Great Tips... one liners

catznine

A good way to use all those photos that are not good enough for the albums is to make a large collage. Get one of those large clip frames (I got mine at a car boot sale) using blue tac arrange photos and then when happy with arrangement cover with the glass.

exlibris

An addition to an earlier tip on using a pencil lead to free a zip - chalk works too!

Str4berr3

After defrosting your fridge, Scraped and cleaned. Smear a thin layer of Vaseline around the whole inside of the freezer so next time when you are scraping the frost a good chunk of it will come off easier and quicker.
Then apply Vaseline again after cleaning for next time.

Str4berr3

After cleaning inside toilet bowl with toilet brush, leave the brush inside the toilet bowl with little bit of bleach to soak and then flush before putting back in to brush pot.

chinagirl

Don't buy expensive kitchen roll, (such as Bounty)! When was the last time you used a sheet of kitchen roll twice? Ie, mopped up a spill, wrung it out, put it to dry and then used it to mop up another spill! Buy cheap shops own brand roll packs, which are more than adequate to do the job.

Marigold123

When I only have a small spill to clean up, or I want to wipe a bit of oil round a frying pan or wok before putting it away, I use half a piece of kitchen roll. I don't like waste, so I tear a piece (of cheapo supermarket own-brand) in half and tuck the other half into the end of the roll for next time.

It works for me, and you COULD use half as many rolls, even of the cheap kind.

Surplus paper napkins, ie. from MacDonalds, (if you ever go to such places!), can also be pressed into service as kitchen roll, rather than throwing them away.

(Most used kitchen roll goes into the compost bucket - it all rots down!)

Str4berr3

Surplus paper napkins, ie. from MacDonalds, (if you ever go to such places!), can also be pressed into service as kitchen roll, rather than throwing them away.

OMG! Have to say, my gran use to there (KFC, too) for the napkins and to use the toilet, everytime visit her, i am now starting to see Toilet roll without the roll. She's deny's it though!

Str4berr3

Remember;
You are still using 60% of electricity if you have any kind of electricity on Standby. e.g; T.V, Radio, DVD/Video Players, yes! and even the P.C's!

sparky61

To save time, and gas/electric when cooking vegetables, bring to the boil, continue boiling for a minute or two and then turn the heat off and leave the lid on.
They will continue to cook. You'll need to experiment at first so that you can get them cooked and ready at the same time as the rest of the meal. The time you leave them for depends on how you like them ie: soft or crisp.

Marigold123

sparky61 wrote:

To save time, and gas/electric when cooking vegetables, bring to the boil, continue boiling for a minute or two and then turn the heat off and leave the lid on.
They will continue to cook. You'll need to experiment at first so that you can get them cooked and ready at the same time as the rest of the meal. The time you leave them for depends on how you like them ie: soft or crisp.

And if you have a stockpot, (for soups/gravies, etc), you can pop it on after cooking dinner, while the ring is still hot. (Though you need to use more electric/gas to boil it up properly each time - for food safety reasons - so not sure whether this works out cheaper than heating up from scratch on Economy 7, or not.)

Also, get ingredients out of the fridge a little while before cooking, so they warm up to room temperature and use less fuel to cook. (Obviously be careful with meat, fish, etc.) The same applies to thoroughly cooling items to be refrigerated/frozen.

When cooking frozen food that needs defrosting, defrost overnight in the refrigerator, (check it's completely defrosted before cooking), which saves a bit of electricity on keeping the fridge cold.