Today’s post comes to our courtesy of Faylee, who shares some of her favorite frugal tips!
Faylee can be found blogging at Hassie’s Kitchen Table, a website lovingly dedicated to preserving her mother’s recipes. Don’t miss her delicious meal ideas!
With so many people talking about the economy and asking what they can do to help themselves save money, or stretch what they have, I’m amazed that they overlook the simple things.
When we were children our parents gave us piggy banks so we could save our pennies. We sometimes forget that those pennies turned into dollar fairly often. So if you are looking at more ways to save, look at your pennies.
One way I do that is checking my kitchen cub boards. I think we all would be surprised at what we would find in most of them. Even when we think we do not have any food, most of us still have an abundance of eatable ingredients for one meal or more. So before you start to the grocery store check your pantry, write a list of what you already have and make out a couple of this week menus from what’s on hand.
Second, clean out your refrigerator. Are there produce items going to waste? Pull them out and check them to see if you can salvage anything to ad to your on hand menus. If your lettuce is starting to look a little wilted, take the head apart and soak the leaves in warm water for 3-5 minutes then cold shock them in iced water for about 2 minutes. Drain thoroughly then pat dry with a towel. If space allows, roll your lettuce up in a towel and put in a plastic bag before putting back in the vegetable drawer. The towel will keep it from remaining wet and rotting.
If you have noticed those green plastic bags that have been popping up in produce departments, start using them. While they may not be as reliable as the “as seen on TV ones”, they work quiet well. Plus they are free and you can’t beat that.
Be flexible in your planning. If you had planned to use bananas for Fridays dinner and on Wednesday you notice the bananas are turning dark and will be over ripe by Friday. Make that banana pudding now. Using is better than wasting any day of the week.
We can grow pennies into dimes and dimes into dollars. It’s a matter of keeping our eyes open to the possibilities.
