Helpful Hints from Shirley Coffey and Marilyn Fielding

Here's some helpful hints for you. Some are pretty cool.

Reheat Pizza:
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Easy Deviled Eggs:
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash
till 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 the
store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it
in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount.
You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread:
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins
that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of
water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper weeds away:
Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients
in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping
as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get
through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet
newspapers.

Broken Glass:
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass
pieces of glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see!
( a piece of bread works the same way!)

No More Mosquitoes:
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep
the mosquitoes away.
(WOW! that is really great to know!!!)

Squirrel Away!:
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle
your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the
plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

Flexible vacuum:
To get something out of a heat register or under the
fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gif wrap roll to your
vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling:
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip
and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with
slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of
slacks and - voila - static is gone.

Measuring Cups:
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring
cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry
the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch
how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?:
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and
keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with
the eraser!
Works better than a cloth!

Reopening envelope:
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to
include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer
for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.

Conditioner:
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot
Cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great
Way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in
your hair...

Goodbye Fruit Flies:
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass
Fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix
well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants:
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat
it, take it "home," & can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or
so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets
or small children being harmed!

Baby Powder:
Take baby powder to the beach Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your
beach bag. When your ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.