Add Some Water

[Milehimama]

I water down my laundry detergent. My husband thinks "more cleans better" so I water it down! Same with dishsoap. I refill the hand foaming pumps too - 3/4 water, 1/4 handsoap makes a nice "foam".

I even water down my butter to make a butter spread!

Mix 1 stick of butter with your mixer. Add 1/4 cup oil and mix. Add 1/4 c. water and mix. Store in the fridge. Use olive oil and it's just like the Fleischmann's you can buy at the store. It comes out of the fridge a lot more spreadable than regular butter, and has 1/4 fewer calories.

[rolltimer]

About the only things not improved with additional water are beer and wine. However, before I developed a taste for dry wine, I once added Sprite to some Burgundy so I could stand to drink it. I drank it, but just barely.

[amyschiff]

My mom always would get the last bits out of the spaghetti sauce jars by adding a little water and giving it a good shake. Then you just pour it in with the rest of the sauce. Works like a charm!

You can also be frugal by "adding water" to your toilet tank... fill up a glass bottle (snapple ones are good) with water and add it to your tank after a flush.... The idea is that the tank won't use as much water to fill after each flush and so on. I think that one goes way back to my grandpa who I think my frugality comes from.

[rolltimer]

In a similar vein to adding water to get the last bits of product out of a bottle or jar, I add vinegar to near empty mustard, ketchup and salad dressing bottles and shake them vigorously, then turn them upside down. You can add a few spoonfuls of grape or apple juice to jelly jars, a tiny bit of oil to peanut butter--the natural kind of peanut butter, that is. Don't know how well it'll work with regular.

[Megan]

For years, my mother diluted my sister's juice with water to get her the added fluoride. When my brother and I were young, we didn't have fluoridated water, so we had fluoride vitamins, but my sister didn't have that benefit, so Mom did what she could to get her to drink water. It made the juice last so much longer too.

[lilac]

Originally Posted by Megan

For years, my mother diluted my sister's juice with water to get her the added fluoride.

Along that kind of vein, one of my friends makes her daughter drink a tall glass of water for every box of juice she drinks to get her more fluoride and to get her used to sipping on water instead of just juicejuicejuice all the time.

[Pammer44]

I love the idea! Why not? I think it makes perfect sense because we end up using water anyway to emulsify the products and get them all sudsy so they can do their job!

[purplefdu]

Originally Posted by lilac

Along that kind of vein, one of my friends makes her daughter drink a tall glass of water for every box of juice she drinks to get her more fluoride and to get her used to sipping on water instead of just juicejuicejuice all the time.

Lucky, I was allowed one glass of flavored drink for two water.

Never thought of adding juice to jelly jars. I'm going to have to try that on DH, he's a strawberry jam addict but by time we get to the bottom of the jar its impossible to unstick the dried gummy top.

[GOTO Fashion]

I've added water to my ammonia-based glass sprays (we have a ton of glass tabletops in this house). The spray cleans just as well, but it does take a little longer to dry. No streaks, and I don't have to run back to the store as often.

Also, I recently switched from paper towels to microfiber towels (bought in bulk from the hardware/automotive section of Costco) to clean the glass tops and countertops. The towels work great, and I only have to use one to get the job done instead of multiple paper towels.

[Solinvicta]

I always water down my pump-bottle hand soap maybe fifty-fifty. I think I would do it, even if it didn't save money, since it makes the soap easy to spread. Also, the first thing I do after applying the soap is stick my hands under the faucet, so a little extra water can't be THAT bad!