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To stop your cutting board mixing bowl from moving around your countertop while you are working with it, merely place damp towel under the board bowl and you won’t spend time chasing after it.
Peeling tomatoes to use as a cooking ingredient is time-consuming. Try this quick tip: Cut them half, and place cut side down oi microwave-safe plate; microwave High for about 3 minutes, depending on the number of tomatoes. Skin will peel away easily.
Slipping off garlic clove skins is easy if you first zap them in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
When you make and serve tacos, you can fold paper plates in¬to fourths and hand one to everyone at the dinner table. The folded plates hold tacos in an upright position, mak¬ing them easy to top and keeping them from spilling over in between bites.
If your salt and pep¬per shakers fill from the bot¬tom. Usually when you turn them over to fill them, much of the seasonings runn right out of the shakers and onto your counter. You can fit round toothpicks into the shakers’ holes. You can fill the shakers easily without any cleanup or waste and simply throw-out the toothpicks when you’re done.
Read through the recipe, make sure you have all the ingredients, then assemble and preprep them before you start cooking. A lot of precious time is often wasted hunting through the pantry, cabinets, or fridge for missing ingredients.