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These 20 genius lifehacks are designed to streamline your day-to-day tasks and help you navigate life with ease. Packed with clever tips that solve common problems, they offer quick solutions and smart strategies that make everyday life just a little bit easier.
“Easy one – clean while you cook”
“If your food is bland even though you’ve added salt then it’s missing acidity. Lemon juice, lime juice, or vinegar are easy additions.”
“If a recipe says to sauté onions and garlic together at the same time, DON’T. Do the onions first, and then add the garlic when the onions are just about done. Garlic can be over sautéed and it takes on a bitter flavor.”
“Prep everything first. Have all of your veggies cut and ingredients ready. You will be more relaxed.”
“Not mine, but my wife browns the butter before she adds it to chocolate chip cookie dough and they’re the best freakin cookies I’ve ever eaten!”
“Frozen pizza can also be zooshed up in many ways, eg sprinkle some feta on it after it’s cooked.”
“I use soy sauce in a lot of stews and soups to help bring out savory flavors. My minestrone, for instance, usually has some soy sauce in it.”
“Revive veggies that have lost their water by cutting their edges and soaking them in cold water. Lettuce, carrots, celery will be crisp again.”
“Leaving a potholder on the handle of a cleaned cast iron pan to let anyone who might put it away know it may be hot as it cools down.”
“I always take my cookies out of the oven a couple minutes or so before they’re supposed to come out. They still cook a little bit when they’re cooling on the pan, and as a result they come out nice and soft.”
“Boxed chocolate cake – use cooled brewed coffee instead of the water. Richens the flavor so much. I do it with boxed brownies too.”
“Knives, get good knives and a sharpener”
“Pretty much every soup can use a lil drop of lemon juice”
“A quality set of scissors will save you so much hassle…”
“Preheat. Preheat the oven every time. Let your pan heat up, and let the oil heat up.”
“Have a “cheat sheet” for times things go in the oven and how long it takes so you can prepare side dishes to go with the entree.”
“MSG”
“Do you not like vegetables but want to learn to love them? Roast.That.S**t.”
“Put a damp paper towel under your cutting board to prevent it from sliding around when you are cutting.”
“Buy a 5 lb bag of onions, caramelize all the onions at once, divide up into portions and package individually, then freeze.
The onions cook down to a manageable size during caramelization. Only needs to be done once every few months this way.”