Random Life Tips

I have an innate ability to recall every random health, beauty, cooking, shopping, life tip I hear. I thought I would share some.

• No goo gone, use peanut butter
• Dish tabs work great in the back of your toilet, they dissolve then clean when you flush
• The heated dry function on your dishwasher ruins everything don't use it
• Chia seeds are flavorless and an easy way to hydrate and add protein to every snack (I add them to chocolate coconut milk)
• Breville makes a $200 blender that is 95% as great as a $500 Vitamix
• Oster makes a $80 toaster oven that is better than the $250 Breville one
• Coffee filters in the bottom of planters keep the dirt from washing away
• Vinegar can clean and disinfect almost anything, if that doesn't work use peroxide
• Peroxide is the best mouthwash/teeth whitener I can find
• Vagasil anti chaffing cream has the same ingredients as most foundation primers only much cheaper (I actually haven't tried this, but iv'e heard great things)
• Garnier BB cream and Suave dry shampoo are dirt cheap and worth their weight in gold
• When travelling buying a treat for the gate agent gets you first class, treats for the flight crew get you free drinks.
• Shaving cream and listerine give a great pedicure
• A few drops of essential oil on your air filter make the whole house smell good
• Yelp in other countries is a godsend, locals rarely share the good places with tourists.
• You can usually print all of the same coupons from the paper online, they are also worth more if you use an expensive zip code like 90210.
• I don't understand why people buy microwave popcorn (I always burn it), Air poppers (flavorless), or special whirlypops. A 3-4 Qt stainless pan with a lid and some coconut oil will change your movie nights forever. You can also buy organic seeds in the bulk bins at whole foods for $1.50/lb.
• Homemade dog treats are ridiculously cheap and easy to make
• If you have a black thumb buy succulents they love to be ignored
• Tequila is one of my favorite ingredients to cook with, it adds a sweet acidity to Latin dishes

Don't worry I could go on all day adding to this list but most of you stopped reading it by the sixth line. No hard feelings. More to come.