Those small or little things...

Woofles

..that make life easier and you think, why didn't someone tell me about this before. For me its non-stick Baco foil. Being the cheapo that I am I always bought the cheapest on offer, by chance I ran out and needed some and this was all the co-op had in stock that day. No more mangled parsnips and roast potatoes trying to scrape them of previous cheap foils, despite my brushing liberally with oil. Also because its non stick you can use it again, the piece I used today will probably be used on Saturday for fishcakes.

zippychick

Using cellophane when rolling out pastry or dough - great for pizzas! No sticking to the rolling pin, and no bounching back changing shape. Marvel. Learnt it from one of Rachel Allens shows.

thriftlady_2

Reusable baking liners. I have round ones ready cut to fit all my cake tins and I have cut up large sheets of it to fit my tray bake tins and baking sheets.

Olliebeak

I keep a small container (a pretty one that used to have a top on years ago) on my worktop with my teaspoons in - not the ones that belong to a matching cutlery set - just the 'odds and sods ones'. They're always to hand when I'm making a quick cuppa - no need to go near the cutlery drawer as they're right next to the kettle, tea, coffee etc. .

newlywed

Use an old ice cube tray to freeze the remains of the jar of pesto - saved me chucking out lots and I now have them frozen in teaspoon size cubes ready to slice in half when frozen and put straight inside chicken breasts etc.



And the post I read about using a cherry stoner to get rid of the damson stones :rolleyes: after the pies were already cooked and in the freezer :rolleyes: - next year

luckys_mum

Stardrops is the king of the kitchen, and every other room in our house. Dont have to waste money on loads of other products. Stardrops does almost every job under the sun

Nordictat2

newlywed wrote: »

Use an old ice cube tray to freeze the remains of the jar of pesto - saved me chucking out lots and I now have them frozen in teaspoon size cubes ready to slice in half when frozen and put straight inside chicken breasts etc.



And the post I read about using a cherry stoner to get rid of the damson stones :rolleyes: after the pies were already cooked and in the freezer :rolleyes: - next year

The ice tray is good for a many things..not just for water these days heh. Like any left over wine..and then plop a few in your stew...mmmm yum

Olliebeak

newlywed wrote: »

Use an old ice cube tray to freeze the remains of the jar of pesto - saved me chucking out lots and I now have them frozen in teaspoon size cubes ready to slice in half when frozen and put straight inside chicken breasts etc.

I do this with the contents of tubes/jars of tomato puree and cartons of passata once they've been opened.

My favourite 'little thing' though is to flatten the toilet rolls before putting on the holder - fools the dgk's :j!

laurel7172

I lugged/dragged pots, bags of compost, cement, gravel, paving slabs...you name it... around the garden for years before I saw one of those two-wheeled trolley things going cheap. Even so, I probably wouldn't have bought it if my youngest hadn't been taking part in a sponsored water-carrying challenge the following week.

What an utter idiot I was. I should have bought one years ago, whatever the price. All the heaviest jobs suddenly became (relatively) easy-for less than the price of one visit to the chiropractor(!) I use the trolley all the time-wear and tear on self massively reduced.

bunny_too

For me it's margarine tub freezer blocks. You chop up onion, carrot, tomatoes etc. whatever you like really into marg. tubs and freeze.

So when cooking from scratch a lot of the hard work is done.I do veg mix marg. tubs for stew recipes, lasagne, chilli, and curry. When i first came onto this board i found a thread about it, have looked but couldn't find it again.

I buy veg from the market, and have saved ££££s:money: by doing this. Just remember to mark the tubs.

:cool: i've just worked out how to use these, all pleased with myself.

ceridwen

thriftlady wrote: »

Reusable baking liners. I have round ones ready cut to fit all my cake tins and I have cut up large sheets of it to fit my tray bake tins and baking sheets.

.....where do you get them purlease?:D