Friday, July 22, 2011

On my Mind

I read Rhondas post "how low can you go" with interest.
I received a letter stating our electricity would be 
increasing and for the average household it would be
$3.57 per week.
Thankfully we have installed solar panels & are waiting
for the process to be finalised.
But we have been brainstorming of ways to save money
and I was thinking that most of them are good for
the environment too. One of the ways is to wash our clothes after 10pm when the off peak electricity is cheaper,  I struggle with this, but last night we were watching 
The Tour De France that started at 10pm and finished at 2am.  I remembered at about midnight :-) 
Today is cold and rainy and I am making pumpkin soup from a whole pumpkin that cost me about 
$2-70 and it will go a lot further than 1 can of soup. 
I'm also cooking ratatouille (which my family lovingly call rabbit pooey)  in the crockpot. 
(I use the crockpot a lot, it uses so little power) they love it with what we call Loveheart chicken 
(technically chicken schnitzel, but as you can see in the photo it does look like a love heart)

3 comments:

  1. Nice idea with washing during off peak Never thought of that one

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  2. I'd be very interested to know the recipe for chicken schnitzel in the slow cooker. It looks good.

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  3. Dorothy I pan fry the schnitzel on a gas cooktop and the ratatouille is started on the cooktop then simmered in crockpot for a few hours

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