Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

katpw

Add a good handful of breadcrumbs to bologneise, chilli, savoury mince dishes. It is undetectable ;-) I always wizz any leftover bread and freeze it which is perfect for this

auntymabel

Bambywamby wrote: »

Buy smooth peanut butter rather than crunchy... it goes further.

And saves calories!

Steve059

FeistyFidget wrote: »

<snip> Word of caution, not all veges cope with being frozen - celery turns into a soggy mess once defrosted

Celery can be frozen, but it needs a bit of work. I use celery in soups, and the cheapest option is to buy a whole head, use what I need and freeze the rest. It freezes well, but needs to be chopped into 2cm (1 inch) pieces, blanched (ie. boiled for a very short time) and then frozen in the water it's been blanched in. The blanching destroys the enzyme that makes it spoil. Freezing it in water means that there's ice crystals both inside and outside the cells, so it doesn't turn to mush when defrosted. I usually use about 125g of celery in 200ml of water and this fits nicely in a 500ml freezer tub. When making my next batch of soup with this I just put the whole frozen block in the pan and reduce the amount of water by 200ml.

jeiwag

the other items that are great to freeze in the warm weather are those frubes yoghurts. healthier than ice cream, and cheap as well. also great to keep lunchboxes cool and fresh.

kaybee2

Even cheaper for leg-shaving - just use good old-fashioned soap. A bar lasts for absolutely ever, and is dirt cheap (every pun intended...). Don't bother with expensive soaps in those pump bottles either!

kaybee2

Popperwell wrote: »

These days many 2ply toilet rolls are really cheap and often buying unknown brands does not mean the quality is poorer and in some shops like Wilkinsons you often get get 3ply for the same price as the 2ply so even better. Now that could mean it lasting longer but you are not splitting toilet paper not that I ever have and I don't think I would consider doing so...

As you suggest PJ I suspect the paper would just fall apart...was that a serious tip do you think?

Regarding saving loo roll, I do what I did on a trek in Nepal a few years ago. We had to carry a lot of stuff, so I re-used what I could. Any tissues were re-used as loo roll (unless they are hideously wet and horrid! - and even then they can be wrapped in one clean sheet of loo roll). I do the same at home now, including using tissues I have used to take eye make-up off with (which I remove with vaseline).

Westywoodpecker

I take off my make up with a wipe, but then use it to quickly wipe the sink clean

consultant31

kaybee2 wrote: »

Even cheaper for leg-shaving - just use good old-fashioned soap. A bar lasts for absolutely ever, and is dirt cheap (every pun intended...). Don't bother with expensive soaps in those pump bottles either!

I use pump bottles (bought when there are offers on) and refill them with a cheap bath foam which costs less than £1 a litre. To make it go further, I water it down - roughly half water to half bath foam. I prefer it to the mess left by bars of soap on the hand basin and I really don't think it costs any more!

consultant31

auntymabel wrote: »

And saves calories!

Are you sure? I have both in the cupboard at the mo and calories are the same for each. However, Asda do sell a 'less fat' option smooth peanut butter

cheapskate101

I can't find this mentioned anywhere else...

Hw to cook rice:

Take a large cup of rice
Put in saucepan
Measure exactly one and a half cups of water - same cup.

( no it doesn't look enough.. But try it once.. You'll see it is)

Add water to rice, put lid on saucepan and bring to boil.

When it reaches boiling point..the water will bubble to the centre.

Turn it off. Wait around 20 minutes.

Perfect rice, no fuel cost and an almost clean saucepan to wash.