Pot lids are hard to store efficiently, especially when you have little cabinet space to begin with. Make use of unused space by storing pot lids under the cabinet, hung on hooks.
Greek yoghurt is thicker and creamier than conventional yogurt — and pricier as well. Save some money by making your own version simply by straining regular yogurt through coffee filters.
Drying pots and pans is never fun, but Reddit user truckthunders discovered a dead-simple way to skip the process entirely. By placing a pot rack directly above the sink, the pots can air-dry and drip without ruining everything.
The auto-drip coffee maker is ridiculed by coffee snobs (and for good reason — plenty of other methods make consistently better coffee). Nonetheless, the auto-drip’s no hassle, automatic brewing still makes it the go-to choice for a lot of homes and offices looking for a quick caffeine fix. While you may not be able to get the “perfect” brew from an auto-drip, you can make it a whole lot better with a little know-how.
We’ve shown you how you can freeze herbs in ice for infused cold drinks. If you want another option for your latest herb harvest, try infusing them in simple syrups to give everything from iced tea and lemonade to cocktails and mocktails a tasty, flavourful twist.
If you keep your cooking knives in a drawer with the rest of your utensils, you may be doing some serious damage to them — partially because they’re rattling around in there and bumping up against other utensils, and partially because they’re running into corners and the sides of your cabinets. In addition to keeping them sharp and well-honed, getting them out of that cabinet will drastically improve their longevity.
If you don’t have a reusable steaming basket in your kitchen, but you do have a few disposable plates at hand, this DIY steaming basket is easy to make and gets the job done just as well without cluttering up your kitchen with another gadget.
If you hate how diluted cocktails get as the ice starts to melt, this tip from the folks at The Kitchn can keep your tasty drinks flavourful and delicious even as the ice melts: make your ice out of tonic water instead of tap water. If your cocktail already calls for tonic water, you’ll get that flavour as the ice melts, and even if it doesn’t, the taste may be better than essentially adding water.
Egg rings work very well for making breakfast sandwiches, but why spend money on commercial egg rings if you already have jars with lids?
If you have a tiny apartment kitchen, you may not have enough counter space to keep a full-sized dish-drying rack. With today’s tip you can mount a vertical drying rack on the wall next to your sink using IKEA components.
