37 Food Hacks Discovered By Real People That Are Borderline Genius

'Scuse me while I go try ALL of these.

1. Keep your avocado fresh longer by storing it with an onion:

Storing avocados with onion in the refrigerator keeps avocado fresh for days. I learned this by accident and found out it's actually a thing from foodhacks

This works because onions contain sulfur, which slows the ripening process.

2. Anchor your strainer using a spoon out of the utensil drawer:

Use a spoon to anchor your strainer from foodhacks

3. Use a waffle iron to make grilled cheese — it's quicker, less messy, and leaves holes to soak up your soup:

Grilled Cheese Cooked in a Waffle Iron (the Holes Hold Extra Soup) from foodhacks

Want to know exactly how to do this? Here's a recipe that looks pretty darn good.

Want to take this idea to the next level? Use a waffle iron to make grilled cheeses...using actual waffles:

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4. Keep your ice cream cold — and your hands warm — by putting your pint in a koozie:

Put a koozie on your ice cream pint, keep your hand warm, and ice cream cold. from foodhacks

5. Steam vegetables at the same time as you cook pasta:

Does anybody else do this or am I the only crazy one? from foodhacks

6. Keep the dishwashing to a minimum by using a muffin tin to hold your taco toppings:

Don't want to mess up 10 bowls for tacos? Use muffin tins! from foodhacks

7. Want easier-to-eat s'mores? Make them in ice cream cones:

For easy-to-eat s'mores, try making them in ice cream cones. from foodhacks

Here's an easy recipe to make this magic happen.

8. Eat frozen pizza one slice at a time by using an air fryer:

You can cut an uncooked frozen pizza and put the slices in the air fryer for a quick slice! from foodhacks

9. Here's another frozen pizza hack — cook two in the oven at the same time:

2 frozen pizza 1 tray? No problem from foodhacks

10. This hack lets you toast buns on a conventional oven:

Toast your buns on a conventional toaster from foodhacks

11. Grapes + lemon juice + gelatin mix = "Sour Patch Kids" candy grapes:

Make “sour patch” candy grape snacks by tossing grapes in lemon juice and different flavors of gelatin mix, chill or freeze (black cherry, lemon and lime flavors pictured) from foodhacks

Here's a video that will show you how to make these!

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12. Use empty ketchup squeeze bottles to make perfectly shaped pancakes with less mess:

Empty ketchup bottles make excellent batter holders and dispensers. from foodhacks

13. Speaking of less mess...here's a genius way to ice sugar over pastries, cookies, or cakes with almost no cleanup:

When sprinkling icing sugar over pastries or cakes, balance your wire tray over the sink (make sure the tap is out of the way!), dust liberally and any excess sugar can be easily rinsed away. No sticky counter / cloth! :) from foodhacks

14. Use a wine bottle to make homemade ravioli:

New to the sub, so sorry if this has been done before. But the bottom of J.Lohr(as well as any similar shaped wine bottle) makes a great press for homemade ravioli. from foodhacks

15. Keep a bag of chips from ripping up the wazoo with a little help from a hole punch:

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

16. Use an apple corer to make impressive-looking roast potatoes:

I use an apple corer to prep my roast potatoes. from airfryer

Looks pretty cool, huh?

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Something to note: Potatoes are harder than apples, so it's more difficult to core them — which increases the chances of you cutting yourself or breaking your corer. So be careful if you try this! One great suggestion from the Reddit thread is to boil your potatoes for half an hour to soften them before coring.

17. Cook bacon on a rack in your oven for easier cleanup — and for crispier, less greasy slices:

Elevating the bacon keeps it out of the grease and allows hot air to circulate around the strips, so they cook and crisp evenly. from foodhacks

18. You can also weave your bacon like a basket to make the world's best bacon burger or BLT:

Weave your bacon like a basket while it’s raw. When it’s done cooking you can plop it right on your sandwich. from foodhacks

Here's a video that shows you how to do it!

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19. One more bacon hack — use it in place of cooking twine:

No cooking twine? Use bacon! from foodhacks

20. I lied, here's one last bacon hack — cut and freeze bacon so you can eat exactly how much you want when you want it, and not have to cook the whole pound all at once:

I cut bacon in half and freeze in individual pieces. Then I pack them into bags. When I want a little bacon I can pull just what I want and not have to find a use for the whole pound. from foodhacks

21. Making pizza bagels? Put pepperoni over the bagel hole to a) stop cheese from melting though and sticking to the pan, and b) seriously upgrade the yumminess:

Place pepperoni over bagel holes when making homemade pizza bagels. Cheese won’t melt and stick to the pan, gives toppings more surface area. from foodhacks

22. Use a mason jar lid to make perfectly shaped black bean burgers:

Use mason jar can lids to get the patty shape when making black bean burgs. (Also works with eggs) from foodhacks

Here's a tasty recipe for making A+ black bean burgers.

23. You can also use a mason jar lid ring to cook the perfect egg round for your breakfast sammie:

Mason Jar lid ring to make my egg round for my breakfast sandwich! Totally works. from foodhacks

24. Don't have a mason jar lid? You can also make a stellar egg round using an onion ring:

Cook your eggs in onion rings, for a perfectly shaped fried egg ready to go in a sandwich. (X-post r/CookingForBeginners) from foodhacks

25. Turn any cake mix into cookie dough by adding two eggs and half a cup of oil:

You can add 2 eggs and 1/2 a cup of oil to turn any cake mix into cookie dough. from foodhacks

Here's a more in-depth recipe to show you how to do this!

26. Tired of all the fixings falling out of your burger? Wrap a piece of lettuce around the back end to keep it all in place:

Wrap a piece of lettuce around one side of your sandwich/burger to keep the goods from falling out the other side. from lifehacks

27. Use a binder clip to revolutionize how you store your beer:

look at this from foodhacks

28. Throw down lemon slices to keep your fish from burning and sticking to your grill (added bonus: extra flavor!):

Try the lemon method under the salmon to avoid burning your fish from foodhacks

29. Cook chicken Kiev with a piece of bread underneath to yield a bonus slice of garlic bread:

It will stop it going soggy at bottom too! from foodhacks

30. Seriously upgrade your iced coffee by making coffee ice cubes:

Pour some coffee into an ice cube tray. Freeze your ice cubes and use them in your ice coffee instead of regular ice cubes. from foodhacks

31. Tic Tac dispensers are great for storing spices...especially in smaller kitchens:

Use old Tic Tac Dispenser to store Spices from foodhacks

32. A vegetable peeler can double as a cheese grater in a pinch:

Cheese grater broke, used a vegetable peeler to shave my parmesan from foodhacks

33. You can "bread" chicken with crushed, dried edamame for a carb-friendly treat:

I know this image looks like pot but hear me out: use crushed dried edamame as a breading for chicken in place of bread crumbs for a high protein/less carb crispy crust that tastes awesome from foodhacks

34. Use a baby monitor (LOL) to keep an eye on the temperature on a grill or smoker while you do other things:

My husband is using our baby monitor to keep an eye on the temperature of his smoker while he works. from foodhacks

35. Upgrade your grilled cheese by spreading mayo — instead of butter — on the bread:

secret to the best grilled cheese ever: spread mayo instead of butter on the outside of the sandwich from foodhacks

36. Mix cereals to make your bowl the exact level of sweetness you desire:

Mix cereals to regulate sweetness levels and for variety. from foodhacks

37. And lastly, use chopsticks to end Cheeto-dust fingers forever:

Cheeto dust fingers prevention // Say goodbye to orange and red fingers - use chopsticks from foodhacks

HT: r/foodhacks