Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Four, Number 16, January 16, 2005
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We had 377 contest entries in our latest tip contest. The winner was selected at random and the winner is... Chell. Chell submitted 25 tips. Congratulations to Chell and thank you to everyone that submitted tips. With that contest ending, we start a new contest today. We are giving away another 30 dollar gift card.
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Today's Photo Contest Entries:
- Puppy on the Keys
- Use Wine Glasses To Hold Balloons
Today's Tips:
- Don't Salt Roast Until Cooked
- Fruit Liquids
- Dusting Silk or Dried Flowers
- Making Scrambled Eggs For a Large Group Of People
- Traction for the Sidewalk
- Worn Out Cuffs? Make A Short Sleeved Shirt
- Making Fluffy Reheated Rice
- Preving Lint With Vinegar
- Uses for Tissue (Kleenex) Boxes
- Helping Kids Orgraning Their Own Toys
- Use A Rotating Utensil Holder for Markers and Pencils
- Apple Klondike Dessert
- Organizing Yarn When Making A Hook Rug
- Fixing Holes in Particle Board Furniture
- Onion Pie
- Excellent Meat Loaf
- Hobo Dinners
- Hamburger Noodle Casserole
- Hot Chicken Soup
New Requests:
- Dried Ink on an Oak Coffee Table
- Frugal Ideas on Making Wild Bird Feeders
- How Can We Stretch Our Food Budget?
- Grease Stain On Cashmere
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Today's Photo Contest Entries
Puppy on the Keys
This is a puppy from a little of pups we our Chocolate Lab MAGGIE had, he was adopted and lives with a very loving family....
By Barbie
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Use Wine Glasses To Hold Balloons
For my husbands 40th birthday, we were on a tight budget. Instead of purchasing weights for the dozen balloons that I bought, we tied them to water glasses with a stem, and put a bit of foil confetti in the bottom of each glass, and then sprinkled some on the table as well. The effect was elegant, yet cost very little. The party was huge success!.
By Katharine Barrett
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Today's Tips
Fruit Liquids
Canned fruit liquids can be used instead of pouring them down the drain. Heat and thicken with cornstarch. Serve over a plain cake.
By Chell
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Uses for Canned Fruit Juice
I was opening a can of fruit the other day and thought to myself, "What a waste of good juice". Does anyone have recipes that use fruit juices from canned fruits in them? I am assuming these can be put into the freezer for later uses.
Apricots, peaches, pears, pineapple, etc.
Tawnda
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Dusting Silk or Dried Flowers
Dust Your silk or dried flowers arrangement with a blowdryer set on low. Best done outside.
By Chell
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Making Scrambled Eggs For a Large Group Of People
When making scramble eggs for a large group of people, once eggs are scrambled, add a tablespoon of sour cream and stir the eggs to coat. It will keep the eggs from turning green in the bowl. As far as the taste goes you can't even taste the sour cream. I did this for a large family brunch and it worked well.
By Nancy J
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Traction for the Sidewalk
Since salt is harmful to dogs, when your sidewalks, etc are icy, sprinkle kitty litter to give Fido some traction. You will still need to wipe his paws, but at least there won't be caustic salt eating away at his toe pads!
By Becki in Indiana
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Worn Out Cuffs? Make A Short Sleeved Shirt
My husband works in an office environment and wears long-sleeved shirts every day. When the cuffs start getting frayed but the rest of the shirt is still fine I make a short-sleeved shirt by cutting off the bottom part of the sleeve and hemming it up on my sewing machine. He wears these altered shirts in the summer months.
By Betty
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Making Fluffy Reheated Rice
When re-heating cooked rice in the microwave, put a small ice cube in the middle of the rice and then nuke away. The ice will turn to steam, and your re-heated rice will be fluffy!
By Becki in Indiana
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Preving Lint With Vinegar
To remove lint from clothes, put in little white vinegar in the wash. Lint will not stick to the clothes as much.
By Sue
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Uses for Tissue (Kleenex) Boxes
Tips for using kleenex boxes. Post your ideas below.
Reusing Tissue Boxes
Don't throw away old Kleenex boxes. Use them to store all you bags you get at supermarkets, Wal-Mart etc. You don't even have to fold them if you don't want to. I just stuff them in the box. A box hold quite a few and then they are handy to line your plastic garbage bucket in the kitchen. I also use a Kleenex box to store empty bread wrappers. When I make home made bread, I use the ones I've saved and can then freeze the baked loaves without having to purchase anything to put the loaves in.
By Betty
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Helping Kids Orgraning Their Own Toys
To organize my girls smaller toys, I filled see through bins with the toys, took a picture with my digital camera of one or two of the items that were inside (for example) jewelry or little people. Then printed the pictures out on the computer. Then using contact paper I attached the pictures to the outside of the tub.
Now the girls know where things go (since they can't read yet) and there are no excuses when it is clean up time.
By Jennifer Cofer
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Use A Rotating Utensil Holder for Markers and Pencils
My daughter loves to use markers and colored pencils. So, I found this rotating utensil holder at a garage sale (the ones for spatulas, whisks, ladles, etc.) The one I found was Pampered Chef and only a $1. I sorted all her markers both thick and thin into the different compartments by color. Now she doesn't have to dig through a tub of markers or try and keep them in their original paper box. She just gives it a little spin and the rainbow of colors turns right to the one she needs!
By Jennifer Cofer
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Apple Klondike Dessert
Put a Klondike Bar in a bowl and put applesauce over it. It is great! It is like having apple pie ala mode without baking.
By Janet Webster
Editor's Note: Not mentioned in the tip, but if you add a little cinnamon to the apple sauce and heat it up a bit it would be like hot apple pie.
Also, one treat that I have made recently is some heated apple sauce (homemade) with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. Really easy dessert and not as fattening as eating a full bowl of ice cream.
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Organizing Yarn When Making A Hook Rug
Take a yard of material and fold 3/4 of it up and sew in squares like a shoe organizer. Use this for your yarn when making a hook rug. You can tape the number and the color of thread on each square so you can use it over and over with each rug.
By Janet Webster
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Fixing Holes in Particle Board Furniture
To fill in places where the paper has been ripped off of wood look furniture, try using a brown crayon to cover the spot followed by a black crayon (lightly) to blend the spot. We did this with a dvd cabinet recently with great results.
By Katie in NY
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Onion Pie
Ingredients:
- 2 packs ritz crackers or equivalent
- 3 large onions (sweet are best)
- 3 Tbls. vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup of milk
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 8 oz. shredded cheese (you choose)
- 1/2 tsp.each of salt & pepper
Directions:
Chop onions and saute in the oil until tender.
Melt butter and crush the crackers.
Mix crackers and butter, set aside about 1/2 cup for the top
Press cracker mix into the bottom of a pie pan, set aside.
Combine cheese (save some for the top), milk, salt, pepper and eggs.
Heat until cheese melts in a sauce pan.
Combine onion and milk mixture
Pour into crust.
Sprinkle cheese and crackers on top. Shake garlic salt over the top then bake at 350 F for 1/2 hour or until set. Enjoy!
You can add any thing to this recipe to dress it up it's good anyway you fix it!!
By pakjc
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Excellent Meat Loaf
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs. ground chuck
- 1/2 cup grated American cheese
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 2 tsp. salt
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- 1/4 cup onion (diced)
- 1/4 cup celery (chopped)
- 1 cup tomato juice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients thoroughly and pack into a loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
By Robin
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Hobo Dinners
Ingredients:
- 4 hamburger patties
- 3 medium sliced potatoes
- 2 medium sliced carrots
- 1 small sliced onion
Directions:
Put one patty on tin foil and add some sliced potatoes and carrots on top with a little onion and salt and pepper. Fold the tin foil to seal and put on the grill or in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.
By Robin
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Hamburger Noodle Casserole
Hamburger Noodle Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 tsp. salt
- Pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1/2 of 8 oz. pkg. noodles
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 pkg. cream cheese
- grated American cheese
Directions:
Brown ground beef and drain. Add garlic, salt, pepper, sugar, onion, and tomato sauce. Simmer for 10-20 minutes. Cook noodles. Stir cream cheese, sour cream and noodles into a tomato mixture and put into casserole. Top with grated American cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
By Robin
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Hot Chicken Soup
I cook this in my crockpot.
Ingredients:
- 2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 3-4 potatoes chopped
- 1 can chicken broth
- 1/2 cup diced onions
- 1/2 cup green peppers
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions:
Place veggies on bottom of crockpot, add chicken, broth, seasonings &
cover. Cook on low 7-8 hours.
By Kim
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Dried Ink on an Oak Coffee Table
A pen leaked on to my oak coffee table and dried. I put several household cleaners on it and let it set for hours but it won't come off. Any ideas?
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Frugal Ideas on Making Wild Bird Feeders
We have purchased a bird feeder, and now find that there are too many birds. We dont mind buying the feed, it's the feeders that make us cringe! The type we need is over $70! So i thought maybe someone may have an idea of making my own. I dont think the wild birds would mind my frugality!
Kate
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How Can We Stretch Our Food Budget?
Hello, I am the mother of three teenagers, well one of them is only twelve, but my oldest, at only 16 is 6'5 and 230 lbs, and his dad is just as big. My problem is, although we both work, we have a very tight food budget, and I just can't seem to make it to the next payday with our food supplies. I want to cook healthy, I do frozen burritos from time to time, but that just doesn't do it. Any ideas how I can better stretch our food budget while not feeding them junk?
Thank You,
Tina
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Grease Stain On Cashmere
Does anyone know how to remove a greasy food stain from Cashmere?
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