Kitchen

[Epicurean]

It would be nice if every one  told us there helpful hints.

two I discovered are,for cutting up fresh herbs. Sometimes the knife just squashes the herbs,so,I bunch mine up on a cutting board and cut back and forth with a pizza cutter. Second,I like to brown ground beef in the microwave when in a hurry,but the meat just clumps together. I found out breaking it up with a pastry blender really does the job fast.

will appreciate any ideas anyone else has figured out.

[Wendy Lou Hoo]

Everyone probably knows this already, but spray your crockpot with cooking spray (Pam) before putting food in.  Cleanup will be much easier.

[godi]

Use your box grater to strip fresh herbs. I use the side with the bigger holes and it shreds it perfectly. 

[Fressa]

I keep an empty canister next to the stove with my favorite cooking utensils. I reach for the same ones all the time so this saves me reaching or trying to open a drawer while I'm cooking. 

[Nightowlz]

We keep diced up onions, jalapeno & bell peppers, celery etc in the freezer. When it comes time to cook something to eat prep time does not take as long.

[chickenbutt]

It's possible that I have an excessive number of utensils.  Therefore, I have 5 utensil crocks (fortunately, I have a lot of counter space) and have the utensils categorized appropriately.  One has spatulas, one spoonulas, one is all wisks, one is a bit of a mishmash, etc.   That way I don't have to go through drawers or file through one utensil crock to try and find a given utensil.

My mind is so fuzzy lately that I cannot think of helpful tips so I need to think about that some more.    

One thing I do is that if I'm making something that is fairly labor and ingredient intensive, like maybe a pot of soup or chili, I just make a HUGE amount so I feel like I'm getting my time and effort worth.  After I've had a meal or two out of it I portion it out in L&L containers, freeze them, then pop them out and vac-seal them so I have a bunch more meals of it without having to eat the same thing day after day after day.    (PS:  Don't ever run hot water on your frozen L&L - learned that the hard way, years ago.  It will break them)

[KingstonsMom]

When cracking eggs in a bowl for a recipe, if a small piece of shell ends up in the bowl, dip a larger piece of the eggshell into the bowl and the smaller piece of eggshell will migrate to the the bigger one for disposal.

Did that even make sense, sorry..... I tried, LOL! 

[mspatmac]

The best tip I use myself is stay out of it as much as possible!  

[Peaches McPhee]

Number the top and bottom of your plastic food containers.  The "1" top goes to the "1" bottom, etc. 

[nana59]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

When cracking eggs in a bowl for a recipe, if a small piece of shell ends up in the bowl, dip a larger piece of the eggshell into the bowl and the smaller piece of eggshell will migrate to the the bigger one for disposal.

Did that even make sense, sorry..... I tried, LOL! 

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works every time!!