Your Cheapskates Club Newsletter 52:18
In this Newsletter
1. Cath's Corner
2. In the Tip Store -
3. Share Your Tips -
4. 2019 Saving Revolution-
5. On the Menu - Tandoori Chicken Wraps
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Leftovers
7. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
8. This Week's Question - What to do with body butter
9. Ask Cath
10 Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
I hope you all had a lovely day on Tuesday, and if you were brave enough to tackle the Boxing Day sales yesterday, that you picked up the bargains you were wanting.
Hannah, AJ and I set off very early - 6:45am - and we were home at 9:45, with everything on our lists and a couple of things that weren't. Don't worry, they've already been given a use and/or allocated as gifts for 2021 (I did the 2020 gift shopping last Boxing Day).
It was a very frugal shopping trip, both Hannah and I came home with money in our purses. I've always used a cash budget, but this last year, when I've been sick and had others doing my shopping, I've fallen into the habit of using my debit card. No more, I'm back to a cash budget. It wasn't that I was going over budget, but that it was harder to track what I was spending. So back to cash for me, with a monthly trip to the bank and then a few minutes at home putting all the amounts into the correct "envelopes". I just use two purses, with sections for each expense, rather than envelopes, these days.
Hannah is on a cash budget too, and boy does she stick to her budget. No spontaneous spending for her, but plenty of spontaneous saving goes on.
Registration for the 2019 Saving Revolution has opened. It's only open for a short time, until 5pm 31st December 2018. After that registration will be closed and you'll need to wait a whole year for it to open again, so if you're planning on joining us, scroll down and register right now - you don't want to miss out.
I'll have a huge announcement next week, to start the new year. There are just a couple of things to iron out and then I'll be able to share the good news with you. I can't wait to share, trust me it's great news, and the best ever for me.
This is the last newsletter for 2018. It's been an amazing year, full of challenges and triumphs, a couple of setbacks, but more gains than I ever dreamed of.
And to finish off, I'm taking some time off. Some of you are aware of the health problems I've had the last 5 years, and they've finally caught up and I need a short break; just a couple of weeks to recuperate and get some strength back, and I'll be back and ready to tackle this list. I'll be back on Tuesday 8th January 2019, so see you next year!
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
2. From The Tip Store
Taking the Sting Out of Sunburn
It's old fashioned, and it's cheap. And it is so very effective that this old wives' remedy needs to be in every first aid kit. It's simple apple cider vinegar and it helps take the sting and burn out of sunburn almost instantly. No one wants to get sunburnt, but sometimes accidents happen, especially in an Australian summer. Soaking a soft face washer in apple cider vinegar and gently laying it over the sunburn brings almost instant relief. Change the washer as it warms up - just rinse it in the vinegar, gently wring, you want it wet but not dripping and repeat. If you can keep the vinegar in the fridge all the better, the cooler it is when applied the faster and better it works.
Christmas Wrapping Saving
The first Christmas after my son was born in 1970 and then when our first grandchildren were born, I made them each Santa bags, rather large. I hand painted their names on to the bags, decorated with Christmas braid, ribbons and applique and each year (1970, 1971 etc.) With the grandchildren I made their bags out of material my mother-in-law had, so that made it extra special (as she wasn't with us anymore). So, my Santa bags have saved a lot of money, and wrapping in 48 years. Our children and grandchildren just love opening their Santa bags and love looking at the dates on them. My number one rule.... as soon as the bags are empty, I get them back to reuse next Christmas.... with the new year date painted on them.
Contributed by Irene Wilkinson
This is a Cool Treat Saver
Approximate $ Savings: $20 - $30 a week
I save $20 - $30 a week by freezing poppers, long yoghurt sticks, cheese fingers so that my kids cannot eat them before the school week is out.
Contributed by Felicity
Editor's note: I love this idea of freezing snacks just so they won't be gobbled up all at once. Of course we all know it's a great way to keep things cool in lunchboxes too. If rationing doesn't work, then try freezing. By the time the snack thaws, chances are they've either picked up a piece of fruit or forgotten they were looking for a snack at all. Cath.
There are currently more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
3. Share Your Tips
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Submit your tip
4. 2019 Saving Revolution
Registration for the 2019 Cheapskates Club Saving Revolution is now open, but will close at 5pm on 31st December 2018.
The 2019 Saving Revolution is going to be different - registration will close on 31st December 2017 and won't open again. If you want to be a part of the 2019 Saving Revolution and get your finances under control so you too can live life debt free, cashed up and laughing you'll need to register now.
Click here to register. https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/2019-saving-revolution.html
Registration is open to anyone, but there are advantages to joining the Saving Revolution as a Cheapskates Club member.
As well as weekly lessons and challenges (which everyone will receive) Cheapskates Club members will have access to the 2018 Saving Revolution Forum, Saving Revolution tools, tip sheets and webinars (you can join the Cheapskates Club here).
Have questions? I've answered the most common Saving Revolution questions here.
5. On the Menu
Tandoori Chicken Wraps
We have tandoori chicken on the meal plan this week and this is such an easy cheats version of tandoori chicken, ready in about 20 minutes. It's perfect for summer meals in a hurry, full of flavour but with plenty of fresh salad to keep it light and cool.
The recipe is so easy my kids have been making it themselves since they were 12 or 13 years old.
Tandoori Chicken Wraps
Ingredients:
500g chicken fillets, cut into thin strips
2 heaped tbsp tandoori paste
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
8 tortillas
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 head lettuce, shredded
4 tomatoes, sliced
1 cup raita (plain yoghurt mixed with grated cucumber)
Method:
Combine 1/2 cup plain yoghurt with tandoori paste. Stir into chicken strips. Marinate 30 minutes. Heat a non-stick fry pan and stir fry chicken strips in batches. Served wrapped in a tortilla with the lettuce, tomato and grated cheese. Top with raita.
This week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: Crumbed fish, coleslaw, potato gems
Tuesday: Mexican lasagne, tossed salad
Wednesday: Tandoori chicken, salad, naan bread
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Hot dogs, coleslaw
Saturday: Sausages, salad
In the fruit bowl: mandarins, oranges
In the cake tin: fruit cake, mince tarts, shortbread
There are over 1,600 other great money saving meal ideas in the Recipe File.
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Using Christmas Leftovers
Don't you just love Christmas food? It's the one day of the year you don't have to watch what you eat and you don't need to feel guilty for eating lots of yummy things. Unfortunately, even when we eat to bursting point we still seem to end up with a fridge full of leftovers (because it's wasteful to throw them out), even though we are sick of the sight of turkey, ham, chicken, seafood, Christmas pudding and baked veggies.
So what are you going to do with them? Turn them into delicious and appetizing meals, meals so good no one will know you made them from leftovers!
Before you do that, you need to make sure you've stored them safely - no one wants to end up in ED with food poisoning. Take a few minutes to make sure those leftovers are stored properley and safe to use.
As soon as possible, preferably within two hours of being cooked, put hot food into a clean,, shallow container and in the fridge - this stops bacteria from multiplying. Shallow containers let the food cool, freeze and thaw faster Don't put the lid on until the food has cooled, to avoid condensation building up.
Once it's cooled, put the lid on and keep in the fridge for three to four days. If you're not going to use them within four days, freeze them straight away.
And remember: meals made from leftovers are FREE!
Free food - who can pass that up! When you are on a tight budget, there is no such thing as leftovers. They are always, always used as ingredients to make new meals. And that stops the "I don't like leftovers" argument. They're not leftovers, they are ingredients for new meals.
One of our favourites is Turkey (Chicken) Pie. The original recipe uses turkey, but we don't really like turkey and this year we didn't even have it. But we do have plenty of chicken to use up, so chicken pie it is.
If you have a pie maker, make small pies and freeze them for later on. No pastry? Use bread - just roll slices of bread so they're flat, butter one side and put them in the pie maker butter side down.
Here's the Turkey Pie recipe, made entirely from leftovers. It's good - really, really good.
Turkey Pie
This pie is made entirely from leftovers, so there are no actual quantities for ingredients. Use what you have leftover and eyeball the size of the pie plate or casserole dish you use. I prefer to use a casserole dish and make a deeper pie.
Ingredients:
Leftover gravy, heated
Leftover turkey, chopped
Leftover stuffing or seasoning
Leftover baked veggies, diced
Leftover greens (peas, beans, cauliflower, broccoli etc)
Leftover cranberry sauce or jelly
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Spray a pie plate or casserole dish with cooking spray. Slice the stuffing into thin slices and press into the bottom of the plate to make a crust. Layer the veggies over the stuffing. Heat the turkey in the gravy (in the microwave or on the stove) and pour over the veggies, being sure to cover them completely. Bake for about 20 minutes to heat through. Serve with a spoonful of cranberry sauce or jelly on the side. This pie is great hot and just as delicious cold.
If you buy a ham for Christmas, you're sure to have leftovers at some stage. Make crepes. Hannah received a crepe pan for Christmas and she used it to make delicious crepes for breakfast on Christmas morning, using some of the ham we sliced on Monday night. They were so good, and you don't need a special crepe pan to make crepes, use a smaller frying pan if you have one. Or just make regular plain pancakes and roll those, drizzle with leftover cheese sauce and bake until bubbly.
Ham and Cheese Crepes
Makes 4 large crepes
Ingredients:
1 cup SR flour
1 cup milk
Diced ham
1 cup cheese sauce
Method:
Make a thin pancake batter with the flour and milk. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into a greased frypan and swirl around to make a large, thin pancake. Cook over a medium heat until just golden, turn and cook 1 minute. Remove from pan and keep warm. Combine the ham and cheese sauce. Spoon this mixture evenly between the four crepes. Roll up, place in an oiled baking dish, sprinkle with grated cheese and warm in a moderate oven until cheese has melted and is golden. Serve with a green salad.
There's two meals using leftovers, so that will put $10 back into your grocery budget.
Other leftover ideas are to use the veggies (peas, corn, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchin, pumpkin, sweet potato) to make veggie fritters. Cost will be about 50 cents for the four, egg and a little milk.
Use the carcass from the chicken or turkey or duck to make stock.
Use the ham bone to make pea and ham soup.
Leftover salad? Take out the soggy bits of lettuce and cucumber, then add the tomato, capsicum, onion to cold cooked rice. Toss with some Italian or French dressing for a rice salad.
Leftover chip crumbs or cracker crumbs? I save them to make Shake'n'Bake or top tuna casserole or to add to rissoles.
Leftover plum pudding? This is my favourite - slice it into toast size slices and then fry it in a little butter. Have it warm for breakfast, like a fried slice of raisin toast. Don't knock it till you've tried it, it is good!
The $300 a Month Food Challenge
The Post that Started it All
7. Cheapskates Buzz
From the Article Archive
Lunch or Dinner on the Cheap Using Intentional leftovers
Simple Ways to Slam the Brakes on Impulse Buys this Boxing Day
Paying Off Debt in the New Year
Most popular forum posts this week
Are You Ready to Revolutionise Your Financial Life?
Smart Goals for 2019
Tracking Your Goals?
Most popular blog posts this week
What are Your Top Financial Goals?
Save Money Using Goals
Creating S.M.A.R.T. Financial Goals
8. This Week's Question
Wendy writes
Help! Hubby gave me a huge tub of body shop body butter for Christmas and I find it too much for my skin. Are there other uses for it? Cleaning etc?
Do you have the answer?
If you have a suggestion or idea for Wendy, let us know. We'll enter your answer into our Tip of the Week competition, with a one-year membership to the Cheapskates Club as the prize too.
Send your answer
9. Ask Cath
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
For just 10 cents a day you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. Members can update their email address or any other details by clicking on "Edit Profile" directly under their membership number after they have logged in to the Member's Centre. Subscribers to our free newsletter can use the Change Your Address form (under Customer Service in the menu) and fill it out. Once you've filled it in click the send button and we'll do the rest. Please remember to include your old email address so we can find it in the list as well as the new one.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
When you login to the Member's Centre you will be told how many days of membership you have left once you have 30 days left. Just click on the link to renew and your membership will just continue on, uninterrupted.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
How Did You Get on Our List?
You signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member
12. Contact Details
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Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
Contact Cheapskates
1. Cath's Corner
2. In the Tip Store -
3. Share Your Tips -
4. 2019 Saving Revolution-
5. On the Menu - Tandoori Chicken Wraps
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Leftovers
7. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
8. This Week's Question - What to do with body butter
9. Ask Cath
10 Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
I hope you all had a lovely day on Tuesday, and if you were brave enough to tackle the Boxing Day sales yesterday, that you picked up the bargains you were wanting.
Hannah, AJ and I set off very early - 6:45am - and we were home at 9:45, with everything on our lists and a couple of things that weren't. Don't worry, they've already been given a use and/or allocated as gifts for 2021 (I did the 2020 gift shopping last Boxing Day).
It was a very frugal shopping trip, both Hannah and I came home with money in our purses. I've always used a cash budget, but this last year, when I've been sick and had others doing my shopping, I've fallen into the habit of using my debit card. No more, I'm back to a cash budget. It wasn't that I was going over budget, but that it was harder to track what I was spending. So back to cash for me, with a monthly trip to the bank and then a few minutes at home putting all the amounts into the correct "envelopes". I just use two purses, with sections for each expense, rather than envelopes, these days.
Hannah is on a cash budget too, and boy does she stick to her budget. No spontaneous spending for her, but plenty of spontaneous saving goes on.
Registration for the 2019 Saving Revolution has opened. It's only open for a short time, until 5pm 31st December 2018. After that registration will be closed and you'll need to wait a whole year for it to open again, so if you're planning on joining us, scroll down and register right now - you don't want to miss out.
I'll have a huge announcement next week, to start the new year. There are just a couple of things to iron out and then I'll be able to share the good news with you. I can't wait to share, trust me it's great news, and the best ever for me.
This is the last newsletter for 2018. It's been an amazing year, full of challenges and triumphs, a couple of setbacks, but more gains than I ever dreamed of.
And to finish off, I'm taking some time off. Some of you are aware of the health problems I've had the last 5 years, and they've finally caught up and I need a short break; just a couple of weeks to recuperate and get some strength back, and I'll be back and ready to tackle this list. I'll be back on Tuesday 8th January 2019, so see you next year!
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
2. From The Tip Store
Taking the Sting Out of Sunburn
It's old fashioned, and it's cheap. And it is so very effective that this old wives' remedy needs to be in every first aid kit. It's simple apple cider vinegar and it helps take the sting and burn out of sunburn almost instantly. No one wants to get sunburnt, but sometimes accidents happen, especially in an Australian summer. Soaking a soft face washer in apple cider vinegar and gently laying it over the sunburn brings almost instant relief. Change the washer as it warms up - just rinse it in the vinegar, gently wring, you want it wet but not dripping and repeat. If you can keep the vinegar in the fridge all the better, the cooler it is when applied the faster and better it works.
Christmas Wrapping Saving
The first Christmas after my son was born in 1970 and then when our first grandchildren were born, I made them each Santa bags, rather large. I hand painted their names on to the bags, decorated with Christmas braid, ribbons and applique and each year (1970, 1971 etc.) With the grandchildren I made their bags out of material my mother-in-law had, so that made it extra special (as she wasn't with us anymore). So, my Santa bags have saved a lot of money, and wrapping in 48 years. Our children and grandchildren just love opening their Santa bags and love looking at the dates on them. My number one rule.... as soon as the bags are empty, I get them back to reuse next Christmas.... with the new year date painted on them.
Contributed by Irene Wilkinson
This is a Cool Treat Saver
Approximate $ Savings: $20 - $30 a week
I save $20 - $30 a week by freezing poppers, long yoghurt sticks, cheese fingers so that my kids cannot eat them before the school week is out.
Contributed by Felicity
Editor's note: I love this idea of freezing snacks just so they won't be gobbled up all at once. Of course we all know it's a great way to keep things cool in lunchboxes too. If rationing doesn't work, then try freezing. By the time the snack thaws, chances are they've either picked up a piece of fruit or forgotten they were looking for a snack at all. Cath.
There are currently more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
3. Share Your Tips
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Submit your tip
4. 2019 Saving Revolution
Registration for the 2019 Cheapskates Club Saving Revolution is now open, but will close at 5pm on 31st December 2018.
The 2019 Saving Revolution is going to be different - registration will close on 31st December 2017 and won't open again. If you want to be a part of the 2019 Saving Revolution and get your finances under control so you too can live life debt free, cashed up and laughing you'll need to register now.
Click here to register. https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/2019-saving-revolution.html
Registration is open to anyone, but there are advantages to joining the Saving Revolution as a Cheapskates Club member.
As well as weekly lessons and challenges (which everyone will receive) Cheapskates Club members will have access to the 2018 Saving Revolution Forum, Saving Revolution tools, tip sheets and webinars (you can join the Cheapskates Club here).
Have questions? I've answered the most common Saving Revolution questions here.
5. On the Menu
Tandoori Chicken Wraps
We have tandoori chicken on the meal plan this week and this is such an easy cheats version of tandoori chicken, ready in about 20 minutes. It's perfect for summer meals in a hurry, full of flavour but with plenty of fresh salad to keep it light and cool.
The recipe is so easy my kids have been making it themselves since they were 12 or 13 years old.
Tandoori Chicken Wraps
Ingredients:
500g chicken fillets, cut into thin strips
2 heaped tbsp tandoori paste
1/2 cup plain yoghurt
8 tortillas
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 head lettuce, shredded
4 tomatoes, sliced
1 cup raita (plain yoghurt mixed with grated cucumber)
Method:
Combine 1/2 cup plain yoghurt with tandoori paste. Stir into chicken strips. Marinate 30 minutes. Heat a non-stick fry pan and stir fry chicken strips in batches. Served wrapped in a tortilla with the lettuce, tomato and grated cheese. Top with raita.
This week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: Crumbed fish, coleslaw, potato gems
Tuesday: Mexican lasagne, tossed salad
Wednesday: Tandoori chicken, salad, naan bread
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Hot dogs, coleslaw
Saturday: Sausages, salad
In the fruit bowl: mandarins, oranges
In the cake tin: fruit cake, mince tarts, shortbread
There are over 1,600 other great money saving meal ideas in the Recipe File.
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Using Christmas Leftovers
Don't you just love Christmas food? It's the one day of the year you don't have to watch what you eat and you don't need to feel guilty for eating lots of yummy things. Unfortunately, even when we eat to bursting point we still seem to end up with a fridge full of leftovers (because it's wasteful to throw them out), even though we are sick of the sight of turkey, ham, chicken, seafood, Christmas pudding and baked veggies.
So what are you going to do with them? Turn them into delicious and appetizing meals, meals so good no one will know you made them from leftovers!
Before you do that, you need to make sure you've stored them safely - no one wants to end up in ED with food poisoning. Take a few minutes to make sure those leftovers are stored properley and safe to use.
As soon as possible, preferably within two hours of being cooked, put hot food into a clean,, shallow container and in the fridge - this stops bacteria from multiplying. Shallow containers let the food cool, freeze and thaw faster Don't put the lid on until the food has cooled, to avoid condensation building up.
Once it's cooled, put the lid on and keep in the fridge for three to four days. If you're not going to use them within four days, freeze them straight away.
And remember: meals made from leftovers are FREE!
Free food - who can pass that up! When you are on a tight budget, there is no such thing as leftovers. They are always, always used as ingredients to make new meals. And that stops the "I don't like leftovers" argument. They're not leftovers, they are ingredients for new meals.
One of our favourites is Turkey (Chicken) Pie. The original recipe uses turkey, but we don't really like turkey and this year we didn't even have it. But we do have plenty of chicken to use up, so chicken pie it is.
If you have a pie maker, make small pies and freeze them for later on. No pastry? Use bread - just roll slices of bread so they're flat, butter one side and put them in the pie maker butter side down.
Here's the Turkey Pie recipe, made entirely from leftovers. It's good - really, really good.
Turkey Pie
This pie is made entirely from leftovers, so there are no actual quantities for ingredients. Use what you have leftover and eyeball the size of the pie plate or casserole dish you use. I prefer to use a casserole dish and make a deeper pie.
Ingredients:
Leftover gravy, heated
Leftover turkey, chopped
Leftover stuffing or seasoning
Leftover baked veggies, diced
Leftover greens (peas, beans, cauliflower, broccoli etc)
Leftover cranberry sauce or jelly
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Spray a pie plate or casserole dish with cooking spray. Slice the stuffing into thin slices and press into the bottom of the plate to make a crust. Layer the veggies over the stuffing. Heat the turkey in the gravy (in the microwave or on the stove) and pour over the veggies, being sure to cover them completely. Bake for about 20 minutes to heat through. Serve with a spoonful of cranberry sauce or jelly on the side. This pie is great hot and just as delicious cold.
If you buy a ham for Christmas, you're sure to have leftovers at some stage. Make crepes. Hannah received a crepe pan for Christmas and she used it to make delicious crepes for breakfast on Christmas morning, using some of the ham we sliced on Monday night. They were so good, and you don't need a special crepe pan to make crepes, use a smaller frying pan if you have one. Or just make regular plain pancakes and roll those, drizzle with leftover cheese sauce and bake until bubbly.
Ham and Cheese Crepes
Makes 4 large crepes
Ingredients:
1 cup SR flour
1 cup milk
Diced ham
1 cup cheese sauce
Method:
Make a thin pancake batter with the flour and milk. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into a greased frypan and swirl around to make a large, thin pancake. Cook over a medium heat until just golden, turn and cook 1 minute. Remove from pan and keep warm. Combine the ham and cheese sauce. Spoon this mixture evenly between the four crepes. Roll up, place in an oiled baking dish, sprinkle with grated cheese and warm in a moderate oven until cheese has melted and is golden. Serve with a green salad.
There's two meals using leftovers, so that will put $10 back into your grocery budget.
Other leftover ideas are to use the veggies (peas, corn, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchin, pumpkin, sweet potato) to make veggie fritters. Cost will be about 50 cents for the four, egg and a little milk.
Use the carcass from the chicken or turkey or duck to make stock.
Use the ham bone to make pea and ham soup.
Leftover salad? Take out the soggy bits of lettuce and cucumber, then add the tomato, capsicum, onion to cold cooked rice. Toss with some Italian or French dressing for a rice salad.
Leftover chip crumbs or cracker crumbs? I save them to make Shake'n'Bake or top tuna casserole or to add to rissoles.
Leftover plum pudding? This is my favourite - slice it into toast size slices and then fry it in a little butter. Have it warm for breakfast, like a fried slice of raisin toast. Don't knock it till you've tried it, it is good!
The $300 a Month Food Challenge
The Post that Started it All
7. Cheapskates Buzz
From the Article Archive
Lunch or Dinner on the Cheap Using Intentional leftovers
Simple Ways to Slam the Brakes on Impulse Buys this Boxing Day
Paying Off Debt in the New Year
Most popular forum posts this week
Are You Ready to Revolutionise Your Financial Life?
Smart Goals for 2019
Tracking Your Goals?
Most popular blog posts this week
What are Your Top Financial Goals?
Save Money Using Goals
Creating S.M.A.R.T. Financial Goals
8. This Week's Question
Wendy writes
Help! Hubby gave me a huge tub of body shop body butter for Christmas and I find it too much for my skin. Are there other uses for it? Cleaning etc?
Do you have the answer?
If you have a suggestion or idea for Wendy, let us know. We'll enter your answer into our Tip of the Week competition, with a one-year membership to the Cheapskates Club as the prize too.
Send your answer
9. Ask Cath
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
For just 10 cents a day you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. Members can update their email address or any other details by clicking on "Edit Profile" directly under their membership number after they have logged in to the Member's Centre. Subscribers to our free newsletter can use the Change Your Address form (under Customer Service in the menu) and fill it out. Once you've filled it in click the send button and we'll do the rest. Please remember to include your old email address so we can find it in the list as well as the new one.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
When you login to the Member's Centre you will be told how many days of membership you have left once you have 30 days left. Just click on the link to renew and your membership will just continue on, uninterrupted.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
How Did You Get on Our List?
You signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member
12. Contact Details
The Cheapskates Club -
Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
Contact Cheapskates