Simple Deviled Egg Technique

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip top bag. Seal the bag and mash until yolks are broken. Add remaining ingredients, reseal and mash until well blended. Cut just the tip of the bag on one corner and squeeze mixture into egg. Just recycle the bag when finished.   Easy clean up!

 
Really Lean Ground Beef! Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.  It helps to pull the grease away from the meat while cooking!
Want to know how to make your frosting go further? When you buy a container of frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes.  It will expand and you can make it double in size! 
Which Bell Pepper is Right for You?  Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.  Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Keep Your Lettuce Crisp Without a Last-Minute Rush Try pre-mixing your dressing in the bottom of the salad bowl. Top the dressing with broken lettuce and place on table or in refrigerator untossed.  Just before your hot food is ready give the salad bowl a quick stir and you've got a great crisp salad!
Want to Keep Your Herbs Tasting Fresh? Be sure to add your FRESH herbs at the end of the recipe to help keep their flavor and their bright green color.
Want to Keep Your Bananas Fresh a Little Longer? Be sure to pull them apart when you get home from the store. If you leave bananas connected at the stem they ripen faster.
Keep Your Apples from Turning Brown Oxygen browns apples after a short time of exposure.   To keep this from happening, all you need is:

-3 crushed tablets of Vitamin C
-2 medium-sized apples
-1/2 cup of water

Mix the water and Vitamin C. Mix your apple wedges with the liquid Vitamin C and voile! Your apples will keep their color for days.  The best part is the apple taste is not affected and better yet, your family is getting an extra dose of Vitamin C!

Don’t Know What to do With Leftover Mashed Potatoes?  An enjoyable way to use up leftover mashed potatoes is to form balls of potatoes around cubes of cheese, place the balls in the broiler and broil them until they are light golden brown.  For an added touch, roll them in battered bread crumbs, potato chips, or Parmesan cheese for a delicious appetizer!
Don't Know What to do With Excess Tomato Paste? Freeze the whole can of paste before you open it.  Once frozen open the can at both ends.  Push the frozen paste out and slice into 5 or 6 pieces.  Each piece is approximately 1 tbsp. Simply freeze the leftover slices in a plastic baggie for the next time (don't forget to label it)!
What Can I Do With My Leftover Wine?  When you have wine left over freeze it in ice cubes & store in a zip lock bag.   Add a frozen cube to sauces as desired.
How to get the most juice out of your lemons, for both homemade lemonade and cooking!  Put whole lemons in the freezer.  After they are frozen, take them out and let them thaw. This makes them extra juicy, soft and delicious! Squeeze them to make ice cubes, lemonade, or your favorite lemon treat. OR...you can roll a whole lemon on a hard countertop for about 30 seconds.  Slice in half and see the results!
How Do I Peel Fresh Ginger? The best way to peel fresh ginger is with a teaspoon.  The spoon gets into the nooks and crannies and off comes the peel!  Fresh ginger stores very well in the freezer in a zip lock bag.
How Can I Prevent Boil-Overs?  For cooks who use electric stoves & need to cool down a hot pot, instead of moving a heavy pot to an off burner, just toss one or 2 ice cubes to take up the slack while the lowered burner cools down.

Peeling tomatoes, made easy!  To easily peel tomatoes drop them in boiling water for 30 seconds.   The skin peels right off like nothing!
Is There a Good Way to Keep Cheese from Molding?  By putting a few sugar cubes in your cheese containers at home, your cheese will be free of mold!

How to Make Perfect pancakes every Time  For perfectly shaped pancakes, use a clean meat baster to squeeze the batter onto a hot griddle. Perfection every time!

Looking for a SWEET red onion ? When shopping for red onions, select the "flat" onion as opposed to the "round" onion to get a surprisingly sweet flavor!
When Opening Canned Goods...Open at the end that has been sitting on the shelf. The ingredients come out more easily, and that end is usually the cleaner of the two!

Want to Keep Your Butter Tasting Fresh? Be sure to put several drops of oil in a pan when frying with butter to keep  the butter from burning.