19 People Who Are So Much Smarter In The Kitchen Than Me, It's Embarrassing

It's time to level up your kitchen before the year is up.

1. Like this genius who's figured out the best way to store bananas:

Freeze portioned bananas for smoothies, keeps them ripe and makes the smoothie creamy from lifehacks

2. This smarty who clearly has experience making cake last:

Wanna store cake in a container but don’t want to dig it out later? Flip a tupperware upside down and use the lid as the bottom. from lifehacks

3. This clever (and, lol, slightly tipsy) lady who has the best egg-peeling hack I've ever seen:

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4. This intelligent homeowner who found a smart alternative use for coasters.

Y'know how your oil shelf always gets oily, and sucks to clean? Try beer coasters. I've never had to clean this shelf since! from lifehacks

5. This super-smart person who shared the greatest ice cream–saving hack of all time:

Put the ice cream on ziplock bag or grocery bag to avoid a freezer burn and also makes the ice cream easier to scoop. (My pastry chef told me this 😀) from lifehacks

6. And this clever guy who shared the best way to slice a pepper:

And here I've been scooping the seeds out with a spoon, like a schmuck. from lifehacks

7. This absolute genius who shared a hot tip for making pasta/mac 'n' cheese:

If you don’t have milk, substitute it 1:1 with the pasta water you cooked the noodles in. 100% tastes the exact same. from lifehacks

8. This brilliant person who just wants us all to have solid snack bars:

Got tired of busting up my Nutri-Grain bars in my pocket. 2 bars fit perfectly in an Extra gum container. from lifehacks

9. This ingenious smarty who reused a milk container for the greater good:

Hate scraping raw chicken or pork off of your nice cutting boards? Save your oat/nut/cow milk containers for a disposable surface to cut or portion on! from lifehacks

10. And this smarty who reused a newspaper in the simplest but most helpful way possible:

It also gets rid of bad smells from lifehacks

11. This inventive cook who showed us how to hack a pan for a smaller portion:

When you don’t want to buy a smaller pan for just 1 recipe from lifehacks

12. And this person who did a similar thing for dessert:

If you are baking brownies and don’t have a small enough tray, roll up some tin foil and it works as a barrier perfectly from lifehacks

13. This person who had the wisdom to use a magnet clip to secure a dish towel:

Use a magnet clip to hang a hand towel on the dishwasher so it doesn't fall off from lifehacks

14. This very smart person who figured out a second use for a simple kitchen tool:

Use an egg slicer to cut your mushrooms. from lifehacks

15. This clever person who used an office accessory as a chip-bag saver:

Accidentally tore the side of your bag of chips? Use a hole puncher to keep it from spreading. from lifehacks

16. This imaginative homeowner who hacked a peg board in a cool way:

I have a small kitchen so this was my solution. from lifehacks

17. This super smarty who used a fork to get the optimal dunk:

Fork your Oreo so your fingers never touch the milk..I just learned this 30 years in. from lifehacks

18. This brilliant cook who used some simple plastic wrap to make a major save:

Put plastic wrap over your tomato dishes before putting the plastic lids on to avoid stains! from lifehacks

19. And finally, this absolute genius who totally hacked the wing-making game in the best way possible:

Fit more wings in the oven and get better results. I was able to fit two large packets of hot wings into a medium sized oven dish by using wooden skewers to hold up wings vertically. Once cooked They are crispy perfect. from lifehacks

*Just be sure to soak your skewer sticks first!

H/T: r/lifehacks.