Tips: Money Saving Tips

• Here's the scoop on how to make your sun-dried tomatoes in the microwave: Slice ripe tomatoes thinly and place on a microwave safe plate and cook for 45 minutes on 30% power. Store dry in a plastic zipper bag or in a jar covered in good olive oil. Mich, Lancaster County, PA ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Need whipped cream but don't have an electric mixer? Put the cream in a bowl with a tight lid (Tupperware works well) and shake vigorously until whipped. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Here's another use for the plastic bags from cereal boxes. Use them for coating or breading chicken or other meats and vegetables to be fried. The bags are sturdy enough to handle the job and it's much neater than dredging. Dottie, Pensacola, FL ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Here's an ingenious way of recycling burnt garlic bread. Heidi scraped off the black burnt part and grate the rest to make flavorful breadcrumbs. Heidi Coeler, Thousand Oaks, CA ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Reduce fat, increase fiber and save money by replacing half of the ground beef or poultry in a casserole or meatloaf recipe with brown rice, bulgur, or cooked and pureed dried beans. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Save the crumbs from bags of chips (potato chips, tortilla chips etc.) and use them for breading meats or fish, topping casseroles, in meatloafs or just about any other place you would use breadcrumbs. Louise Harvey, Chicopee, MA ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• An economical way to buy pasta sauce is to buy a generic brand economy size of your choice and decant into single serve freezer containers and defrost in the microwave before use. Kaz B, Melbourne, Australia ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Buy butter or margarine on sale and freeze for future use. The higher the fat content in dairy products, the better they freeze. Milk products that are under 40% butterfat will separate, but heavy cream does well. You can freeze butter with no texture changes, but remember, fat can go rancid even in a freezer, so never keep it for more than a few months. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Do you have fruit in your kitchen that's ripening quicker than you can eat it? Puree it and use in smoothies or as a topping for ice cream, pancakes or waffles. You can also freeze the purreed fruit in a plastic freezer zipper bag and use it later on. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Use a muffin tin to substitute for individual ramekins when making individual quiches or frittatas. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

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