Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

silvasava

Haha - no I don't iron duvets & sheets either DH does them! Well not sheets, only duvet covers & pillowcases 'cos mine have a high cotton content & I do like them nice & smooth & NO I do not loan him out
Casseroles - I usually use my slowcooker & if they've been frozen defrosted & in the winter heat them up on the top of our woodburner. I also bought in Lidl ages ago a cast aluminium casserole 'cos cast iron is too heavy for me too

good_advice

No bedding is ironed here or night clothes. Tea towels.

I have changed all my tea towels/dish clothes and some bath towels to microfibre. No ironing and they dry a lot quicker.
Quick dry towels is brilliant in winter when washing is hung around our home indoors.

savingqueen

silvasava wrote: »

Ah but think of the savings GA & I'm sure you will find them a very acceptable alternative - the thing that bugs me is the price of a box of tissues WHY do they cost so much compared to toilet rolls?? Its paper after all.

I rarely run out of boxes of tissues but did the other week and I just tore up a few lengths of loo roll and put it in the old box. It was just for me to use in the bedroom - I'm a sneezer! I might continue to do that for that box. I know GQ uses cotton hankies - I thinking of experimenting with those too.

115K

I don't iron anything! I just buy stuff that doesn't need ironing. I also buy clothes without buttons so I don't have to do any sewing.:o

I read the other day that if your pillows have gone flat you can put them in the tumble dryer with a couple of tennis balls to make them fluffy again? I haven't tried it yet.

Uniscots97

When buying broccoli, I save them stalks, and blanche them before freezing. Then when cooking a stir fry, I take it out the freezer (defrost) thinly slice and use this in my stir fry to bulk it out.

Unity

tattycath wrote: »

I'm the same. I do not iron bedding, tbh I iron as little as I can get away with!
I used to know someone who ironed absolutely everything-even socks! :eek:

I knew someone who even ironed cloth nappies! :rotfl:

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Unity wrote: »

I knew someone who even ironed cloth nappies! :rotfl:

:o:obows head in shame ,twas I back in the 1960s.I iron everything I'm afaid I just could not put clothes away or on unless they were ironed. Perhaps its an age this ,or just doing what my late Mum did.

My eldest DD is like me whilst my youngest one hasn't held an iron in her adult life Her OH does all of their ironing as she says she will cook,clean, have babies etc but was not put on this world to flatten clothes :):) different strokes for different folks I suppose

consultant31

I worry that all these people coming to Nicky toilet rolls is going to cause the price to rocket!

Primrose

Uniscots97 wrote: »

When buying broccoli, I save them stalks, and blanche them before freezing. Then when cooking a stir fry, I take it out the freezer (defrost) thinly slice and use this in my stir fry to bulk it out.

If you ever have access to a veg market stall, ask the stallholder for all the surplus cauliflower leaves and stalks they often discard before putting them on sale . For anybody sensitive about lookng like scrounging, say they're "for the rabbits, or for your compost heap! ":rotfl: They are wonderful for chopping up finely for soups and stir fries, and can also be mixed in with other vegetables and covered with a cheesy sauce to make a filling tasty meal.

good_advice

Bake your own cakes

I often put x2 in the oven at the same time as our dinner = saves on electric. The second cake is for giving away. Sharing is caring.
Go visiting, take a cake to have with a mug of coffee, always well excepted.

Sometimes children like to help, no matter how old.
Conversation and doing things together. It does not matter what cake, it will all be tasty and praised.