shells around the roots of your plants and transplant them outdoors ~ the shell is a natural fertilizer!
To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh ~ if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
Keep the linings from cereal boxes ~ they make great substitutes for waxed paper!
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