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Including how to keep your produce fresh for longer!
The vinegar-water solution kills any mold spores on the strawberries. And don't worry — the vinegar doesn't ruin the flavor.
Be sure to replace the paper towel when it starts to dampen, as the key to this trick is ridding the lettuce of unwanted moisture — the enemy of freshness.
Just like with bananas, this hack will help prevent the release of ethylene, which ripens these veggies quickly.
Keep an eye on the water — if it gets cloudy, swap it out. This should keep these guys fresh for up to a week!
Ingredients:
1 cup baking soda
1 cup vinegar
Lemon peels (or another citrus)
Instructions:
1. Rinse your sink with water.
2. Sprinkle it with baking soda. Scrub. Rinse.
3. Fill a small bowl in your sink with vinegar.
4. Soak several paper towels in the vinegar. Line your sink with them.
5. Put one cup of baking soda and one cup of vinegar in the drain. Let it fizz.
6. Pour hot water down the drain.
7. Put some citrus peels down the drain. Run the garbage disposal.
8. Wipe down your sink with the vinegar-soaked paper towels.
9. Rinse for a sparkly clean sink!
It's a more abrasive way to get all that tough gunk off your cookware.
All you need are a handful of citrus peels (go for orange or lemon), one part white vinegar, and one part water. Pour them into a reusable spray bottle and you've got yourself an all-purpose kitchen cleaner.
Peel an apple and some ginger (feel free to skip the ginger if that's not your thing), place the skins in your infuser, add hot water, and voilà: a cozy tea!
Have some leftover coffee grounds? Pour them in a small bowl, let them dry out, place the bowl where those pests usually bother you, and singe some of the grounds with a lighter. The scent will keep 'em at bay.
When you're all out of eggs, don't throw away that carton. Cut off the bottom half, place it on a shelf in your fridge, and stick condiment bottles upside down into each lil' egg compartment. Sweet, sweet organization.
They're useful for more than just stationery — they can keep all kinds of bottles, boxes, and packets together inside your fridge.
File folders are perfect for organizing the cleaning supplies under your sink and the kitchen tools inside your cabinets.
Put a few strips of adhesive tape on the side of a file folder and stick it on the underside of your cabinets. It gives you easy access to spices, recipe books, or whatever you'd like to keep handy while you cook.
Rather than pile all of your produce in a single bowl, separate your fruits and veggies into file folders. It keeps them organized and makes it simple to grab which one you want without having to dig through a giant heap.