


Take the cardboard roll left from your paper towels and stuff it with recycle bread and fresh veggie bags. It fits neatly in your kitchen drawer and helps the environment at the same time

Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based sauces and there won't be any stains.

If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.

To get rid of the raw onion smell from your hands, after peeling and chopping, rub your hands with salt and rinse them while rubbing your hands with a stainless spoon under running water


Cure for Hiccups - have the person who is hiccupping drink water through a straw while you put your index fingers in their ears. You'll know you're doing it right if you can feel them swallow - Hiccups disappear instantly.

Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

A dab of Vicks VapoRub on the forehead can banish a headache

Wasp or bee stings - put a paste of meat tenderizer and water on the sting - the hurt starts to go away in 30 seconds.

To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the area and you will experience instant relief.

When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, scotch tape removes the splinters painlessly and easily.

Vicks VapoRub cures fungus infections on toenails, rub a small amount on and under each toenail and the skin around the nails twice a day, at bedtime and rising. See results in about 6 weeks

To cure coughs - rub Vicks on soles of feet and on chest. Put on thick socks and warm shirt - sleep tight

Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march.


Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan; rap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

You can substitute a tablespoon of Miracle Whip in a recipe for 2 eggs


To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet,simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stovetop.

Use air-freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell with the shine.

Clean toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets or 2 Efferdent tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush.

To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl.......Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean.

Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzers.

Clean Jevelry - Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes.

Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).

Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca Cola.

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle.

It will also clean road haze from your windshield

To clean soap scum ring off a fiberglass tub, spray Shout on the ring, let it sit 15 minutes and sponges right off
Recycle your used Bounce sheets - use them to dust the ceiling fans and window blinds.
