Fruit Salad for a Large Group?
Its usually thriftier if buying fruit and vegetable during each of their seasons. Around here right now, apples, grapes and cabbage would make a great Waldorf salad. Small marshmallows go well in there also, and I sometimes put walnuts in there, depends, though...
How Do I Make a Swan or Duck Out of a Gallon Milk Container?
I found this one for a swan planter from a plastic milk carton. http://www.education.com/activity/article/swan-flower-planter/
Hummingbird Feeder Recipe?
Yes, I did discover that hummers did not like my beet sugar, they want cane sugar only.
Decorate Your Christmas Tree For Every Season
I have a friend who has a nice big living room, with a big tree, and its been going 24/7/365 for some years now, and her tree is always decorated for whatever holidays and seasons. Ive before have done this too, only with a mini tree, more for like a table...
Cheapest Cell Phone?
I use Boost cell phone for mostly emergency in my car, since I use the plan for paying $10 or more for every 3 months, and all of the gas stations by me will load my cell for me, and only a nominal charge for doing that. Since I hardly ever use it, and since...
Purchase Generic Over the Counter Medications
Right, exactly about generic, when the drug is in the patent, no generic being made for it, when the patent is ended, generic is available then. About the Claritin generic version, where I am in Michigan here, my doctor did find that the generic of Claritin...
Craft: Portable Yard Sink
Pretty cool Dave! Im also just a holler, and a skip and a jump in Plainfield Township. ;)
Remedy for Skin Tags
I see this happened a couple years ago, so I assume it has been taken care of by now. What was described sounds like it was a trip to the doctors office for that. Years ago I had some skin tags on my stomach, and the doctor froze them, and I had finger tip...
Create Your Own Quick Bread
One I especially was surprised with using strawberry or red pop (soda), and I put some sliced strawberries, and nuts, and coconut, and what a pretty pink bread, and very nice strawberry flavor. ;)
Vacuum Food Storage System for Everything
Thanks cricketnc, all those years, I put various things besides food into vacuum bags, cut to size, now I know how to make the bags bigger. I got one heck of a good deal at a thrift store for 6 big rolls that fit my vacuum, and I think it was $3 for all, so...
Using Leftover Hot Dog Buns?
With milk and eggs with the bread in the blender, and you can make it into pancakes or waffles. Also, dont forget French toast.
Product Review: Goo Gone Remover
I keep Goo remover handy for almost anything, the one I liked the best about it is for those hidden greasy oil stains that you usually dont notice it until you look in the mirror and there those dreaded things are there. Just soaking them for awhile, and washing...
Reducing Phone and Cable Bills?
When I wasnt online for a couple of years, I had to get online to save money for the same issues that you have now, and we were paying $120 for our cable tv, and had just a few premium channels, and most of which we didnt watch. Our phone service was $80 a...
Reducing Phone and Cable Bills?
Also, if you want to use a cellphone, and for the phone, its an advantage of not being stuck in a two year agreement, Boost you can choose buying the minutes for 3 months, or its $50 a month, unlimited calling, unlimited texting, and Boost has internet in there...
Avoiding Charity Fraud?
Clairetta, I know that some may not agree with this, but, I had to make a stand because of too many problems with scamming us. I just will not send any money through the internet, the telephone, the mail, and door to door, never again. I will only do this by...
Crispy Marinated Mozzarella Strips
Oh, does that ever sound good Deeli, I want some now! ;) OK, those are on my shopping list for tomorrow.
Crockpot Sweet Potato Recipe?
Also, it works well with Google, crockpot recipes sweet potatoes and recipes for sweet potatoes using crockpots come right up too.
What Do You Think of Facebook?
I dont like facebook very much, and some Sri Lanka guy hacked my site, but, facebook was I guess good enough to get rid of that one. I have various friends and relatives in there, and if others are using it, it works fine, most dont. I did locate some friends...
Check Refurbished Printer Cartridge Expiration Date
I wonder now about this, since I did bring one newer cartridge, and two that were nearly 4 years old, and I sure could still use them, and they even didnt charge for the colored cartridge, it wasnt up to par I guess, and that one is still working, while I went...
Use Warm Oven to Dry Pots and Pans
Yeah! Im so glad to know that Im not the only one who does that too. I especially like not having to dry them with a dish towel, and I do leave a magnet to remind me too, however, I always check my oven anyway because some of them are storage in the oven, I...
Traditional Greek Salad
Wow, does that ever sound good Deeli! Yummy! and I definitely have to get some of those olives, like icing on the cake. Thats great you got that from your Grampa.
Can I Clean Pots in a Self Cleaning Oven?
Dan, I only know that I can clean cast iron pots and pans because they dont have any non-metal handles, those would probably all melt, besides make a awful mess with any plastic in there. That happened to me once with a can opener was in my oven, and the black...
Roasted Garbanzo Beans
Thanks for the recipe Deelie :) I was looking at several cans of garbanzo beans, and I just didnt want to make hummus, so, those cans always kept going back into the pantry. This sounds really good, and I need those mini meals with protein, or else call them...
Mix Cheap Wine With Kool-Aid
Thank you, my husband uses some of the worst red wine ever, and when I added some raspberry sugar free tube, and his wine finally tasted good! It took away that somewhat vinegary flavor.
Cheap Shower Caps for Food Covers
Yes, they work so great, a elderly friend of mine told me about it a couple of years ago, and she told me to get them at a dollar store, they do save money in the long haul.
Bread Pudding in a Mug
Hi jsham, I dont have a recipe for it, but, I think you could probably do the same thing with the egg and milk, and most likely with sugar too. The egg and milk will make custard, and you can even have some more milk with the egg, it will still turn into custard...
Bread Pudding in a Mug
I also leave the sugar off of the bread pudding, and I use Stevia or Blue Agave syrup on the pudding afterwards. I also too found that using up bread heels or stale bread with milk and an egg or two in the blender, it does make pancakes. They are not the fluffiest...
Best Apples for Pie?
Around here in Michigan, various friends like the Northern Spys, some of them are paying about $1 per apple for the Spys at an orchard nearby. I found just a few at the grocery store, and I bought a half a peck. They arent the prettiest apples with the whitish...
Make Your Own Storm Windows?
There are interesting tips for making storm windows, all you have to do is scroll down further than Post Feedback, there are other ones below in the archives. here is another one that I found: http://www.doityourself.com/stry/diy-wood-storm-windows
Basic Golden Oats
Yes, Im glad that you love it too Susan, and you are right too, looking through the recipe book, it has some doosies, wonderful looking recipes. I wonder if Quaker Oats can reissue the recipe books, I suppose if they get enough people asking them. I think Im...
Basic Golden Oats
No, apparently they dont have any free promotional cookbooks, they do sell them though :( Quaker Oats is also running a contest, and if you win 1st prize, I guess you can get all of their cookbooks. ;) Just a photo of eating their products. . .heh heh. Hey...
Healthy Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Yummy! I use the stevia and the blue agave too. Last night too, with a pint sized canning jar that I used it to blend with the mix it all in the same container so that I could make an instant coffee mix to put into hot water. I put dry milk, cocoa, some instant...
Cleaning Heater Ducts?
I wonder if there are filters that can go right behind the duct covers. I noticed too that the cold air duct in the hallway gets the dirtiest, not as bad as the heated ones. The cold one is for sucking the cooled air to be reheated and sending the heated air...
Garden: Pumpkins
That just gave me a great idea, I have a large compost area for only leaves that has been going for almost 30 years, and I have a bunch of seeds that are mixed together. Ill just broadcast them in the area this Spring, and go check it out later to see what...
Garden: Pumpkins
Great photos too Jess, that is wonderful that you got some new pumpkins for this year too. This year I got a lot of dill and cosmos that came up from last year.
Drying Time Needed for Fruits and Vegetables?
Well, there are so many variables, especially times to when they are dried, like how you are drying them (outside, dehydrator, oven), is the weather humid, or dry. I do know that some of them have to be rubbery, and some will shatter when you hammer some of...
Drying Time Needed for Fruits and Vegetables?
Also, check to the right, for related links, and there is also info. for you in there too.
Removing a Plate Stuck in Frying Pan?
How about putting the bottom part of the pan in some hot water in the sink, and put lots of ice on top of the plate. Just enough hot water, high enough for the outside of the pan getting hot, but not hot water inside the pan though, and the plate with the ice...
Use Saliva to Remove Blood Stains
I agree that it is icky, however, its got some things going for it too. Its free, and it would be very handy if needed when there are no hydrogen peroxide available at that time, like perhaps in the car, and there is none in the car, saliva is right there, and...
Finding Teal Blue Mason Jars?
The canning jars are pretty, and the most likely would be to find them in antique shops, they are old. You could probably ask for them in Craigslist, or Cheapcycle, or any others similar like that, or even try freecycle, and look for them closer to you, if...
Church Windows
Yes, they are absolutely wonderful too. My MIL made them every Christmas, and with the mini colored marshmallows, they were so pretty too.
Mashed Potatoes Without Fat
That sounds really good too Deeli! My son really did a lot of experimenting with the concentrated broths, and if I was around, he used vegetable broth, for his Mommy. . .heh heh. Hes way down in Alabama now, so I dont see him as often, but, that last time, he...
Daisy Purse Card
Very cute Maricel, and I also wanted to mention that I like the 15 minutes to make a very special card, its very low cost, and buying cards are very stressing to me, it takes a lot time looking through so many of them, to find the ones that says what I want...
Meal Planning
I also note on the menu cards, if I still dont know yet the recipes on the menus, I just put a note on the card the name of the cookbook, and what page to find the recipe. Also, some that I dont need to look up the recipes, but, I do know that I often have...
Oxy Clean for Stains
Oxy Clean works wonderfully when this summer we used that to clean our off white carpeting, and our puppy still training, they both didnt mix well together. ;) Carpeting and puppy I mean. :) We used it with the rug doctor, after we quickly went through the...
Buying Day Old Bread?
Try putting outlet bakery stores in your search engine, and add Phoenix and Mesa, and see what you get. This one needs your zipcode to see which one is the closest to you. http://www.bakeryoutlets.com/
Buying Day Old Bread?
http://www.holsumaz.com/templates/section-single/81/index.html This one says its for Arizona for Holsum outlet bakery.
Buying Day Old Bread?
You also may want to check out bakerys, and see if they have any marked down, the same with grocery stores, I have one grocery that has a moving cart over by the dairy area, and they put day old breads, pies, etc. marked down.
Link: Free Pumpkin-Carving Stencils of Favorite Dog Breeds
This site is on Better Homes and Garden, and when you click on the pictures of the dogs and templates, BHG will put an ad for itself covering everything, so, just scroll down to the bottom right of it, and turn the ad off, then you can see all of the dogs and...
Starting a Walking Stick Tree?
I would think that the best way to do that is to plant a bunch of acorns, and see which ones come up. You might try putting several of the acorns together, and as they grow, twist them around each other. It will probably take a couple of years. This is kind...
Beginners Pattern for a Large Afghan?
I crochet a lot better than I can knit, but, I do have some ideas for you making your own pattern. Strips are easy to make, knitting or crocheting, and the strips are connected to each other. Take the measurement of the size of the afghan that you want it to...
Beginners Pattern for a Large Afghan?
Also, depending on the yarn, if it is fairly thick yarn, you may only need one strand, but, to make an afghan thick enough, you may need two strands of yarn while knitting. Just experiment to get the feel of what you want the afghan to look like.
Beginners Pattern for a Large Afghan?
That looks wonderful for the stitches for the afghan grami. Like I said, I crochet more than I knit. Anyway, after I posted I was thinking about how thin it would be especially with one strand, and it would be only for one side. It would probably need a backing...
How Much Food Do You Toss?
Earlier this year, we had to bring in to our house who were homeless, one being one of my children, and of course my first grandson. I can now see how they probably became homeless because of how wasteful they are, especially food. Our daughter was not raised...
Link: Free Pumpkin-Carving Stencils of Favorite Dog Breeds
I dont know, it may just be a problem with a cookie blocked, but, prior before, I could sign in to Better Homes and Garden, and I could download the template. I keep signing in, and it keeps saying that Im not signed in. I sent for the password, which they...
Mustard Buttered Potatoes
Im not much of a mustard person, but, this sounds so good right now, and I have everything to make it for tonight!
Sour Cream Dressing
The potato salad sounds really good with the sour cream dressing, and Im not much for coleslaw, but, the sour cream and the horseradish in it, it just may get me a big fan for coleslaw! :)
Put Alarm Sticker in Your Window
Do you know where there would be a good place to find some stickers like that?
Keeping Hot Wings Crispy?
I was wondering if the chicken wings are grilled with barbeque sauce that has honey in it, perhaps the honey will carmalize on the wings, and possibly keep them crispy longer? I remember some oriental pieces of chicken breast that had lemon and honey, and I...
Sauteed Apples
Yummo sounds exactly right! I think this weekend Im going to have to get some vanilla ice cream for the sauted apples, I have everything to make the apples already. :)
Recipe for Red Mud Cake?
Would this be similar to a red velvet cake? or a mud cake that has red food coloring in it? Possibly a combination of both?
Put Alarm Sticker in Your Window
Ahahaha! Great one, Deeli! I think Im going to make a couple of those for some other friends too. Its always great thinking outside of the box! Thank You!
Scenery: Lake Benton, Michigan
Ooh sillepeanut, Whitehall, MI is my hometown! I lived there from 58-68 when I was 4. :D That was during most of my childhood there.
Scenery: Lake Benton, Michigan
It looks like Lake Benton is in Newaygo County, Im very familiar with Newaygo too. We do have a lot of beautiful places in Michigan, dont you think?
Reusing a Desk Fan?
Im not sure how big your desk electric fan is, but, last year when I woke up and the standing fan blades had broken, and thank goodness that the fan coverings kept the pieces of blades from hitting my pet, myself, or breaking something. I keep the two pieces...
Layered Enchilada Pie
That looks really good Robin. I made one last week, almost the same, except the olives, yum. That sounds really good too. It was made for just the two of us, and so, we had left overs for the next day, and we both noticed that the Enchilada pie tasted even...
Remove Batteries From Disposable Cameras
It really makes a lot of good sense! Those disposable cameras sure dont use those batteries all up, they must have plenty of good use for them, and they sure dont need to be thrown away, so how many of them have been thrown away for all of those years I now...
Keep No More Than 30 Tops
Im another one of us who like to shop at thrift stores for tops, and I did have too many of them. I found this great link for taking care of atleast a few of my tops: http://wildonionstudio.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/tee-bags-a-tutorial-to-recycle-a-tee-shirt...
Making Apple Jam?
Look for recipes for apple preserves rather than apple jam. This link is probably what you are looking for: http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1919,154186-226205,00.html
Birch Tree Shaving Roses?
How about finding some wood veneer rolls for edging, I know they come in many different woods and sizes, and they are basically wood shavings, only made into rolls. They are probably available where people work with wood crafts, or woodcraft catalogs. Those...
Birch Tree Shaving Roses?
Here is what I was saying about what the wood veneer rolls look like. Im sure you can find them, and I just noticed that this link is from Lowes, so, they probably have them there. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/veneerEdging.html
$10 Dinners: Bean With Bacon Soup
Jess is that a vintage cast iron covered pot? I didnt know about them until a couple of weeks ago, and I got a white one at a garage sale, and I love it! I use it nearly every day now, its just the right size for 2-4 meals. Ive been collecting cast iron pans...
Canning Jars for Blending
Thanks Jess, Im glad you found how well it will work with the canning jars. :) Also, I should have added to the post, that I usually dont put more than 3/4 of any liquid into the canning jars for blending, there is only so much room inside the jars, and putting...
Canning Jars for Blending
Thanks everyone for the feedback! :) It really is great for so many things; one I like is that I can make things into the jars, and I dont have to go clean the blender for each thing. Like Jess said about making her salad dressings in the canning jars, put...
Canning Jars for Blending
Great too that we found so far that Oster, Hamilton Beach, and Cuisinart blenders can use canning jars!
Organizing Childrens Clothing?
Hi Minnabird, I had the same problem when my kids were young. One thing that helped was to have the kids sort all their clothes into piles into clothes of I use each week, a pile that doesnt fit anymore, or I dont like it anymore. The other pile left is the...
Pierogie Recipes?
Ahha, I remember having pierogie with made with mashed potatoes and cheddar, and lots of onions were sliced into rings and fried until they have a little crispiness to them, the same with the pierogies. . .hmmm, I think they are both fried with bacon grease...
Harvesting Walnuts?
If you have, or know someone that has a dirt or gravel driveway, the cars coming and going into the driveway a few times, and youll have the worst part of the hulls off of the black walnuts. Yep, the hulls will stain your hands really bad, and its not easy...
Link: PocketMod Personal Planner
Your welcome Jellybean in LA! You are right, it is great how its so easy to customize whatever we need, and Im still trying to figure out some of them. Ive yet to see any of those magazines put anything on yet, but, it is great with the weather too, all you...
Recipe for Homemade Taco Shells?
I think if you buy some masa harina meal, the recipe for making corn tortillas will be on the bag. I believe they are made with the masa harina and water. I can get masa harina in any grocery store that has the International aisle.
Make Flash Cards To Learn New Subjects
Flash cards are one of the best way to learn from them, usually just a few times around with the list of the cards, and most of the information is already set for the test. It also is really just good for anyone when we just want to learn things in our life...
Getting Rid of Lily of the Valley?
How about asking people on Freecycle if you want to get rid of your Lily of the Vally. There are probably many people in your area who would like to have some of yours, plus, they are not the cheapest to buy. Try to find all of the pips, and as much of underground...
Crockpot Soda Cake
Well, we tried the white cake with root beer, and we did like it! A nice root beer flavor in the cake, and I should warn though, my dog had a taste of the cake, and she acted like she was addicted to that cake, and we had to be careful about letting her have...
Preventing Rose of Sharon Seeds from Germinating?
Why dont you try saving yogurt type containers, and plant your Rose of Sharon seedings in the containers, and put them on Craigslist, or similar. Im sure you will get .50 or $1 for each. I know that if you were around here, I would be buying a whole bunch of...
Using Magic Jack With Satellite?
I have Vonage, and actually like it, most of the time anyway. It is through the computer like Magic Jack is too, and with Vonage, a high speed internet. Anyway, I was told that if the power is off, just plug your phone into your old phone jack, and you can...
Is Hulu.com Legal?
I didnt see it, but about a month ago, my husband who watches Hulu exclusively while online, he told me on the Grand Rapids Press that Hulu will soon be gone. Its still here yet, so does anyone know anything about this losing hulu soon?
Be Wary of Snakes in Mulch
This Spring, I had bags of mulch, and before I put the mulch down, I just laid the bags around my garden area for several weeks to manage the weedy edges. . .ok, so I could have weeded it by hand, but, it was pretty thick weeds, and I had other things to do...
Link: Free Trees And Plants
I may try it again, however, I ordered 2 American cranberry bushes, and 2 nanking cherry bushes, and only one nanking cherry survived. The 2 American cranberry bushes, only one had a small sign of life in it, and the next time I checked, it was gone.
Trip To Petoskey, Michigan
Hi Robin, yes, Petoskey is beautiful! I lived there from the late 60s. That breakwater/lighthouse, I remember it well. Petoskey changed a lot, since I lived there, and back then, I had to go into a wooded area to get on to the breakwater. I was sitting there...
Angel Foods For Struggling Families
Angel Foods Ministries are for everyone, and they recently changed so any food packages can be ordered, and we dont have to buy a main package first, like the Signature, Already cooked meals for Seniors, or the Allergy one, in order to buy one first and then...
