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Making Do With Less--in the Kitchen!
   
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Five Secrets To Making Better Cookies
- Make sure your cookie sheets aren't too thin. The heavier your cookie sheet, the less likely your cookies are to burn. If you can't afford heavy-duty cookie sheets, you can cover your thin ones with layers of aluminum foil.
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Making do with less versus making more money:- Make sure your cookie sheets aren't too thin. The heavier your cookie sheet, the less likely your cookies are to burn. If you can't afford heavy-duty cookie sheets, you can cover your thin ones with layers of aluminum foil.
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another definition for "frugal"!
Here are some ideas to help you make do with
less in the kitchen!
Grandma's Sour Cream Cookies
These cookies are my personal favorites. You really do have to refrigerate them for one hour before cooking. It's Grandma's secret tip for making them turn out right. Also, you need to sift .....
Stretch a meatloaf by adding oatmeal, or rice.These cookies are my personal favorites. You really do have to refrigerate them for one hour before cooking. It's Grandma's secret tip for making them turn out right. Also, you need to sift .....
Always try to make your oven do double-duty when
you heat it up. Bake some potatoes alongside
those cookies, or biscuits with the meatloaf, etc.
Or simply cook two pies or roasts instead of one.
Home Brewing Lager
Home Brewing Lager: Practice Makes Perfect
When you want to make your own beer, wine or liquor, you often have to make several batches before you get it right. .....
The second goes in the freezer for another time.Home Brewing Lager: Practice Makes Perfect
When you want to make your own beer, wine or liquor, you often have to make several batches before you get it right. .....
When boiling potatoes always save the water. If
you're making mashed potatoes, use it instead of
part of the milk. Or, you can cool it and water
your houseplants.
Save up to $1.00 per pound on boneless chicken
breasts by doing the boning yourself using a sharp
knife.
Learning to cut up a whole chicken can save you money,
too. All you need is a good sharp knife and a
little practice.
If you have freezer space, buy an extra turkey at
Christmas or an extra ham at Easter when they are
on sale, probably at the lowest price all year!
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Straight Talk From A Comfort Foodie - Simpler Times
When it was unfolding, I never thought I lived in simpler times. That would have described pioneer days, or the world prior to the industrial revolution. Simpler times would, one day, be John-Boy and the .....
Plan one meatless meal per week. Assuming you usedFine dining at the Ark of Las Vegas ' Lutece and Tsunami Asian Grill
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1 pound of meat at $2.00 per pound, cutting one meal
per week for one year would save $104.00!
When shopping for groceries, don't assume that just
because the grocery store has an item prominently
displayed with the price in big letters that it is
automatically a "good price". Know your prices or
keep a grocery price book.
Make your own self-rising flour. For each cup of
flour in a recipe, add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Out of baking powder' Use 1 teaspoon baking soda
plus 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar for each teaspoon
of baking powder called for.
Never buy bottled juice that says "from concentrate".
Buy frozen concentrated juice and add your own water.
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and
coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are three billion
to one.
--Erma Bombeck
About the Author
Cyndi Roberts is the editor of the "1 Frugal Friend 2 Another"
bi-weekly newsletter and founder of the website of the same name.
Visit http://www.cynroberts.com to find creative tips, articles, and a free e-cooking book. Subscribe to the newsletter and receive the free e-course "Taming the Monster Grocery Bill".