Coffee Filters Make Cents

In this day of trying to make your pennies stretch, I thought I would list a few different ways to use a coffee filter. I came across this several months ago, and just stored it away. Hope it's useful to you. Coffee Filters are super cheap, too. You can get like 1000 for a buck at the dollar store!! How's that for stretching?

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.

3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.

4. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

5. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

6. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

7. Hold tacos or sloppy joes. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

8. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.

9. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

10. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.

11. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.

12. Use as a bowl for snacks like goldfish, cookies, etc.. Easy clean up.

Please leave comments and tell me your ideas for the coffee filter. I'd love to hear from you.