Saving money in the kitchen.

**mommy4ever** · 03-27-2008, 12:36 PM

Love the Food Prep tips, here's some frugal tips in the kitchen I've read, many I've tried....

What are your tips?

Save your butter wrapper papers in a ziplock in the fridge. When you need to butter a bowl/pan, it's ready, no mess, no waste.
to remove the smell of onion or garlic from your hands, run hands under water with a stainless steel spoon.
make your deviled eggs simply, and mess free! Put cooked yolks in a ziplock, put in other ingredients, seal, mush to mix, cut off a small corner and squeeze into egg white hollows.
keep a baggie with your veggie shortening. When you need to grease the pan, slip hand inside take what shortening you need and grease the pan. Put baggie back. Save your paper towels!~
Pour left over coffee into icecube tray and freeze. Store in ziplocks. Great way to save expensive flavored coffees. Microwave when you want a cup! Or add to a homemade chocolate milkshake for a little pizzazz
Reheat leftover coffee, add 2 tsp of hot chocolate mix for a yummy treat(less calories too, less powder used, no wasted coffee!)

**Jskell911** · 03-28-2008, 08:15 PM

Great tips! Thanks for sharing.

I love the coffee ice cubes. Great to use in iced coffee so it doesn't get diluted.

**ravenmaniac** · 03-28-2008, 08:42 PM

Thanks for the tips!

**FrugalMomof3** · 03-28-2008, 08:54 PM

Cool, thanks for the tips, DH loves coffee.

**cissylu** · 03-28-2008, 09:54 PM

those tip`s are great! thank`s for shareing. wish I knew some.

**mombottoo** · 03-28-2008, 10:47 PM

I really like the tip for making deviled eggs...where was this tip before Easter?

One thing I do since I love the boxed potatoes is cut the milk called for in half and use additional water to make up for using less milk. Not only does it save on milk, but it cuts calories and other things...and it doesn't affect the taste at all.

**mikandmari** · 03-28-2008, 11:46 PM

Excellent tips! I love the one with the baggie in the shortening.

**emily_hope** · 03-29-2008, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by mikandmari

Excellent tips! I love the one with the baggie in the shortening.

Me, too, because I have wasted a LOT of paper towels!

**joyofsix** · 03-29-2008, 07:41 AM

Leftover coffee? Never any such thing in this house

**Daisygirl** · 03-29-2008, 08:24 AM

great tips! Thanks for sharing them!

**Athena31** · 03-29-2008, 06:22 PM

Some of these were new to me thanks for the tips!

**searching4** · 04-11-2008, 09:16 AM

If I use foil to warm up soft taco shells, I just keep the foil for another use...it isn't dirty. If you make coffee in the morning and want to make another pot later on, just leave the coffee grinds in and add about 1/4-1/2 of the amount of coffee you usually use, in to make another pot. You save on coffee and it tastes great!