Four Frugal Things (and one not-so-frugal)

1. I planted some green onion ends

I saved the root ends of two green onions that were in my veggie drawer, let them sit in water for a day or two, and then stuck them in the dirt in one of my outside pots, where they will grow new green onion tops.

I’m not close to considering myself a gardener, but this is easy and reliable enough for even me!

2. I stuck some wilty kale in a mug of water

I used part of my poor neglected kale in a pot of soup.

but I stuck the rest of it in a cup of water, where I have faith that it will perk up.

3. I made a batch of granola

A reader was going through my old posts recently and found this one (which I posted maybe a week into my blogging career. lol). In it, I shared that I was planning to add three frugal cooking skills to my list:

• croutons
• granola
• crackers

And she pointed out that 2/3 of those are in my regular rotation now (the croutons and the granola.)

The homemade crackers,though? Ugh. I disposed of that idea after giving it multiple tries.

I like my crackers to come from the store, please and thank you

Anyone who has made crackers can tell you that they are a lot of work for not much reward. Tedious is an appropriate descriptor!

There’s so much rolling and poking with a fork and cutting and it is so hard to not burn the edges of them, especially if you haven’t rolled the dough perfectly evenly.

I decided homemade crackers are not at all worth the effort.

5. The fail: I got sucked in with a Sam’s Club sample

I almost never buy the foods they serve as samples, but this time I cracked!

The sample was a small cup of seasoned pretzels, and I thought the pretzels would be savory.

But I was pleasantly surprised to find myself snacking on some cinnamon-sugar pretzel sticks, and they were so good, I spontaneously put a bag in my cart.

This is not the largest frugal fail ever; I think the huge bag of pretzels was something like $8.90.

Your turn! What frugal things have you been up to?

(and you can share a fail if you want too, of course.)