The majority of people you ask will agree that home-cooked meals beat takeout every day of the week. However, as tasty and healthy as homemade meals can be, nobody likes dealing with the pains of cooking and the mess it brings about. That’s why you should take a look at the following 50+ kitchen hacks to make your life as a home cook infinitely less stressful.

No More Slippery Bowls
Oftentimes, a recipe will ask you to add milk, water, oil, or another wet ingredient into your dry ingredients while whisking. This is a lot easier than the recipe makes it out to be. What, do they think that we’re working in the kitchen with an extra set of hands? Or maybe we have three hands?

Well, there’s a simple solution to this problem. Moisten a towel or paper towels and coil them into a tight ring around the bottom of your mixing bowl. Now, ask you whisk with the vigorousness of a thousand Julia Childs, your bowl won’t go flying off the kitchen counter and onto the ground.