A cheap nailbrush is the perfect tool to scrub a cheese grater clean, as my helpful boyfriend Joe demonstrates!
Karen Baker, Watford
Food
Kitchen tip – Clean cheese
Posted 31 days ago
Baking tip – Pastry shapes
Posted 67 days ago
Shape pastry into a tablespoon and then mark with a knife to create leaf-shapes to decorate your pies.
Alma Hardman, Kinmel Bay
Present tip – Homemade hamper
Posted 172 days ago
Instead of buying friends a pre-packed present, fill a small basket with goodies that you know they like!
Michelle Pell, Paignton
Food tip – Christmas candy
Posted 172 days ago
Stick marshmallows together with a little icing sugar and water and make ‘snowballs’ as a tasty treat.
Anna Draycott, Purfleet
Food tip – Storing potatoes
Posted 179 days ago
Add an apple to your stored potatoes – stops them from growing sprouts.
Ruth Joy, Hastings
Food tip – Egg soldiers
Posted 193 days ago
Wash out fruit corner yogurt pots and re-use them as holders for your boiled eggs and soldiers.
Terri Read, Rainham
Halloween tip – Scary tea
Posted 213 days ago
Paint a scary face on a sponge cake with black icing – kids will love it!
Carla Read, Essex
Kitchen tip – Oven cover
Posted 256 days ago
I cover my oven shelves with tin foil and have done so for years – saves all that hard cleaning work!
Jean Wright, Gillingham
Picnic tip – Cool food
Posted 276 days ago
Freeze flannels overnight and then pop in your picnic cooler – they’ll keep food cold and make handy wipes too.
Lucy Travell, Barnwood
Gardening tip – Cress hats
Posted 291 days ago
Sprinkle cress seeds in eggshells, keep in a warm, dark place – then paint on funny faces!
Carol Loader, Taunton
