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73 ultimate food hacks to make you a kitchen genius

Quick kitchen wins
For non-sticky plastic wrap that sticks
For quick, cool summer drinks
An easy way to clean grinders
Thaw meat quicker
For an inside-out cheeseburger
Make two slow cooker meals simultaneously
To reheat pasta quickly
Keep drinks bug-free
A slick way to separate eggs
Use tongs to squeeze fruit
Slice fruit and veg with ease
Microplane burnt bits away
Salt sweet food
For handy scallions
Pre-soak pasta for a quicker cook
Divide ground meat before freezing
For room temperature butter
Make sticky ingredients work for you
How to keep tomorrow’s sandwiches fresh
Best-ever sausage pasta hack
Peel ginger the easy way
Resize deli meat
Eat salad with chopsticks
Say goodbye to sodden sandwiches
Keep potatoes and onions apart
Squeeze spinach with ease
Spiralize your salad
Take the edge off raw onions
How to extend the life of salad greens
Make meat dishes meatier
A wine cooler with a difference
Not loving the squashed bread look?
A trick for keeping herbs fresh
A way to save watermelon
Checking eggs are fresh
Cheese on toast without a grill
Clean the BBQ without chemicals
Cutting cake cleanly
Don’t discard day-old bread
Don’t have a pestle and mortar?
Extend the life of avocados
Fashion an all-in-one condiment holder
Perfect pastry every time
Fuss-free peeled garlic
Make clear ice cubes
Get maximum flavor from your herbs and spices
Batch-cooking baby food
Get the most from your roast
How not to waste wine
Get more juice from citrus fruits
How to tell fish is fresh
Get the most from condiments
Hull strawberries the easy way
Stop the saltshaker clogging up
Know when avocados are ripe
Make fried eggs more interesting
Make homemade tortilla chips
Taco shells you can make at home
Create buttermilk substitutes
Only used egg yolk?
Keep supermarket fish fresh
Over-salted a recipe?
Prevent brown sugar going hard
Ripen bananas quickly
Stop bananas ripening quickly
Slice tear-free onions
Stop avocado flesh turning brown
Remove shell from cracked eggs
Stop meat sticking to the pan
Prep potatoes ahead
Store veg so it lasts longer
Make sweet sushi
Ways to remove that fishy smell
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These all-singing, all-dancing hacks will make preparing, cooking and eating food easier and more enjoyable.
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Debra Waters

27 June 2017

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