Slicing Steak Fries

If you love eating thick, fluffy fries, then this hack will save you plenty of time. Rather than slicing each potato with a knife, use an apple slicer to instantly create thick, steak fries.

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Use Sheet Pans As Trays

While sheet pans are great for baking, they also make for sturdy trays when serving food to your guests. This will help you to save time on washing up regular trays afterward.

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Stop Bowls From Slipping

A slippery bowl can make stirring and whisking more difficult. What’s more, it may fall off your kitchen counter. Avoid this issue by simply placing a damp towel under the bowl. This trick also works for cutting boards.

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In one of the videos shared on her TikTok, Gigliotti demonstrated a hack that helps prevent freezer burns once you have opened a bag of frozen food. And no, it doesn’t include the use of Ziploc bags.

The TikToker starts with a half-used bag of frozen French fries. She makes two diagonal cuts in the middle, which leaves two flaps on the side. From there, Gigliotti simply uses the flaps to tie the bag, making an airtight seal that will keep the fries secure from freezer burns.

The hack and its simplicity were met with resounding praise from other TikTok users. Most of them wondered how they didn’t figure it out by themselves. You are probably wondering the same after watching the video.

“My jaw literally dropped, lol. Genius!!!” @laceleigh5 wrote in the comments section.

“This is so simple and so obvious once you see it. But WHY didn’t I figure this out on my own?!?!? Thank you!!” @jg_1724 added.

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Here’s Why

Plastic wrap is very clingy, which is good when you want it to stick to whatever you’re wrapping, but not as good when it sticks to itself and you can’t separate the layers. Storing it in the freezer helps prevent this problem. When plastic is kept in a cold place, it’ll become less sticky for a while, at least until it starts warming up. Don’t worry, you can still use it as normal, but it will definitely be much easier to handle it while you’re wrapping the leftovers.

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The coolness of the freezer will remove the static electricity, your number one enemy when working with plastic wrap. This also means you will use less of the foil because you will be able to separate the layers properly. And don’t forget the extra drawer space—it may not be much, but you know that every inch counts in a crowded kitchen!

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Freeze Sauces

A great way to make sure you’re always ahead of the game is to make a big batch of sauce like pesto or tomato and basil, and then freeze the leftovers. This means you’ll always have sauces when you need them. All you have to do is put them in the fridge for two hours to let them thaw.

Use Your Oven to Raise Bread

If you’re making homemade bread, you might have noticed that the bread does not always rise very well. This could be because the temperature of your kitchen is too low. If you think this might be the case, try popping it in the oven with a hot bowl of water beneath it. You should see it start to rise like never before!

Keep Ice Cream From Melting

A simple way to stop your ice cream from melting is to wrap it in bubble wrap. This helps it maintain its temperature and stay at a firm consistency for hours.

Simple Trick to Melt Butter Fast

Sometimes you need your butter soft. If you’ve forgotten to take it out of the fridge and it’s rock hard, don’t worry! A simple trick is to cut the butter into two cubes and leave it on the side for about 20 minutes. When you come back, they should be soft and ready for cooking.

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Use Plastic Containers

You can never have enough storage space in a kitchen, and plastic containers can help you maximize space and organize your kitchen tools and ingredients. Plastic containers with lids are great for safely storing spices and other ingredients and will make cleaning much easier.

Keep Essential Tools Within Reach

Knives, spatulas, tongs and whisks are essential kitchen tools that most people use on a daily basis. Organize your kitchen by keeping these go-to tools within reach so you can easily find them instead of digging around in drawers every time.

Date Everything

Labeling every container will help you easily find tools and items in a second and save you lots of time. Another great tip is to write the day you opened your food on every item in your fridge, such as condiments, half-used milk, etc. This way you’ll know when something’s not safe to use anymore.

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A dry hamburger is an easy way to ruin a meal, however, so you want to do all things possible in order to avoid that. Here are some tips to ensure that your burgers will be juicier than ever!

Don’t Overcook

The easiest way to ensure that a hamburger ends up dry is by overcooking it. While you definitely want to follow food safety precautions, don’t overcook your burger, as a patty that’s too well-done will always turn out the opposite of juicy.

Limit Working the Meat

Much of the liquid material of ground beef can be lost if you spend too much time forming and molding your hamburger patties. Try to limit how much your hands work the meat as you form the patties in order to ensure that these essential juices aren’t lost.

High Temperature, Less Time

While you might want to go “low and slow” when smoking meats in order to ensure that they stay moist and juicy, that isn’t the case with hamburgers. We like to get our grill nice and hot so that our burgers don’t need so much time and so that they cook faster, thus losing less moisture.

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More than once we’ve been given the unpleasant surprise that the container of peppercorns that we had bought at the store were not contained in a jar that also had a grinder attached. While we now have a mortar and pestle, which can solve dilemmas in a pinch, we weren’t quite sure how to fix this situation in the past.

However, if you have an old black pepper container that contains a grinder, it’s actually amazingly simple!

While it might seem that the grinder lids on these containers cannot be removed, there is actually a trick that will allow you to pop them right up and deposit your new peppercorns into them.

Simply by heating up the lid, either with the help of a hairdryer or by dipping it into a bowl of hot water. This will loosen up the lid, and with just a little bit of muscle, you can pop it right off!

Wasn’t that easy?

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It’s undeniable, though, that one of the worst parts of any coffee drink is when the ice cubes start to melt and your drink takes on a bland watery flavor. So, how can you fix that?

Have you ever thought about making your own coffee ice cubes? Here’s how!

Instructions:

1. Make a strong batch of coffee, around 16 ounces in total. You can do this by making your coffee in a Moka pot or simply by adding more coffee than you normally would to a traditional drip coffee maker.
2. Wait for the coffee to cool, and then transfer it to an ice cube tray that you would use for making normal cubes. Place it into the freezer, allow them to set, and then your coffee ice cubes are ready!
3. You can use them to cool down your favorite coffee drink without losing any of the flavor of the beverage. Enjoy!

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Kiwi Slices

Getting intact pieces of kiwi into a fruit salad can be so frustrating that you skip out on the fruit altogether. Instead, use the beater of your hand mixer to do all the work for you. Cut the kiwi in half, put the beater inside the half to make sections, and twist it around until they become loose. Dump into a bowl with other fruit and the party is on!

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Shredded Chicken

Shredded chicken is perfect for enchiladas, salads, even savor crepes! But shredding it by hand is annoying and tedious. Instead of wasting your time doing it by hand, just use your electric hand mixer and it’ll do all the work for you.

Veggie Dip

Mixing cream cheese for dips by hand can really give you a workout. Save yourself the effort and whenever you make a veggie dip, go in with your electric hand mixer instead. You’ll have a creamy dip in no time.

The post You Won’t Believe What Your Electric Hand Mixer Can Do appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

Slicing Steak Fries

If you love eating thick, fluffy fries, then this hack will save you plenty of time. Rather than slicing each potato with a knife, use an apple slicer to instantly create thick, steak fries.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Fun With French Fries (@funwithfries)

Use Sheet Pans As Trays

While sheet pans are great for baking, they also make for sturdy trays when serving food to your guests. This will help you to save time on washing up regular trays afterward.

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Stop Bowls From Slipping

A slippery bowl can make stirring and whisking more difficult. What’s more, it may fall off your kitchen counter. Avoid this issue by simply placing a damp towel under the bowl. This trick also works for cutting boards.

The post Kitchen Hacks to Make Cooking Easy appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

In one of the videos shared on her TikTok, Gigliotti demonstrated a hack that helps prevent freezer burns once you have opened a bag of frozen food. And no, it doesn’t include the use of Ziploc bags.

The TikToker starts with a half-used bag of frozen French fries. She makes two diagonal cuts in the middle, which leaves two flaps on the side. From there, Gigliotti simply uses the flaps to tie the bag, making an airtight seal that will keep the fries secure from freezer burns.

The hack and its simplicity were met with resounding praise from other TikTok users. Most of them wondered how they didn’t figure it out by themselves. You are probably wondering the same after watching the video.

“My jaw literally dropped, lol. Genius!!!” @laceleigh5 wrote in the comments section.

“This is so simple and so obvious once you see it. But WHY didn’t I figure this out on my own?!?!? Thank you!!” @jg_1724 added.

The post You’ll Be Mad You Didn’t Know This Freezer Hack Already appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

Here’s Why

Plastic wrap is very clingy, which is good when you want it to stick to whatever you’re wrapping, but not as good when it sticks to itself and you can’t separate the layers. Storing it in the freezer helps prevent this problem. When plastic is kept in a cold place, it’ll become less sticky for a while, at least until it starts warming up. Don’t worry, you can still use it as normal, but it will definitely be much easier to handle it while you’re wrapping the leftovers.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Hira Import&Export (@hiraimport_export)

The coolness of the freezer will remove the static electricity, your number one enemy when working with plastic wrap. This also means you will use less of the foil because you will be able to separate the layers properly. And don’t forget the extra drawer space—it may not be much, but you know that every inch counts in a crowded kitchen!

The post Why You Should Store Plastic Wrap in the Freezer appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

Freeze Sauces

A great way to make sure you’re always ahead of the game is to make a big batch of sauce like pesto or tomato and basil, and then freeze the leftovers. This means you’ll always have sauces when you need them. All you have to do is put them in the fridge for two hours to let them thaw.

Use Your Oven to Raise Bread

If you’re making homemade bread, you might have noticed that the bread does not always rise very well. This could be because the temperature of your kitchen is too low. If you think this might be the case, try popping it in the oven with a hot bowl of water beneath it. You should see it start to rise like never before!

Keep Ice Cream From Melting

A simple way to stop your ice cream from melting is to wrap it in bubble wrap. This helps it maintain its temperature and stay at a firm consistency for hours.

Simple Trick to Melt Butter Fast

Sometimes you need your butter soft. If you’ve forgotten to take it out of the fridge and it’s rock hard, don’t worry! A simple trick is to cut the butter into two cubes and leave it on the side for about 20 minutes. When you come back, they should be soft and ready for cooking.

The post Kitchen Hacks that Will Transform Your Cooking Experience appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

Use Plastic Containers

You can never have enough storage space in a kitchen, and plastic containers can help you maximize space and organize your kitchen tools and ingredients. Plastic containers with lids are great for safely storing spices and other ingredients and will make cleaning much easier.

Keep Essential Tools Within Reach

Knives, spatulas, tongs and whisks are essential kitchen tools that most people use on a daily basis. Organize your kitchen by keeping these go-to tools within reach so you can easily find them instead of digging around in drawers every time.

Date Everything

Labeling every container will help you easily find tools and items in a second and save you lots of time. Another great tip is to write the day you opened your food on every item in your fridge, such as condiments, half-used milk, etc. This way you’ll know when something’s not safe to use anymore.

The post How to Organize Your Kitchen Like a Chef appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

A dry hamburger is an easy way to ruin a meal, however, so you want to do all things possible in order to avoid that. Here are some tips to ensure that your burgers will be juicier than ever!

Don’t Overcook

The easiest way to ensure that a hamburger ends up dry is by overcooking it. While you definitely want to follow food safety precautions, don’t overcook your burger, as a patty that’s too well-done will always turn out the opposite of juicy.

Limit Working the Meat

Much of the liquid material of ground beef can be lost if you spend too much time forming and molding your hamburger patties. Try to limit how much your hands work the meat as you form the patties in order to ensure that these essential juices aren’t lost.

High Temperature, Less Time

While you might want to go “low and slow” when smoking meats in order to ensure that they stay moist and juicy, that isn’t the case with hamburgers. We like to get our grill nice and hot so that our burgers don’t need so much time and so that they cook faster, thus losing less moisture.

The post 3 Ways to Make Juicier Hamburgers appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

More than once we’ve been given the unpleasant surprise that the container of peppercorns that we had bought at the store were not contained in a jar that also had a grinder attached. While we now have a mortar and pestle, which can solve dilemmas in a pinch, we weren’t quite sure how to fix this situation in the past.

However, if you have an old black pepper container that contains a grinder, it’s actually amazingly simple!

While it might seem that the grinder lids on these containers cannot be removed, there is actually a trick that will allow you to pop them right up and deposit your new peppercorns into them.

Simply by heating up the lid, either with the help of a hairdryer or by dipping it into a bowl of hot water. This will loosen up the lid, and with just a little bit of muscle, you can pop it right off!

Wasn’t that easy?

The post You Can Enjoy Freshly-Ground Pepper With This Kitchen Hack appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

It’s undeniable, though, that one of the worst parts of any coffee drink is when the ice cubes start to melt and your drink takes on a bland watery flavor. So, how can you fix that?

Have you ever thought about making your own coffee ice cubes? Here’s how!

Instructions:

1. Make a strong batch of coffee, around 16 ounces in total. You can do this by making your coffee in a Moka pot or simply by adding more coffee than you normally would to a traditional drip coffee maker.
2. Wait for the coffee to cool, and then transfer it to an ice cube tray that you would use for making normal cubes. Place it into the freezer, allow them to set, and then your coffee ice cubes are ready!
3. You can use them to cool down your favorite coffee drink without losing any of the flavor of the beverage. Enjoy!

The post Make Your Own Coffee Ice Cubes appeared first on Cooking 4 All.

Kiwi Slices

Getting intact pieces of kiwi into a fruit salad can be so frustrating that you skip out on the fruit altogether. Instead, use the beater of your hand mixer to do all the work for you. Cut the kiwi in half, put the beater inside the half to make sections, and twist it around until they become loose. Dump into a bowl with other fruit and the party is on!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlOPn1PHbKu/?tagged=kiwis

Shredded Chicken

Shredded chicken is perfect for enchiladas, salads, even savor crepes! But shredding it by hand is annoying and tedious. Instead of wasting your time doing it by hand, just use your electric hand mixer and it’ll do all the work for you.

Veggie Dip

Mixing cream cheese for dips by hand can really give you a workout. Save yourself the effort and whenever you make a veggie dip, go in with your electric hand mixer instead. You’ll have a creamy dip in no time.

The post You Won’t Believe What Your Electric Hand Mixer Can Do appeared first on Cooking 4 All.