Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Interesting Tips

I love finding a new tip for my home or other money savings advice. Here are a few I've found.
*Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. When they are connected to the stem, they ripen faster.
*Store your chunks of cheese in aluminum foil, it will stay fresher longer and not mold.
*When you buy a tub of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
*To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
*No mosquito repellent? No worries, Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
*To vacuum something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
*Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
*Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
*Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can'tdigest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
*Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to worry about the 'stringy things'. That's how the monkey's do it!
*Easy deviled eggs...Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done. Easy clean up!

Post a comment and share a tip or money savings advice to all us bargain hunters!

2 comments:

  1. hi! i just joined started grocery smarts after attending one of your classes...love it so far! I have a great tip for anyone interested...pledge cleaner works great on glass shower doors. It is amazing how sparkly clean they look using pledge...all water spots gone! It also works great on sinks, vinyl chairs, etc. A great tip from one of my friends and it really does work! Now you are probably going to tell me that I just missed the big sale on pledge, right? :)

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  2. Ha ha! I was just gonna say I better stock up on it next time it's on sale. Great tip! My shower doors are covered in water spots! Thanks

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