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Latest Tips & Recipes oCTOBER 2023

Here you'll find the latest tips and recipes added to the Tip Store and Recipe File during August 2023

Save Money with Home Delivered “Imperfect” Fruit and Vegetables

​I have been saving a small fortune and eating more variety of fruits and vegetables each week thanks to ordering “imperfect” produce. I have trialed several different companies to see which gave the best service, variety, and value. The one that I am sticking with gives a choice of small (1 person), medium (2-3 people) and large (4-5 people) boxes, with an order frequency of 1,2,or 3 weekly intervals. I am a one person household who eats a lot of produce, so I order the largest box - this feeds me for the 3 weeks and leaves extra to pop in the freezer so I can skip an order down the track. For $55 (plus $7 delivery) I receive approximately 20kg fruit and vegies on my doorstep. Excellent quality and always lasts the 3 weeks. I weighed and priced my last box and estimated the equivalent at Woolworths or Coles, even including specials, would have been $80 that day. The produce company uses no plastic packaging, will reuse the box if you leave it out, and allow me to skip an order or avoid certain items if I need to. The customer service is fantastic and I think it’s a win all round. This is produce that may have otherwise ended up in landfill, and what isn’t sold to customers is donated to charities where it’s needed most. The other brilliant thing is it keeps me away from the supermarket and more dollars in my wallet. It’s a win all round in my book. 
Contributed by Nicki Clarke

Spray Bottle Dish Spray

​I like the spray dish washing spray but very expensive. So I now make my own. Plus the some brands of the spray bottle stopped working. So I brought cheap spray bottle filled bottle with dishwashing liquid about 1 to 2 centimetres on bottom of bottle. Then fill with water and shake every time before spray . It's so much cheaper and does the same.
Contributed by Teressa Bennett

More Milk From Milk Powder

​In your Newsletter 42:23 you mention that powdered milk makes 7 litres of milk. That is correct for full cream powder, but skim milk powder makes 10 litres of milk from a 1 kg pack, so with the price at the moment being $10 per kilo, it’s $ 1 per litre of milk. 
Contributed by Edel Heyer

Longer Life Milk

​When opening a new bottle of milk, add a pinch of salt, put top back on and shake. The salt prevents the milk going sour thus extending the use by date. 
Contributed by Carryn McLean

Fried Noodles

We were very poor when I was a kid. Mom would make this and we would lap it up like little pigs. I love it with some sliced tomato and onion.

Ingredients:
1 bag of egg noodles
1/2 cup butter
Sleeve of crushed crackers (about 125g)

Method:
Boil noodles till soft then drain. Add 1/4 cup butter to noodles and melt the other 1/4 cup butter in fry pan. Add crushed crackers to butter in pan...may not need the whole sleeve. Make sure all crackers are covered in butter. Brown crackers lightly, then add noodles, stirring until lightly browned. 
Contributed by Karen Hollnedbeck