Hey everyone! I love learning new tips & tricks, especially for cooking. Here's some of mine:
-To easily peel garlic, place cloves in microwave for about 8 seconds. Cloves will slide right out. I love this, because I'm such a klutz I HATE banging cloves with the flat edge of a knife – makes me nervous! 
-To get the smell of fresh garlic off your hands, take any stainless steel pan, bowl or kitchen utensil that is stainless and rub your hands on it, in it, or over it. This will remove the garlic smell.
-To easily peel hard-boiled eggs (for the egg whites, of course!  ), use a flatware teaspoon to get under the filmy part under shell (I think it's called the membrane) and shell will peel right off.
-To get the most juice out of fresh lemons/limes/oranges, bring to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
-To ripen most fruit faster, place fruit in a brown paper bag and loosely close. Let sit overnight.
-Keep plastic knives in your flour and sugar canisters to level off measuring cups and spoons.
-HanSolo taught me this one for the breadmaker, but I use it for quick breads & muffins too. I get resealable bags, then when I measure out the dry ingredients for whatever I'm baking, I measure out enough for additional batches. Then next time around, all I have to do is pull out a baggie, sift it out into a bowl, and move on from there.
That's all I can think of for now. Anyone else got any kitchen tips?
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