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Recipes
Lazy Man's Peanut Butter Cookies
Refrigerator Rolls
Homemade Tartar Sauce

Money Saving Tips

• Alternative Uses for Common Household Items: Uses for Newspapers
• Grocery Savings Tips
• Household Tips

Craft Ideas
Potato Man

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Recipes

2 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract

Beat egg whites until stiff. Beat in sugar, then fold in peanut butter and the extract. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees F. Remove from oven and let sit a minute before placing on cooling racks. Makes about 4 dozen.

2 cups milk , scald
2 level Teaspoons salt
3 Tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup shortening
2 *cakes compressed yeast
6 cups sifted four (about)
*Note: 2 cakes compressed yeast = approx. 4 1/2 teaspoons bulk yeast or 2 pkgs.

When using pkg. or bulk active dry yeast - Reserve 1/4 cup hot milk and cool to lukewarm. Add yeast to disslove. Blend hot milk, sugar, salt, shortening. Cool. (*If using compressed yeast cakes add broken yeast cakes now) Mix in dissolved yeast. Add 1/2 of flour and beat well. Slowly add more flour to make a soft dough. Turn on floured board, knead about 8-10 minutes adding flour as necessary.

Place in greased bowl and spread with melted butter. Cover. Let rise in warm place to double it's size (2-4 hours). When dough is light, cut down through dough several times. Cover, place in refrigerator until ready to use. Then take desired amount of dough, form into rolls, place in greased pan, let rise 2 hours until light. Bake in hot oven, 425 degrees F., about 20 minutes.

1 1/2 Tablespoons minced sour pickle
1 Tablespoon minced chives
1 Cup Mayonnaise
Pinch of Paprika
1 teaspoon minced capers
1 teaspoon minced green olives
1 Tablespoon Vinegar
Celery salt, red pepper, onion powder

Mix first seven ingredients well. Add celery salt, red pepper, onion powder to taste. May be used immediately or stored in refrigerator for later use.

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Money Saving Tips

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1. Use old panty hose to make hair scrunchies. Cut strips across, about 1 inch wide, from legs of panty hose to make pony tail holders. Works great!

2. Patch a window screen - Cut appropriate size patch of screen from an old screen and glue into place.

3. Make a tape measure holder from an empty adhesive tape spool (as in medical tape) Use spool cover to keep neatly wrapped and free from dust.

4. Recycle rain water from gutters - use corrugated pipe attached to drain spout to send water to plants and/or gardens.

5.A lump of charcoal in the fridge will absorb odors.

6. Silver Cleaning Shortcut - Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of a dishpan. Add about 2 quarts of warm water, 2 Tablespoons each baking soda and salt. Place each piece of silverware in dishpan so that it touches the foil. Tarnish will disappear.

Newspaper

1. Packing material - Use to pack glassware and or knick knacks when packing to move. or in mailing packages.

2. Paper towel replacement - Crumpled newspaper works well to clean and shine windows, mirrors, etc. instead of paper towels.

3. Absorb moisture in wet shoes - When shoes get soaked, stuff with balled up newspaper to absorb water. Replace as needed depending on how wet shoes are.

4. Broken glass clean up - wet paper and blot area to pick up small chards of glass after larger pieces of broken glass are picked up and discarded. Glass slivers stick to the wet paper which can then be discarded safely.

5. Use to store boots or purses - stuff purses or boots to hold shape while in storage.

6. Deodorize - stuff crumpled newspaper into old suitcases, wooden boxes, plastic storage containers, etc, close container (with newspaper in it) for three or four days to eliminate odors.

7. Travel ironing board - If your motel doesn't provide an ironing board, you can make your own. Use the pillow case and place a short level stack of newspaper inside. Place on countertop or floor to use as ironing board.

8. Out of painting tape? - when painting window frames, wet paper strips and place on window as you would paint tape to prevent paint from getting on window. The wet paper adheres to window and removes easier than tape.

1. Lemon Keeper - To keep lemons for extended period of time, put whole lemons in sterilized canning jars, cover with cold water, adjust rubber rings, and screw covers down tightly. Not only will they stay freah for months, they will yield a lot more juice than when first bought.

2. Bring life to Canned Orange Juice - Canned orange juice lacks that fresh squeezed taste partly because the air is removed during canning. Economical canned orange juce should be stirred vigorously, or aerated with a beater or blender, to "bring back to life" and improve taste.

3. Store strawberries in a colander in the fridge to keep fresh. This allows cool air to circulate around them.

4. Save on sugar when making jam - Let fruit boil for about 10 minutes before adding the sugar. About half the usual amount should be enough.

5. Use up leftover coffee - make yourself an iced chocolate mocha. Combine 1 cup strong hot coffee, 3 cups milk, and 1/2 cup chocolate syrup. Beat with egg beater or mixer until frothy. Pour over ice in medium size glasses and top with whipped cream if desired.

6. A cup of milk called for in a recipe can be substituted with 1/2 cup evaporated milk and 1/2 cup water, or from 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk mixed with 3/4 cup water.

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Potato Man

You will Need:
1 very large potato
Tissues
knife
Package of Cress seeds
Plastice plant saucer
piece of carrot
piece of turnip
1 radish
water
two toothpicks or used matchsticks

1. Cut a slice off the bottom of the potato so that it stands straight. Cut out a hollow about 1 1/4 deep out of top of potato, according to the size of your potato.

2. Cut two small round pieces of carrot to make eyes, shape a small piece of radish (triangle like) for the nose, cut a mouth from a piece of turnip (make small slits to look like teeth if desired). Break the toothpicks into small pieces and secure the eyes, nose and mouth to the potato face.

3. To make hair, fill the hollow with wet tissues and sprinkle plenty of cress seeds on to it. Pour some water into the plant saucer and stand the pototo in it. After a few days, the "hair" will be long enough to cut (wash "hair" and eat if you want!)

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