By Milehimama on Jan 27, 2010 in Make It Yourself | 7 Comments
Non-stick cooking spray is convenient. It’s also expensive and full of propellants; finding one made without genetically modified soybean or canola oil is almost impossible.
My solution? Grease the pan with shortening. I buy non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening (it’s a great big tub of palm kernel oil) and use that anywhere I would normally use cooking spray.
I [...]
By Milehimama on Sep 15, 2009 in Make It Yourself | 2 Comments
I did manage to can some peaches, but before I had the equipment I would often freeze peaches in order to preserve the harvest. Well, not my harvest, because I don’t have a peach tree, but when peaches go on sale for 65 cents a pound I’ll snatch up a bunch and put them away [...]
By Milehimama on May 19, 2009 in Home Cooking, Make It Yourself, works for me wednesday | 12 Comments
Every frugal site worth its salt promotes dried beans as the ultimate in cheap, nutritious meal foundation.
Using dried beans takes planning.
You’ve got to soak overnight, cook carefully without adding salt or acidic ingredients, then pull it all together in a meal before the beans turn to mush.
This means you have to remember that you planned [...]
By Milehimama on May 1, 2009 in Make It Yourself | 0 Comments
Moonsand is so easy to make, there’s no reason to spend a fortune for it!
The homemade version is also non-toxic. Play sand has been sterilized.
You’ll need:
2 cups play sand (I got 50 lbs. from Lowe’s for less than$5.)
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup water
Mix sand and cornstarch together. Add water. You will have to work the water [...]
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