Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Three, Number 81, July 12, 2004
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Today's Tips:
- Seeing the Dumplings
- Frugal Manicure
- Try Out Perfume at Night
- Stock Up on Whole Chickens
- Clip Your Pets Nails: Dogs, Cats and Birds
- Homemade Steamcleaner Solution for Oil Stains
- Uses for Cooking Spray
- Featured Feedback: RE: Cleaning Dirty Work Clothing
- Featured Feedback: RE: Make Your Own Vegetable Wash
- Today's Recipe: Easy Spaghetti Recipes
New Requests:
- Fleas in My Hair!
- Where Can I Buy Diatomaceous Earth?
- Freezing Green Beans and Corn
- Out of Work, Looking for Clothing and Other Items
- Cost of Making a Slip Cover?
- Removing oil pastels from fabric furniture.
- Removing Newspaper Ink from Dishes
- Removing a Stripped Screw
- Solution for Flying Gnats
More Reading:
- The Difference Between Wants & Needs
- Cherries Galore!
- Going to a Picnic? Why not Bring Pasta Salad?
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Today's Tips
Seeing the Dumplings
When I make drop dumplings in broth, I put an inverted glass pie plate on top of the kettle as a lid. This way I can see when my dumplings are done without lifting the lid and letting the steam escape.
By Jen
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Frugal Manicure
Do you like to receive a manicure and/or a pedicure but feel you can't afford the high prices? Have I got a deal for you. Check out your local high school and see if they have a beautifican class. I recently had a manicure by a senior student and she was supervised by the teacher several times during my manicure. I had called ahead of time and made an appointment that was agreeable to my time schedule. She was very professional and did a really good job. The $6 that the school policy charged was well worth it. I got to pick out the color nail polish and happily added a tip to the cost.
A happy manicure and/or pedicure to you.
By joesgirl
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Try Out Perfume at Night
I use the perfume samples that come in magazines at bedtime. this way you can safely "try" it out, & if you don't like it it washes off in the morning, also because by bedtime my perfume has usually worn off, so I still "hopefully" smell good.
By brooke fenton
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Stock Up on Whole Chickens
Buy whole chickens when they go on sale and stock up on them. The chickens can be cut up for pieces, roasted whole, eaten and then the carcasses used for stock, or you can grind your own fresh chicken meat, and make cooked chicken for casseroles, all for much less than when you buy already cut up or processed chicken!
By Suzanne
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Clip Your Pets Nails: Dogs, Cats and Birds
Learn to clip your dogs, cats or birds nails. Invest in a good set of clippers ( around $7.00-$12.00) from your veterinarian. It will save you the cost of an office visit. Pet stores that offer grooming probably have instruction folders on the procedure. Or try the internet for "how to" site.
By Laurel
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Homemade Steamcleaner Solution for Oil Stains
My husband is a mechanic and sometimes he tracks oil in the house, forgetting to remove his shoes. I have found that degreaser (like havoline) at walmart or the dollar store works on carpets. I add a capful of it to very hot water into the well. Then I add 1/2 cup (as i usually steam both family and living rooms) of pine-sol. Mary Tipton
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The following tip is from our archive.
Uses for Cooking Spray
Use Pam or other spray on cooking oil on:
- Cheese graters to keep cheese from sticking.
- Bread boards to keep dough from sticking when rolling out pie crust.
- Spoon before measuring honey, it will slide right off.
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Featured Feedback: RE: Cleaning Dirty Work Clothing
The best thing for really dirty clothes--grease, grass, sweat and all--is mechanic's hand cleaner. You can usually find a tub of it for a dollar or two in the hardware section of any store. Slather it on, and use a scrub brush to lightly work it in. The other thing to remember is to not put heavily soiled clothes in the dryer unless you are sure they are clean. Hang-dry the item if you have any doubt, and re-wash if needed.
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Featured Feedback: RE: Make Your Own Vegetable Wash
My husband has a weakened immune system and the Oncologist has told him 'no fresh produce unless you have washed it - it carries bacteria.' We wash our produce in vinegar before cutting. we wipe cutting boards w/ vinegar before placing food on them. Otherwise, whatever the handlers touched before touching your food is what you are eating.
By Kate Z.
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Today's Recipe: Easy Spaghetti Recipes
by Rachel Paxton
Spaghetti has always been a favorite family meal. My teenage
daughter will eat leftover spaghetti for breakfast, lunch, and as
a mid-afternoon snack. Not everyone loves spaghetti so much that
they will go to that extreme, however, and the same meals can
getting boring after awhile. Here are some ways to jazz up this
old favorite:
Italian Sausage Spaghetti
- 2 lbs. Italian sausage
- 48 oz. spaghetti sauce
- 1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
- Green pepper, sliced thin
- 1 lg. onion, sliced thin
- 1 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp. parsley flakes
- 1 c. water
Place sausage in skillet and cover in water. Simmer 10 minutes;
drain. Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients in crock pot. Add
drained sausage and cover; cook on low 4 hours. Increase to high;
cook 1 hour more. Cut sausage in bite-size slices and serve over
cooked spaghetti. Sprinkle with more Parmesan, if desired.
Irish Italian Spaghetti
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Dash of red pepper
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/2 tsp. tabasco sauce
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can condensed tomato soup
- 1 (8 oz.) package spaghetti
- 1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
Brown onion in oil. Add meat and seasonings. Brown lightly,
cover. Simmer 10 minutes. Add soups, cover and simmer 45
minutes. Cook spaghetti. Cover with sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Baked Spaghetti
- 1 c. chopped onion
- 1 c. chopped green pepper
- 1 tbsp. butter or margarine
- 1 (28 oz.) can tomatoes with liquid, cut up
- 1 (4 oz.) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 (2 1/4 oz.) can sliced ripe olives, drained
- 2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 lb. hamburger, browned
- 12 oz. spaghetti, cooked and drained
- 2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/4 c. water
- 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
In a large skillet, saute onion and green pepper in butter until
tender. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, olives, and oregano. Add
ground beef. Simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes. Place half of
the spaghetti in a greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Top with
half of the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with 1 c. cheddar
cheese. Repeat layers. Mix soup and water until smooth; pour
over casserole. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered,
at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Six to 8 servings.
Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
- 1/2 c. margarine
- 1 c. chopped red bell pepper
- 1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms, chopped
- 1/4 c. chopped hot pepper rings
- 2 c. chicken broth
- 1/4 c. flour
- 2 c. cooked chicken, chopped
- 1 (4 oz.) can diced pimento
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 oz. chopped slivered almonds
- 1/2 lb. spaghetti, broken
- 4 slices American cheese
Melt margarine and cook peppers and mushrooms until tender; add
flour and blend well. Add chicken broth. Cook and stir until
thickened. Add chicken, pimento, and seasonings; heat and add
almonds.
Cook spaghetti in boiling water for about 9 minutes. Drain and
mix with previous ingredients. Place in casserole dish and cover
with slices of American cheese. Heat at 325 degrees until cheese
is melted (approx. 30 to 45 minutes). Serve.
Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of
What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick
easy dinner ideas. For more recipes, organizing tips, home
decorating, crafts, holiday hints, and more, visit Creative
Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com
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Fleas in My Hair!
Please help me get rid of the fleas in my hair! I want to use my dogs flea shampoo, but I'm afraid my hair will fall out. What do I do? Amanda
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Where Can I Buy Diatomaceous Earth?
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Freezing Green Beans and Corn
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Out of Work, Looking for Clothing and Other Items
I have been out of work for a long time and I am in need of blankets, sheets, towels, clothes size 3 to 5 womens, shoes size 7 1/2, cleaning supplies, nic naks and many other things. Any advice on how to get these things inexpensively would be appreciated. Sherry
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Cost of Making a Slip Cover?
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Removing oil pastels from fabric furniture.
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Removing Newspaper Ink from Dishes
I have some ceramic dishes that were wrapped in newspaper. They seemed to have absorbed the ink. Is there any way to remove these newspaper ink stains. From qmask99 in California
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Removing a Stripped Screw
Anyone know how to remove a stripped screw from a wood chair without ruining the wood? Mark
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Solution for Flying Gnats
In NC it is very hot and muggy. We have problems with knats getting inside the house and driving us crazy. We've taken care of obvious causes, but we are still plagued by them. Any ideas on how to control them inside without harsh sprays? Jill from NC
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The Difference Between Wants & Needs
By Jeffrey Strain
So you want to become wealthy? While there is no single road to getting there, it's a sure bet that one principle is in place for those who keep their wealth over a lifetime. Live beneath your means. Spend less than you make. Don't spend more than you can afford. It doesn't come any simpler than this. If you want to create wealth, you have to learn to do this. It doesn't matter if you make $10,000 a year or $1 million, if you don't learn how to master the step of spending less than you earn, you'll never create lasting wealth.
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Cherries Galore!
By Monica Resinger
We are very lucky have two old sweet cherry trees in our yard. When we first moved here, the trees were so tall you couldn't get to the cherries, so the birds and squirrels were well fed.
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Going to a Picnic? Why not Bring Pasta Salad?
By Skip Lombardi
Only three or four years ago, pasta salad was the sort of foodstuff that I associated with the sort of people who wore Birkenstock sandals. And it seemed to show up on the buffet table, somewhere between the Mexican five-layer dip, and the Jello-Cool Whip surprise. But it's come a long way in those few years.
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