Fascinating Food Hacks

I'll try to have a little fun in this week's newsletter by sharing some very creative ways to use food. Recently I've been intrigued with the ideas of how other people use everyday food items to create interesting dishes (referred to as "food hacks").

These same people come up with neat party ideas including party-themed foods. They even use food and beverages as household cleaning supplies.

• There are ideas for how to simplify doing things as simple as stuffing a taco shell: How to Keep Your Taco Shell Steady While You Load It Up
• We have tried a few here like the bacon weave: Why You Should Weave Your Bacon
• And one idea with bacon I've yet to try at home but know that my daughter will love: Easy Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
• Or even an idea to get a fried egg in a hamburger (perhaps a future menu addition): The Cheeseburger Eggsplosion, a Burger with a Fried Egg Center
• Or sometimes you just see how someone figures out a way to get two bowls in a microwave so you can warm up two things at once: I could never fit both bowls in the microwave at once, until my mother showed me this.

But seriously, some people are very creative in how they do things. An idea you see from someone else can spur an idea of your own. Often times, it's how things are created in our own kitchen. One idea leads to another idea, and then eventually we have something that works as a menu item, but also works economically in a busy kitchen environment.

So it caught my interest when I found a few ideas on other ways to use coffee, other than to drink it. How do people find these things out?

15 Useful Things You Can Do With Coffee Besides Drink It

And if there's something out there that you do at home or know of others doing, please share it with us. Heck, we might even steal or better one of your ideas!