No More Sticky Garlic
To avoid garlic from sticking to your knife while mincing, place a few drops of oil, olive or vegetable, over the garlic. The oil will coat the garlic leaving your knife free to do its job.

Eliminate Blender Splatters
When adding melted butter or oil to dressings or sauces, place a small funnel in the opening of the lid of a blender. The liquid will pour through slowly and steadily eliminating the splatter that comes up throught the opening in the lid.

Inflate Subpar Potatoes
Have potatoes that have lost there spunk? Unless they're rotten, don't throw them away! Instead, cuts them according to how you want to cook them, dice, slice etc., then place them in a container and cover with water. The potatoes will absorb the water and come alive. Your spuds will go from flimsy to firm in not time!

Defrost Naturally
A better way to defrost frozen meats is to place the individual bag(s) in a bowl of luke warm water for 20-60 minutes, depending on size and quantity. This isn't as quick as the the microwave, but at least you don't risk cooking half the meat before the rest of it thaws. Plus, defrosting naturally cuts electricity costs!

Roll Cabbage Leaves With Ease
Cabbage rolls are great, but take a long time to prepare. Next time you're in the market for making some start by freezing a whole head of cabbage for a day or two before using it and then thaw it out. The leaves will be limpy and enable you to roll them with ease (and with out the mess of boiling).

Easy Minced Onion
If you don't cut off the root of the onion, you won't have problems with crying. Also cut a grid in the top of the onion (not to the root), then lay on its side and slice. Instant minced onion.

No More Onion Tears
Chew gum while peeling onions to help you from crying.

Sweeter Corn On The Cob
Want to get the full richness and sweetness from corn on the cob? When boiling it, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corns natural sweetness.

Professional Looking Pastries
You don't have to be a professional to have great looking pastries. Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful, glossy finish!

Slice Meat Thinner
Instead of buying presliced meats at the grocer, buy it as a whole and slice at home. To help in slicing the meat at home place meat into freezer, but only partially freeze. Slicing meat when partially frozen makes it easier to get thin slices.

Take Out The Fat
Feeling health conscience? Rinse cooked, ground meat with water when draining off the fat. This helps "wash away" even more fat! Use hot or warm water so fat won't congeal.

Homemade Bread
Sometimes we need to be creative in the kitchen to make recipes work, especially if you run out of an ingredient and don't have time to run to the store. When making bread, substitute nondairy creamer for the dry milk.

Over Salting Fixer
Today, we have many distrations, especially when we're trying to cook a meal. If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato. It absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up"!

Use Cake Mix To Flour A Baking Pan
Want to keep your baking genius a secret? When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead. No white mess on the outside of the cake. People will keep asking which bakery you bought the cake from.

Juice Concentrate
To quickly use that frozen juice concentrate, simply mash it with a potato masher or a wire whisk. No need to wait for it to thaw. The next best thing to fresh squeezed juice in the morning.

Mixing Meatloaf
Whether you add the "kitchen sink" to your meatloaf or only ketchup, make meatloaf mixing easier by combining the ingredients with a potato masher.

Prevent Tears From Cutting Onions
Place onions in refrigerator before peeling to prevent crying when cutting onions. And remember to always breathe through your mouth (never your nose), this will also help.

Sweet Homemade Whipped Cream
Homemade whipped cream always needs a little sugar kick. Sweeten the whipped cream with confectioners' sugar instead of granulated sugar. It will stay fluffy and hold its shape better.

Making Finely Ground Beef
If you are going for a professional looking meal and you need fine ground beef, use a pastry blender to cut ground beef into extra small pieces after browning.

Perfect Pancakes
Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle for perfectly shaped pancakes every time. IHOP at home, Instant Homemade O-shaped Pancakes!