Tag: tips and tricks

Helpful Kitchen Tips & Tricks Your Mom Never Taught You

I don’t know about you, but I spend a heck of a lot of time in my kitchen. More time than I’d like most days of the week! There are a lot of things I really enjoy about cooking, but the prep and cleanup isn’t my favorite part of my culinary adventures. Although I do […]

10 Clever Ways To Make Packaged Food Taste Homemade

Packaged food may not always be the best, but we can all admit that it’s incredibly convenient. Even the savviest of cooks sometimes use canned and boxed items to cut down on the time and hassle cooking and baking entails.  I, myself, love using packaged items and then doctoring them to my liking. I almost […]

How To Make The Perfect Grilled Cheese (With A Parmesan Crust)

How To Make A Really Good Grilled Cheese Sandwich Grilled cheese sandwiches are an iconic comfort food. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like buttery toast with melted cheese, and there are so many variations and creative ways to fill one up. They are definitely a go-to, easy dinner idea for busy weeknights when you don’t have […]

How To Easily Get Rid Of Scratches In Wood & Leather

If you have scratches on your furniture or cabinets, you won’t believe how easy they are to almost completely get rid of with this one common household ingredient: Olive Oil. It’s a good thing my cats are cute because they have completely scratched up the leather sofa we have in our family room. The scratches […]

How To Clean Your Glass Stovetop Like Magic

Cleaning Hack: How To Clean Your Glass StoveTop With Vinegar & Baking Soda If you have a glass stovetop, then you know the struggle is real. This is what happens: A pot boils over. It explodes and spills all over the top of your stovetop. No matter what was in that pot (water, milk, sangria, […]

TIP: How To Fix Saggy Couch Cushions (a life hack everyone should know)

It’s so obvious, you may wonder why you had never thought of it before! Whether you’ve owned your couch for one month or ten years, I’ll bet your couch cushions look a little sad compared to the day you bought them, and if you’re even slightly OCD like me, it’s the first thing you notice […]

How To Clean Rubber Soles Like Magic With One Ingredient

It’s inevitable…. I’ve never had a pair of white soled shoes that didn’t turn dingy, dirty and anything-but-white in less than a month. And, I promise, I’m really not the type to walk through dirt or mud on a regular basis. After I realized I had a pile of shoes that I never wear because […]

What Are Those Ugly Lines On My Fingernails?

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links which means I may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. As I’ve gotten older, those vertical ridges on my nails seem to be getting more and more prominent. I really noticed those ugly lines recently in the pictures on my pumpkin […]

How To Cut A Watermelon For a Party

To me, watermelon is like candy! I can’t get enough of him it. It’s unfortunate that he takes up a quarter of the space in my fridge, but that juicy flesh is totally worth the lost space. If only I knew of an easy and quick way to slice him up to serve all of my friends…. Oh, […]