October 12, 2023
The Most Important Kitchen Hacks You Never Knew You Needed
Everyone loves a good kitchen hack. Whether you’re looking for ways to make cooking your meals quicker and easier or you just like to have a bit of fun, there are lots of kitchen hacks for you to try. This article will explore some of the most unusual kitchen hacks. We’re not talking about some of the most common kitchen hacks, such as adding oil to your pasta to stop it sticking. We’re talking kitchen hacks such as using a whisk to remove seeds, or using bread to pick up glass. Get ready to level up your kitchen game with these must-know hacks...
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1. Hold Your Spoon In Place While Cooking With A Rubber Band
We’re all guilty of losing a utensil in a pan while cooking. If you say you haven’t, you’re either lying to yourself or you’re living a much more responsible life than the rest of us! Simply wrap a rubber band around the top of the spoon’s handle, and prop it up against the side of your saucepan/bowl. The rubber will grip to the side, keeping your spoon in place and you’ll never have to worry about retrieving your lost spoon in a hot pan again.
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2. Crush Hard Spices With A Rolling Pin
Grinding spices can seem daunting without a mortar and pestle, but with this cooking hack you can save your pennies and just use a rolling pin!
Put your chopped up spices in a sandwich bag or wrapped up in cling film, then lay it flat on a hard surface and roll your rolling pin over the top several times.
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3. Easily Peel A Kiwi With A Spoon
Kiwis are a popular fruit, but trying to eat them without getting messy can be quite daunting. But there’s actually a really easy way to eat them…
Cut the ends off of the kiwi and use a spoon to carve out the flesh of the kiwi to easily remove the skin. From here, you can cut your kiwi whichever way you prefer. We recommend using a spoon to pick up each piece of kiwi to further avoid getting messy!
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4. Mash Avocados With A Potato Masher
Want to try making a homemade guacamole or the classic avocado on toast? Most people mash up their avocado by chopping it up into little pieces and then using a fork to mash. “There has to be a better way!” I hear you cry.. and there is!
Potato mashers are great assets when it comes to mashing avocados. Simply remove your avocado from its skin, add it to a bowl and mash away. You’ll have perfectly mashed avocado in seconds, for your homemade guacamole or something even better!
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5. Cherry Pit Removal With A Straw
Cherry pit removals can be fiddly and messy, making the whole experience not worthwhile, but we’ve found a way to quickly and easily help you past the terror of prepping the fruit.
Use a straw to ingeniously remove a cherry pit. Just hold the cherry with one hand, and use your other to slide the straw directly through the cherry centre. The pit will come straight out!
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6. Remove Seeds From Fruit With A Whisk
Whether you’re looking to enjoy a butternut squash or pumpkin, we have the hack you need to speed up the seed removal process!
Simply cut open your fruit and use a whisk to twist and pop out the seeds. This technique can be used for pumpkins, butternut squash and other gourds.
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7. Cookie Making With A Muffin Tin
This is a game changer for all bakers! It can be really difficult to get cookies that are the same size, and even to get them perfectly round.
But we’ve found the hack of all hacks – Ball up your cookie dough the same as you usually would and add one ball in its own section of a muffin tin. Bake as normal or until it’s baked all the way through, and you’ll end up with chunky little cookies that are perfectly round!
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8. Unscrew A Stuck Lid With A Can Opener
There are so many tips and tricks for getting into a hard-to-open jar, that it’s near impossible to know what actually works.
This kitchen hack makes it really easy. Use a can opener to pierce the lid. Once it’s pierced, even a little bit, the lid should just pop right off. The only problem with this is that once you’ve done it you either have to use up everything in the jar or put it in a new container, as there will be an air hole.
9. Chocolate Shavings With A Potato Peeler
Almost all kitchens have a potato peeler, and it’s uses are endless!
Whether you’re trying to make chocolate shavings for your hot chocolate toppings or baking finishing touches, use your potato peeler to easily create lots of chocolate shavings.
10. Waste No More With A Silicone Spatula
Silicone spatulas are another tool in your kitchen that comes with several uses. One of which being the easy of using every drop of peanut butter, jam or spread from a jar!
Just open your jar and wipe the insides around with a silicone spatula, giving you more to use and less to waste!
11. Frozen Grapes As Ice Cubes
Grapes are a great way to keep your drinks cold and looking aesthetically pleasing without diluting or changing the taste of your drink.
Pop your frozen grapes into your juice, wine, or other beverages to keep them cold without losing flavour. And the best part? You get a great snack at the end!
12. Pick Up Shards Of Glass With A Slice Of Bread
Broken glass is dangerous, and picking up every shard can be near-impossible when it’s shattered into millions of tiny pieces.
A slice of bread is an ingenious solution that can pick up small, hard to see shards of glass. Sweeping up the bigger pieces first, then take a slice of bread and press it into the floor where the glass broke. All of the smaller dust-like particles will stick to the bread! Be sure to safely throw the bread away immediately after.
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