Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Three, Number 112, August 24, 2004
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Today's newsletter contains:
Today's Tips:
- Trash Cans for Sorting Clothing
- Saving Money on Paper Towels
- Recipe For Happiness
- Using it All: Mustard
- Let Your Kids Draw on the Other Side of Paper
- Tooth Fairy Tip
- Frugal Deli Fried Chicken
- Brainstorm: Thrifty Uses for Salt
- Feedback: Grocery Shopping List Tips
- Feedback: Uses for Metal Ends from Frozen Juice Concentrate Cans
- Feedback: Excited Dog Peeing in the House
- Feedback: Selling at Garage Sales
- Feedback: Grocery Shopping? Food Budget?
- Other Active Topics
- Today's Recipe: Homemade Hamburger Helper
New Requests:
- Fruit of the Spirit Centerpieces
- Mould (Mold) On the Celing in the Bathroom
- Centerpiece with a Carpentry Theme
- Roach Control Ideas
- Help Cleaning Soap Scum out of Washing Machine
- Making a Clothes Pin Chair
More Reading:
- Break The Chain - Don't Forward "Drug Costs" Email
- Claiming Your Space: A Guide to Reorganizing a Room
- Turning Trash Into Cash
- Help in the Kitchen - Food Substitutions
- An Organized Home
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Today's Tips
Trash Cans for Sorting Clothing
To make laundry sorting easier and faster I have a blue 10 gallon trash can for blue jeans, a white one for whites, and a green one for everything else. It wasn't hard training my children to use them either (even the 17 year old!) By Angie Ferguson
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Saving Money on Paper Towels
My kids used way too many paper towels for small spills, so I began buying napkins. They are "single serving" so my boys don't use half a roll. And paper napkins are cheaper than paper towels. I can buy a 200 napkin pack for a dollar at the dollar store. Paper towels cost 50-75 cents for a 40 sheet roll.
By Lisa
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Recipe For Happiness
Get Your Life Cooking. Feel like you're simmering on the stove of life? Well we've cooked up the perfect recipe for you. The best part is that all the ingredients for a good life are easily within reach.
You'll need...
1 part of knowing who you are
1 part of knowing who you aren't
1 part of knowing what you want
1 part of knowing who you wish to be
1 part of knowing what you already have before you
1 part of choosing wisely from what you have before you
1 part of loving and thanking for ALL you have ("bad" included)
Mixing Instructions:
Combine ingredients together gently and carefully. Using Faith and vision, mix together with strong belief of the outcome, until finely blended. Use thoughts, words and actions for best results. Repeat.
Yields unlimited servings!
By Lisa Trudeau
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Using it All: Mustard
When down to the bottom of your mustard add a little vinegar with some Italian seasoning and make a great dressing with that last little bit.
By Brandy
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Let Your Kids Draw on the Other Side of Paper
Don't throw away computer paper that has been used on one side! My kids love to use this paper for drawing, etc. Also, I use the paper in my computer printer when I print out things like grocery lists, eBay transactions, test print pages, etc. This save a lot of money and trees! By Angela
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Tooth Fairy Tip
When my oldest son was little and lost a tooth, I really wanted to be sure that he believed in the tooth fairy, I put glitter from his pilllow to the window. I took his tooth and left a dollar. I still have all of his baby teeth and now he helps with this trick for his little brother. He thinks it is fairy dust, easy to clean up. By Dawn
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Frugal Deli Fried Chicken
Often, grocery stores will drastically lower the price of deli fried chicken towards closing time (most times, you have to ask.) They are usually a little dry by then. If you make a nice sauce, (i.e. marsala, tomato, lemon etc.) and simmer the pieces in the sauce for a few minutes, they perk right up and make a delicious dinner. You can cut the breasts into smaller pieces for more absorption. I usually serve mine with pasta or rice, and toss in some lightly sauted onions and/or veggies. By Doggy
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Thrifty Uses for Salt
Too many suds in your dishwater? Sprinkle a little salt on them and they will subside in no time.
Use salt to clean your cutting board. Just sprinkle a little on a wet cutting board and scrub. There usually is a shaker of salt handy in the kitchen, you don't have to just use it for food.
Spilled some grease? When you spill some grease on your counter or stove top sprinkle a little salt on it and it will be easier to clean up.
Salt for carpet stains. Sprinkle salt on carpet stains, let sit for an hour and vacuum the salt up.
Salt for perspiration stains. Make strong salt water by diluting 1 cup salt to each gallon of water and soak shirts with perspiration stains. Or if you don't want to use as much salt you can create a solution with 4 Tablespoons salt and 1 quart of water and apply this solution directly to the perspiration stain with a rag.
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Other Active Topics
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Today's Recipe: Homemade Hamburger Helper
The following recipes are effective hamburger helper substitutes.
Seasoning (Makes enough for a few batches):
Mix together the following.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 Tablespoons dried parsley
- 1/2 cup instant onion
- 1 Tablespoon onion powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 2/3 cups fat
- free dry milk powder
- 3 1/2 Tablespoons beef bouillon granules
Store in a jar with tight between uses.
Cheeseburger Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 pound hamburger
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup uncooked macaroni
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup seasoning mix
- 2 cups of grated cheese
Directions:
First brown the hamburger and drain off the fat. Add 1 1/2 cups water, 1 cup uncooked macaroni, 1 can chopped tomatoes and 1/2 cup seasoning mix. Simmer covered 20 minutes or until macaroni is tender. Remove from heat and add 2 cups of grated cheese.
Chili Tomato Macaroni
Ingredients:
- 1 pound hamburger
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup uncooked macaroni
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup seasoning mix
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder
Directions:
First brown the hamburger and drain off the fat. Add 1 1/2 cups water, 1 cup uncooked macaroni, 1 can chopped tomatoes, 1 tablespoon chili powder and 1/2 cup seasoning mix. Simmer covered 20 minutes or until macaroni is tender.
Potato Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 pound hamburger
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup uncooked macaroni
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon seasoning mix
- 5 or 6 medium sized potatoes, thinly sliced
Directions:
First brown the hamburger and drain off the fat. Add 1 cup water, 5 or 6 peeled sliced thinly potatoes, 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon seasoning mix. Simmer covered for 20 to 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir. Uncover and cook until excess water is evaporated.
Adapted from a recipe at:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/columncc/cc010724.html
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New Requests:
Fruit of the Spirit Centerpieces
I need some ideas for centerpieces for our MOPS group . Our theme is fruit of the spirit. I need something inexpensive, and creative. We sell the centerpieces at the end of the year at our silent auction. Please help!
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Mould (Mold) On the Celing in the Bathroom
We have a large amount of mould (mold) on the ceiling of our bathrooms. Can anyone suggest a method of removal that is easy and will keep the mould away? Thanks for all your suggestions, Cheers, Carrie
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Centerpiece with a Carpentry Theme
Hi Everyone, I need some ideas on making a centerpiece for a table. The theme I need to use is one with carpentry tools. Does anyone have any ideas. This is a table for a construction company, that is hosting a table at a local event. The event will be held at night and outdoors under a tent. Thanks. Candy
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Roach Control Ideas
Roach killing products I've found DO NOT WORK except for roach motels which are somewhat helpful but hard to find. I've tried boric acid. Other ideas would be appreciated! VE from MI
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Help Cleaning Soap Scum out of Washing Machine
I have a fairly new washing machine. The white plastic agitator and fabric softener dispenser are getting caked with soap scum. HELP! How can I get this goop off? Sue A
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Making a Clothes Pin Chair
I would like to know how the create clothes pins chairs. Please submit diagrams or a pattern if you have one. Clyde
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More Reading
Break The Chain - Don't Forward "Drug Costs" Email
I received a forwarded email about the cost of prescription drugs last night from a relative. There was a person mentioned in the bottom of the email from a government office so I wrote her and asked if she could verify what was in the email. She told me that it was just something that she had forwarded on and now was considered the source of the information. She receives lots of emails a day about it.
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Claiming Your Space: A Guide to Reorganizing a Room
By Judy Camp
Whether you are planning a home office, finishing a basement, or just cleaning a cluttered room, reorganizing can be a daunting task, but quite fulfilling, if you follow a few simple steps.
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Turning Trash Into Cash
By Jeffrey Strain
Junk. We all have some of it lying around the house. Whether it's boxed items cluttering the attic or everyday items that just don't fit with the room's decorating theme anymore, many of us have more than we need. At some point it all gets to be too much and in a fit of energy we decide that our place needs to be cleaned. Then the junk gets moved, typically to the nearest trash can. But wait. Before you throw out all that stuff, it pays to take head of the saying "one person's junk is another person's treasure."
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Help in the Kitchen - Food Substitutions
By Cyndi Roberts
Did you ever find yourself in the middle of making a recipe and discover that you're out of one of the ingredients?
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An Organized Home
By Crystal Miller
An organized home is such a blessing. Organization is an ongoing process and I believe is usually a continuing 'work in progress' in our lives. I don't think anyone could say, "Well now my life is all organized and I am done!". Because our homes are in constant use and life is always changing from month to month and season to season, the way we organize our lives has to accommodate this. We may find that what worked great at one time now is not working anymore. Maybe you have more children or maybe you changes something in your home or what you thought would work great in theory does not work great in practice. But whatever the reason that is part of the process.
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