Food Expiration Dates, Explained

 

I know I am probably guilty of tossing out grocery items prematurely based on those expiration dates.  The thought is always "better safe than sorry."  However, with the price of everything going up, I'm thinking it is a good idea to educate myself about those expiration dates.

Click here for an article that explains what items are still safe to consume and which must be tossed out past that expiration date.

Frugal Laundry Hacks

 

Cutting costs of everything has become a challenge lately!  I don't think we are alone . . .

One Good Thing by Jillee has an excellent article on frugal laundry hacks with some great tips.  Click here to go to the article.

Many uses for DIY Cleaner - Dawn and Vinegar

 

The combination of Dawn and white vinegar as a DIY cleaner is frugal magic.  You can just about forget all other cleaners . . . talk about saving money!

Check out the following articles to find out more:

New Uses for Dawn and White Vinegar

Dawn Dish Soap Uses

Best Ways to Use Vinegar

DIY Liquid Laundry Detergent

 

Since the pandemic began, we have used a shopping service to shop and deliver our groceries for us.  Of course, that made the already rising cost of groceries go way up.

Needless to say, I've been looking for ways to save money on groceries.  Although I have posted DIY recipes for laundry detergent in the past, I have not yet used them.  Mainly because they are powder detergent.

Today I found a recipe for liquid laundry detergent.  Click here to get the recipe.

DIY Recipes for Kitchen Cabinet Cleaning

 

My painted white kitchen cabinets are a nightmare to keep clean.  One of these days I'll get around to painting them another color.   In the meantime, I'm going to use one of the DIY recipes found in the following article.

Click here to go to the article.