Living Frugal on Cape Cod

Use That Pickle Juice!

In my home we go through pickles like we go through water. I am always buying a new jar of pickles when I go to the grocery store. I like many varieties of pickles: dill, sour, sweet and butter too. When I am finished with a jar of pickles I always pour the juice in the sink and of course recycle the jar. I had been wondering lately however, how I could reuse the pickle juice as it seems to be such a waste to just dump it in the sink.

I was chatting with my sister in law Hannah the other day and she mentioned how she loves to eat pickled vegetables. I though, wow, what a great idea. When she finishes a jar of pickles she cuts up vegetables and places them in the jar of pickle juice. She lets them sit for a few days and Viola, pickled veggies. Try using carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and more! You can also put hard boiled eggs into the pickle juice and you will have pickled eggs!

Have some pickled vegetables on your salad or just eat them raw. Add some chopped pickled eggs to salad, chicken salad or just eat em whole.

Try some of these pickling ideas too:

Add garlic & Mrs. Dash and use as a marinade.

Pickle some pearl onions and use in a stew.

Add some pickle juice to mayonnaise and use for coleslaw and dressings.

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Frugal Baby Wipes

I get great ideas for frugal moms while watching TV and browsing online. I recently came across an article online that had directions for making your own baby wipes at home. While I am not so sure that it will save a whole lot of money, it will keep chemicals off of your baby’s bum. If you have ever had the chance to read what chemicals are in baby wipes, you would probably not want to use then anymore. They have chemicals such as: butyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol. These chemicals can be damaging to your baby. Below please find two great recipes for making you own baby wipes, give it a try and save your baby’s bum and some money.

Recipe 1
You will need:

10 cup container (ex: rubbermaid, w/lid)
1/2 roll of Bounty paper towels
2 tbls of baby oil
2 tbls of baby bath
2 cups of water

Cut roll of paper towels in half, remove center cardboard, mix liquid ingredients, pour on top of paper towels, pull first towel up. Each roll of towels makes 2 containers of wipes, which lasts approx. 3 weeks.

I have found that if I let them sit for about 1 hour all the liquid has enough time to absorb the entire 1/2 roll. I also have tried several brands of heavy duty paper towels, and have found that Bounty expands when wet and the others seem to shrivel up. Remember do not shake the liquid, it will foam up.

Recipe 2
No more expensive baby wipes! Here is a great recipe.

1-roll of Bounty papertowels cut in half & cardboard removed
2-cups water
2-Tablespoons each baby bath and lotion
1-plastic bowl (about 6 cup capacity-with lid)

Bring water to boil and add baby bath and lotion. place one half of paper towel roll into plastic container, and pour solution over paper towels. Once cool, pull your “wipes” from the center of the roll. keep sealed when not in use to prevent evaporation.

These are so important to use because of chemicals found in regular wipes.

Recipes are from: www.make-stuff.com

Another great way to save your babies bum is to use cloth wipes. This is what I use in my home. All it cost me was $1.25 per wipe, I purchased 25 and they have lasted me 3 years now an counting. They still feel and look new and all I do is spray them with a water/baby shampoo mixture, wipe and throw in my hamper. I just wash with my laundry and viola a new clean wipe each time. I use my cloth wipes for wiping my baby’s bum, giving my kids a bath, wiping my kids face and hands and more. I purchased my cloth wipes from Cotton babies online and they are fabulous.