Kitchen tricks that save time and food

nakodu · 2026-10-28T11:31:32.069743+00:00

- Freeze bread sliced. Toast slices straight from the freezer. - Wrap herbs in a damp paper towel and keep them in a bag in the fridge. They last days longer. - Too much salt in a soup? Add more liquid, or a splash of acid like lemon juice to balance it. (The potato trick doesn't really work.) - Bring eggs and butter to room temperature quickly by putting eggs in warm water for 5 minutes and grating cold butter. - Put a wooden spoon across a pot of boiling pasta to stop it boiling over. - Peel ginger with the edge of a spoon. Less waste than a knife. - Cook once, eat twice: make double and freeze half in single portions.

Freeze bread sliced. Toast slices straight from the freezer.
Wrap herbs in a damp paper towel and keep them in a bag in the fridge. They last days longer.
Too much salt in a soup? Add more liquid, or a splash of acid like lemon juice to balance it. (The potato trick doesn't really work.)
Bring eggs and butter to room temperature quickly by putting eggs in warm water for 5 minutes and grating cold butter.
Put a wooden spoon across a pot of boiling pasta to stop it boiling over.
Peel ginger with the edge of a spoon. Less waste than a knife.
Cook once, eat twice: make double and freeze half in single portions.

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