1. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.

If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

2. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.

It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

3. 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.

4. Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.

It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

5. To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of

spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up

6. For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints

in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.

7. Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste

of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

8. Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply

chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them

in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350

for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!

that is some good tips,hey I m running out of recipes LOL

LOL..you and me both Gypsy, I will be cooking for months to try all of yours.
I had never heard about the 3 bump and 4 bump peppers before, have you ever noticed a difference ?

haha some, I have to say i haven't even tried yet, I have never really noticed about the bumpds LOL ours from the garden have three i think they are good and sweet.. I will definitely try some of ur recipes~

SSC, ur not going to believe what i prepared for supper, with all these recipes on board??
a fried egg sandwich with fresh tomato, and 9grain bread~~

LOL... sounds mighty fine to me , I can make a meal on fresh tomatoes and wheat bread, with loads of mayo and pepper.