Are your breakfast or snack-time Madeleines alittle dry? Eat them as if they were just baked by coating the tops with alittle milk and putting them in the oven for a few minutes. They will come outspongy and ready to eat.
If you have combination skin, try using a bar of glycerine soap with a facial sponge for basic cleansing. Cleanse the skin by massaging softly and then rinse with cold water. Afterwards, use your usual hydrating cream and you’re ready to go. Clean hydrated skin at a very low price.
A trick that never fails when cleaning the house is to use Kh7 or a similar de-greaser. For example, if I am going to clean my wooden kitchen furniture, I use a mixture of 20 per cent Kh7 and 80 percent warm water mixed together to dampen a cloth and wipe down my furniture. Then I dry it with another cloth and it really shines.
To make courgettescrunchier and tastier, soak them in water for 5 to 10 minutes before fryingthem. Leave them to dry on a paper towel, and then put them into the fryingpan. You’ll see the difference!
If you want to get rid of lumps in a béchamel sauce or custard, strain it through a very fine sieve while it is still hot. Use the back of a spoon to ‘squash’ the sauce through the sieve. Alternatively, if you have a sauce that is too thick, you can thin it by adding a little hot milk to it while stirring. Avoid using cold milk as this may create new lumps.
If you get an oil stain on your clothes while cooking or eating, immediately apply talcum powder liberally to the stain. Cover it well so that it absorbs as much as possible, let it work for a little while and then wash the item of clothing as usual in the washing machine.
A beauty tip that never fails: mix coconut oil with bicarbonate of soda in equal parts and keep it in a glass container. This can be used as a deodorant, as a facial scrub, and even as toothpaste when you’re in a fix.
If you want to avoid tears when peeling and chopping onions, try cutting the two ends of the onion, taking off the first layers and cutting it in half. Then, place it under running water in the sink and wet it well and you will be able to cut it any way you like, without tears.
If you use plastic containers you will know that tomato sauce, as well as many other foods, tend to stain them and it is very difficult to get rid of that orange tint. Well, this is when you need to reach out for the sodium percarbonate, which is contained in many clothes whiteners. Rub the container with the product and fill it with boiling water. In a couple of hours it will have regained its original colour.
When spring arrives we feel like leaving our skin a little freer of make-up. Try applying foundation only on strategic points and the results will be fresher and more natural. Use highlighters to correct imperfections and creme colouring in pink tones to lighten the end result.
Our eyebrows frame our eyes and if they used to be thin, the trend now is to have them thick and dense. To take care of them, always try to keep them free of make-up traces and apply Vaseline a couple of times a day. Keeping them well combed will also help them stay in good condition.
If you want the taps in your kitchen or bathroom to shine effortlessly, the trick is to clean them with shaving cream. Let it act for 5 minutes and remove it with a damp cloth you'll see how they shine!
Prevent that smell that lingers for hours by putting two parts water and one part vinegar into a saucepan while preparing your fish recipe. Let it boil, and you'll notice that the smell disappears. It also works with 3 teaspoons of cinnamon.
If you want your nails to be stronger, heat a bain-marie for five minutes with two tablespoons of olive oil and a pinch of sage. Let it cool and soak your hands in this mixture for 20 minutes. Then dry and moisturise. You'll see how effective it is!
At parties or family celebrations where more wine is consumed than usual, it's not unusual for our clothes or the tablecloth to get stained with red wine. This stain can be very resistant and difficult to remove. My trick is to rub it with white wine. Try it: one wine removes another.
For really tender chicken breast, try leaving it in milk and salt for 24 hours. When you cook it, it will melt in your mouth.
Shirts are one of the hardest items of clothing to iron. If you want them to be soft and easier to iron, try putting a few drops of softener in a spray bottle and spray the shirt well before you start to iron. It will be easier to iron and will also be smell nice!
If you want your whites, particularly the children’s, to be brighter and whiter, add a good squirt of hydrogen peroxide to the washing machine dispenser along with the detergent. The result is spotless!Silvia G.
Learn the best ways to get rid of oil and fat from frying pans quickly and effectively. Household tips and advice to leave them looking new.
We all know how hard it is to peel a hard-boiled egg… Here is a solution: try making a small hole in the widest part of the egg, at its base, with a drawing pin. You will find that when you do this the egg will peel like a dream. Try it!Ángeles B.
Hair suffers a lot on vacation. Prepare a repairing mask with a ripe banana, a spoonful of honey, half a cup of milk and a spoonful of olive oil. Mix the banana, honey and oil, then gradually add the milk. Apply to dry hair and leave on for half an hour before rinsing.
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