Kitchen Tip of the Day

If you've been cooking with Garlic, and now you can't get the smell off your hands try toothpaste. Rub some white toothpaste between your hands and wash off. It should get rid of Garlic or any other kitchen odors.

Kitchen Hint of the Day

When chopping Parsley ahead of time you'll find it quickly wilts. Solve this problem by getting out as much water from the Parsley that you can. This is easily accomplished by wringing it in a kitchen towel.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

To reduce the strong taste of onions in a salad, dice them and put in refrigerator overnight.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Keep nuts in airtight containers in the refrigerator, they'll stay fresher longer.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Fresh nuts: Keep nuts in airtight containers in the refrigerator. They'll stay fresher longer.

Kitchen Hint of the day

Corn should never be husked, that is prior to preparation. If using the microwave it should be put in the microwave for 4-5 minutes with the husks intact.  The results are fantastic! It makes some of the best corn we have ever had.  Plus no pots of water to boil and clean up afterward.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

When working with dough, don't flour your hands; coat them with olive oil to prevent sticking.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Slice a mushroom easily, evenly and cleanly with an egg slicer. I've also used it to slice garlic.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Microwave a lemon for 20 seconds and you will triple the amount of liquid you can get out of it and make it very easy to squeeze.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Stick a wooden spoon handle into hot oil. If it bubbles around the handle, it is ready.

Kitchen Tip Of the Day

Remove hot chili burns from your skin by rubbing your hand with half a tomato. Try to use gloves when working with hot jalapenos or habaneros, but it will still get on your hands, so the tomato helps.

Kitchen Hint of the Day

Now here's one I've never heard of before!

Bake a double crusted pie with two strands of spaghetti sticking up in it to absorb any excess liquid. Let the top part of the spaghetti stick up a few inches. When the pie bakes, if there is any excess liquid inside of it, the liquid will climb up the spaghetti instead of pouring out the of the sides or the top.

Kitchen Hint of the Day

Freeze leftovers in ice cube trays. For example, if you open a bottle of wine, a can of tomato sauce or a bottle of pesto and only use a small amount, freeze them for later use. You can also cut small pieces of fruit and freeze them in the ice cubes for an added plus to mixed drinks.

Kitchen Tip of the day

Liquefy onions in a blender before adding to your tomato sauce so kids won’t see the onion and will eat them. You can use a blender, a food processor, or any chopper you prefer. You can slip those healthy but sometimes disliked vegetables in many dishes this way.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Kitchen Tip of the Day

Slide a strand of unwaxed dental floss--one end wrapped around the forefingers of each hand--under fresh cookies to unstick them from a cookie sheet. Floss also makes a clean cut through a cake for layering. No more crumbly edges!