One video showed a use for parchment paper that I thought was SO dumb, but I tried it and have done it religiously ever since. It's using parchment paper to cook scrambled eggs. You crumple a sheet of parchment paper, open it back up, and press it into the bottom of your pan. Then pour in your eggs and just cook them as usual through the parchment paper. When they're done, I just lift out the parchment paper, scrape the eggs onto my plate, and toss the paper in the compost.