Comments on: Value Guru Capitalizes on Bits & Pieces

By: Melody

Melody — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:15:52 +0000

Day old Italian/French style bread makes great croutons! I put butter or olive oil on bread, sprinkle with garlic powder, and bake until crisp. For variety sprinkle on your favorite herbs too.

By: Melody

Melody — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:11:13 +0000

Save the rind portion of the parmesan cheese in the freezer and add to soup pot.

By: kathy

kathy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:31:49 +0000

i make turkey meatloaf in small loaf pans,several at a time and freeze for a quick meal when i’m strapped for time…i often use up leftover veggies, cheese, nuts, dried or fresh fruit, bread etc. in my recipe…no two batches are the same…
kathy

By: Summer

Summer — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:15:34 +0000

Another cold-coffee tip: Add the coffee to a pot of beans or chili for a rich flavor. Also, Add it to your watering can and use it to water your houseplants, or pour it in the compost. The plants LOVE it, especially in places like Utah that have alkaline soil.

Broccoli stems with the skins removed make excellent coleslaw when shredded.

Pepper seeds, even the hot ones, are a great addition to the bird feeder, since birds are impervious to capsicum (the chemical that makes the seeds hot), but squirrels are not!

There are lots of tips on saving this or that to make stock, but I don’t make stock every day and the carrot tops and lettuce cores end up going to waste. Solution: Keep a “stock bucket” (tupperware container) in the freezer and deposit the leftover bits in it until you’re ready to make soup. After you’ve made the stock, freeze it in ice cube trays (covered) and then save in a freezer container for later inclusion in gravies, etc.

By: Chris Hart

Chris Hart — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:06:52 +0000

If you’re anything like me, then you usually have a bit of cold coffee left in the pot. Well, here’s a great way to use it. Skin and slice a pear (or maybe even a sweet apple) and stick it in a pan with some sugar and butter. Let it simmer. Add the cold coffee and bring up the heat again. Remove pears when soft and ready, and reduce the sauce to a syrup. Then, pour the pears and syrup over some ice-cream. Delicious! I’m actually eating some right now. It’s so good. Exquisite dessert from old coffee and a pear. Add some Kahlua if you have it and it’s even better!

By: Marla C.

Marla C. — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:50:25 +0000

These tips are awesome! Thanks.

By: msue

msue — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:34:31 +0000

Another tip: don’t forget to use left-over bones (from a chicken, turkey, etc.) to make a stock. The stock freezes well for later use.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:06:01 +0000

My mother always uses the butter wrappers to grease pans and dishes for baking, but I’ve never known her to actually save them for later use. Being the good Norwegian that she is, she probably just always used enough butter in her baking that she always had a fresh wrapper! Yup, judging by my waistline growing up, that has to be it.

By: Edel Alon

Edel Alon — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:20:44 +0000

I love these tips! Especially the mustard/may jar one. I always feel bad washing out the bottoms of these jars.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:20:21 +0000

The broken bits of tortilla chips or regular chips make great breading for fish or anything that requires a breading.