Did You Know? Part 2

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if you want a stronger taste of garlic ( I love garlic, sorry Dusty)

Heat up left over pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. this keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.

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 and calories per serving.

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 newspaper.

Broken Glass - Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

No More Mosquitoes - Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away!

More Do you Know Tips To Follow

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Did You Know? Part 1

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster....

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh longer and not mold.

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

For a yummy treat - make brownies as directed. Melt Andes Mints and pour over warm brownies...

More Tips tomorrow.... What do you think so far???

** Tips received via email from a friend.