I've got some recipes for homemade dishwasher and clothes washing detergents and was wondering if they're really worth the effort (I'll share them with you once I've had a chance to try and review them ;) This reminded me of my culinary arts schooling when we had to bid out ingredients and do recipe costing.
I pulled my old portfolio off of the bookshelf and found these 2 forms:
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| Bid sheet-take ingredients and find the prices for different stores to know where you can get the best deal. |
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| Recipe Costing sheet-helps you translate how much each ingredient costs into the recipe cost and cost per serving. |
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I hopped onto Word and made a simplified version of these old charts to help me cost things out.
As you can see from the sheet-each dishwasher tablet that is homemade only costs 7 cents verses the 13 cents to 20 cents each from for the store-bought!
A slightly tricky thing about this is converting weights/measurements. When a recipe calls for 1/2 cup of epsom salt, how many cups are there in a 4 lb bag? You may be able to find some conversions online for things such as flour. I happen to have a postage scale so I just measured out the ingredients and then converted in to about how many cups there are per container.
This might seem like it's a little methodical and time consuming for people, but when it comes to maintaining a strict budget, a little research goes a long way!
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