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Tablespoons | | 3 tsp = 1 Tbsp | | 2 Tbsp = 1/8 cup | | 4 Tbsp = 1/4 cup | | 5 Tbsp + 1 tsp = 1/3 cup | | 8 Tbsp = 1/2 cup | | 10 Tbsp + 2 tsp = 2/3 cup | | 12 Tbsp = 3/4 cup | | 16 Tbsp = 1 cup (8 ounces) | | Cups | | 1 cup = 48 tsp | | 1 cup = 16 Tbsp | | 1 cup = 8 ounces | | 2 cups = 16 ounces | | 2 cups = 1 pint | | 4 cups = 2 pints | | 4 cups = 1 quart | | 8 cups = 64 ounces | | 8 cups = 4 pints | | 8 cups = 1/2 gallon | | Quarts | | 1 quart = 32 ounces | | 1 quart = 2 pints | | 4 quarts = 128 ounces | | 4 quarts = 1 gallon | | Pounds | | 16 ounces = 1 pound |
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More Frugal Food Substitutions
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handy. Save money by avoiding unnecessary trips to the store
that always cost more than planned. |
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Amount |
Substitute |
| Baking Powder
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1 tsp |
1/3 tsp baking soda plus 1/2 tsp cream of tartar |
| Butter |
1 cup |
1 cup margarine or 7/8 cup vegetable oil |
| Buttermilk |
1 cup |
2 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar in 1 cup milk |
| Brown Sugar |
1 cup |
1 cup white sugar plus 2 Tbsp molasses |
| Chocolate |
1 square |
1 sq unsweetened = 3 Tbsp cocoa plus 1 Tbsp shortening |
| Eggs |
1 |
1 Tbsp soy flour plus 1 Tbsp water |
| Flour, white |
1 cup |
1 cup oat flour |
| Flour, self-rising |
1 cup |
1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 1/2 tsp baking
powder and 1/2 tsp salt |
| Flour, for thickening |
1 Tbsp |
1/2 Tbsp cornstarch or 2 tsps.
quick-cooking tapioca |
| Herbs |
1 Tbsp |
1 Tbsp fresh = 1 tsp dried |
| Honey |
1 cup |
1 1/4 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup water |
| Lemon Juice |
1 tsp |
1 tsp vinegar |
| Milk, whole |
1 cup |
1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water |
| Onions, chopped |
1/4 cup |
1 Tbsp dried minced onion |
| Yogurt |
1 cup |
1 cup buttermilk |
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My Favorite Breadmaker Recipe,
by Nikki Willhite A half wheat flour and half white flour recipe for the breadmaker machine. Bread making machines are not expensive. It doesn't take long for them to pay for themselves. One of my favorite frugal dinners is soup and hot bread. The taste of fresh bread is surpassed only by the smell of bread baking in the bread machine. It is frugal, and it is fabulous... more |
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Frugal Food Substitutions |
 | Flour | | Cake Flour | Remove 2 Tbsps of flour for every cup of flour | | Self-Rising Flour | Add 1 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp of salt to every cup of flour | Milk | | Out-of-Milk | Use 1/2 cup evaporated milk mixed with 1/2 cup water | | Buttermilk | Add 2 Tbsp milk and 1 Tbsp vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup milk. Let set 10 minutes | | Whole Milk | Add 3 Tbsp of cream to 1 cup of skim milk | Cheese and Cream | | Cream Cheese | Mix 1 cup of cottage cheese with 1/4 cup of butter or margarine | | Sour Cream | Mix 1 cup of yogurt with 3 Tbsps of melted butter | Misc | | Baking Powder | Mix 1/4 tsp baking soda with 1/2 tsp cream of tartar | | Chocolate | Use 3 Tbsp cocoa with 2 1/2 tsp butter for one unsweetened baking square | | Lemon Juice | Use 1/2 tsp white vinegar | | Tomato Sauce | Add water to tomato paste |
Baking Times for Cakes
 Most cakes bake at 350 degrees. Here are the approximate baking times. |
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Frugal Budget Boosters
 Clean under your bathroom sink and find
forgotten items. Save the money of replacing them or having to throw them out because they are
old. |
Frugal
Recycling
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"Use it up,
wear it out,
make it do,
or do without" |
Frugal can be creative fun. Learn to reuse, recycle, repurpose, reinvent,
reimagine... and save money. |
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Frugal Recipe
Pork Chops with Apricot Dressing Pork chops made in the skillet with
rice and cut up dried apricots.
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Ingredients
8 pork chops
1/2 cup rice
1/4 cup minced onion
1/3 lb dried apricots, chopped...
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Inspirational Article
Women of Valor: Laura Hillenbrand, by Nikki Willhite The
courage and accomplishments of Laura Hillenbrand as she battles chronic fatigue.
There are many kinds of courage. There is courage on the
battlefield, and then there is the courage that it takes every
day for ordinary people, under duress, to live their lives.
Some people make remarkable achievements, in spite of great
restrictions. One of those people is Laura Hillenbrand...
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Frugal Recipes
Homemade Granola, by Nikki Willhite An economical homemade recipe
for nutritious granola.
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Ingredients
1 cup coconut
1 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup slivered nuts (almonds are good)
1/2 cup shelled, raw sunflower seeds
5 cups oatmeal ..
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Frugal Recycling
How to Repurpose Wood Sweaters, by Nikki Willhite How to felt wool,
and different ways to reuse wool from old sweaters.
Repurposing, recycling and living green are presently very
popular words. Repurposing items use to be done because of
financial necessity. Now it is done by choice.
It is now considered a valuable and admired skill to be able to
repurpose items.Sometimes it is very easy to repurpose items. Wool sweaters are
one example.
Unless you live in a very warm climate, you will either have old
wool sweaters in your closet, or they will be readily available
at thrift stores and garage sales...more |
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Frugal Utilities
Thoughtful Energy Habits to Help Cool Down While Saving Money, by
Linda Q. Brown How to save money on
air-conditioning your home in the summer.
Let's face it, as much as you want to blast your AC all day
long to take away the discomforts of heat, you sometimes think twice because you
know that this comes with a price - the kind that involves an expensive
electricity bill. In fact, the air conditioner, along with other cooling
devices, accounts for more than half of your electricity usage. So imagine what
a great deal you can save if you can cut down or even take out the use of these
appliances all together...
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Frugal Health
7 Ways To Fall Asleep Instantly, by
Trevor Johnson Some tips on making it easy to fall
asleep.
When you go to bed and all you have is a whirlwind of thoughts
and a train of worries, sleeping tends to become impossible, let alone the
possibility of sleeping instantly. It's still very possible to fall asleep very
fast by acknowledging the bedroom as a sleeping zone that has been set apart
from the pondering and all the worries. You can try this techniques so as to at
least encourage faster sleeping and to maintain the sleeping trend your whole
life. First things first so you have to treat your bedroom as a sanctuary...
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Frugal Recipes
Piņa Colada
Easy recipe for a non-alcoholic Piņa Colada drink.
7 oz pineapple juice
2 oz coconut cream
1 cup crushed ice...
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Frugal Health and Teeth Article
4 Healthy Foods That Are Bad For Your Teeth, by Dr. Rachel
Hall Healthy foods that cause tooth decay or tooth enamel erosion.
Lollies and sweets are bad for your teeth. Well, that's not a
surprise; even a 3-year-old child knows that. But people are always caught off
guard when they hear that certain healthy foods are just as unkind to your teeth
and can cause them to rot...
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Frugal Kids and Challenges Article
Trick Your Kids Into Eating: Low Down, Yet Effective, Ways to Get Kids to Eat
Their Dinners, by
Jane Thursday, Ed.D. Some strategies to get
pick eaters to try new food.
...By all means use the conventional methods of getting your kids to try new and
healthy foods. Be a choo-choo, be an airplane, be a motor boat. Bribe your child
with dessert if she'll just eat her beans. Don't let her go play with the other
kids until she at least tries the chicken. I don't see anything wrong with these
methods if they are working for your family. If you need to bring out the big
guns on occasion, read on!...
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Frugal Heath Article
How
to Deal Effectively With Anxiety, by
Garrett Coan Types of anxiety and how to deal with
them.
Every human feels anxiety on occasion; it is a part of life.
All of us know what it is like to feel worry, nervousness, fear, and concern. We
feel nervous when we have to give a speech, go for a job interview, or walk into
our boss's office for the annual performance appraisal. We know it's normal to
feel a surge of fear when we unexpectedly see a photo of a snake or look down
from the top of a tall building. Most of us manage these kinds of anxious
feelings fairly well and are able to carry on with our lives without much
difficulty. These feelings don't disrupt our lives. But millions of people (an
estimated 15% of the population) suffer from devastating and constant anxiety
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Inspirational Article
Living
in the Same Box, by Steve Goodier A beautiful story of kindness
from the 1936 Olympics between Luz Long and Jesse Owens.
It is 1936. American Jesse Owens seems sure to win the long-jump
competition in the Olympic games. The previous year he had jumped
26 feet, 8 1/4 inches - a record that will stand for 25 years. As he walks to the long-jump pit, however, Owens sees a tall,
blue-eyed, blond German taking practice jumps in the 26-foot
range. Owens feels nervous. He is acutely aware of the Nazis'
desire to prove "Aryan superiority." And as a black son of a
sharecropper, he knows what it is like to be made to feel
inferior...
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Frugal Money Article
 The
Best Way To Check Your Credit Score, by
Ron Wynn How to choose from the different options of
checking your credit score.
There are so many offers for free credit scores. You see them
everywhere: on TV, in magazines and just about every website you look at. Of
course, each ad will try to convince you that they have the best way to check
your credit score. But which one can you trust? Will it really be free? Is there
a catch? These are the obvious questions. But the most important question is not
so obvious. It's a question many people don't even think about asking. The
question is: Which credit score are they offering?...
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Frugal Article
When Does Frugal go from "Good" to "Good Grief?"
by Nikki Willhite The importance of being frugal in a good way and the story of Hetty Green.
How do you know when you are being too frugal? When does being
frugal turn from "good" to "good grief?" There was a woman born in 1834 that was known for her excessive
frugality. Her name was Hetty Green. She was actually very rich. When her father died, she inherited
$7.5 million dollars. You'd think she would relax and enjoy life. However Hetty
was a miser, in a bad way. At one time she was listed in the Guiness Book of
World Records as the world's stingiest person..
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Frugal Tip of the Day
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Ketchup
There are several ways to ketchup a more frugal purchase.
Ketchup is usually purchased in either glass or plastic bottles. You exercise
thrift when you use every bit of the liquid in the bottle. When you are no
longer able to squeeze any more ketchup out of the bottle, you have a couple of
choices. .
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Frugal Humor
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so
I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start
exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent,
twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by
the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
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The economy is so bad, CEO's are now playing
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| Jokes
 A sense of humor can get you through some of the "bumps" and "hiccups" of life. Laugh!
Getting Old
I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a
hip replacement, new knees; fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40
different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to
blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands
and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends.
But, thank God, I still have my driver's license!
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