14 Kitchen Tricks That Will Blow Your Mind

1. Instead of the water in your brownie recipe, use Coca-Cola.  You'll get a very moist and yummy outcome.
2. A gallon-size Ziploc baggie works perfectly for mixing your cake batter.  After putting all of the ingredients in the bag, zip it closed and squeeze it until mixed well.  Now just open and pour into the pan.  This works great when making cupcakes.  Very little cleanup!
3. If you don't have cooking oil on hand for that cake your want to make, use Miracle Whip instead.  Just add the same amount.  It contains a lot of oil and will not alter the taste.
4. Spray your grater with no stick cooking spray before grating your cheese.  The cheese will come out more easily and clean up is a snap.
5. When you are boiling your corn on the cob forget the sugar or salt.  Powdered milk sprinkled in the water will make that corn come out very tasty.
   
6. Hot chocolate mix is a perfect substitute for coffee creamer.
7. Adding 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the water when boiling corned beef  will keep it from shrinking.
8. Mix one teaspoon of molasses with one-quarter cup granulated sugar and you will get brown sugar.  For larger quantities mix one-quarter cup molasses with one cup white granulated sugar.
9. Coca-Cola and ketchup mixed together makes an excellent barbecue sauce.
   
10. Coca-Cola makes a great marinate.  Put your steak in a Ziploc bag, add the cola to the bag.  Zip it.  Marinate for two to three hours.  After grilling as usual on the grill, that steak will melt in your mouth.
11. Add a tablespoon of peanut butter to your cup of hot chocolate and stir well.  Delightful!
12. Burnt gravy?  No problem!  Remove burnt pieces from your gravy while still in the pan.  Stir in some peanut butter and cook on very low heat.  Burnt taste is gone!
13. Make snow cones at home.  Sprinkle an already sweetened drink mix, like Tang or Country Time lemonade, you decide, on a bowl full of snow.  Scoop it up!
14. Add four drops of lemon juice to a cup of heavy whipping cream, let sit for half an hour.  What do you get?  Sour Cream!