Our grandmothers know thousands of tricks and remedies!
Things that make life easier and save you a lot of money.
It would be a shame not to use them, wouldn't it?
So if your grandmother didn't have time to tell you all these secrets, don't panic!
We have selected for you a list with the best grandmother tricks.
Here are 25 amazing tips and tricks your grandma should have taught you. Watch:
Separate the bananas from the diet as soon as you get home from the supermarket. If you leave them in clusters, they will ripen (and therefore darken) more quickly. Click here to discover the trick.
Put the cut pieces of cheese in aluminum foil. Thus, the cheese will keep a lot longer... and without mold!
You can also reuse the end of the wrapper to prevent your cheese from hardening. Click here to find out how.
Peppers with 3 bumps on the underside are sweeter and best eaten raw. Peppers with 4 bumps on the underside are firmer and therefore more suitable for cooking.
Do you also love peppers? Click here to discover 10 market gardening tips for growing beautiful peppers.
And click here for the trick to cut a pepper like a Top Chef.
When cooking ground beef, add a teaspoon of water to the pan. As it melts during cooking, the fat in the meat will evaporate along with the water.
Are you looking for a solution to defrost ground meat quickly? Click here to discover the trick.
Want a richer, creamier omelette or scrambled eggs? Add 2 good spoonfuls of heavy cream or cream cheese before beating the eggs. Click here to discover all the cook's tips for successful omelettes.
Want lighter, easier to digest pancakes? Add a glass of sparkling water at the end of the preparation of your pancake batter. Know that this trick also works with beer. Click here to find out how.
To tone down the taste of garlic in a recipe, add it at the start of cooking. For a more pronounced taste, add the garlic at the end of cooking. Click here for 10 tips every garlic eater should know. Check out the trick here.
To enjoy your jar of Nutella until the end, put ice inside. After that, all you have to do is enjoy. Click here to discover the recipe.
No ice cream? You can also pour hot milk into your nearly finished jar of Nutella. As a result, you get a delicious hot chocolate, Nutella style!
And if you still eat Nutella, it might be time for a change! Here are 10 alternatives that are much better for your health.
Reheat leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. No more rubbery dough:in the pan, the pizza will stay crispy. ! Click here to find out how.
Don't have a stove? So, put it in the microwave, and put a glass of water next to your pizza. This way, when you reheat it, the dough will stay nice and crispy and won't be rubbery. Click here to discover the trick.
To make deviled eggs more easily:
- Put the hard-boiled egg yolks in a zip lock freezer bag.
- Close the bag and crush them well.
- Add the rest of the ingredients (mayonnaise, chives, salt), close and continue to crush.
- Cut the tip of the sachet, and press the stuffing into the eggs, as with a piping bag.
Plus, cleanup is easy:once you're done, just throw away the freezer bag.
Click here for even more easy tips for cooking eggs.
To make whipped cream easily, fill your French press with liquid cream, about a quarter full. Put the lid back on and rock the plunger back and forth. Continue for a few minutes, until you get a nice thick and smooth whipped cream. Click here to discover the trick.
And click here to discover all the amazing uses of a French press.
To turn stale bread into fresh bread, turn the bread upside down and run the entire crust under cold water. Once well moistened, place the bread for 5 minutes on a rack in the oven, preheated to 180°C. Take the bread out of the oven and enjoy your fresh and crispy bread. Click here to discover the trick.
Click here to discover 7 effective tips for keeping bread fresh longer.
To kill weeds, use newspaper. First put your plants in the ground as usual and add fertilizer. Afterwards, soak the newspaper with a little water. Lay out the wet paper around your plants, overlapping each layer of newspaper as you go. Finally, cover everything with mulch and say goodbye to weeds!
Indeed, weeds can pass through some plastic anti-root cloths. But they won't pass through wet newspaper. Click here to discover all the surprising uses of newsprint.
Did you break a glass? To pick up broken glass without cutting yourself, use a piece of cotton or a cotton swab slightly moistened with water. The trick also works with a slice of bread. Click here to find out how to make with bread.
To keep mosquitoes away, put a fabric softener in your pocket. The trick seems unlikely, but it really works!
Know that to keep mosquitoes away, you can also use a lime and cloves. Click here to discover the trick.
To keep squirrels from munching on your plants, sprinkle them with cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper is safe for plants. But squirrels avoid it like the plague. Click here to find out how.
To easily clean the corners, just add a roll of paper towels to the end of the tube of your vacuum cleaner. So you get a bit that you can bend or flatten to easily reach hard-to-reach places. Click here to find out how.
Tired of skirts and dresses that stick to the legs? To eliminate static electricity from your clothes, the solution is simple. Simply attach a small safety pin to the lining seam of your dress. Know that the trick also works with pants that stick to the legs, especially when you wear tights. Fix the pin on the seam of the pants and the static electricity disappears, as if by magic! Click here to discover the trick.
Click here for even more sewing tricks your grandma should have taught you.
Here's the right way to measure your sticky ingredients with a measuring cup:
- Before pouring a sticky ingredient into your measuring cup, fill it with hot water.
- Then empty the hot water, but without drying the glass.
- Add your sticky ingredient to measure it, like honey for example.
- Now the ingredient will come out easily, without sticking to the sides of the glass.
Know that the trick also works by spraying a little vegetable oil inside your measuring cup before using it.
Click here for even more great kitchen hacks that make life easier.
Tired of rubbing fog on your windshield? Keep a felt chalkboard brush in your car's glove compartment. Rub the windshield and windows with it to remove fog in no time. It works a hundred times better than an old rag! Click here for the top 12 tips against frost and fog.
Stuck an envelope, but forgot to put something in it? Pop it in the freezer for an hour or two and you're done. Your glued envelope will open without being torn. Click here to find out how.
No shaving foam? Use hair conditioner to shave your legs. For one thing, it's a lot cheaper than shaving foam. But in addition, the conditioner leaves the skin of the legs very soft. It's also a great anti-waste trick for reusing purchased conditioners that are not suitable for your hair.
Click here for more tips to use before and after leg waxing.
Want to get rid of those pesky flies swirling around the fruit basket? Put 1 cm of cider vinegar and 2 drops of washing up liquid in a small glass. Mix well and set the glass where the flies congregate. In no time, they will be attracted to the vinegar and trapped in the glass!
Do you have flies at home? Click here to discover 4 homemade traps to get rid of them permanently.
Invasion of ants? Make small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They will bring semolina back to their colony and eat it. Except that the ants cannot digest the semolina, which will eliminate them naturally. It can take up to a week for the ants to leave your house for good, especially if it's raining. This trick has a great advantage... It is that it is safe for the health of your children or your pets. Click here to find out how.
No need to invest in expensive laundry balls. To soften the laundry, just put 2 tennis balls in your washing machine. As a result, your laundry is even cleaner, softer and easier to iron. Click here to discover the trick.
