What’s a frugal trick you’ve chanced upon recently?
I accidentally semi-reinvented the “trencher”. Basically, in medieval times, food would be served on a slab of bread and that would kinda be the plate. Or, you know, bread bowls for soup and the like.
I have an air fryer, and I’ve learned I can line the basket in a large flour tortilla, and it generally keeps whatever I’m cooking/warming up from getting the pan too dirty aside from some easily knocked-out crumbs.
I hate washing things, and I hate wasting paper liners, so it lets me cut down on those, and I can just eat the tortilla.
Save bones and scraps for stock/broth. I keep 2 large freezer-safe containers in my freezer where I will dump all usable scraps for later. Once they start to get full I’ll plan out a stock or broth with what I’ve accumulated. I’ve been doing it for years and it works great. Soups & stews are a great way to eat frugal to begin with and this help make it even more cost effective
Corn cobs work well for this as well!
For stock?
Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend eating the cob.