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Save On Water Bills
Since our water bill keeps going up and up and up, I keep finding ways to use less and less. When I empty the dehumidifier, I empty the water into a bucket and then I use the water to water my flowers or my garden outside. When I boil water to cook something, I save […]
Continue readingFrugal Pressure Cleaner
For an easy and inexpensive way to pressure clean small areas, I use the hose attachment that comes with water balloons. It focuses the water into a small area and creates a lot of pressure. I cleaned my whole pack porch with one! Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived […]
Continue readingStretching Ground Beef
To stretch ground beef, shred a leftover baked potato or two and mix with the ground beef after you have browned it. Season and use for tacos or whatever. My family likes it like this better than just plain ground beef. Highly Recommended – Penny Pinching Mama Find out how Jill Cooper lived on $500 […]
Continue readingMeatloaf Expanders
When I was in high school way back in the mid 1950’s My home economics teacher taut us to use oatmeal as a meat loaf expander rather than bread or crackers. This cost very little and increases the nutritional value. I have always made meatloaf this way and it tastes just fine. Disclosure: Some of […]
Continue readingFruit Fly Trap – Homemade
One of the things I like best about summer is all the fresh fruit available. One of the things I like least is those pesky fruit flies that inevitably find their way into my kitchen. Over the years I have tried quite a few fruit fly traps (homemade as well as store-bought) and here’s what’s […]
Continue readingStretching Ground Beef
Here is an easy way for your readers to get more for their money when purchasing ground beef. This is for 4lbs. of ground beef. Add 1 Cup of Seasoned or plain bread crumb to the ground beef add 2-3 dashes of hot sauce, 2 raw eggs 1 teaspoon garlic powder and if you like […]
Continue readingProtection From Okra And Bean Irritation
To protect my arms from the itchiness and irritation of picking okra and beans, I cut part of the toe of my husband’s old tube socks. Cut one wide width for your fingers and a small one for your thumb, leaving the small strip between. Then I put on a pair of garden gloves and […]
Continue readingEliminate Rotting Chicken Odor from the Trash Can
Often if you bbq chicken on the weekend and you dispose of any of the raw organs in the trash outside, by trash pick up day you have a terrible stench from the rotting meat sitting in the heat. You can eliminate this buy wrapping the pieces in a plastic grocery bag and freezing them […]
Continue readingMost Expensive Is Sometimes Cheapest
A Quick Frugal Tip By HBHW Reader Joyful Joy: I’m single, live alone. A container of milk lasts quite awhile at my house, and I always end up dumping sour milk. My relatives are food snobs, everything must be the most expensive organic brand. When I made ice cream for the family last month, I […]
Continue readingLip Stick Stain Removal
Recently I discovered how to get lipstick out of fabric. Just spray with hair spray and use a white cloth to clean. Eventually the stain will be gone! 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 to […]
Continue readingMeat Spreads – Make At Home With Grinder
Trying to keep healthy lunch ideas at hand… I’ve been using any & all left over meat from supper & grinding in my “1 cup” grinder then add mayo & sweet relish (or dill) & a bit of celery seed & you’ve got a healthy lunch w/out any waste…sometimes I’ll boil a chicken breast to […]
Continue readingGreasy Stains on Clothing
A friend of mine made a suggestion for getting out greasy stains from clothing. Her daughter works in a pizza shop and these types of stains are common. Anyway, I have tried it, and it works-Dawn dish liquid! Maybe I’m the only one who didn’t know this, but I tried it on one of my […]
Continue readingVinegar For Laundry
Vinegar is something we all have sitting in the pantry. Did you know that it is also a great all purpose cleaner and does wonders for your laundry? Here are a couple of uses of vinegar for laundry. Use it as a fabric softener. Add 1/4 cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle of […]
Continue readingFrugal and Healthy Ice Cream
We freeze all kinds of fruits during the summer and also freeze bananas when they reach the over ripe stage. The bananas can be used for banana bread or for this healthy frugal ice cream substitute. Take a couple of frozen bananas put in blender with just a little milk. Blend. You may need to […]
Continue readingNo Waste Fresh Apple Cider
I discovered this purely by accident. I was simmering down some apples in my crock pot to make apple pie filling. I put them on low and left. When I came back I noticed that I had put way too much water on them so I just caught the apples in a slotted spoon and […]
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