Really great things to know!

DID YOU KNOW?
Banana tips
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have topick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Cheese Tips
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Pepper Tips
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Ground Beef
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

Scrambled Eggs
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple ofspoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. Beat in the same direction to make extra fluffy.

Cooking with Garlic
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light tasteof garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste ofgarlic.

Snickers dessert
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simplychop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples.Place themin a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples.Bake at 350for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!

Left Over Pizza
Reheat PizzaHeat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, setheat to med-lowand heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are allbroken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashingit up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixtureinto egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it withyour mixerfor a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost morecake/cupcakeswith the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them ina microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the foodmoist and help it reheat faster.

WEEDS! (I've actually done this and it works!!)
Newspaper weeds awayStart putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wetnewspapers,put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will notget through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glassyou can't see easily.

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants withcayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add anempty paper towelroll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in nar-row openings.

Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not havea clingy skirtor dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.

Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove boxofyour car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works betterthan a cloth!

Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include somethinginside,just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two.Viola! It unseals easily.

Conditioner for shaving
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper thanshaving cream andleaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up theconditioner youbought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.

Goodbye Fruit Flies (I've been battling fruit flies for a couple of weeks, I'll let you know if it works)
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2" withApple Cider Vinegarand 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find thoseflies drawn to thecup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants (tried this I think it works, but I also had the ant baits at the same time)
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants They eat it, take it"home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if itrains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

Would love your comments on if these really have worked for you too!