This tip may seem a bit self-evident, but I think it bears repeating. The best way to make sure you don’t run out of things and have what you need is to keep a running list and check it before you go to the store. If you keep things on your fridge with magnets, put [...]
Archive for the ‘Kitchen Tips’ Category
Pantry Tip #5 – Keep a List!
Posted in Kitchen Tips, organizing, tagged organizing, pantry tips on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pantry Tip #4 – How much food should you “stockpile?”
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, coupons, organizing, tagged cooking, frugal, organizing, pantry tips, saving money on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Pantry Tip #3 – Bulk Buying Ground Meat
Posted in Kitchen Tips, tagged Kitchen Tips, pantry tips on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the best deals to be had come in big packages. If your store is running a special on ground meat, but it’s on a family package of 5 lbs. or more, what are you to do? Split the package and freeze. Here’s my technique.
I get alot of hamburger and almost all my ground turkey [...]
Pantry Tip #2 – Best Prices on Dry Herbs and Spices
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, tagged cooking, frugal, Kitchen Tips, saving money on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I have a few recommendations about where to get the best price and quality on herbs and spices for your pantry. I start by assuming you have containers of some kind for your regularly used spices – old spice jars or baby food jars or something. When I first went on my own, my [...]
Pantry Tip #1 – Use a Sharpie and put dates on those pantry items!
Posted in Kitchen Tips, organizing, tagged organizing, pantry tips on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week, from Monday to Friday, I am going to post a tip a day on helping get your pantry organized and working for you. The start of school is rapidly approaching, for both me and my kids, but I don’t want to discontinue posting to my blog. My idea is to set weekly themes [...]
Handy Kitchen Tip: Re-grow Green Onions
Posted in Frugal Living, Kitchen Tips, cooking, tagged cooking, frugal, Kitchen Tips, saving money on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Busy day today as I have a lot of errands to run, but I want to share a neat kitchen tip. We are big fans of the show “The Next Food Network Star” and this tip came from contestant and winner Melissa about halfway through the series. When asked for a helpful kitchen tip to [...]
