18 Kitchen Tricks Even Your Mother-In-Law Might Want to Write Down

Some consider the words “lifehack” and “advice”, but not quite. According to the definition, lifehack is a tip or technique that helps you perform a routine task more easily and efficiently. Anyone can come up with such tricks — you just need to unleash your creativity and not be afraid to experiment.

we, from awesome.club, we try to make life as easy as possible, especially in the kitchen. So we are very happy with people who come up with cool hacks and share them with everyone.

1. To cut onions without crying, leave a candle lit next to the cutting board

Another tip: cut the onion in half, soak it in cold water, and then chop it. There will be no tears.

3. You can roast the meat and potato simultaneously, using a grill. This way, it will make the potato even tastier.

4. “Two large packages of chicken wings and drumsticks fit in a medium roasting pan as I placed them on wooden skewers”

5. To prevent the cutting board from slipping, place a damp cloth or towel underneath

6. Food defrosts faster in a frying pan (no need to put it on the stove)

“These chicken thighs completely thawed in three hours.”

7. To keep sushi fresh, wrap it in plastic wrap and place it in a container with a piece of bread.

8. You can peel a hard-boiled egg in seconds using a tablespoon.

9. To weigh portions of long pasta, place them in a napkin holder

10. Why wash greasy containers by hand when you can do it like this

Place a paper towel in a dirty container, add dish detergent and hot water. Close the lid, shake well, remove the towel and rinse the container. Voila! It’s clean!

11. Bamboo skewers + masking tape = cheap and practical sushi mat

12. So that the knives don’t go dull, move the cut food with the spine of the knife, not with the blade

13. “Splash cover was too small for my skillet”

14. Don’t throw away the water left over after cooking the pasta — the starchy water will make a great base for the sauce

In order not to dispense all the water, place a measuring cup in the colander.

15. “Very practical for draining the water from cooking rice in a bag. Here’s a tip.”

“When your wife is an engineer”

16. “Recently, I watched my father cut carpaccio and was surprised by the simplicity of solving the problem of liquid leaking from the packaging, leaving the product dry”

Cut a piece to be served directly with the packaging. Remove the piece to be sliced ​​and place the cut edge of the packaging on the product that will return to the fridge. Thus, the liquid will not leak and the piece to be stored will not be dry.

Grease and grime can be removed in the shortest wash cycle, and the silicone caps will have no stains left when hand washed. The main thing is to choose the spin cycle for delicates.

18. “I call it lazy lasagna: frozen ravioli with sauce and mozzarella, baked in the oven. Does anyone else do this?”

Sometimes you see a lifehack unusual and thinks, “Oh, what nonsense!” And then you find out that it really works. Has it ever happened to you? Comment!