Sometimes a kitchen turns into a real battlefield. Arriving home from work, you need to defend the rights of the mess again and again, fight with dirty dishes, set your own rules in a territory that does not want to obey. In this situation, it is better not to panic and ignore the circumstances. Instead, you should consider actions that could simplify this fight.

We have compiled a collection of life hacks designed to make life easier for every housewife in this unequal struggle.

Grating cheese is easy and simple.

To easily grate the cheese, you can put in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. After that, the process will be easier. In addition, the cheese will not stick to the surface of the grater.

Extend the shelf life of bananas

Extend the suitability of bananas a simple life hack will help: for this you need to wrap them in foil. If there is no foil at hand, the usual food film will do. So bananas will be stored for several days longer.

To prevent tomatoes from spoiling

And you can save tomatoes as follows: when buying, pay attention to ensure that your package contains and ripe tomatoes, and unripe. In this mix, stored in the refrigerator, bacteria multiply more slowly. Or you can replace unripe vegetableslemonplacing it between the tomatoes.

Keep the cake fresh

Often after the holidays, pieces of cake remain. Of course, in the refrigerator they can be well preserved for some time, but at the same time the cake often dries up. Especially when it comes to biscuit.

A simple life hack will help to avoid this: you just need to instead of missing pieces of cake, put in it an appropriate piece of bread. So dessert will not lose its juiciness.

A convenient way to heat the paste

Everyone faced a nuisance: when you take out the paste from the microwave, you find it to your displeasure that in some places it has warmed up, and in others it has remained cold, like the heart of the former.

To avoid this misunderstanding and to warm up the dish evenly, it is worth place on a plate in the shape of a circle.So the paste will warm up properly.

Cool cocktail without dilution

Usually drinks are chilled with frozen pieces of ice. But so they are diluted, and become not so tasty. Instead of ice, you can advance to freeze the grapes. This will both cool the drink and maintain its concentration.

Nuts storage

Usually, no one makes it particularly difficult to create a special environment for storing nuts. Especially if they are in shells. But what happens if the oil stays at room temperature for a long time? That's right, it will go rancid, and will be worthless.

The same thing can happen with butter in nuts. Therefore, to keep nuts longer, it is useful to put them in the refrigerator.

Easy egg cleansing

To quickly and easily get rid of peeling eggshells, during cooking, add a little vinegar or soda to boiling water. Both of these substances easily penetrate the shell, facilitating the subsequent cleansing process.

The best way to squeeze lemon juice

 

To get as much juice from citrus fruits as possible, can be slightly frozen in the freezer, and then put in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.

Easy way to wash fruits and vegetables

For vegetables grown in their own garden, you can not worry - they definitely do not have harmful substances, and the hands of the workers did not touch them. As for the fruits and vegetables brought from the store, their cleaning should be taken more seriously.

Effectively remove impurities and an invisible film of chemicals on the surface will help ordinary soda. Any fruit, vegetable or berry can be washed with it. Soda will help to remove harmful substances, wash off dirt well.

Bonus: how to get rid of the bitterness of onions

So that the onion is not bitter, it must be boiled for 30-30 minutes. After that, he will even take on a slightly sweet taste.

Do you have kitchen secrets and life hacks that make life much easier? Share in the comments.