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Cleaner Fruits and Vegetables

To clean more of the dirt, chemical residues, and waxes from all varieties of fruits and vegetables, use baking soda.

Store spices at room temperature but away from the heat and steam of the stove. They will keep their flavor

When measuring sticky ingredients, such as peanut butter, honey, molasses, and syrup, lightly coat the inside of the measuring cup

While preparing a meal, keep a large bowl on the kitchen counter. Put all your scraps, peelings and other discards

To ensure food safety, your refrigerator temperature should be 36-39 degrees Fahrenheit (approx. 4º C), and the freezer should be 0-6

Place hot cookies on a brown paper bag. The paper will absorb the grease from the cookies.

To eliminate stale refrigerator odors, cut an orange in half and scoop out the flesh (and eat it!). Fill the

Cooks know lemon juice works well to keep apple slices from browning but did you know honey also does the

About five minutes before the pasta is done cooking, throw in chopped fresh or frozen vegetables and cook both for

When storing half a bell pepper in the refrigerator, don’t discard the fleshy bulb containing the seeds – it will