Tip of the Day: Save on Soap

These days, most dishwashing liquids have moisturizers in them to keep your hands smooth even after doing the dishes. They work so well, you can use dishwashing liquid as a stand-in for hand soap! Just fill an old soap dispenser with 2 tablespoons dishwashing liquid and top off with water. Shake to combine and you’ll have hand soap at a fraction of the cost.

Tip of the Day: The Key to Cleaning Keys

The easiest way to clean a computer keyboard? Simply dip a cotton swab or cotton ball in hydrogen peroxide and run it between the keys.

Tip of the Day: Citrus Soak

Give yourself a luxurious bath treat without spending a cent. Just save the peels to citrus fruit like lemons, limes, and oranges in a container in your fridge. When it’s time for a bath, throw them in the warm water. They’ll not only release a lovely scent, they’ll help slough off dead skin cells.

Tip of the Day: Don't Lose Your Cool Over School Lunches

Make school-day mornings a little less crazy by preparing a few days' worth of the kids' sandwiches at the same time (without condiments), then freezing them. Each morning, just toss the pre-made sandwich in their lunch boxes, add a small container or plastic bag with the condiments, and by lunchtime, the bread will have thawed and become soft and fresh-tasting.

Tip of the Day: Coloring Your Car

Chips in your car’s paint job can be expensive to fix, so before you head to the auto body shop, see if you can find a crayon that closely matches the color of your car. Fill in the nick with the crayon, and then buff gently. This works especially well with minor scratches!

Tip of the Day: Lunchbox Lesson

Freezing juice boxes is an excellent way to make sure your child’s juice will still be cold at lunchtime, as well as keeping everything else in the lunchbox cool.

Recipe of the Week: Cheesy Chicken & Salsa Skillet

The Kraft website is a great resource for recipes. It even allows you to create an account and save your favorites in a virtual "recipe box." This week, we tried their cheesy chicken and salsa skillet. It's a fun twist on a Mexican-style dinner.

Ingredients:

2 cups multi-grain penne pasta, uncooked
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1-1/4 cups salsa
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
1 large green pepper, cut into strips
1 cup shredded cheese, such as a Mexican blend or cheddar

How to Make It:

1. Cook pasta as directed on package,omitting salt.
2. Heat large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir for two minutes. Stir in salsa, corn, and peppers. Bring to a boil. Simmer on medium-low heat for ten minutes or until chicken is done, stirring occasionally.
3. Drain the pasta. Add to chicken mixture; mix lightly. Top with cheese. Remove from heat; cover. Let stand for one minute or until cheese is melted.

Serves 4.

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Tip of the Day: Conserve Water... and Money

If you’ve ever turned a sprinkler or soaker hose on and have forgotten about it, then the mechanical water timer is the gadget for you. Available at your local hardware store, these hose attachments work like egg timers and turn off the water supply after the amount of time you specify, usually between 10 minutes and two hours.

Tip of the Day: Never Buy Fabric Softener Again!

You can use white vinegar in lieu of fabric softener! Use the same proportions as you would for a liquid fabric softener—you’ll never notice the difference.

Tip of the Day: Pillow Fight!

Fight stress and tension by resting on a thermal neck pillow that can be heated up in the microwave. Heat generated by the pillow penetrates into your tense neck muscles, soothing away aches and pains and relieving headaches and those oh-so-aging frowns.