Friday, January 6, 2012

Money Saving Tip #206: Don't Wash Clean Dishes

I know what you are thinking.  The title says not to wash clean dishes.  Who does that?  Well, you might be surprised.  There are some people in this country who feel the need to wash any dish, any cup, any plate, etc. everytime it is used.  Unless the iem is dirty, you don't need to wash it.  Free up valuable space in your dishwasher for dishes that are actually dirty. 

For example:  If you bake a cake from a premade box like Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker, you will have to add some liquid ingredient.  That ingredient may be milk or water.  If you take out a measuring cup to measure out that milk or water, don't automatically throw it into the dishwasher.  If it was used to measure water, you can just put it back into your pantry without even washing or rinsing.  It never even got dirty.  If you used it to pour milk, give it a quick rinse with cold water and put it back in your pantry.  You don't need to put those measuring cups in the dishwasher. 

The next time you go to put a dish in your dishwasher, look at it and see if it is actually dirty or not.