- Soften hardened butter by putting a small warmed bowl over the butter plate.
- Freeze cranberries and lemon peel in ice cube trays to add to drinks at your parties.
- Frozen grapes can also be added to party drinks. They’re great eaten frozen by themselves as well.
- Replace sour cream in dips with cottage cheese that has been zipped in a blender.
- Add vanilla or almond extract to water to flavor coffee as it brews.
- After you cut cheese butter the edge to keep it from drying out.
- Chill the bowl, beaters and cream before whipping.
- When boiling eggs add a teaspoon of vinegar to the water. This prevents cracks in the shell.
- Wet your knife before slicing eggs to prevent the yolk from crumbling.
- Put a dry sponge in the vegetable crisper to absorb excess moisture.
