tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34006240865116502842024-03-05T12:18:34.084-08:00Thrifty MoneyThis my personal blog about thrift and saving money. Take control of your personal finances!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-44734792714496602062014-06-24T12:44:00.003-07:002014-06-24T12:44:49.383-07:00Cheerful Chickory <b>Disclamer:</b><br />
<b>Never eat any plant you have not have had expertly identified. Please
seek out a local expert before foraging any wild plants! Never forage
in areas that may have been poisoned or sprayed. </b><br />
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Earlier I posted an article on Using <a href="http://thriftymoney.blogspot.com/2013/09/delicious-dandelions.html" target="_blank">Delicious Dandelions</a> and am going to continue with an article on using chicory. Like Dandelions, chicory is a food plant that is now considered a "weed" in the USA. Before it flowers it looks and tastes much Like a dandelion. It has saw tooth leaves and tastes much like endive or escarole. What most people are more likely familiar with is the use of roasted roots as a coffee amendment or substitute. In Cajun and French Cookery Chicory Coffee is perfect for dipping pastries! The beautiful blue blossoms are great in salads and teas. <br />
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Fresh Uses:<br />
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1) Fresh Chicory leaves chopped in salads like Endive.<br />
2) Use Fresh chicory blossoms in salads.<br />
3) Steep chopped leaves and/or blossoms in hot water for an herbal tea. <br />
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Cooked Uses:<br />
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1) Make fried greens with onions and garlic. Simply substitute it for spinach or collards in any fried greens recipe.<br />
2) Add to soups and stews that call for greens like escarole.<br />
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Dried Root:<br />
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Wash and dry the roots.<br />
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You can dry the root in a 200 Degree F oven and then grind. Use in any coffee maker with coffee for a more healthy coffee beverage, or use alone as pure chicory coffee.<br />
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The health benefits of Chicory are many. Its supports digestion and gall bladder function.. Some herbal sites say it also helps detoxify your liver from all the pollutants were are exposed to daily. It may also have an anti-bacterial effect on "stomach bugs," but this is just recently researched. So don't dig that chicory up. Eat it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-10188920249853852892014-02-18T12:40:00.003-08:002014-02-18T14:40:53.414-08:00Free Sex Offender Lists and More!I didn't realize this, but many people didn't know that you can check for Sex Offenders in your area --- for Free. This is public information you can get any time on the Internet. And --no -- criminal convictions are Not Private! They are public information.<br />
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I recently had a chat with some women who were worried that someone in their neighborhood was a sex offender. They were very worried and fearful. When I told them just to check it at the state WEB site they had never heard of it.
They actually thought this information was" private." Maybe some sex offender told them that... But anyway... Convictions are not "private." They are matters of public concern, so thus they are public information. <br />
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Just go to any of these sites and click your state:<br />
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National Sex Offender Registry:<br />
<a href="http://www.nsopw.gov/%28X%281%29S%28r3zjev3ac41National%20Sex%20Offender%20Registry" target="_blank">National Sex Offender Registry</a><br />
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PollyKlass.org<br />
<a href="http://www.pollyklaas.org/resources/" target="_blank">Polly Klass Resources</a><br />
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Child Help USA:<br />
<a href="http://www.childhelp-usa.com/" target="_blank">http://www.childhelp-usa.com/</a><br />
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Parent's For Megan's Law<br />
<a href="http://www.parentsformeganslaw.org/" target="_blank">http://www.parentsformeganslaw.org/</a><br />
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You can find who might be living in your area and take appropriate precautions. When my son was small we found out a sex offender was living around the block just few houses away. After that my son never played alone in the yard. Just common sense.<br />
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So If you are concerned that a Sexual Predator is living near you just go to the WEB site and find your state. Happy Hunting.<br />
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If you want to just check to see that the person you are concerned about is some other sort of criminal, you can check a number of sites for free:<br />
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BlackBook Online<br />
<a href="http://www.blackbookonline.info/" target="_blank">http://www.blackbookonline.info</a><br />
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Check People.com<br />
<a href="https://www.checkpeople.com/" target="_blank">https://www.checkpeople.com</a><br />
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Remember..criminal records are NOT PRIVATE!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-84768442800222866502014-02-11T10:19:00.001-08:002014-02-11T10:23:47.802-08:00There Really is A FREE Credit ReportThere really is a free credit report. You don't need to join any "give us your card #" site in order to get this.<br />
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Just go to:<br />
Annual Credit Report <br />
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<a href="https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action" target="_blank">https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action</a><br />
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The government mandates that you get your report free from the three major reporting agencies. If you go to the link above you can get all three reports at NO COST.<br />
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The reports are from<br />
Experian<br />
Transunion<br />
Equifax<br />
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These are Big Three Credit agencies who most possible creditors will check for your credit.<br />
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It is worth looking at. We found that some bills we had paid off years ago are still listed on our reports. We are able online to dispute these.<br />
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It used to be in the "old days" that within 60-120 days of paying off a debt, it was removed from your report. But now with so many people in financial distress, it takes much longer to get these items removed from your credit information.. To get your corrections in process more quickly, file the dispute. <br />
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1) If you loose heat take steps to immediately keep all your heat in your house. The fastest way you loose heat is it radiating out your windows. To keep heat in your house seal them up! You can use blankets, quilts, or boxes and newspapers. One very effective way is to staple an opened cardboard box or old quilt across the window frame and then stuff to space between the glass and the covering with crumpled newspapers. This temporarily insulates the space until you get your power back on, and is an easily disposed of after the emergency is over. So cover any windows you don't need for light and seal in that heat!<br />
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2) Use black garbage bags or dark colored cloth on south and east facing windows to absorb heat and warm you home. I talked about how black absorbs heat in other articles:<br />
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Save Money on Heating Bills with a Heat Catcher<br />
<a href="http://thriftymoney.blogspot.com/2013/05/save-money-on-heating-bills-with-heat.html" target="_blank">http://thriftymoney.blogspot.com/2013/05/save-money-on-heating-bills-with-heat.html</a><br />
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(think dark car seats in the summer sun...Ouch!!) and can be used to raise temperatures in your home. So hang the black garbage bags in those sun facing windows and heat your home while the sun shines. To help seal those heat producing windows against heat loss at night cover them with blankets, quilts, or cardboard, and take the cover down at dawn when the light comes back. You can produce an amazing amount of heat with these heat catchers. On a sunny day in mid winter when it was below freezing outside, the temperature in space along the sun side of these "heat catchers" was 90 degrees F. All that nice warm air was floating into the room to heat it.<br />
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3) Make sure you have backup source of heat for emergencies. There are small emergency propane heaters on the market. Make sure you get one with Carbon Monoxide detectors on it. Carbon Monoxide is a deadly gas produced when you burn anything. Normally these type of gases go up the chimney, but when using these emergency heaters its best to get one with an automatic detection if the gas is building up.<br />
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4) Wrap up! Wrap up in layers like people did in the bad old days before central heat!<br />
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5) Keep everyone in one small area. Body heat from several people can keep a room above freezing.<br />
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Good Luck and Stay warm until the power gets back on!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-25228242924155233872014-01-16T06:17:00.002-08:002014-02-11T10:24:31.054-08:00Plan for a Happy Financial New Year!HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br />
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Time to start fresh for a new year. This is a great time to evaluate your finances, and plan for a better financial future.<br />
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To do this you need information. You need to understand where your money is going to and take control of the flow.<br />
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1) To get started you need to make a complete list of your expenditures. This list needs to be complete. One of the biggest drain on tight budgets are small unaccounted for regular expenditures. Lunches eaten out, expensive brand morning coffee, etc. can chip away at even the best planned budget.<br />
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You need to completely list absolutely everything you spend your money on.<br />
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2) Evaluate these expenditures as unavoidable for example rent or mortgages, and avoidable like coffee from the expensive coffee shop, or monthly dress shopping expeditions.<br />
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3) Write down the your financial goals for the year. In order to stick to a budget you need a good reason. People who fritter away their money are those with no plan in mind.<br />
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4) Then with your goal in mind and your expenditures in hand look for those expenses that are not essential to your survival. Do you really need that expensive cup of morning java? Can you bring your lunch to work and not eat out? Ruthlessly list all things not essential to your survival.You will surprised how much of your monthly budget may be going to these non-essentials.<br />
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5) Pick the non-essential item(s) that you feel you need as rewards for your hard work. I call this "Sanity Money. " These are those little silly expenses you need to treat yourself. It might be that expensive cup of coffee or that lunch eaten out. Depending on how much you want to save, for a start cut all of these but one. Try a week without all your treats and see if you miss them.<br />
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6) Study you essential expenses to see if you can save money by refinancing debts. Some ways this can be done are:<br />
a) Refinancing a mortgage or car payment for lower interest.<br />
b) Moving to a cheaper location.<br />
c) Getting cheaper insurance for health, car and home.<br />
d) Moving high interest credit to new low interest cards.<br />
e) Rework pay dates on badly scheduled bills to move them so you are not paying monthly late fees.<br />
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7) Try to see if there are ways to reduce costs on regular expenses. Use coupons, shop only for sale items, or buy at thrift stores.<br />
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Try this plan for two months a readjust as necessary. What you need is a plan you can stick to to better use your money in a more effective manner.<br />
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The way these paid surveys work is you join with your email, and then can take surveys which pay different amounts of money per survey -- depending on what company is paying them to collect the data for them. You will get an alert in your email that says you have survey waiting for you. Often you can click a link embedded in the email and go right to the survey. Otherwise, you can log into the particular survey site and locate the available surveys and what they pay. On the day this article was written one company has surveys which pay anywhere from $30 to $.50. <br />
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I have tried three locations for a period of a week. I've made around $40, so far which is hardly a ton of money, but is nice extra cash for my holiday fund! People who are in a more common demographic ..ie.. a young parent... will most likely qualify for more surveys and make more money. But if you just make a dollar a day doing one survey by December 20th you will have $97 dollars saved for the holidays. <br />
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I have some friend who takes their surveys while they watch "their shows" on TV, and make that much every month.<br />
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If you are interested here are several companies which offer several dollars just for joining to get you started.<br />
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<b>INBOX DOLLARS</b><br />
This site offers surveys, paid trial offers and emails which ask you to look at an add for money. It pays you $5 just for joining -- the highest of any of these survey sites.<br />
<a href="http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref11291015" target="_blank"> INBOX DOLLARS</a><br />
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<b>VINDALE</b><br />
This sites offers as many as ten surveys a day! They offer $2 bonus for joining.<br />
<a href="http://www.tryvindale.com/VtRn90ku" target="_blank">VINDALE SURVEYS</a><br />
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<b>SURVEY ROUND TABLE</b><br />
This pays you a $3 Dollar value to join. It also has the lowest amount of cash you need to accrue to get your money. <br />
<a href="https://www.surveyroundtable.com//panel/portal_receiver.pro?key=N7fNM9" target="_blank">Survey Round Table</a><br />
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<b>MY VIEW</b> <br />
This also pays you a three dollar equivalent to join.<br />
<a href="http://portal.myview.com/MyView/signup.ar?emailtoken=42109912L0Y0S8EYOPBEPK41" target="_blank">MY VIEW</a><br />
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I hope this helps you get a few extra dollars for the holidays!<br />
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Lili Pintea-Reed<br />
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Dandelions are plants brought to the Western Hemisphere by European settlers. They have since gone wild all over both continents. Much hated by lawn lovers dandelions were originally a much valued green by the original settlers, and soon after by Native peoples also. Packed with vitamins and easy to grow, the dandelion was carried all over the country. Eventually, this wonderful plant fell out of favor with suburban lawn enthusiasts and is now seen as a intrusive " weed." When I was a kid I helped my Romanian Grandparents harvest dandelions for salads and fried greens. Yum! <br />
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Medically it has many vitamins found in green plants. It also has medical uses for the removal of body fluids and is a mild diuretic. So EAT your dandelions! <br />
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You can eat all parts of this wonderful plant. Many ethnic recipes for "greens" were originally for wild greens like the humble dandelion. The young leaves can be substituted for escarole and endive in green salads. The older tougher and more stronger flavored leaves can be stir fried and added to many ethnic for medleys. The blossoms can be used to make fritters and the famous dandelion wine.<br />
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Here are few ideas for you to get started. <br />
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<b>Green Salad:</b><br />
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Use any green salad recipe and substitute finely torn or snipped young dandelion greens for excarole or endive. Easy!<br />
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<b>Warm Bean and Wild Green Medley</b><br />
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1 Can of white beans or garbanzos<br />
3 cups of fresh wild greens (can be dandelion or a mixture of wild greens)<br />
One small onion<br />
One clove of garlic<br />
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Chop onion and garlic. Saute in oil until soft and translucent. While the onion is cooking, wash and tear the greens. Add to the onion/garlic mixture and cook until wilted. Drain the beans and add at the last minute and heat through. Some chopped tomatoes can be added at last minute. Makes a nice veggie meal with whole grain bread or is a nice side dish for larger meal. <br />
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Try and add greens everyday day to your diet to add fiber and healing vitamins.<br />
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For more ideas Check out these Frugal Living Books!<br />
Complete Tightwad Gazette<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0375752250/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">The Complete Tightwad Gazette </a><br />
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Declare Your Financial Independence<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/1580624618/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Declare Your Financial Independence</a><br />
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Complete Cheapskate<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0805417702/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Mary Hunt's Complete Cheapskate</a><br />
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Miserly Moms<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0764226126/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Miserly Moms</a><br />
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You Can Afford to Stay Home With your Kids<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/1564144089/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">You can Afford to stay Home With your Kids</a><br />
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By<br />
Lili Pintea-Reed<br />
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</a><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-70058233980798054852013-08-21T02:17:00.002-07:002013-09-11T21:08:56.038-07:00Make Your Own PastaMake Your Own Pasta!<br />
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People often go on about making your pasta like its rocket science or
something, but -- if you can make a pie crust--- pasta is easy! Making
your own is cheap, controls ingredients and makes a "filler" into a
healthful addition to any meal.<br />
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<b>Basic Pasta</b><br />
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1 cup flour for each portion <br />
2 egg, or 4T. water, or 4T silken tofu for each portion<br />
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This is an art rather than a science. On a piece of waxed paper (we
frugal use recycled cereal box liners) place enough flour for each
portion. Make a hollow in the middle, and add the liquid. Mix until the
ball forms a firm ball. You may need to add a bit more liquid. The dough
should be stiff. If you have time let it rest for a half hour, but if
you don't just proceed. Knead for five minutes. Roll out on a floured
surface (just add more flour) with rolling pin (a jar if you don't have
rolling pin) to 1/8th to 1/16 inch thick. Add more flour to dust it.
Cut into noodle strips, or squares if you want to make filled shells.<br />
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Meanwhile boil a big pot of salted water with a dab of oil tosed in to keep the noodles from sticking.<br />
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Toss the finshed pasta into the pot and cook five minutes. It will rise to the surface when done. <br />
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Add sauce --and EAT!!!<br />
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Filled Shells</b><br />
You can make filled raviolis or filled shells by simply adding the ricotta from the <a href="http://thriftymoney.blogspot.com/2013/08/make-your-own-cheese.html"> Make your own Cheese</a>
article. Simply spoon the soft cheese into the middle and fold and seal
the edges with a fork for raviolis or fill and pinch the shell top
together for filled shells. Heat in sauce to cook the pasta. <br />
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<b>Colored or Vegetable Pasta</b><br />
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Pasta comes in colors and is even more healthful. The colors came from
the addition of pureed vegetables for 2/3 of the egg. To get certain
colors follow below:<br />
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red:pureed cooked beets<br />
orange: pureed cooked carrots<br />
red/orange: tomato sauce<br />
green: pureed cooked spinach (or other greens)<br />
yellow: pureed yellow squash<br />
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Mix same as above. My kid who would die before he would eat spinach
--loves green pasta! This is great way to add extra veggies to your
diet!<br />
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<b>Potato Pasta</b><br />
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Another veggie filler for some of the eggs is to add mashed potatoes for
a large part of the eggs. This makes gnocchi or potato pasta. <br />
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Pasta goes well with many ethnic cuisines. The most common are Italian, Thai, and Chinese.<br />
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Check out the sites below for more ideas on what to put ON your pasta.<br />
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Bella Italian Cooking<br />
<a href="http://www.bellaonline.com/site/italianfood"><br />
http://www.bellaonline.com/site/italianfood</a><br />
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Bella Chinese Cooking<br />
<a href="http://www.bellaonline.com/site/chinesefood">http://www.bellaonline.com/site/chinesefood </a><br />
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Bella Thai Cooking<br />
<a href="http://www.bellaonline.com/Site/ThaiFood"> http://www.bellaonline.com/Site/ThaiFood</a><br />
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Make your Own Tofu<br />
<a href="http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29434.asp"> </a><a href="http://thriftymoney.blogspot.com/2013/08/make-your-own-soymilk-and-tofu.html">Make Your Own Soymilk and Tofu</a><br />
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For more ideas Check out these Frugal Living Books!<br />
Complete Tightwad Gazette<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0375752250/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">The Complete Tightwad Gazette </a><br />
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Declare Your Financial Independence<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/1580624618/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Declare Your Financial Independence</a><br />
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Complete Cheapskate<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0805417702/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Mary Hunt's Complete Cheapskate</a><br />
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Miserly Moms<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0764226126/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Miserly Moms</a><br />
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You Can Afford to Stay Home With your Kids<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-90831022950810597202013-08-21T02:09:00.002-07:002014-02-11T10:23:11.930-08:00Make Your Own Soymilk and TofuWith so many women rejecting Hormone therapy for Pre-Menopause and
Menopause due to the obvious health dangers, many women are turinng to
soy products for the phyto-estrogens in them. Also many people seeking
to live more frugally have turned to vegetarianism and part vegetarian
meals. Lets face it, Meat in large quantities is not just bad for you
(sorry Dr. Atkins) but Really Expensive. If you want to lower your food
budget cut down on meat.<br />
<br />
So one way for the Frugal Cook to add protein to the family diet is to
use soy products. If you live in a large urban area its easy enough to
buy soymilk and tofu (also called dofu) cheaply on sale at many places
as a loss leader. In many rural and suburban environments it might
simply be easier and cheaper to make your own. I think making stuff from
scratch is lots of fun as you may have gathered from my articles, so
here are recipes to make soy milk and tofu in your kitchen. Then I list
ways to stretch your budget by adding these cheap high protein products
to your regular cooking. Like many traditional foods they are blessedly
easy to make.<br />
<br />
<b>Soy Milk</b><br />
3 cups of dry soy beans<br />
3 times their volume in water<br />
A grinding device<br />
Fine straining cloth<br />
Colander<br />
A deep pot to boil the soymilk in<br />
<br />
Soak the beans over night until soft. Grind them to a pulp. This can be
done several ways. Long ago in the 1970's when a friend and I first
tried this, we used a mortar, and a potato masher. Lots of fun, good
exercise, and lots of work!. The easy way is to grind small batches with
twice the volume in hot water in the blender or food processor. Pour
the resulting mush into the cloth lined colander. When you have ground
them all, let the liquid strain off through the cloth. This liquid is
soymik. Give the cloth a good twist and squeeze to get the last of the
liquid. <br />
<br />
Pour the strained soymilk into a deep pot and bring to a foaming boil
several times. The cooking is absolutely necessary. This inactivates an
enzyme in the soy that would bind up the proteins (the reason you don't
eat soy raw.) Cool. Sweeten to taste if you like. <br />
<br />
Don't throw away the strained soy fiber solids. Use in any Zucchini bread/or
cake/or muffin recipe to replace the zucchini. Tastes great. The
muffins it makes are super.<br />
<br />
<b>Korean Recipe Soymilk</b><br />
I found a different recipe for soymilk that is from Korea. Try both.<br />
<br />
1 cup dry soy beans<br />
3 times their volume in water<br />
A grinding device<br />
Fine straining cloth<br />
Colander<br />
<br />
Soak beans in water overnight. The next day, put the soaked beans in a stove ready pot and add enough water so that you can bring them to a boil. Bring pot to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes. No longer. Strain off water for watering plants. Let the beans cool and then rub off the skins. Wash skins away with cool water. Grind beans in hot water three times their volume. If your blender is small like mine do it in thirds. Strain off the solids with a cloth. Squeeze to remove all liquid. If the milk seems to thick ad water to taste. Add sweetener and vanilla if desired. This is already cooked, so no boiling is necessary. <br />
<br />
<b>Tofu</b><br />
Soymilk from above recipe<br />
3 tablespoons of epsom salts <br />
or<br />
2 tablespoons of nigari (Oriental coagulant)<br />
or<br />
a half cup of lemon juice<br />
or<br />
a quarter cup of vinegar<br />
Used butter tub with drain holes punched in bottom.<br />
<br />
In separate cup dissolve the Epsom salts or nigari (do I really need to
say you don't have to do this to the vinegar or lemon juice?) Add the
dissolved coagulant to the soymilk. Mix well. Solids Will start to
curdle. When well mixed, let it sit for a few hours. Then re-line your
trusty colander with more fine cloth and strain. Place the curds and
liquid in the colander. Let drain. You now have soft tofu. To get firmer
tofu for frying, you need to press it. Take the mass in the cloth and
press overnight between two tipped plates with a weight on it (soup
cans work well), or --if you live in a house with cats, dogs, or small
children -- put in the butter tub and place weights on it to force out
the liquid. The resulting mass will be much more solid. If its hot do
all this in the refrigerator.<br />
<br />
While all this sounds time consuming you work around the other events of your day and make nice soymilk and tofu.<br />
<br />
Or you can get a Soymilk maker. Many places sell them. Two places are listed below.<br />
<br />
Amazon.com<br />
Yep they sell them too! The cheapest ones I found were listed there.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=tg/detail/-/B00065XXY4/qid=1110071848/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/?v=glance&s=kitchen&n=507846" rel="nofollow">SOYMILK MAKER</a><br />
<br />
Soyloveusa.com<br />
Also sells soybeans, and authentic oriental coagulant.<br />
<a href="http://www.soyloversusa.com/" rel="nofollow">www.soyloversusa.com</a><br />
<br />
USES for SOYMILK and TOFU:<br />
1) Substitute Soymilk for regular milk in cooking and drinking. If your
family objects, use half soy and half milk. In cooking people hardly
ever notice.<br />
<br />
2) Substitute Tofu for cream cheese, ricotta, cottage cheese, or part of
the cheese in most recipes. Half cheese and half tofu will lower fat in
most cheese recipies without compromising flavor.<br />
<br />
For More Soy Recipes and Ideas of all sorts (tempa, miso, etc.) Go to:<br />
<a href="http://soyfoods.com/SimplySoy/" rel="nofollow">http://soyfoods.com/SimplySoy/</a><br />
<br />
Ten Tempting Ideas for Tofu<br />
<a href="http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/414">http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/414 </a><br />
<br />
<br />
Here are some more Recommended Soy Reading for you.<br />
<br />
The Book of Tofu<br />
"The Book" on how to make any sort of Tofu. <br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0345351819/qid=1110067457/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/" rel="nofollow">The Book of Tofu</a><br />
<br />
Laurel's Kitchen<br />
A wonderful family cookbook with lots of toothsome family type recipes
that kids and Husbands love --completely unaware of how healthy they
are. Very Subversive!<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/089815166X/qid=1110067636/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/" rel="nofollow">Laurel's Kitchen Cookbook</a><br />
<br />
For more ideas Check out these Frugal Living Books!<br />
Complete Tightwad Gazette<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0375752250/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">The Complete Tightwad Gazette </a><br />
<br />
Declare Your Financial Independence<br />
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Complete Cheapskate<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0805417702/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Mary Hunt's Complete Cheapskate</a><br />
<br />
Miserly Moms<br />
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Some of the easiest things you can do in the kitchen is make simple
cheeses like yogurt, ricotta, and farm cheese -- both soft and firm. They
take no special equipment and if you buy milk when it is on sale as the
grocery store loss leader (sold below cost to bring in customers) you
can really save money on cheese!<br />
<br />
RICOTTA CHEESE<br />
<br />
Materials:<br />
1 and a Half gallon pot<br />
1 gallon whole milk<br />
1/4 cup of vinegar<br />
colander<br />
Fine cotton cloth (well washed old pillow case)<br />
<br />
Directions:<br />
The easiest cheese of all to make is a ricotta. Take one gallon of whole
milk and heat to 200 degrees F. If you don't have the thermometer, just
wait until the first few bubbles that indicate boiling (212F) is
starting. The stir in 1/4 cup of vinegar. Stir briskly to mix and then
remove from heat. Cover and let sit 15 minutes or so. A thick curd
should have risen from the milk. It will float to the top. Line a
colander with a piece of well washed old sheeting or other fine cotton
yard goods. Pour the "ricotta in process" into the colander saving the
whey --the clearish left over liquid. If the whey is still cloudy return
it to the cook pot and add another 1/4 cup of vinegar. Heat to 200
degrees and wait for more curd to form. Let site 15 minute covered and
pour this into the colander.<br />
<br />
You now have ricotta cheese at half the price! Use in any recipe that calls for ricotta or cottage cheese.<br />
<br />
What could be easier!<br />
<br />
YOGURT<br />
<br />
A slightly harder cheese to make is home made yogurt. You have to add
active cultures and wait overnight, but this is still easy!<br />
<br />
Materials:<br />
1 gallon skim milk<br />
Cup of yogurt with ACTIVE CULTURES <br />
several sterilized jars<br />
<br />
Sterile mixing spoon and jars by immersing them in boiling water.<br />
<br />
Bring milk to 110 degrees F and add the cup of yogurt WITH ACTIVE
CULTURES. Please read the label and make sure this is active yogurt. It
will say on the label. Mix well with sterilized stirring spoon. Pour
into sterilized jars and cap loosely. Hold at 100-110 degrees over
night. Stoves with pilot lights hold this temperature. Other people put
the jars in a warm water bath removed from heat and cover overnight. <br />
<br />
But remember 100-110 Degrees are the magic numbers. Over 110 and the
yogurt culture dies. Under this and it "sleeps." By morning you should
have nice yogurt for breakfast!<br />
<br />
SOFT FARM CHEESE<br />
<br />
Materials:<br />
home made yogurt<br />
colander <br />
fine straining cloth<br />
<br />
Directions:<br />
Take the home made yogurt and pour into cloth lined colander. Let the
water like stuff (whey) drain out. Now you have a nice soft cheese to
use in any recipe that calls for cream cheese --at half the price and
half the calories!<br />
<br />
FARM CHEESE<br />
<br />
Materials:<br />
Home made ricotta<br />
colander<br />
fine straining cloth<br />
<br />
Directions:<br />
Pour the ricootta into the colander as in recipe above. While still hot
pull up the sides of the cloth and wring until the cheese is a firm
ball. Press it between two tipped plates to let any further whey drip
off. You now have nice feta like cheese for salads, and tacos, etc.<br />
<br />
For more cheese ideas see:<br />
<br />
Fias Company Farm <br />
Super home cheese making site.<br />
<a href="http://fiascofarm.com/recipes/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://fiascofarm.com/recipes/index.html</a><br />
<br />
Yogurt Recipes<br />
<a href="http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/yogurt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/yogurt.html</a><br />
<br />
For more advanced Hobby Cheese making:<br />
<a href="http://www.dairyconnection.com/hobbyiest.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dairyconnection.com/hobbyiest.html</a><br />
<br />
For more ideas Check out these Frugal Living Books!<br />
Complete Tightwad Gazette<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0375752250/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">The Complete Tightwad Gazette </a><br />
<br />
Declare Your Financial Independence<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/1580624618/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Declare Your Financial Independence</a><br />
<br />
Complete Cheapskate<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=feministjourn-20&path=ASIN/0805417702/feministjourn-20/" rel="nofollow">Mary Hunt's Complete Cheapskate</a><br />
<br />
Miserly Moms<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Unlike those scams you see on the Internet there
are real mystery shopping companies that pay you to see if various companies
employees are doing their jobs. I use these shops when I go to stores I normally
shop, and thus get paid to shop and reimbursed for part of my purchase. You can
mystery shop retail stores, banks, gas stations, fast food, fine dining,
etc.</span></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The way it works is you go to a store, walk around and generally assess the cleanliness of the unit. You then will have to interact with a sales associate to see if they are aware of a certain product. Every month companies feature certain products and want the employee selling them. Then you have to make a small purchase for which you are reimbursed. So you get the shop pay plus reimbursement. Then you go home and put the report up on the mystery shop online and upload a picture of the receipt. Some shops like banks or car dealerships, don't even require a purchase You just need to get a business card. </span></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">There used to be a lot more of these jobs and they
used to pay a lot better in the past. Before the economic down turn almost every national company was mystery shopping their employees.On my best month as a
mystery shopper I made over $1500. Then it became obvious the reason for falling
national sales wasn't bad employees. Companies cut way back on mystery shopping,
but jobs are still there to help supplement your income.And I noticed if you
live in urban areas there are still lots of shops. No so here in rural
America!</span></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">To check and see what jobs are available It is best
to go to the Official Mystery Shoppers Providers Association site. This site
shows only registered legitimate companies. Most pay monthly are are
reputable.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://mspa.jobslinger.com/exec/sfs/jobboard">http://mspa.jobslinger.com/exec/sfs/jobboard</a></span></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Another site of one of the oldest mystery shopping
companies is:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Bestmark </span></div>
<div>
<a href="https://apply.bestmark.com/?r=NY3517" target="_blank">https://apply.bestmark.com/?<wbr></wbr>r=NY3517</a><br />
<br />
Here's another couple for you to check out!<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Marketforce</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<a href="http://www.marketforce.com/" name="Apply Market Force">Apply
Market Force </a>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Corporate Research</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<a href="http://www.mysteryshops.com/prospective.asp?rid=314126" name="Apply Here">Apply
Here</a></div>
<br /></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">And please, please, please avoid those scam site
which say they will pay you to cash a check. These scams are rampant and have
nothing to do with legitimate mystery shopping. here is a great article on
this:</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mysteryshop.org/avoid-scammers">http://www.mysteryshop.org/avoid-scammers</a></span></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">So give mystery shopping a try to see if it will
help you add to your family income.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-19528346850282332682013-07-19T08:58:00.001-07:002013-09-11T21:06:58.381-07:00Beat This Heat!<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Luckily
for us we live in southern New York state and seldom get days so hot
that cooling is a concern. However, at various points we've lived in
both Florida and Oklahoma and certainly know about heat. But recently we've have had a serious heat wave through all the northern states too. People need ways to Beat this heat! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">One thing I've learned is that the central principle in managing heat is:</span><br />
<br />
<b><u>
HEAT RISES.</u></b><br />
<br />
It will rise and rise no matter what you do – as we northerners who have
very warm heated ceilings all winter will be happy to tell you. <br />
<br />
The second principle of cheap heating is that heat is transmitted by infrared rays of the sun. Just like a heat lamp.<br />
<br />
So the fundamentals of cheap cooling involve:<br />
1) Letting heat rise out of the building<br />
2) Blocking infrared solar rays<br />
<br />
One can let heat rise in a number of ways. One of the most simple is to
let the hot air move up unimpeded to the second floor and then up to an
attic space where, a preferably solar powered, attic fan will whisk the
hot air out of the house. Ceiling fans can help in this effort if the
blades are pitched in the right direction. Most are set to drive warm
air down in the winter – not whisk hot air up! So make sure the fan
blade is pitched properly, and then guide the air into a higher space
and out of the building. If you are an apartment dweller with no attic
access, then pull the upper casing of your window down and use a fan to
blow air out from the higher level where the hot air will naturally
collect. Heat rises –use this to your advantage.<br />
<br />
The second part of blocking infrared rays can be as simple as planting
deciduous vines and trees to block sunlight on south facing windows.
However, obviously it takes time to grow trees and bushes. Apartment
dwellers don’t have these options. So one block of the infrared rays of
the sunlight is to put those light blocking films on the windows. They
can be quite inexpensive and since they adhere with just static pressure
you can pull them down to let winter light in. Shade screens can serve a
similar purpose and long term are cheaper than a yearly application of
light blocking film. In a pinch reflective materials like aluminum foil
will reflect light away from the windows. It depends on your
circumstances and level of prior preparation. Awnings are nice old
fashioned solutions also.<br />
<br />
In really hot areas where the options I mentioned are not available to
you, simply raising the temperature at which the house is kept by air conditioning will save
you money. Seventy-five to eighty degrees is not that uncomfortable for
most people and can save people lots of money over the frigid 65 that
many people place their summer temperatures to.<br />
<br />
We lived in the desert part of western Oklahoma with just a ceiling fan
and attic fan and the house never got over 80 degrees F --- even when out
side it was 103 degrees F or more!!! We partially opened the attic
access, used the ceiling fan to drive the hot air upwards, and then
vented it out of the attic with a fan. We did have trumpet vine on the
south side of the house which helped with south shade, but otherwise we
were completely exposed to the sun on a rocky hillside. So I know these
techniques work.</div>
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Fans can be bought cheaply at garage sales and discount stores.</div>
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<br />
Yes, those noisy bugs are over their 17 year underground stay, and will emerge in the East coast in areas where the ground reaches 64 Degrees F.<br />
<br />
Then you will hear the distinctive buzz of the mating calls of lonely male cicadas. <br />
<br />
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />They predict a large hatch this year of literally millions of bugs.<br />
<br />
I find this 17 year event really fun to watch and listen too.<br />
<br />
If you see cicadas in your area report them to the tracking page at:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/index.html#blog" target="_blank">http://project.wnyc.org/cicadas/index.html#blog</a><br />
<br />
Join in the fun of cicada watch!<br />
<br />
HAPPY SPRING!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-36790605887736702692013-05-09T08:27:00.000-07:002013-09-11T21:00:00.433-07:00Save Money on heating bills with a Heat CatcherNow that we are well into May you'd think I'd be writing a post about lowering heating bills, but it is still way cold. Some friends who live in the Mid-west say they still have snow on the ground!!! Its been a late Spring for sure. <br />
<br />
We have all electric heat (except for the fire places) and have always had to be extra careful about wasting heat. We read about people using solar heat for their homes in warmer areas and decided that we'd adapt some plans we saw at:<br />
JRWhipple<br />
<a href="http://www.jrwhipple.com/sr/" target="_blank">JR WHIPPLE SELF SUFFICIENCY</a><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">With this method we have cut our winter heating costs (we have all electric heat!!!) by over one half. It is very simple to do and very inexpensive for the benefits reaped. And it uses free solar power! We have heat catchers in all our east, south and south-west windows placed in back of existing drapes and blinds.</span><br />
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<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Materials:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">a roll of heavy duty aluminum foil<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">duct tape or packing tape, tacks, string or other means of securing foil to the window frame<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">card board strips cut as wide as window frame (optional)</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">flat black paint<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">South facing windows (east and west windows are less effective in their solar gain but OK)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Directions:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Take the roll of foil and tear to fit the window leaving a space of two inches at the top and two inches at the bottom open. If your windows are wider than the foil tear several pieces and lap fold together. Paint the more dull side of the foil flat black paint, and let it dry. Fold over a card board strip for ease of handling. Tie wire or string to the top section if desired.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Once the foil is dry, you tape it to the interior window frame --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Black side facing outdoors.</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Leave a space of an inch at the top and bottom open for the air to circulate. Or you can tie it on to the drapery rod to secure.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Your basic collector is done! You will feel that end of the room heating as the sun shines on the black foil. It will warm this end of the room as long as the sun shines. Cover the window to prevent radiant heat loss at night through the glass with a window quilt or solar shutters to make the system even more effective.</span><br />
<br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">How it Works:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The collector works by creating sort of a thermosiphon. The cold from the room passes into the bottom of the collector and is heated by exposure to the sunward facing black foil. Remember -- black color attracts heat. Then since hot air rises --- passes out the gap at the top into the room heating it. My husband jokes that the way it helps with heating bills is to heat that top of the room so your paid heat doesn't have to do it. In any case, a circle of moving air is created pulling air if front of the black painted foil and heating it. It rises to the top of the window frame and goes out the gap warming the room.</span><br />
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<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">IN EMERGENCIES:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">You can save time by simply cutting a black plastic garbage bag or put a black piece of cloth over the window leaving the gaps at the top or bottom for air flow. This will produce some solar gain and heat in emergency situations, but is not as efficient as metal like black painted aluminum foil. Cover the window to prevent radiant heat loss at night through the glass.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Which sells solar heat boxes, but has lots of great photos.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109057354809277428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400624086511650284.post-8788834072296997192013-04-09T15:49:00.000-07:002014-02-11T10:22:06.172-08:00BUY AFTER THE HOLDAY!BUY AFTER Holidays!<br />
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One way to easily save money is to buy after a major holiday. Let's face it --most holidays are just made up to stimulate sales anyway!You can save up to 90 percent at after holidays sales. If you pair these with coupons for holiday merchandise you might get many items free.<br />
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When I looked at some local stores yesterday I saw well Easter Candy, Easter cards, Easter Items, and Easter themed clothing all marked down significantly.<br />
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I also saw baking products with an Easter them marked down so much that with a coupon they were free.<br />
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In our house we have an agreement not to buy for any holiday until after the event passes --and we can get Valentine's Candy at a discount, Christmas and Easter wrap, candy, cookies, and holiday themed items at serious markdowns. This applies to most other less focused holidays.<br />
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So make the change. Save money and buy ahead for next year, or just buy for now more cheaply -- a few days after!!!<br />
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