Article continues below ↓ advertisement | your ad here After a bath or a shower, it’s refreshing to pull open your dresser drawers or closet doors and enjoy the fragrance of scented liners, sachet envelopes, cedar blocks or candle tarts. Problem is, all of these luxury solutions tend to be costly. Why spend more when [...]
photo by ms.Tea Most of us know that common household items can wear many hats. Wallpaper becomes a shelf liner or a bookmark; newspapers get their second wind cleaning windows and ripening tomatoes; and coffee filters become great dusting cloths or grease strainers. Article continues below ↓ advertisement | your ad here Today, we’ll consider [...]
photo by Torll When I was a kid, I never paid attention to how my family made burgers. Some were burned on the outside and pink on the inside. Some ended up as charred UFOs, and all the toppings invariably oozed out when I tried to eat. I remember cutting open and inspecting the hard-as-rock [...]
DEAR SARA: I’m looking for small ways to save. I’m already frugal, and I don’t think I can cut much more. Do you have a list of little ways to save so I can see if there is anything that I’m not currently doing? — D.B., via e-mail
photo by jswieringa If there isn’t money enough to go around, starting an emergency fund seems impossible. If an emergency happens, like a car breaking down, people pop the repair bill on their credit card. When life’s emergencies continue to happen, the debt increases and this cycle becomes a financial mess. You need money that [...]
Question: I hear a lot about ground beef crumbles. What are crumbles? How do I use them? Answer: Hamburger crumbles is hamburger boiled in a small amount of water instead of fried. You are boiling it to prepare and package it flat, in storage bags for the freezer, to use in future meals. It cuts [...]
photo by sleepyneko Autumn is my favorite time of year. The days grow shorter, the air is crisp, and home is where I want to be to relax. With the temperatures beginning to drop, I embellish my home with comfortable items that make each room feel cozy, such as books, handmade afghans, oversize chenille pillows, [...]
photo by Andrew Petro DEAR SARA: Do I really need to cook pasta shells beforehand when making stuffed shells? I never cook my lasagna noodles when I make lasagna. — Julie, Florida DEAR JULIE: Pasta shells are fragile. Sometimes you’ll discover some are broken in the box. They would be too hard to stuff without [...]
photo by Shannon Clark Velcro attracts lint and miscellaneous debris. Before long, it doesn’t work well and looks terrible. Picking the lint out with your fingernails takes a long time. You can try using tweezers, duct tape, metal pet brushes or a hair comb. According to a Velcro representative, using another piece of Velcro to [...]
