Thifty stock ideas

A while ago when I was starting my budget and looking for thrifty idea's, I saw someone who suggested freezing leftover wine in an ice-tray to add to cooking. I laughed when I saw this, because, I thought to myself, I never have leftover wine or would waste wine like this!

But then, a few weeks later, I noticed that the bottle of red wine we had been drinking had a tiny bit of red wine in the bottom - not enough for a glass, it was barely 2 sips.  And so, I did the thing that had previously made me laugh - I added it to an ice tray,

When I tried to remove them from the ice-tray to convert it to a ziploc bag, I noticed that the wine hadn't frozen really well and was a bit mushy.  I suspect that this is from the alcohol content which doesn't freeze well.

 Another idea for stock comes from my mom.  In a pinch, she would use a teaspoon of marmite in a cup of boiling water as stock.  I have done this a few times when cooking mince that needed some extra flavour.  My thrifty tip though, when you finish a jar of marmite, add some boiling water to the jar to get all the marmite out.  Remember, thriftiness is about using up every extra bit that you can out of something.  I did this last weekend, and used my icetray to freeze the marmite-stock water until I'm ready to use it.