Unemployment Blues are "Green"
This just popped up in my email, but it seems to be an old post. For what its worth, I just wanted to say the Lord was taking care of you in your darkest hour. Your positivity and ingenuity are a wonderful inspiration to us all. May God continue to bless you...
Making Curtains Longer
You dont say how the curtains hang from the rod, either by tabs, gathered on rod pocket hems, etc. I would add a strip of open weave fabric, either coordinating or even contrasting, to the top of the curtains. Cut off the tabs if necessary, add the new fabric...
What Can I Do With Failed Coconut Macaroon Batter?
Rocky road cookies, yummy! Thanks everyone, these are all great ideas!
Removing Pen Ink from a Wedding Dress?
When I was a working girl, I removed ballpoint ink from blouses by using hair spray. Spray until wet and blot with a tissue. Turn the tissue over and repeat. The important thing is blot, dont rub. It will gradually fade and disappear. Then launder. You dont...
Persian Lamb
Is it possible that the 6 oz can of chickpeas is in error? Also, I love lamb, but dont eat it for personal reasons. Can chicken be substituted with no change the recipe?
Advice for Arranging a Room?
I think you need to acquire more furniture in order to make conversation areas, moving the furniture out from the walls and creating areas such as TV watching with the sofa, chair and coffee table, game or card area with a small table and chairs, or a reading...
Outdoor Electrical Outlet Stopped Working After It Rained?
If it happened after a rain, likely the fuses arent the culprit. That said, its also important to pay attention to the number of strands youre allowed to connect together, because fuses are sensitive and its a pain in the rear to check them all. My neighbor...
Five Layer Brownies
If someone figures out the measurements for a regular crock pot, please share. This sounds wonderful, but weight-wise, I cant afford to eat my mistakes!
Make Your Own Take Along Coffee Packs
What a great idea, not only for travel but for those times you just want one cup. BTW, I havent found a brand of stevia yet that doesnt taste bitter in hot drinks. I use Splenda granular, or Wal-Marts Althern, which is cheaper, and just as good. Thanks for...
Egg and Olive Salad
This sounds great as it is, and especially if you use any type of mild onion it should have plenty of flavor. I feel like the black olives would be better suited as a garnish because the dark juice tends to muddy the color of the eggs. Thanks for sharing!
Cut Open Bottle to Get Every Bit of Sauce
This is my favorite frugal thing to do. Its unbelievable how much more we can get out of squeezable plastic containers, especially those with thicker ingredients, like mustard and mayo. Or liquid makeup, ladies! You will find several days worth left inside...
Make a Flannel Half Slip for Warmth
Imagine how warm a flannel long slip would be under our long skirts. Great idea!
Reusing Every Bit Of Jar Candles
For those of you who have fireplaces, or fire pits, take the empty cardboard rolls from toilet paper or paper towels, pack them with dryer lint, and dip them in melted wax and let dry. They make great fire starters or mini fire logs.
Canned Tomatoes Have a Metallic Taste?
My experience with canned tomatoes is they should be used soon after purchase while they still taste good, and the metallic taste becomes more pronounced the longer they are stored. I personally wouldnt use them, as we are already getting enough harmful metals...
Looking For Recipes Using Tofu?
Thank you both for helping me out with those recipes. I love anything Italian, and the other recipe sounds great except I dont usually fry anything. It was a big help to me to learn that tofu absorbs the flavors of the foods its cooked with. For a tofu newbie...
Use Mayo When Making Grilled Cheese Instead Of Butter
The label on my Hellmans real mayo has 1.5 grams of saturated fat per serving. I hesitated to try it too, but the flavor is delicious, much more interesting than butter!
Starting A Self-Sowing Garden
Each spring I have a huge round brick bed of beautiful bluebonnets with their pretty gray-green foliage. As the seed pods dry, they twist, naturally expelling the seeds. Just let the seeds lay on the ground. When the pods are all empty, pull up the foliage...
Adding Chicory to Ground Coffee?
Take it from a Louisiana coffee drinker, there is nothing mellow about chicory. It is strong and bitter and definitely an acquired taste.
Selling Baked Goods at Flea Markets?
Blonde brownies, pumpkin bread, banana bread - cant make enough.
Lemon Cake Recipe?
A lot of your lemon flavor comes from the frosting. Make a classic easy Lemon Jello Cake and top with a powdered sugar frosting: 1/2 box powdered sugar, 1/2 bottle lemon flavoring, and 1/4 cup orange juice. Always gets lots of compliments.
Find Produce Bargains in the Reduced Bin
You are an angel! I didnt realize avocado could be frozen, can you tell me if the color changes?
Find Produce Bargains in the Reduced Bin
I found out the color in avocado doesnt change when frozen and it thaws quickly. Guacamole on demand! Yippee!
Roast Your Turkey in a Paper Bag
A good friend often made the best apple pie baked in a brown paper bag with no problems, but I read somewhere not to use brown paper bags because of the chemicals used in the recycling process, that we should use parchment paper. Anyone else heard of this?
Weddings Are Too Expensive for Just One Day
I bought my husband a silver and paua shell ring for $35 on a special vacation, and he obviously loved it more than his platinum wedding band with diamonds. He kept it clean and rarely took it off. We had fond memories of that special time, and that is whats...
Recycle Paper Napkins For Cleaning Up Grease
I would think using newspaper instead of paper towels would be more thrifty.
