Caramelize more onions than you need to. A lot more—you’ll use them for your Memorial Day steaks, brats & salads and even your weekend breakfasts!

Avoid glass cutting boards. Glass cutting boards send shivers down your spine when you use them. They dull your knives. They’re slippery. And they’re hard to use. Use wood, bamboo or plastic instead.

Treat your herbs like flowers. There’s nothing worse than limp herbs. Next time, trim the stems and put the fresh herbs in a Ziploc bag with a damp paper towel and stash it in the refrigerator.

Always keep lemons in the fridge. They’ll keep longer that way, so you’ll always be able to add fresh lemon juice to everything from dressings to cocktails. Plus, you can use the squeezed rinds to clean and deodorize your wooden cutting boards.