Freezing Leftover Broth Or Wine
If you use broth or wine in cooking, then you know only too well that you are often left with liquid that you are unable to use in a dish. You can throw the excess wine or broth, or store it in the fridge, though it could go bad before you would have a need for it again. There is another solution. Instead of letting all that excess liquid go to waste, place it in an ice cube tray before popping it in the freezer. When you have to use it, pop out a few of the frozen cubes then add them to your pot. The liquid will be as good as the first time you opened it, not to mention you will have better control of how much liquid to use as you know the rest will not go to waste.
Poaching Eggs
The scourge of many home cooks – the poached egg. You know the egg should be cracked into boiling water and you should wait for it to cook. However, what often happens is the egg disintegrates into the water, and you are left with some messy egg-ish product. To solve this, use this trick. Put plastic wrap in a small cup, spray the plastic with nonstick cooking spray, and crack the egg into it. Tie the plastic closed and drop each of the plastic-wrapped pouches in hot water, allowing the egg to cook. When the egg is done, snip off the plastic wrap and you will have a perfect, poached egg.