Tired of spending a fortune to bring back the shine to your pots, pans, and silverware?  

Here are a few tips that may surprise you and save you money.

To clean copper and brass bottoms on pots and pans, simply open a can of tomato paste, rub it on and scrub then rinse. If you do this weekly, your pots and pans stay shiny clean. This is a very inexpensive way to clean copper and brass items!

Instead of using expensive silver cleaners, put a dab of toothpaste on a clean rag and rub it on your precious possession. After you’ve rubbed it in, just clean it with another clean rag. Your silver will look like new.

To restore color and shine to aluminum pans, boil some apple peels in pan for a few minutes, then rinse and dry.