Let’s Raise a Glass to All the Clever Folks Out There That’ve Made Life Easier!
From the department of “Why Didn’t I Think of That!?” comes a few ideas that are seriously smart. Talk about making life easier!
First clever suggestion: Organize your freezer by hanging things. Do you find yourself regularly buying frozen veggies? Do you find your freezer overwhelmed by several half-opened frozen food bags from past shopping trips? If you want to organize your freezer while maintaining its accessibility, consider using this life hack!
Purchase a collection of sturdy binder clips designated solely for use in your freezer. As you can see in the picture, you can seal your frozen veggies while keeping them off of the surface of the freezer. Not only will you stop your food from accidentally being spilled, but you will also gain some shelf space.
There is no power greater than that of the rigid plastic container. I am joking, but only slightly. Rigid plastic cases are a pain in the rump. If you want to avoid getting cut while opening this rigid plastic, just bust out the handy can opener.
Rigid plastic packages can be opened by simply treating them as a piece of metal. Your can opener won’t know the difference. Line it up along the edge of the package, ensure a tight grip, and then proceed to spin the tool to begin cutting. You’ll be amazed at how easy these packages are to open now!
I’ll close with an ingenious idea I shared over 10 years ago in a Cook’n article. It’s time to share it again for all our new readers. Clothing hangers can be extremely flexible accessories for a variety of household projects. Outside of holding your pants up in the closet, pants hangers can work to perform a number of tasks around the kitchen. One of my favorite inventions for neat and tidy pants hanging also hangs a cookbook in a neat and tidy way.
By using your pants hanger, you can prop up a recipe book for easy reading while you work around the kitchen. The hanger will allow you to simply hang the recipe wherever it is that you are working, thus leaving your hands free to focus on the meal before you. AND, this method also keeps the book off the counter and out of the way of spills and splatters.
Let’s all raise a glass to those clever folks out there that have made life easier with their clever hacks!
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First clever suggestion: Organize your freezer by hanging things. Do you find yourself regularly buying frozen veggies? Do you find your freezer overwhelmed by several half-opened frozen food bags from past shopping trips? If you want to organize your freezer while maintaining its accessibility, consider using this life hack!
Purchase a collection of sturdy binder clips designated solely for use in your freezer. As you can see in the picture, you can seal your frozen veggies while keeping them off of the surface of the freezer. Not only will you stop your food from accidentally being spilled, but you will also gain some shelf space.
There is no power greater than that of the rigid plastic container. I am joking, but only slightly. Rigid plastic cases are a pain in the rump. If you want to avoid getting cut while opening this rigid plastic, just bust out the handy can opener.
Rigid plastic packages can be opened by simply treating them as a piece of metal. Your can opener won’t know the difference. Line it up along the edge of the package, ensure a tight grip, and then proceed to spin the tool to begin cutting. You’ll be amazed at how easy these packages are to open now!
I’ll close with an ingenious idea I shared over 10 years ago in a Cook’n article. It’s time to share it again for all our new readers. Clothing hangers can be extremely flexible accessories for a variety of household projects. Outside of holding your pants up in the closet, pants hangers can work to perform a number of tasks around the kitchen. One of my favorite inventions for neat and tidy pants hanging also hangs a cookbook in a neat and tidy way.
By using your pants hanger, you can prop up a recipe book for easy reading while you work around the kitchen. The hanger will allow you to simply hang the recipe wherever it is that you are working, thus leaving your hands free to focus on the meal before you. AND, this method also keeps the book off the counter and out of the way of spills and splatters.
Let’s all raise a glass to those clever folks out there that have made life easier with their clever hacks!
Alice Osborne
Weekly Newsletter Contributor since 2006
Email the author! alice@dvo.com
Sources:
- www.bokros.csongrad.hu
- www.lifehackguru.com
