31 Things You Can Freeze To Save Time and Money! How to Stop Wasting Food. How much food do you throw away because of improper planning? During this process of Selling Our Home, we have been doing all we can to cut corners. I started noticing how much food we were wasting and we started a mission to stop throwing our money away! Here is how our family tries to use everything that we buy.
Each month, I start with a menu plan. With just about an hour of prep work, you can have your pantry and freezer stocked! When we get home from the store, I separate out my items. Here's a tip! I cut out the bar codes from the packaging and make sure they are visible for easy scanning. Some of you don't know, but my boys are HUGE.
I buy the larger tubes of sausage from Sam's. We measure out the serving size (remember, being healthy) and freeze them making sure to mark the date. The best part is, you can break off only what you need as defrost overnight. We measure all our meats and lay them flat in the freezer. *Tip* You can freeze all your vegetable scraps as well. Make A Year’s Worth of Laundry Soap for $30.00! Regular readers of this blog will know that I am completely sold on the No-Grate Laundry Detergent that I posted back in February of this year. But, like I’ve said many times on this website, I am always open to new ideas! And I really liked this idea that someone posted as a comment awhile back. A YEARS worth of Laundry Soap!?!?
That’s an idea that is hard NOT to get behind! Here is the recipe that Anonymous posted (the text in red are my notes): Anonymous said… I make a dry version which works better for my family. To grate the bars of soap I decided to make it easier on myself and use my ancient Hamilton Beach food processor. My only other tip for this recipe has to do with the “mixing”. Since we are over the “family of four” limit, and I tend to think we have more dirty laundry than your AVERAGE family…I’m not expecting this to last a full year….but based on my initial use of this (2 Tablespoons per load)….it’s going to last us a GOOD, LONG time! Curing Warts, Removing Splinters, and 19 Other Bizarre Uses for Banana Peels. Popular in Food & Drink It all started with a rumor that banana peels could be used to polish silver and a bet among friends that it couldn’t. In trying to discover if there is any legitimacy to the silver-polishing properties of banana peels, I found dozens of other unusual applications for them, including splinter removal and wart treatments.
Since banana peels aren’t particularly hot commodities, being able to put them to good use adds value to any household (and saves money on alternative treatments). Without further ado, here are 21 applications for banana peels, plus seven bonus uses for banana flesh. Please note that any instruction to apply banana peel to anything (such as in many of the health & beauty applications) involves using the inside of the banana peel after ridding it of the stringy bits. Health and Beauty Banana peels are chock-a-block with antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins, so they're a natural cure for many an ailment and an aid for cell regeneration. Bug Bites Warts. 50 uses for vinegar…who knew? Did you know vinegar could possibly be the last household cleaner you’ll ever need? Click through the slideshow to see all the uses for vinegar.
Holy cow! Who knew?! I better go buy a few gallons of vinegar. Disclaimer: Please use all tips at your own risk. So let’s hear it… what do you use vinegar for?! Not a car or bicycle, but a blend—an ELF vehicle. A Massachusetts man is taking his car-bicycle blend "Organic Transit Vehicle"—also known as an ELF bike—on a 1,200-mile trip from North Carolina to Massachusetts this summer, turning heads as the unusual-looking green vehicle zips through city streets.
What Mark Stewart is driving looks like a cross between a bicycle and a car with solar panels, a gently humming motor and a futuristic shape. It's a "green" option for today's commuters. "It reminds me of when I saw a Smart car the first time," said Joanne Bury as she emerged from her Reston condominium building to take a look at the vehicle.
"This is incredible. What is it? " Stewart, a 65-year-old family therapist and school psychologist from Cambridge, Massachusetts, took the summer off in order to drive his new vehicle more than 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) on trails and roads using the East Coast Greenway, a bike and pedestrian trail that runs from Canada to Key West. Stewart says so far he's only gotten looks of curiosity. 10 Simple Ways to Save Money Each Month - Frugal Homeschool Family. Why Helping Others Succeed Can Be Your Greatest Success.
26 Tips and Tricks To Simplify Life. I have been collecting all kinds of clever tips to make life just a little bit more simple. Here are some of my favs! 1. Cord organization tips. I am SO doing this. {link} 2. Marshmallows in brown sugar to keep it soft. {link} 3. 10. 19. Simple Lemon water. Want to be eco-friendly but not have to mess with cloth diapers? More From New Nostalgia: Replace 18 Household Products with Castile Soap|Hot Mess House. Conquer the ‘Fear of Throwing It Away’ Uses for Old Garden Hose. Before throwing away a leaky water hose, there are a number of ways it can be reused.
This is a guide about uses for old garden hose . Solutions: Uses for Old Garden Hose Read and rate the best solutions below by giving them a "thumbs up". Don't throw away your old garden hoses there are many uses for them. Cut chunks to use around trees when keeping them from leaning, just run wire or rope through the hose and tie to a stake in the ground. Cut a piece the length of a flower pot, cut holes out of it so water will run out.
Place in the middle of your pot and fill with dirt. By latrtatr from Loup City, NE Use pieces of a leaky garden hose to cover a metal handle on a bucket. Source: my grandparents By duckie-do from Cortez, CO Wheelbarrows with wooden handles often have splinters on the handles. By CVwashingtonjr from Prince George, VA My garden hose has been left outside neglected too many times but it still has a purpose as saw blade covers! By melody_yesterday from Sedalia, Missouri. The Magic Onions - A Waldorf Blog and Store. Simple and Joyful. Natural and Thrifty in 365: #179 Jarred Homemade Baking Mixes. Skip the store-bought mixes for muffins and cornbread and make your own. Jar your baking recipes in advance and just add the wet ingredients. Spend less time in the kitchen, save money in your budget and create peace of mind knowing exactly what you are feeding your family. This is a wonderful option for quick breads, brownies, cookies, muffins, and many cookie recipes.
What recipes would you jar? Photo courtesy of Rachel Meeks. Natural & Thrifty in 365 is a year-long series of 365 tips for living more green, natural and healthy while saving money. Do you have a natural and thrifty tip that you would like to share with The Thrifty Mama readers? Self Sufficient Living. Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways #20. Frugally Sustainable A Resource for All Things Frugal and Sustainable Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways #20 March 27, 2012 By Andrea 10 Comments The Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop Welcome to Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday, this is a blog hop! Urban or Rural HomesteadingAnything DIYFrugal RecipesPreparedness/SurvivalRepurposed ProjectsUpcycled Frugal FindsAnimal CareNatural Gardening TipsHerbal RemediesGreen Cleaners The list could go on… Basically, anything that you think will build and encourage our community.
This Week’s Featured Posts I want to say a big, huge thank you to all of you who participated last week! Here are the most clicked on posts, in order, from last week: 1. 2. 3. Congratulations!!! Please Note: I share my personal favorites on my facebook page throughout the week! It’s Time To Share Your Posts Bloggers, use the linky tool on the bottom of this post to share your best post. 1. 2. What will you share this week? Here we go! *Likes: (5)* 1. *Likes: (3)* 2. 3. Janet Luhrs' Simplicity School. Going Green at Home has hundreds of Eco Friendly Living Solutions. The Frugal Girl — cheerfully living on less. Self Sufficient Living; Urban Homesteading, Small Scale Farming, Self Reliance. Self sufficient living means learning to grow your own, make your own, sell your own and bake your own, for homesteading, urban homesteading or mini farms.
Self reliance is the way forward. There is no better time to do this, especially with the presence of climate change, food safety, and the gloom of economic and political uncertainty. You don't want to be in a situation where you have the chance to take responsibility for your own destiny, but failed because you either didn't have the skills, or the inclination to make the change. I am all for turning lawns into lunch. Don't think you need a farm or homestead to be able to grow a couple of rows of vegetables and have a few nut and fruit trees.
However, let's be realistic, it is almost impossible for people to be totally self-sufficient, however, this shouldn't put you off to make the effort to be as independent as much as possible. Visit out Main Pages for more Information on Self-Sufficiency: for friends and family. Leave a Comment.