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  1. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I buy meat on sale or clearance and often can it for the pantry shelf. Don’t have to worry if the power goes out and it keeps the heat down in the house during summer.
  2. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    This is my favorite way to preserve eggs as well. I loved smoked salmon in a quiche!
  3. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    As I understand it, canning eggs is not considered safe. To each their own, I don’t want to argue the point but people should be aware of the recommendations. That being said, I keep my eggs in the fridge and I think they’ve lasted maybe a couple of months before they were all gone. That’s the...
  4. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I just did a batch of pickled eggs the other day. If I don’t make the brine myself then we use the juice from the spicy dills from the store which is my favorite.
  5. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    They used be a plant stand that I inherited from my mother when she moved. I really like having them in the kitchen though.
  6. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Bought a watermelon and it was crummy. Processed the flesh in my blender, strained out the pulp and made 7 half pints of jelly and six pints of juice concentrate with it. The pulp will go to the birds in snacks, the rind went into the compost.
  7. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Would live a pic when you’re done! My husband has a corner of the garage full of wood, and a bucket full of bits and pieces, and another bucket half full of hardware.
  8. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Kinda depends on the size of eggs. 45 to 60ish minutes. It was convenient because I was outside anyway and otherwise would have forgotten about them on the stove.
  9. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Solar cooking. Eggs don’t need water, just a carton. I have some chili to warm up in there later.
  10. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    My DH and I often eat things the rest of the family doesn’t so I buy them in the smaller quantities for the same reason :highfive:
  11. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I like to do the math out of curiosity as well.
  12. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Vegetable scraps from the freezer and whatever was going to go bad before I could use it up from the fridge drawer made four quarts of vegetable stock for my pantry. The cooked vegetables will go into the compost pile because there’s no salt or fat in it.
  13. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I did some testing on the thermal cooker and wanted to see if I could another five degrees of heat retention over an eight hour period. I found a reflective shade for a windshield on clearance. One standard shade was all I needed to fully surround my pot and towels. Tested again today and I did...
  14. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Excellent idea! I am wanting to cut our electricity usage too. Everything here is electric and our summers are extremely hot so the a/c is on 24/7. Our electric company took a 15% rate hike last year; there are people having to decide whether to eat or pay their electric bill. The company...
  15. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Me too!!!
  16. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I recently learned about cooking in a haybox. You can spend quite a few bucks on a thermal cooker, or you can use what you have on hand. I purchased a styrofoam cooler some ages ago and we never ended up needing it, so I’m converting it to a haybox cooker. No hay in it, we are all allergic to...
  17. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/dry/drying-general/packaging-and-storing-dried-foods/ The above link backs up my processes for dehydrating foods in case anyone finds it helpful. The website itself is an amazing free resource on home preservation in general including canning and fermenting. I haven’t...
  18. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Your Grandma was smart! I don’t mind the ends but they poof out over the side of the pan so it’s not easy to slice thin for a sandwich. I cube it up at the end of the week and throw it in the freezer until I have enough for pudding. This is a great way to use up some eggs too! We don’t use...
  19. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    All of this! I did some calculations and it only costs me about $0.50 more to make a loaf of bread than the cheapest store bought. Mine tastes way better and the kids and my husband all eat it in about five days time. The ends are usually left but I save those in the freezer for croutons, crumbs...
  20. igorsMistress

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I do love a warm piece of fresh bread with butter. After that I’m not a huge fan.
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