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Frugal Glass Stove Top Cleaner
PowerHouse Brand Foaming Bathroom Cleaner that comes in a pressurized can works great to clean food, and burnt on food from your glass top stove. One Dollar per can is a frugal choice! Further Reading – Keeping It Clean This is a 3 ebook series that will help you spend less time and money on […]
Continue readingSave on Your Favorite Products
If any of your favorite products have a website (most do these days), sign up for their mailing lists or newsletters. They usually send coupons, tips, and sometimes samples of their products to subscribers. If you don’t like putting your information online, you can call the 800 number on package (most things have a number […]
Continue readingRepurposing Cereal Bags
Some (almost all!) of my favorite holiday treats are chocolate covered: puppy chow, chocolate covered pretzels, haystacks, etc. However, using wax paper to allow them to dry can take up a lot of my money. Instead, I save the plastic bags (inside the box) that cereal comes in, cut them open, wipe them down and […]
Continue readingBring Your Own Bags
Many grocery retailers plus Target will credit you 5 cents for each bag used for your purchases. This often saves at least 50 cent or more per trip to the store. This adds up over time, and is a great step for the environment. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper […]
Continue readingNo more callouses
Soak feet for 20 min in white vinegar and warm water–50/50. Callouses will rub right off using dry bath towel. Especially nice for men. No more expensive foot cream. Leaves feet soft. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived on $500 per month. This e-book is filled with over 500 […]
Continue readingUsing The Heal Of A Loaf Of Bread
instead of not using the heal of the loaf of bread, flip it over and put mayo. or whatever on it for a sandwich and no one can tell the diffrence. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived on $500 per month. This e-book is filled with over 500 practical, […]
Continue readingReusing Brown Packing Paper
With the holidays coming up I have been doing some online shopping. Some places have started to use brown paper as a filler instead of those annoying peanuts. Instead of throwing it away I have been letting me daughter (she’s 2) decorate it and then using that to wrap the gifts! Not only is it […]
Continue readingFrugal Stove Scrub
No matter what I cook, I always have a “ring” of leftovers..you know that stuff that gets under the metal rings of your electric stove burners? After the stove cools, I take my baking soda and sprinkle it over the spill and then just scrub. I don’t add water to the baking soda…it works like […]
Continue readingFrugal Homemade Bench Spray
Hi instead of purchasing bench spray I use 1/2 spray bottle of white vinegar about 4 large lemons squeezed and sieved then top up bottle with water and shake Omit lemons if you dont have surplus to use eg. lemon tree! You can use a few drops of frangrance oil. Vinegar smell disappears in a […]
Continue readingShop Once A Month
My friend and I always said to each other if you want to save STAY OUT OF THE STORES. We buy once a month and make do with that. It works if you take a list and buy nothing else unless something you use all the time is on sale. Carolyn Page Highly Recommended – […]
Continue readingOil Spray Bottle
when I am cooking and need a little something on the frying pan I put some extra lite oil on a small spray bottle and spray just a little and not adding a lot of calories to my food. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived on $500 per month. […]
Continue readingLess Bacon Shrinkage
Another tip to keep bacon from shrinking is to dredge it in flour before frying – it comes out with a crispy coating and there is less shrinkage!! I have been doing this for years. For variation, I sometimes add black pepper to the flour for an added zing! Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama […]
Continue readingBuy Butter for Less
My husband and i just determined that we could save about $25-30 per year by purchasing our butter in pound sections at Costco rather than quarters. The difference in price is just under $3 per package of 4 lbs of butter. It may not seem like a lot, but between that and the other little […]
Continue readingSaving Acocado – Freezing
I love California rolls (but nobody else in the house does) and I always have nearly 1/2 of an avocado left. I recently found that they freeze quite well. Simply mash the ripe avocado in a bowl and add about a teaspoon of lemon juice and freeze. I freeze them in an ice cube tray, […]
Continue readingGround Beef Extender
Chopped olives added to ground beef when browning give the impression of more meat than there is. Add them to spaghetti sauce when you want to use less meat. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived on $500 per month. This e-book is filled with over 500 practical, everyday ideas […]
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