Get More for Your Money by Repurposing Items for Your Kitchen

An old toothbrush works great for getting in small spaces.

This also works for fruit flies: a tiny bit of wine left in the bottle. The go in and don't come out.

for storing things like rice (brown/wild/brown jasmine), fish coatings, etc. those fancy jars that Paul Newman's pasta (or veggie) sauces come in -- they're great jars -- and I'll put sauces I make from scratch into them and into the freezer--FYI: pasta does not freeze well so don't freeze it -- cook it fresh each time and then add your sauces (no freezing sauces with cream in them--they won't freeze well either) and neither do things like salsa with fresh 'maters. In the winter time I won't pay the high price for tomatoes--instead canned 'petite diced tomatoes"--put them into fridge, open the can drain the juice (can use it for something else) and use that in your winter salads -you'll be amazed at how good they are and one I took to a friends'--she was amazed and so was her picky husband :)

Wouldn't you want to disinfect the bags used to make the scrub sponge before using on household surfaces. Especially knowing that the bags held fruit that might have come from who knows where.

Instead of throwing away old news papers Cut them into squares to wipe your ass with. It hurts at first but after a week or so you get used to it. :).

If you're having problems with pesky little yellow jackets (the ones who try to get in your soda can, etc.), at a picnic or even around your house, fix a 2-litre bottle like above and pour Mtn. Dew in the bottom of it. On mine they didn't come around for a while, but after the first couple of them showed up, it became a regular congregation, 5 hours later there had to be 2-300 of them drowned in that bottle!!
Also, bread loaf bags are great for wrapping sandwich's and other things. Why waste them?

I used one of our old nose paper dispenser (made of wood)
It is attached with 2 screws to the side board under the sink ( attach it as high as possible while watching for interferences).
There I have my new dispenser to hold the plastic food bags that we use regularly to contain food refuse such as bones, vegetable peal, residues, etc..

Take a wide mouthed rice jar, leaving a little rice in the jar. Put foil over the top and put a slot in the foil, as if it were a piggy bank.
Put in your kitchen cabinets where there are moths.
It's the moth motel. Moths fly in, but not out. I learned this by accident.
Works great.
I got rid of all the moths without chemicals.

Buy more expensive toilet paper and only use 2 sheets (folded 3 times) for wiping. It's strong enough if used moderately.

when large laundry Liquid containers are empty,rinse it out,and fill with fresh water to water plants etc..................from aupagandl
2013