21 Absolutely Invaluable Kitchen Hacks

#1 Ice Cream Scoop

You can use an ice cream scoop to quickly remove seeds from pumpkins or zucchinis. Its sharp edge easily scrapes out seeds from veggies.

#2 Ice Cubes And A Paper Towel

You can use some ice cubes and a paper towel to remove excess fat from your baked dish. Wrap the ice in the towel and wipe it over the top of the food.

#3 Film Wrap

You can use plastic wrap in the best way by storing it in the fridge. Cold food wrap behaves better, sticking and tearing less.

#4 Peel Citrus Fruits Easily

You can peel oranges, lemons or satsumas easily just stick them in the microwave for 20 seconds and it becomes much easier to peel these fruits.

#5 Peeling Boiled Eggs

You can easily peel boiled eggs by adding soda or vinegar to the water.

#6 How To Squeeze More Juice Out Of Your Citrus Fruits

To squeeze more juice out of a lemon, first cool the fruit in the fridge, and then zap it in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.

#7 How To Grate Soft Cheese

You can easily grate soft cheese by putting it in the freezer for half an hour before grating.

#8 Cut Onions Without Tears

Put the onions in the freezer for 30 minutes before chopping them.

#9 Best Way To Boil Pasta

If you don’t want the pot to boil over while you’re not watching it, put a wooden spoon or stirrer over the top. The wood will stop the foam from going over the edge.

#10 Roast A Whole Chicken

While roasting a chicken whole, lay it on its breast. This is because it contains most of the meat.

#11 Parchment Paper

If you don’t have special molds for cupcakes, use parchment paper instead.

#12 The Right Way To Warm Up Baked Items

Use a cup of water while warming up a pizza or other baked items in the microwave help to secure their moisture.

#13 Perfect Basted Eggs

Break the eggs into a pan as if you’re going to fry them, but instead of vegetable oil add water and then put the pan on the heater.

#14 How To Store Herbs

You can store herbs in an ice-cube tray for a long time without losing their vitamin content.

#15 How To Store Shelled Nuts

You can store shelled nuts by packing them in a sealed container and put it in the freezer. This helps to preserve their nutritional properties.

#16 Cleaning Hack

Use table salt instead to clean a cast iron frying pan.

#17 How To Rid Your Hands Of Unpleasant Odors

To remove stubborn garlic or onion odors from your hands use table salt or lemon. Just rub them into your hands and rinse with water.

#18 Metal Kitchenware Shine

You can restore shine stainless steel kitchenware by washing them it in a mixture of vinegar and water.

#19 Wooden Spoons

Boil the wooden spoons in plain water and leave them to dry in the sun. This will remove unpleasant odors and give them a new lease of life.

#20 How To Clean Wooden Chopping B0oards

Rub wooden chopping with coarse grain salt to remove odors and food residues.

#21 Keep Your Recipes Clean

To protect cook books from this fate, use a regular trouser hanger to keep the book open on the page you need and suspend it over the work surface, where it’ll be quite safe.