How To: Use The Last Bit of Everything in a Jar

January 12, 2016 By Wangeci DIY, How To and Kitchen Tips No Comments

I love it when I make a saving. You should see me walking around the supermarket when I get a 2-for-1 deal, you’d think I won the lottery. In our homes it is hard to think of saving once we have bought the items but there are so many ways to be just a little bit frugal in our homes.

I know so many of us throw out a jar when it starts to look empty

what would you be doing with a jar that looks like that you ask. Well, of late I do not throw them out. Nut butters, jams, marmalade, mayonnaise, mustard, honey etc etc I ain’t throwing nothing out.

I’m not about to throw out a perfectly useful last spoonful of something now I’m I?

How do you use these last spoons you might ask. Here is how:

Honey

Pour in a bit of hot water and shake it. You have some honey syrup

Pour in hot water and a teabag you some nice tea and no cleaning up after

Nut Butters

*Make some overnight oats in the jar. All you need is oats, milk/water and fruit if you wish. Stir it all in the jar, live it in the fridge overnight and you have breakfast.

*Make a satay sauce, add some soy sauce, oyster sauce, some ginger and garlic. give it a good shake and add it to your stir fries or use it as a marinade for meats.

Jams/ Marmalades

*Add in some vinegar, corn starch and water if needed shake shake shake. Add it to your stir fry

Nutella/Chocolate spread

*This is one of my favourite hacks. I add in a little hot milk, shake shake shake it like it owed me money to get all the chocolate melted into the milk. Then I add in really cold milk and some cream shake a gain then top with ice cubes. Iced Hot chocolate