Received 10-29-2016
Sent by Nancy H
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1. Prevent brown sugar clumps by tossing a marshmallow or two in the container. Read more.

2. Keep the halves of avocado fresh by storing them in an airtight container on a bed of roughly chopped onions. Watch video.

3. Cut the leaves and roots off of celery, wrap it in a paper towel, then wrap that in foil. Read more.

4. Get rid of any mold spores lurking on your berries or greens by rinsing them well in vinegar water before putting them in your fridge. Read more.

5. After you’re done washing your produce, put it in a plastic bag or glass container with a folded-over paper towel inside to soak up extra water.
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6. Wrap onions individually in (clean, unworn) pantyhose, then store them in a cool, dry place. Read more.

7. Cut half an inch off the bottom of your asparagus, then store it in water in the fridge. Read more.

8. Make a batch of smoothies, then freeze them in mason jars so they last at least three weeks. Read more.

9. If after cooking you have way too many extra green onions, chop them up and freeze them in an empty water bottle (plastic OR glass). Read more.

10. Flip your all-natural nut butters upside down to keep them from separating. Read more.

11. Freeze tablespoons of tomato paste so you never waste the second half of a can of tomato paste again. Read more.

12. Then freeze any extra fresh herbs in olive oil, so they’re easy to drop into stews, pastas, and scrambled eggs. Read more.

13. Or go ahead and store them in moist paper towels or in jars with water. Read more.

14. When you’re not using it, store your butter in the back of your fridge, not in the butter spot in the front door of your fridge. Read more.

15. Separate your bananas and wrap each stem in a small amount of plastic wrap to help them last longer. Read more.

16. Whether you used half a carton of chicken broth for dinner or got fancy and made your own, store the leftovers by freezing them. Read more.

17. Make extra soup, then ladle it into red Solo cups to freeze. Grab one or two cups’ worth to defrost anytime you need a quick dinner. Read more.

18. Store a cut loaf of bread in a paper bag, cut-side down. Read more.

19. Pour your paper bag of flour into an airtight glass jar. Read more.

20. Stash leftover pizza slices in a plastic bag to keep them from drying out in the fridge. Read more.

21. Store your milk in the coldest part of the fridge — the back of the middle shelf. Read more.

22. Make a double portion of cookie dough to use the next time guests come over, divide the layers with wax paper, then freeze them. Read more.

23. Do the same thing with a sliced chocolate cake for the evenings.
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Received 10-29-2016
​Sent by Nancy H
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Sent by  Nancy H
Posted: 10-15-2016

1. Fire starter. You need as many ways to start fire in your bug-out bag as possible. You hopefully already have a lighter, matches and a magnesium flint striker. But even that is not enough. You should also include cotton balls, some premade kindling, and hand sanitizer, too. The hand sanitizer works due to the high levels of alcohol in it. And it can help start a fire in the rain. One of the most efficient ways to start fire is to apply some hand sanitizer either onto the cotton balls or onto the premade kindling. It will light up as soon as it comes in contact with a spark.
2. Cleaning material To remove stains from clothing, often our first thought is to turn to a cleaning solution or a stain removal product designed specifically for that purpose. But hand sanitizer will work. Simply rub the stain – ink stain, blood stain — with some hand sanitizer, and most, if not all. of the stain should go away. Hand sanitizer can also work in this manner to get rid of paint stains. You can even use your hand sanitizer on used paint brushes, and much of the paint embedded into the fibers of the paint brush will wash away.
​3. Glue remover. When you need to remove glue or similar material, applying just a little bit of hand sanitizer to the glued area will get the job done. This same logic also applies to sticky labels. Hand sanitizer corrects that problem.
4. Sticky residue: Remove sticky residue from labels.
5. Mosquito bites: Stop mosquito bites from itching
6. Deodorant: For emergency deodorant: wipe it on and let it dry. Don’t do this on freshly-shaved pits, though.
7. Mirrors and windows: Clean mirrors and windows in a pinch. (Bonus: it will prevent frost and fogging!)
8. Emergency disinfectant: Disinfect minor wounds in an emergency.
9. Pine pitch remover:: Get sticky pine pitch off your hands and other surfaces
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