What will be my next OSMS discovery?

vinegardisaster

I am new but have been reading your posts for a while and I wanted to say how useful is the information I found!
The MSE website has changed my life and I'm proud to list my achievements:

- in the process of reclaimimg my bank charges
- Started using my slow cooker
- Batch cooking / freezing
- HM Pizza (the best in Town!) + HM Brownies (to die for)
- Looking at making my own yogurt
- Joined my local Freecycle group
- Ditched cleaning products - Trying to master the art of Vinegar cleaning
- Had a go at the Flylady list (making me ill though :eek: )
- Gave my WM it's very 1st empty cycle (in 6 years :T )
- Reduced my visits to Asda from 4/week to 1 - now using local green grocers + butcher, and Aldi

And it's so much fun! My DH comes home every night with that funny look on his face :rolleyes: 'so what's the new discovery today?' My next big challenge: trying to convert him too!:p

elona

Have a look at the threads on Stardrops and microfibre cloths.

White vinegar as rinse aid in the dishwasher.

Snapping a dishwasher table in half and the using that amount instead of the whole tablet.

using half a lemon and white vinegar to clean dishwasher.

Vinegar and bicarb of soda to unclog plugholes.

Plum_Pie

OK, microfibre cloths A REVELATION to me. Sooooo quick.

Grow your own herbs?

Try making some presents - truffles/fudge/ etc?

angchris

how about investing in a breadmaker so you can have warm homemade delish bread every morning. it makes the house smell divine as well as tasting good and being much cheaper, and you can stand there in your kitchen admiring your homemade offerings :T :T

juststarting_2

angchris wrote: »

how about investing in a breadmaker so you can have warm homemade delish bread every morning. it makes the house smell divine as well as tasting good and being much cheaper, and you can stand there in your kitchen admiring your homemade offerings :T :T

Yes can agree with this dusted my bread machine off yesterday and woke up to fresh hot bread for breakfast. Yogurt is setting as I type and slower cooker has had its first airing in 6mths. Now need to find some more recipes looking forward to trying muffins.
Do mainly use vinegar and mirofibre cloths for cleaning brilliant for windows. Now looking into star drops. Can someone tell me are stardrops good for cleaning the oven shelves or is there something better?:rotfl:

angchris

juststarting wrote: »

Yes can agree with this dusted my bread machine off yesterday and woke up to fresh hot bread for breakfast. Yogurt is setting as I type and slower cooker has had its first airing in 6mths. Now need to find some more recipes looking forward to trying muffins.
Do mainly use vinegar and mirofibre cloths for cleaning brilliant for windows. Now looking into star drops. Can someone tell me are stardrops good for cleaning the oven shelves or is there something better?:rotfl:

take the oven shelves out of the oven and pop them in the bath overnight covered with biological washing powder and hot water, the grott should be falling of them in the morning :T :T

elona

Stardrops make another product with ammonia called Starclens that might work for ovens.

janb5

angchris wrote: »

take the oven shelves out of the oven and pop them in the bath overnight covered with biological washing powder and hot water, the grott should be falling of them in the morning :T :T

If you have an old slip rubber slip mat put that on the bath first BEFORE you put the oven shelves on it otherwise you might scratch the bath( I did several years ago)

Pesonally the best method for oven shelves and oven trays IMO is to put them in a double black bag add a cupful of ammonia( ise goves and avert your eyes- it is strong) and knot the bag. Place outside overnight and then you can hose the shelves down in the morning and the gunge sloughs off!

Painless and effective! It get the bits brillo pads dont!