Pinching Pennies: New Uses for Coffee Filters

When it comes to the writer’s REAL life, every penny counts. Here are some tips for making good use of that stack of coffee filters in your cupboard.

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make great 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. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Hold tacos. 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 a hole in a coffee filter to catch the drips.
10. Instead of using expensive strips to wax eyebrows, use strips of coffee filters.