Life Hack for the Week: “Memorial Day Cookout Hacks Worth Celebrating!”

–Clean your grill with an onion.  Poke a halved onion with a skewer or fork and rub the onion all over the grill. Not only is this a completely green and chemical free way to clean your grill, but it’ll help season those burgers or dogs when you toss ‘em on the grill. 

–Free Up Your Grill And Get Out Of The Kitchen–Cook Your Corn In The Cooler!  Clean the cooler with hot water and dish soap. Add the ears of corn to the cooler.  Fill the cooler with the boiling water; depending on the size of your cooler and the corn you may need a little more or a little less. Put the lid down and leave the corn to cook in the hot water for 30 minutes.

– Break Out The Power Tools To Peel Potatoes For Potato Salad.  Take a rounded handle toilet brush, cut off near the end where the bristles are and stick that into your cordless drill.  Put the unpeeled potatoes in a bucket and fill with water to just over the top of the potatoes.  Take the cordless drill (so you don’t get electrocuted), hit that switch and stick the toilet brush in and around the potatoes until the peels are off.

–Spiral Cut Your Hot Dogs.  Stick a skewer through the middle of the hotdog and place on a cutting board. Hold a knife at an angle and cut into one end of the hot dog as you roll the skewered hot dog away from you.  Pull the skewer out and grill the hot dog to caramelized goodness.