by Angela V 
We are next sharing our Top 10 super helpful kitchen tips that you must hear about. We have personally tested each one and they have worked wonders for us! Here they are:
- Use Vinegar to Clean your Electric Kettle: Boil a mixture of half water and half vinegar inside of the kettle and then rinse. You will have no more calcium buildup on the heating element! Easy!
- Check to See How Fresh your Eggs Are: Just place the eggs in about three-four inches of cool water with a pinch of salt. Any eggs that float are past their fresh stage and the ones that stay on the bottom are fresh.
- Stop Crying when Peeling your Onions: Using a knife, cut a cone out of the bottom of your onion (right where the roots come out). The diameter of the cone hast to be around a third of the diameter of the entire onion for it to work, and about 1/3 deep. Throw the cone piece away and continue chopping it up without any crying. The piece you cut first contains the glands that make you cry when chopping an onion.
- Get Rid of the Odor on your Hands after Chopping Garlic: Just rub your hands on a stainless steel surface or stainless steel knife. The stainless steel absorbs the odor! Cool right?
- Keep your Bananas Fresh for Longer: Store bananas separately and away from other fruits instead of in a bunch. Bananas release gases that causes other fruits and other bananas to ripen quickly.
- Keep your Lemons Fresh for Up to 2 Months: Store them in a bowl of cold water in the fridge to keep them fresh for longer.
- Keep Cheese from Getting Dry/Hard: Just cut off enough for immediate use and spread the remaining portion with a very thin film of butter, then put it in a cool place. You are keeping air out and preventing the cheese from drying out.
- Clean your Coffee and Tea Pots with Baking Soda: Wash your coffee maker and tea pot in a solution of 1/4 cup of baking soda in 1 quart of warm water. No more stains or bitter taste.
- Get Food Stains Off Your Fingers with Potatoes: Slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
- Soften Hardened Brown Sugar: Place a slice of apple in the hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.
Do YOU have any more kitchen tips that you want to share with us?
We would love to hear about them!
102 Comments on “Top 10 Green Kitchen Tips You Must Know About! {Mommy Tips}”
Never knew that about bananas! Great tip.
I love using vinegar and baking soda for cleaning. I have never tried apple with brown sugar, but I sometimes put a fresh piece of bread with it, or with hard puffed wheat squares, and they soften right up. I am definately going to try the onion tip, as I ALWAYS cry! Thanks for sharing these tips.
These are amazing tips! I have to try some of them out.
May 31-I am willing to try boiling water and vinegar in my kettle. I was putting both in the kettle and waiting for the inside to be cleaned. Didn’t happen. I guess I thought it workied like bleach. So I get to add another step. Thank you.-el03ro
Awesome tips!!! thank you 🙂
I really needed to know about the lemon trick. Ours aren’t staying that fresh and be buy them by the bagful to drink with water!
Vinegar is a wonderful cleaner! And the best part is how cheap it is!
So smart! I hate the powder gunk left in my kettle!
June 1-that test for freshness of eggs is really cool(no pun intended.) It is so simple but could save you from putting an “off ” egg in your baking or in an omelette. Thanks for this Tip.-el03ro
Well I learned something new about keeping my lemons in a bowl of cold water in the fridge. Thanks!
June 2- Thank you for this tip for peeling onions. I had never heard of this tip before and You may be sure I will try it. It will surely come in handy when cutting up a supply of onions for any dish!-el03ro
June 2- Thank you for this tip for peeling onions. I had never heard of this tip before and You may be sure I will try it. It will surely come in handy when cutting up a supply of onions for any dish!-I keep saying I learn something new almost every day in my Blog adventures and I love the lessons.-el03ro
These tips are really useful and much appreciated. I especially will use the lemon tip and your tip for keeping cheese from getting hard, never knew this…thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Some I have heard of (& used – cleaning a kettle, stainless steel vs garlic – both amazing!) some I will be trying. Thanks for the tips!!
I love this. Most are new to me. I’m in the process of deep cleaning my house to start child care in my home. I’m going to be trying some of these in the next week.
June 4–I have a problem keeping my lemons fresh. I had never heard your tip before about keeping them in cold water in a bowl in a frig. You may be sure I will be using this tip as well as the others I have commented on previously. Thank You.-elj03ro
June 4–I have a problem keeping my lemons fresh. I had never heard your tip before about keeping them in cold water in a bowl in a frig. You may be sure I will be using this tip as well as the others I have commented on previously. Thank You.-el03ro
Those are awesome tips! Especially the ones about the onions and the bananas. I always dread chopping onions, but I put them in everything! Definitely good to know.
great tips! I am a green blogger (stop by my site) and this is great to share
Great tips!
“The stainless steel absorbs the odor! ” – wow, gotta try this!
Great tips! I will def try them
An oldie but a goodie: Put a slice of bread in with rock-hard brown sugar to soften it!
June 11–My husband used to grow lots of Potatoes but I never knew cut potatoes could be used to get rid of stains on one’s hands. Thank you for this tip. I will try it out.–el03ro
LOVE these tips! Especially the good or bad egg floating tip. Thank you!
These are crazy helpful tips. I especially like the one about how to tell if your eggs are fresh.
Awesome tips. You should write more about how to be energy efficient in the kitchen, I think that would be really helpful. But I’m definitely going to try the one about the bananas. Check out my green kitchen tips here: http://site.thegreenlifeonline.org/tag/green-in-the-kitchen/
I love the tip about cleaning my tea/coffee pots with baking soda. Thanks. Mine are filthy and need a BIG cleaning!
I loved reading this blog, lol, Im glad your giveaways have a ‘comment on non giveaway post’, otherwise i might not have discovered this treasure of a post. Will be very useful to remember around the house
Your tips are great, really like the fresh egg tip which I didn’t know.. You have a such a super blog, always enjoy visiting, always learn something or am entertained…thanks!
Thank you so much Deb 🙂
Thanks for the tips. These are great!
great tips!! i didn’t know that the onion glands are the cause of making me cry! i’m going to try these. i read somewhere that after you chop onion or garlic to rub your hands with sea salt and rinse and the smell should be gone…i’ve done that and it works!
I had no idea that you could store your lemons in a bowl of water to keep them fresher longer! Cool tips!
The tip about the onion sounds interesting, I will have to try it. My eyes don’t just water when I cut an onion, they burn, and for a long time afterwards.
I love these tips! My partner also taught me that rolling citrus fruits on the counter before you juice them makes them easier to hand juice 🙂
I have never heard of the onion tip, I’ll have to try that.
You have the best tips! I rarely cook with onions because my eyes are so sensitive- I am going to try your tip right away. My hubby loves onions and will thank you. 🙂
Thats good to knw about getting food stains of your hands. these are great tips
I’m trying that onion tip. I totally cry.
I forgot about the potatoe trick. My grandma from the old country did this
Those are great tips!! I didn’t know the trick to keeping a lemon longer!
Hello, OSM. Love these tips the only I had heard before was #10 all of the others I had never heard or read before. Very cool post, thank you One Smiley Monkey.
a nearly kitchen tip is – if you cut an onion in half (horizontal) and put it in a newly painted room the onion will absorb the paint odours
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, just wow!! I think my life in the kitchen just got a lot easier! Heard of a few of these tips, but I love the egg one as well as the onion and garlic tips. Saving this to share with family and friends !!
I already do the onion cutting but the cheese and butter is one I will have to try
July 23-I forgot the hint about boiling water and vinegar in an eectric Kettle to clean up buildup on the electric element. Thank you for reminding me.–Elva Roberts
July 26-Thanks for telling us how to find out if our eggs are really fresh. Floating for flunking and staying on the bottom for safe to eat or cook.-el03ro
Thanks for all the tips. I try to use as many natural cleaning products that I can to ensure my family and pets safety.
who would have thought you could put that slice of apple in the brown surgar ! I would have thought that it woud just make it harder
I can hardly wait to peel my next onion using your tip!
September 28-I had never heard before that bananas should be isolated by themselves. Thank you for this really useful tip.
Great tips. I had not heard of Get Food Stains Off Your Fingers with Potatoes:…
I had never thought about a potato for removing stains off your fingers, might come in handy with the grandchildren. Thanks
These are great tips! Ill have to try alot of them!
These are some great tips especially about the onion. Will have to save this page to look back on.
I like the banana tip, I will have to remember this one
never knew about the lemon trick.
WOW!! These are AMAZING tips!! Thanks for sharing. I am going to try a few of these.
Great tips thanks so much for sharing them 🙂 i love the onion tip , i have to remember that one for next time i cut one thanks 🙂
I love your tip about peeling onions…it works for me most of the time but after rereading your tip I realize I wasn’t cutting out enough of the diameter…your tip says about 1/3 the diameter. I’ve passed this tip onto the rest of my family.
Thanks for the great tips. I really like the one Keep Cheese from Getting Dry/Hard… hubby just commented today about the cheese getting hard so now I know how to fix that problem.
We use a lot of garlic in this Italian household so I really appreciate your tip on how to rid the odor on the hands after chopping it. Thank you!
I’ve never heard the tip about using raw potato to remove food stains from your fingers…I been going around with beet stains on my hands for days!!! Thank you for the tip!
I’ve never heard of keeping lemons in cold water in the fridge to prolong their life…I’m going to give it a try for lemons and limes. Thanks!
LOVE these tips! Especially about the cheese. Who knew?
Great tips, thanks for sharing with us all 🙂
Great tips, thanks for sharing
What great tips to know!! Thank you for the heads up.I like the how to get the odor of garlic off your hands and how to keep lemmons fresh for 2 months.They are all good to know. 🙂
I really like the tip about lemons in a bowl of cold water in the fridge.
we use garlic a lot so …Get Rid of the Odor on your Hands after Chopping Garlic… is a good one for me
Stop Crying when Peeling your Onions,I will put this into action next time I have to peel one
I’ve used most of these tips, but my favourite is rubbing my hands on a stainless steal object to remove garlic and onion odors
Using a slice of bread in your brown sugar will make it soft too!
I like the lemon trick, it seems like my lemons get dried out so quickly. and limes too! I bet this would work with limes.
On the same note as the bananas, if you need to get something, like an avocado, to rippen faster, put it in a sealed bag with bananas or apples (apple release this ripening pheromone too, just not as much as bananas)
Really great ideas! I had heard/knew of a few of them; but a few others I would love to try
Thanks for the tips on how to Keep your Bananas Fresh for Longer
Great tips, thanks
I like all your tips.I especially like the one where stains on your hands may be removed by rubbing a pared raw potato over them.
Thanks for the Get Rid of the Odor on your Hands after Chopping Garlic,I love the taste but not the smell
I love using vinegar and baking soda for cleaning,thanks
Keep your Bananas Fresh for Longer,this is a great tip going to try it
Thanks for the Keep Cheese from Getting Dry/Hard tip
Get Food Stains Off Your Fingers with Potatoes,after cleaning blueberries all morning I was glad for this tip
I love Bakig Soda its so helpful aroud the house
I am going to try this Keep your Lemons Fresh for Up to 2 Months,i hate having to throw away spoiled lemons
I love using vinegar and baking soda for cleaning.
These are great tips.I didn’t know that a potato could clean stains from my hands.
They are all good to know and will come in handy.
you can never have too many tips for cleaning the kitchen
I really like these tips, and I will use the fresh egg test tomorrow as I have a few eggs I am not sure about. Thank you for the tips. I need to read them occasionally to remember all of them.
I knew it was time to read these tips again. I certainly missed the one about storing bananas separately-not in a bunch as I have been doing. I will remedy tonight.
These tips are so helpful. Thank you.
Great tips! Thank you. I love learning new things to make cleaning faster and more efficient – perfect!
I have to comment on the keeping cheese fresher tip. I must have skipped over it when I read the paragraph. I tend to be a really fast reader. I have reread that paragraph and realize that I should spread a thin coat of butter over the cheese to keep it fresh. I appreciate all your tips.
Great tips! A couple of these I have not heard of before, like the apple slice to soften brown sugar. I will have to give that a try. Thanks for sharing.
I can’t wait to try the onion one, it isn’t very manly to cry while cooking dinner, haha.
We always save all our citrus peels in the freezer for when our garburator starts to smell off. Take a few out and defrost and run them through and it’s as good as new – actually better! Do you still wrap the cheese after the butter?
I love your awesome tips. They are so helpful and tips that I never heard anywhere before. I especially love the one about the cheese. Thank you for sharing this.
Great tips!! I will have to try the apple in the brown sugar trick I have two bags that need softening.
These are some great tips! I especially appreciate the one on how to tell if your eggs are stale as sometimes I wonder. Thank you for sharing these valuable tips with us.
Great tips to help with cleaning, thanks for sharing these.
I’ve tried lots of tips for peeling and chopping onions. None seemed to work, but I’m willing to try another one. I hope it works!
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing.