Food

With summer right around the corner it’s almost time to snack on some refreshing pineapple. But did you know that the natural sugars in pineapples move around inside the fruit? If you’re storing your pineapple upright, make sure that you flip it upside down for 30 minutes before cutting it up. This allows an even…

After buying bananas there always seems to be a race against time to eat them. Unless of course you’re looking to make some banana bread. But if you don’t want to feel that pressure any more, start buying your bananas in various degrees of ripeness. There’s no rule that says you have to buy the…

Did you know that sour cream will last twice as long if you turn the container upside down. What this does is form a vacuum seal around the lid. Making it harder for air and any bacteria to seep into the container. The same method works just as well with cottage cheese.

The next time you need to quickly turn those green tomatoes into juicy ripe red ones, grab a box and a banana. Place the tomatoes around the perimeter and place the banana in the middle. Your tomatoes will ripen two times faster due to the ethylene gas that bananas give off. Make sure you have a…

What if I told you, you could get almost double the amount of juice from any lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit. It’s true! The next time you’re going to eat or juice one of these fruits, simply throw it in the microwave for 10-30 seconds beforehand. Let it cool off for a minute, and then…

Did you know it’s completely safe to eat the stickers on fruit. Almost every fruit in the supermarket has some sort of labelling on them, but if you’ve ever panicked because you took a bite of the sticker, don’t worry.  All of them are food grade. Even the glue used to put them on is…

I know at some point last summer I used this one, but this one definitely deserves a second publish… A cool way to spice up any backyard party this summer, is to make ice cubes with different Kool-Aid flavours. Mix up some Kool-aid packs that go well with drinks, like lemon, lime, and orange, and…

If you think vacuum sealers are just for products then think again. You can actually use these machines to make some super succulent watermelon. All you have to do is cut up a piece of watermelon and vacuum seal it like you would anything else. What happens is it causes all the juice in it to be…