Ten Quick Kitchen Tips to Save Time and Money

I don't really know much about cooking. If we have a decent meal at our place, usually my room-mate is the one making it. In fact, I'm lucky if I follow the instructions properly on all of the frozen food that I eat. I went out and asked the smartest chefs I know, and they offered me these helpful ideas to save money in the kitchen.

Eat Recommended Serving Sizes - A lot of people eat whatever they can shove in their mouth and don't think anything of it. Consider following recommended eating amounts for your size, which is probably a lot less than what you're used to consuming. You might be a bit hungry for a while, but it'll be great for your body.

Eggs - Fresh eggs can only by stored in the carton for five weeks. Eat them before this happens, or they'll go to waste. Don't put them in the door, that's where the temperature fluctuates the most, further inside the fridge is better.

At Home Smoothies - Don't go out to Orange Julius, or whatever the smoothie locale happens to be. Rather, make your own. Simply, grab a container of yogurt mixed with skim milk, and put it in a blender. It'll save you time and money.

Re-use containers - plastic containers that sour-cream, whipped-cream butter, and other things come in can be very useful after whatever was in them got used up. Use them to store just about anything.

Too much of one thing? - If you have an over abundance of a random food or some sort of container such as an egg carton, coffee cans, milk jugs, or the like, donate them. The food pantry or other charitable organizations always need food donations, and the local grade school will probably make good use out of any other item that you happen to donate.

Free Ice Cube Tray - Clean out an egg carton, and you have your very own brand new ice cube tray that was absolutely free.

Water Stains - If your cookware has some hard water stains that just won't go away, clean them with rubbing alcohol to make them look nice once again.

Go Meatless - For a couple of meals a week, try to go without meat. It'll cause your grocery bill to go down, and chances are those veggies are healthy for you too.