15 Brilliant Tricks That Make Your Life More Comfortable

Thinking outside the box can significantly help to make your life a whole lot simpler, helping you to solve many irritating problems and get on with what you really enjoy.

Here are 15 little tricks which we’re certain will be useful to absolutely everyone.

1. If you hang a tennis ball from the ceiling down to the level of your car’s wind shield, it will help you to park in the garage. Once your car is touching the ball by wind shield, you’re in exactly the right spot.

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2. You can use this kind of family calendar to mark birthdays; this way you’ll never forget to congratulate relatives.

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3. You can cut off the neck of the empty bottle and use it to seal packaging for such things as cereal or pasta.

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4. You may use a clothes hanger to make a really useful holder for a cookbook.

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5. You may use the bottom of a large plastic bottle to dilute or mix paint, whilst you can use the neck as a stand for the brush.

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6. If you have no means of sharpening some scissors, just use them to cut some tin foil. Cut a couple of times and your scissors will be as sharp as when you bought them.

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7. To make sure you don’t have to put any dirty nails in your mouth while you’re doing handiwork, thread them through your work gloves.

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8. An old book stand can be used as a great stand for your tablet — there’s no need to waste money on the expensive official merchandise!

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9. A lemon can be the perfect replacement for detergent. It’s safe and environmentally friendly.

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10. Use a comb to avoid catching your fingers when you hammer in a nail.

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11. Try hanging some hooks on your shower curtain rail — they can be really useful as a way to have various items in reach for when you need them.

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12. You can use the hook from an old seat belt to keep keys safe.

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13. Use magnetic strips for tools — that way everything will be to hand when you need it.

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14. You can use an old bottle of ketchup when you want to make pancakes — it’s much easier to put the right amount of mix in the pan.

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15. To save your money from frauds, you can paint over the last four digits and put a sticker onto the security code. Some RFID cards can even be cut without losing their functionality. However, it’s still best not to damage your card.

Easy Cheesy Pizza Breadsticks

Need a last minute snack for a Game Day? Easy Cheesy Pizza Breadsticks is crowd-pleasing appetizer recipe.



You’ll need only 5 simple ingredients and 5 minutes of active time to make them.

In case you need quick and easy appetizer for any party, these cheesy sticks are delicious. After all, these are pizza stuffed crescent dough, and who doesn’t like pizza or crescents?!

As long as you have a can of refrigerated crescent dough sheet or refrigerated crescent dinner rolls, pepperoni, cheese and pizza sauce in your fridge, you don’t have to worry about unexpected guests. You can make these Easy Cheesy Pizza Breadsticks in less than no time.



Unroll the crescent dough, spread some pizza sauce or ketchup, sprinkle shredded cheese and sliced pepperoni.Then fold the dough, seal the edges, sprinkle more shredded cheese and grated Parmesan( just to make them super cheesy), put it in the oven for 20 minutes, slice and serve.




I suggest you to serve these Easy Cheesy Pizza Breadsticks with a bowl of pizza sauce. These are really yummy dippers! Also it’s great to eat them while they’re hot and the cheese is still melting. They’re just delicious football appetizer to add to your table.

I’m not really a football person, baking is much more my sport. But with a husband who is a huge sport fan as a bunch of his friends, I simply have to plan a ton of food to feed the crowd.

All his friends like to come to our house and watch the big final. It’s simply because they know they can expect tasty food and snacks.



When you are a food blogger people just assume that you enjoy spending the whole time in the world preparing the food. But guess what?! Knowing that I will have to clean the house for hours after the guests leave, I do not like to be stuck in the kitchen whole day.

These delicious Easy Cheesy Pizza Breadsticks will be on my menu this year. I’m sure I’ll see many smiles across the room when I bring these to the table. No one will know that I use just a few ingredients to get these flavor packed breadsticks and that they couldn’t be more simple to prepare.
Let the games begin!

Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs

Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs – Easter is coming so make this recipe and surprise your family and children. You need only few ingredients and few minutes for this recipe! Your Easter family table will look incredible with these Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs!



I am thinking about which I like more, Christmas or Easter. Christmas is magic for me, winter, snow, family together is something which I really like. Easter is something similar but different and both occasions are when family is sitting at big dinner table and spending time together.

Spring is my favorite season so that’s why I like Easter. Do you know what you are going to make for Easter this year? If you don’t know yet this recipe is super choice for you. Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs is favorite Easter recipe in my family. This recipe is very soft, tender, moist and super yummy. I like coconut very much and you can make it very easy so that’s why I like it the most. You can make it in different shapes and you don’t need to wait till Easter to make it.

This recipe is so nice and my children like it as much as I like it. I can say that I call this recipe energy egg. You can decorate if desire and I decorate them with my children every time. This is very interesting for them. I am pretty sure that your children will like it very much. Easter is occasion when family is together and I can’t wait it this year to make my favorite energy eggs and surprise my children. I know that they will like my choice. You need few ingredients to make this recipe for example coconut, powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, chocolate and shortening. You can make it very easy and your children will like it very much.

These Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs are so delicious so I make double rate every time and I can recommend you too because I know you will like them. I like the most when chocolate melt in my mouth and when I feel coconut, that’s the yummiest thing ever believe me. I don’t know if you made something similar before, but I know that this recipe is right choice for coconut and chocolate lovers. Give it a try you won’t make a mistake with this recipe. You don’t need any kitchen skills to make this recipe and I know that your children will like it very much. Make my Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs and enjoy in Easter!

Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs Recipe

 

Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs - Easter is coming so make this recipe and surprise your family and children. You need only few ingredients and few minutes for this recipe! Your Easter family table will look incredible with these Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs!

Ingredients

• 8 oz softened cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon Butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup coconut, shredded
• 2 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• Chocolate syrup

Instructions

1. Line a half baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside
2. In a medium bowl, using a hand mixer beat cream cheese and butter until blended
3. Add powdered sugar and coconut and stir well until incorporated
4. Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until easy to mold with hands
5. Dust your hands with powdered sugar and mold coconut mixture into egg shapes
6. Place coconut egg on parchment paper, do the same with the rest of the coconut mixture
7. Place in the freezer for 1 hour or until eggs are firm
8. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in microwave by heating for 30 seconds then stirring and repeating process until it is melted and smooth
9. Using a fork, dip egg into chocolate and flip to cover completely
10. Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl or place them on a rack to remove the extra chocolate
11. Place back on parchment paper
12. Refrigerate until chocolate has set
13. Drizzle chocolate syrup onto each egg if you desired

Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza

Reblogged from: Baking Beauty

Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza: Crunchy tortillas stuffed with flavorful beans/beef and topped with melty cheese. Tasty and healthier than the drive thru!

I heart Taco Bell! Authentic Mexican cuisine? Not so much! Delicious and cheap? Yes and yup!
However, our closest one is around ~20+ minutes away. Hardly a quick place to go for supper.

One of my favorite things to get at Taco Bell is their Mexican Pizza. It’s not a true pizza, but rather 2 crispy tortillas filled with beans, meat, sauce, and of course, lots of melty cheese.

Learn how to whip up a Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza that tastes better and is way healthier! It’s also super customizable. Vegetarian? Leave out the meat and use vegetarian refried beans.

Like it hot? Add some hot salsa or jalapeños!

If you don’t want to fry your own tortillas try buying pre-made tostada shells from the grocery store.

Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza – Easy and Delicious

Recipe type: Main Dish

Prep time:  20 mins

Cook time:  5 mins

Total time:  25 mins

Serves: 4 Mexican Pizzas

 

 

Ingredients

• ½ Pound Ground Beef
• ½ Package Taco Seasoning Mix
• 2 Tablespoons Water
• 8 White Corn Tortillas
• 16 Ounces Refried Beans
• ⅓ Cup Enchilada Sauce
• ⅓ Cup Salsa
• 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 Cup Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
• ¼ Cup Diced Tomatoes
• ¼ Cup Sliced Green Onions (if desired)
• ¼ Cup Sliced Black Olives (if desired)
• Vegetable Oil for Frying

Instructions

1. Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain excess fat. Stir in water and taco seasoning.
2. Simmer for 7-10 minutes or until water is absorbed. Remove from heat.
3. In a large pot, heat oil to 375 degrees. Fry each tortilla for 30-45 seconds on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
5. Spread each tortilla with ~1-2 tablespoons of refried beans. Top beans with ground meat.
6. Top with second tortilla. Spread the top of the second tortilla with enchilada sauce and salsa.
7. Evenly sprinkle with cheeses, tomatoes, olives, and green onion.
8. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Twix Cheesecake

Reblogged from: Hugsandcookiesxoxo

Love Twix Candy Bars? Then this is the cheesecake for you! It starts with the best cheesecake recipe, like ever!  It has a crunchy graham cracker crust. It is topped with an ooey gooey rich layer of 3 minute caramel and a thick chocolate ganache layer. Clearly, this one is not a diet cake! LOL  But, it is perfect for any and every special occasion you will celebrate!  Add some whipped cream when serving and your guests will be loving you up!

You’ll Need:

9 Inch Spring form Pan
Cheesecake Moat
Large Cake Knife 

 

 

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 1 /2 c. graham cracker crumbs
• 1 T sugar
• 6 T melted butter

Cheesecake:

• Four 8-ounce packages PHILADELPHIA cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1⅔ cups sugar
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 extra-large eggs
• ¾ cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions

Crust:

1. Combine all ingredients and press into a 9 inch spring form pan.
2. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Let cool.

Cheesecake:

1. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat 1 package of the cream cheese, ⅓ cup of the sugar, and the cornstarch together on low until creamy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the bowl several times.
2. Blend in the remaining cream cheese, one package at a time, beating well and scraping down the bowl after each.
3. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat in the remaining sugar, then the vanilla.
4. Blend in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
5. Beat in the cream just until completely blended.
6. The filling will look light, creamy, airy, and almost like billowy clouds. Be careful not to over-mix! Gently spoon the batter over the crust. Wrap the sides of the pan in aluminum foil.
7. Place the cake pan in a large shallow pan containing hot water that comes halfway (about 1 inch) up the side of the spring form. Bake until the edge is light golden brown, the top is light gold, and the center barely jiggles, about 1¼ hours. If the cake still feels soft around the edge, let it bake for 10 minutes more (the cooking time will be about the same for both the 8- and 9-inch cheesecakes). Remove the cheesecake from the water bath, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool for 2 hours. Chill until cold.
8. Cheesecake recipe adapted from Junior's

3 Minute Caramel

 

Ingredients

• 40 Kraft Caramels, unwrapped of course!
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 5 Tablespoons butter

Instructions

1. Combine all in a heat proof bowl and microwave in 1 minute intervals until completely smooth and blended. Stir after each minute.
2. Let cool a bit.
3. I used half for the cheesecake and poured the other half into a mason jar for other uses.
4. (Think ice cream topping, poured over brownies, etc!)

Ganache

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 12 ounces Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate bars (not chips)

Instructions

1. Heat the cream just to a boil and pour over the chocolate in a heat proof bowl.
2. Lets it 2 minutes.
3. Stir until all the chocolate is melted!

Twix Cheesecake Assembly

 

Instructions

1. Keep the cheesecake in the spring form pan and make sure it is chilled.
2. Pour about half the caramel into the center where the center has deflated down a bit.
3. Chill just to firm up the caramel.
4. Pour on the chocolate ganache and chill several hours or overnight.
5. To serve, carefully remove the spring form pan sides.
6. Cut into slices!
7. Top with hot fudge if desired!
8. NOTE-the caramel will ooze out a bit when sliced! If storing in the fridge, place slices on a large plate to catch any extra caramel.
9. Serve with whipped cream if desired!

Update!!!!  Just when I thought this cheesecake could not get any better, my baking buddy Liz over at That Skinny Chick Can Bake topped it!  She made this for our Two Sweetie Pies feature and forgot to add the layer of caramel …creating a totally different presentation of this cake that I loved!!! She also had the brilliant idea to top the cake with snack size Twix candy bars!!! Genius, especially with all of the Halloween candy I still have laying around my house.  If you choose this version, you may want to serve some caramel on the side or just skip it.  This is one decadent cake-I Hope you enjoy and Liz, thank you for your wonderful tweaks!!!!!  I think I am sticking with them!!!