What is a kitchen hack? A kitchen hack can be anything from a really clever tip that saves time and energy in the kitchen, to a tip or technique that helps you reuse or repurpose one tool to do even more. A really good kitchen hack will help you save money by showing you how to get a desired effect with something simple and ordinary you already have in your kitchen — instead of with a new and expensive gadget. So, having said that, here are a few favorite kitchen hacks from the past year at The Kitchn! Ice cream sans machine, foamy milk without a frother, and poached eggs you can make at the office,

PICTURED ABOVE
• 1 How To Make Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Machine: An Easy, Foolproof Method
• 2 How To Dry Mushrooms In The Oven
• 3 How To Poach an Egg in the Microwave
• 4 Quick Tip: Pre-Freeze Fruit In A Form
• 5 How to Make Milk Foam (Without a Frother or a Machine!)

AND MORE...
• 6 Tip: Store Garlic and Shallots in a Bamboo Steamer
• 7 MacGyver Kitchen Hack: Truss A Chicken With Gauze
• 8 Incompetent Cabinet Doors? A Hack to Keep 'em Closed
• 9 Kitchen Hack: Make a Toaster Bag Out of Parchment Paper
• 10 Kitchen Hack: Make Sliceable Popsicles in a Loaf Pan
• 11 Kitchen Hack: Make Whipped Cream in a French Press
• 12 Build a Makeshift Salamander For Your Steaks
• 13 Extend A Sauce With A Bag Of Frozen Carrots
• 14 When You Don't Have a Measuring Cup: Buy Yogurt!
• 15 No-Knead Bread Hack: Making a Sandwich Loaf Instead

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