freebird5825
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he's gonna make us suffer....LOLYes - don't hold out on us.
he's gonna make us suffer....LOLYes - don't hold out on us.
One time when we were taking a cab to the airport in Mexico, the driver was friendly and asked us about ourselves, and DH and I were responding in our limited Spanish. When he asked how we could afford to vacation in Mexico for weeks at a time, I said in Spanish, "We eat beans and rice every day." I said this partly because those were about the only food items I knew the words for, and we did eat them a lot. He said, with a smile, "I don't believe you!". I said to DH, "He doesn't believe me because I am too fat!" and we all had a laugh because it was true, and in Mexico it's not an insult to call someone fat, just funny, even when it's true.
When we got back home I wondered why we DIDN'T eat them every day. We do now. We buy organic dried kidney beans and brown rice in 25-lb bags, and cut tomatoes at Costco in the #10 (big) can. We cook up a batch of beans in the crock-pot, and freeze it in 2-serving portions with the tomatoes. We cook up a batch of brown rice and keep that in the frig. Most every day for lunch, we dump the frozen beans and tomatoes into a Pyrex bowl and nuke it, then put it in a bowl with the precooked brown rice, and add jalapenos or salsa. Delicious, nutritious, non-fattening, and oh so very cheap!
Thank you, taxi driver.
Works great, unless you are a foodie like me. Then you end up dropping $5/pound on heirloom beans from this place: Rancho Gordo
They are more than worth it, though.
I actually tear my paper towels in half for small cleanup jobs.
We cut them in thirds before using the roll.
I refuse to pay extra for sour cream for my burritos at one of my favorite restaurants. They charge 30 cents for it!
Probably, the most extreme thing we do is not heat our water heater. We turned it to "off", which saves us about $20 per month on our gas bill.
We cut them in thirds before using the roll.
nor do I use paper towels for toilet paper or any of the other wonderful tips that people have been giving.
Do NOT use paper towels for TP! Those things absorb water and will get stuck in your drains. You will pay for it with the plumber's bill. Trust me: been there, done that!
I don't use paper towels, 1/2 or 1/3 paper towels, or any other paper towels. I have never purchased paper towels. I use washable cotton towels for everything. But, I wonder if washing cotton is more expensive than buying paper... Hmm, time for another study/experiment.
ok, fess up. how do you cut the rolls into thirds? i HAVE to hear this. LOL