Food

Did you know that sour cream will last twice as long if you turn the container upside down. What this does is form a vacuum seal around the lid. Making it harder for air and any bacteria to seep into the container. The same method works just as well with cottage cheese.

The next time you need to quickly turn those green tomatoes into juicy ripe red ones, grab a box and a banana. Place the tomatoes around the perimeter and place the banana in the middle. Your tomatoes will ripen two times faster due to the ethylene gas that bananas give off. Make sure you have a…

What if I told you, you could get almost double the amount of juice from any lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit. It’s true! The next time you’re going to eat or juice one of these fruits, simply throw it in the microwave for 10-30 seconds beforehand. Let it cool off for a minute, and then…

Did you know it’s completely safe to eat the stickers on fruit. Almost every fruit in the supermarket has some sort of labelling on them, but if you’ve ever panicked because you took a bite of the sticker, don’t worry.  All of them are food grade. Even the glue used to put them on is…

I know at some point last summer I used this one, but this one definitely deserves a second publish… A cool way to spice up any backyard party this summer, is to make ice cubes with different Kool-Aid flavours. Mix up some Kool-aid packs that go well with drinks, like lemon, lime, and orange, and…

If you think vacuum sealers are just for products then think again. You can actually use these machines to make some super succulent watermelon. All you have to do is cut up a piece of watermelon and vacuum seal it like you would anything else. What happens is it causes all the juice in it to be…

If you’re looking to add a little caffeine kick to your vanilla or chocolate ice cream, try adding some coffee grinds to it. I know you’re probably thinking what I thought at first, that it sounds gross, but it’s seriously delicious. Coffee grinds are 100% edible, some coffee shops will even sell chocolate covered beans, which are…

Stop wasting all those extra kernels at the bottom your popcorn bag. They can be popped, and more importantly eaten, if you just store your kernels in the refrigerator. It’s been proven that by storing popcorn kernels colder places, they have a much higher chance of popping into popcorn. Giving you more bang for your…