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Dryer Savings – DFA Tip of the Week – 3/16/2009

03.16.2009 by Matt Jabs //

There are many ways to reduce costs in our every day lives, so to help do just that each Monday I will post a money saving “Tip of the Week”.

“And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.”  Luke 19:17

This weeks tip involves…saving money when drying clothes.

Modern society has beguiled us into believing we need to run the dryer after every load of clothes we wash.  Don’t believe it my friend!  Here are a few tips to help you return to the old world style of clothes drying.Clothes Drying Rack

  • If it is nice outside hang your clothes out on the line – This will dry them for free & will give them that “Outdoor Fresh” naturally.
  • If it is not nice out (or if you live in Michigan like me) use one of these modern clothes drying racks – My wife & I have one of that folds up & stores behind the door of our laundry room when not in use, we use it all the time.
  • Clean your lint catch after every use – this allows the air to more freely move through the unit, using less energy.
  • This is my favorite tip & one I thought of myself. Use an Absorber with every load – My buddy Fred introduced me to The Absorber on a camping trip last summer & I loved it.  Mrs. Jabs ended up buying me one for Christmas and now I use it all the time.  We throw it in with each dryer load we do and it cuts our drying time down to 2/3rd the normal time (so if our dryer time is normally 60 minutes, using the Absorber will cut it down to 40 minutes).  Since each dryer load can cost you between $.35 – $.45 you will save around $.10 to $.15 with each load!

If you utilize all of these things every time you do laundry you can save yourself upwards of $100 – $200 (or more) every year.  This may not sound like a lot, but any fan of frugality & personal finance knows that little things over time add up to big things!

Click here to see all our past DFA Tips of the Week.

Categories // Tips Tags // absorber, clothes, drying, lint, money, on, rack, save

Bone-in Chicken – DFA Tip of the Week – 1/19/2009

01.19.2009 by Matt Jabs //

There are many ways to reduce costs in our every day lives, so to help do just that each Monday I will post a money saving “Tip of the Week”.

This weeks tip involves…boneless skinless chicken breasts.

I’m not sure when they started to get popular, but I think we’ll all agree that boneless skinless chicken breast have taken over the chicken breast market & are most likely here to stay!

Thinking back as a child, I don’t remember my parents cooking with them.  Instead they bought breast on the bone.  I don’t know if this was because they were budget conscious or because that was the only way chicken was sold back then…at any rate…growing up we always ate chicken on the bone.  I tried to look up “the history of boneless skinless chicken breast” on Google but found nothing.  If you want to look it up, good luck…the search results are filled with recipes, but no history.  Not even Wikipedia had any information on the history of the boneless skinless chicken breast.

**I’ll give someone a free blog ad on Debt Free Adventure for the entire month if they can give us a decent history of this modern convenience food.**

Now on to the Tip of the Week for January 19th, 2009:

Don’t buy both boneless skinless chicken breast and canned or boxed chicken broth from the grocery store!  Save around 75% of the money these would cost and cook healthier in the process.  Simply buy chicken breast on the bone, then boil it in water with a few of your favorite spices to make your own chicken broth!

I did so today and make a big pot of chicken stew.  Instead of spending $10 – $15 on the BSCB & store bought stock I did the following:

  • Boiled the breasts on the bone, sit aside to let them cool
  • pull the meat of the bone
  • chop veggies, saute veggies
  • add everything back into my homemade chicken broth & Voila…soup on the cheap!

Not only was this meal made a lot cheaper than normal, it was also more delicious! The homemade broth was EXCELLENT!

If you use this tip, let us know about it by leaving a comment…

Categories // Money Management, Spending, Tips Tags // bone, boneless, breast, broth, chicken, on, skin, skinnless, stock

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