Helpful Household Hints

jennellh · 2009-02-04T13:42:14+00:00

Forwarded from a friend this morning - some very interesting solutionsand worth printing out for future reference? jennellhPeel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do itTake your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leavethem connected at the stem, they ripen faster. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stayfresh much longer and not mold!Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull thegrease away from the meat while cookingTo really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple ofspoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beatthem up. For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mintsin double boiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderfulminty frosting.Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlicand at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simplychop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples.Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars overthe apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanillaice cream. Yummm!Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top ofthe stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps thecrust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channeland it really works.Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mashtill they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal,keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy,squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from thestore,...

Feb 04, 2009 45 Replies

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AliceW 17 years ago

I have four ripe ones right now and a wonderful recipe for a banana bread but no time to bake. Can you peel them first and then freeze them?

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jennellh 17 years ago

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AliceW 17 years ago

Thanks! I will give that a try. !

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jeanne-nzlstar* 17 years ago

yup, peel, free flow freeze'm. then bag'em all together. thats how they do it for frozen chocolate dipped, rolled in chopped nuts, bananas on a stick . :) free flow freeze them with the stick. no way in hell will ya get a stick into a frozen banana, lol. enjoy!! j.

"AliceW" wrote... I have four ripe ones right now and a wonderful recipe for a banana bread but no time to bake. Can you peel them first and then freeze them?

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AliceW 17 years ago

Oh, yum, do they sound good. No nuts though - verboten for the DH.

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jeanne-nzlstar* 17 years ago

how about rolling it in coconut? chocolate sprinkles?

100's and 1000's? has to be something that fits the bill that he can eat. tho just chocolate is nice too. a bit like a sundae. can be made in advance. just put'em back in the freezer after they chocolate etc sets. only takes a couple of minutes. little and big kids seem to love'em. enjoy! j.

"AliceW" wrote... Oh, yum, do they sound good. No nuts though - verboten for the DH.

"jeanne-nzlstar*" wrote...

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