Frugal Living : How to Save on Electricity Bills or Gas Bills when Cooking

Frugal living means watching the pros for money saving tips and great ideas to enrich your life! You know when you watch a cooking show and the host has all of the ingredients that will be used in the dish they’re cooking, prepped ahead of time, lined-up on cutting boards or in bowls by the stove? Well this is a really good habit to get into, if you want to learn how to save on electricity bills or gas bills.

When you haven’t cut-up, diced, or minced all of your food items beforehand, you draw out the cooking time, using more energy to run the stove, and probably over-cooking whatever it is that you’re making in the process. To increase efficiency in the kitchen, do all of your food prep before you even turn a burner on. You don’t want to turn on the stove and add the garlic to the pan, only to find that you haven’t chopped the next 3 ingredients!

Give it a try and see how much time and money you can save.

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How to save power and save water to the max?

When it comes to utility bills, the prices have only gone up. Opening your water bill and your electric bill gets more and more painful as the years pass. So, what are the solutions? How to save water, how to save power? Is there any quick fix?  How can we conserve water and save money? A rain barrel, cistern, or an atmospheric water generator? Or, is it just a matter of improving our habits and reducing our water consumption? How about electricity, it’s becoming very expensive, so how do we save electricity? Energy efficient light bulbs, solar panels, or a geothermal power system? Or, again, is it more about our habits and can we lower our power bill if we become more self aware and manage our power usage better? It’s all of the above! Frugal living and thrift mean changing your habits to save water and save power, but also discovering and employing the best technology and tools to make your home more sustainable.

*If you haven’t already, you’ll want to check out this week’s Thrifty Blogger who’s all about ‘Budgeting in the Fun Stuff.’

Thank you Penny Pincher!!