Drinking Water Savings
I just read your email today about drinking water
instead of juice and milk...Good for you!
I wanted to pass on a help that we used when
moving to DC and the water was horrible here.
Faced with the option of buying bottled water my
mother-in-law wisely suggested adding a few bits
of cut up fruit. I took her suggestion with
blueberries, strawberries, watermelon,
lemon ...well any fruit that is on sale that week
we use.
Our family is back on track with water now with a
little flavor to cover up the chemical taste
(plus the kids love putting there "own" fruit in)
I thought that maybe someone might use this to
wean there family off of juice. A warning...it
doesn't taste like juice but gives water a
flavor. All in all, it is still much cheaper to
do this than juice, and healthier.
Thanks for your wise advice!
Autumn
Note from Tawra: When we lived in Texas and Northeaster Kansas we had HORRID water. It was so bad that we couldn't even cook with it. What we did was when Mike went to work each day he took one or two gallons and filled them up with the tap water that tasted good. That way we didn't have to buy expensive drinking water.
instead of juice and milk...Good for you!
I wanted to pass on a help that we used when
moving to DC and the water was horrible here.
Faced with the option of buying bottled water my
mother-in-law wisely suggested adding a few bits
of cut up fruit. I took her suggestion with
blueberries, strawberries, watermelon,
lemon ...well any fruit that is on sale that week
we use.
Our family is back on track with water now with a
little flavor to cover up the chemical taste
(plus the kids love putting there "own" fruit in)
I thought that maybe someone might use this to
wean there family off of juice. A warning...it
doesn't taste like juice but gives water a
flavor. All in all, it is still much cheaper to
do this than juice, and healthier.
Thanks for your wise advice!
Autumn
Note from Tawra: When we lived in Texas and Northeaster Kansas we had HORRID water. It was so bad that we couldn't even cook with it. What we did was when Mike went to work each day he took one or two gallons and filled them up with the tap water that tasted good. That way we didn't have to buy expensive drinking water.
posted by Tawra Jean at 10:30 AM
4 Comments:
I don't necessarily like the taste of water, so to force myself to drink more water, I often add a bit of orange juice to the water. . . not much, just a tablespoon or two. It gives it a bit of flavor and I do get some extra vitamin C during the day! I probably go through 8 ounces of OJ a day - which is one serving size, I just spread it out over the entire day mixing it in with my water. This helps cut down on juice costs, AND helps me drink my water!
Darcy
Have you guys ever tried the PUR water filters? They fit on your faucet, and are not expensive in the per-use idea. It makes a HUGE difference, trust me.
You can get the filters at Costco, I think it's 20 bucks for the attachment, and that comes with one filter. We go through a filter every 6 months.
I'm hoping Mike had permission to take that water? Somebody had to pay for it, relatively inexpensive or not, it adds up over time.
Yes, he had permission.
Tawra
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