July 16, 2008

A Good Basic CakeCream first 3 ingredients together in mixing bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Sift remaining ingredients together.

 

Easy Shrimp DipBlend cream cheese with mayonnaise. Add chili sauce, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Blend until smooth. Add chopped shrimp; blend. Chill. Serve with chips, crackers, or veggies.

 

Quick Burger CasseroleBrown 1 or 2 pounds of hamburger meat with 1 small to medium onion, chopped. Drain off excess grease. Return meat to pan on low heat. Add 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and 1 can of corn (drained).

 

Grandpa's Hot CakesBlend buttermilk, egg yolks, and margarine in bowl. Sift dry ingredients except sugar slowly into milk mixture, mixing well. Beat egg whites, adding sugar slowly, until stiff. Fold gently into batter.

 

Garden Patch Pasta SaladThis is a great salad. If you grow your own zucchini, you know you always end up with a lot at one time. This is a great way to use up those zucchini.

 

Men: Color Your Hair For Half The Cost!I know. It's vain. But I color my hair to keep that youthful dark brown. I use

 

Use Q-Tips To Get Every Bit Of FoundationWhen my liquid foundation is down to the bottom, I use Q-tips to get the remaining foundation out. I am able to get every drop out of my foundation bottle!

 

Making Clothing for a Premature Baby?Any suggestions for making clothes for premature babies? I'm thinking doll clothes (12"-15"-18") Does that sound right? Here are tips from our ThriftyFun community. Do you have any experience with preemie clothing. Post your advice here!

 

Planters, Vases And Funnels From Plastic BottlesWhen I'm done with the larger bottles I take a pair of old scissors and cut the top 1/3 off. What I'm left with is a bottom part that I use as a vase or a planter to start cuttings or seeds, and the top half is just the right size and shape to use as a funnel to add oil or tranny fluid to your car.

 

Quick DonutsTake a tube of any biscuits, 4 for a dollar, at your grocery store. Cut each biscuit in half. Heat oil in pan or fryer and fry in oil. Turn them as soon as they get brown on one side. Fry the other side and drain on paper towels. I set small bowls with granulated sugar, powdered sugar and cinnamon sugar in three separate bowls. Roll doughnuts in what you like and walla! The kids love these, quick and easy. ENJOY!

 

How To Grow Healthy African VioletsWant to keep your African violet healthy? Follow these tips. Keep the temperature in your home between 65 to 85 degrees. The east window is the best lighting for African Violets, they need lots of light but not direct sunlight.

 

Baby Footprint and PoemI found this footprints poem on the Internet. I did a foot print of my daughter's foot, then once it dried, scanned it into the computer. I then used a graphic program, added the poem and pasted the footprint.

 

Save Canned Fruit Syrup for Sweetening Iced TeaIf you enjoy canned fruit, buy it in heavy syrup. Save on sugar and use the syrup instead to sweeten and flavor your iced tea.

 

Centerpieces for Blue and Gold Cub Scout BanquetFor my son's Blue and Gold Cub Scout Banquet we needed to make a centerpiece that reflected both the B and G theme as well as the fact that they were tiger cubs.

 

Use Old Magazines as a "Step Stool"Make the extra couple or so inches you need to be able to reach the tops of your cabinets from folded rolled magazines, catalogs or newspapers!

 

Ask City Parks For SeedsTo acquire new and unusual plants, most city run parks will give you seeds if you ask. Just tell the gardeners (when you visit the park) what seeds you want. They will tell you when they will be collecting the seeds.

 

Clean Laundry Baskets for the Trip HomeSince I go to the local laundromat to wash my clothes, I wanted to put my clothes back in the laundry baskets when they were dry. My concern was the baskets were dirty.

 

Planting In Potting Soil BagsWe found in Mother Earth News how to garden without having to till the soil. We are renting a home and really do not want to put too much work into garden spot. Plant straight into the bags.

 

Use Bacon Drippings for Starting CampfiresTo start a campfire or charcoal grill, use old bacon drippings. You can use a paintbrush and spread the bacon

 

Recycled Hanging PlanterOne day I was looking at a large empty can of tomatoes that I was ready to throw in the recycling bin then for one reason or another I decided to paint it. This led to me making a hanging planter for a friend who I was giving a plant to from cuttings. Here's how to do it!

 

Bags for Goodwill or Salvation Army DonationsI keep a plastic bag on the back of my closet door. Whenever I see an item in the closet that does not fit or that I will not be wearing any more, I put it in the bag. When the bag fills up, I drop it off at Goodwill or Salvation Army. This is an easy way to clean out as you go. Remember, if you do this get a receipt. All donations are tax deductible.

 

My Frugal Life: Simple StuffMy family and friends call me a tightwad, cheap, frugal, and whatever else they can call me due to the fact that I can save and reuse things over and over. I will refill my water bottles with tap water. I will use paper plates at least 2-3 times, providing there are no spills on them.

 

Purple ClematisHere is my Beautiful Purple Clematis! It was one little stick last year, but I did not give up hope. Just have a little faith, hope and prayers.

 

Caged SquashI've often had trouble finding a squash hidden under all the leaves until it was way too big, so this year I put a tomato cage over one squash plant just to see what would happen.