Menu from the Farm with Recipes for Leftovers!

This week I will concentrate on creative ways to use ALL of our leftovers from Thanksgiving! We really did not have that much left. However, there is still plenty to create a menu as we had three large meals at our house over the course of three days!

Monday

Breakfast- Blueberry Orange Smoothies

1 package frozen blueberries (can also use fresh)

2 navel oranges, peeled, and sectioned

8 oz. plain, vanilla, or blueberry yogurt

Place all ingredients in a blender and mix well. Pour into glasses and enjoy!

Lunch- Deviled Egg salad tortillas

Chop deviled eggs, add relish and a little may. Spread on tortillas.

Snack- Spinach dip, carrots, celery

Supper- Thanksgiving in a pan

Leftover dressing, turkey, gravy, and green beans, cheese

Pack leftover dressing into a pie plate. Top with turkey and green beans. Pour gravy over all and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 until heated through.

Tuesday

Breakfast- Orange Cranberry Walnut Muffins

(Use Applesauce Oatmeal muffin recipe and add cranberries, orange peel, and walnuts as well as 1 tbs. orange juice)

Lunch- Ham and Cheese roll-ups

Supper- Ham and potato soup

Cut potatoes and add to crock pot, chop cooked ham and add to crock pot, add 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1 cup milk, 1 cup cheese, and cover with water  Cook on high for 2-4 hours until potatoes are done.

Wednesday

Breakfast- Ham, Eggs, and Grits

Lunch- Turkey and cheese tortillas

Supper- Turkey Casserole, left over mac and cheese, left over sweet potato casserole

Turkey Casserole

2 cups cubed cooked turkey

10 oz. frozen peas

1 cup chopped celery

1 (8 oz) can sliced water chestnuts

2 tbs. chopped green pepper

1 tbs. chopped onion

1 can cream of broccoli soup

1/2 cup milk

2 tbs. turkey or chicken broth

1 tbs. lemon juice

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup shredded cheese

Mix together 1st eleven ingredients. Transfer to a greased casserole dish. Top with cheese. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.

Sweet Potato Casserole

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup melted butter

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup melted butter

1 cup chopped pecans

Combine first 6 ingredients. Pour into a buttered casserole dish. Mix remaining ingredients together and sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes, until hot and browned.

Thursday

Breakfast- Trail Mix (on the go)

Lunch- Ham and Turkey Tortillas, leftover ham and potato soup

Supper- Leftovers from Wednesday

Friday

Breakfast- Date bars

Lunch- Chef Salad!

Supper- Assortment of Remaining leftovers

Homemade Waldorf Doll Giveaway!

Gabrielle at Couponing in Critical Times as an awesome giveaway which ends soon on December 3,2009. She is giving away a Homemade Waldorf Doll from Ashley who is a local Knoxville Artist.  Not only is Ashley offering all of Gabrielle’s readers a chance to win the doll AND a 10% off to all who mention the code HOLIDAY when placing their orders.

You can go here to check out the giveaway on Gabrielle’s blog!

You can go here to check out Ashley’s blog!
Good Luck!

Hope to Blog Again Soon

Hello, All!

It has been quite an adventure at our house! The children have been sick, our new computer crashed (fortunately just a few loose wires), and we had lots of company for Thanksgiving! Now, I am sick along with my youngest child! Hopefully, we will all be well soon! I am going to go drink some hot tea and take another nap!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Back in the Saddle….Somewhat!

Hello, Everyone!

I am so sorry I let the blog go this week! Things have been absolutely crazy this week! I am sure all of you have crazy weeks once in a while as well. With children being sick and a host of other unexpected events, blogging  just was not a priority this week for me, so I just let it go! I mainly began blogging to bless others and at the encouragement of a friend. As I continued blogging and went through the death of several loved ones this year, blogging became a therapy for me! Recently, my blogging has picked up and I actually get email about every day or so with questions about gardening and raising children and many other topics! I try to answer each email as soon as possible to the best of my ability! I am far from perfect and do not have all the answers, but I love to at least try to help others and/or point them in the direction to find the help they need.

Anyway, next week will be hectic as well, so there may not be many posts either! However, I am going to have two giveaways coming up very soon! One is for a magazine subscription and the other is for Organic Coupons! I will give more details soon!

Thank you for continuing to read my blog and for all of your kind emails and comments! I greatly appreciate them! I hope all of you reading this entry have a very blessed weekend and Thanksgiving week with your families! I hope to be able to post some at least the beginning of next week, but I am not sure if I will be able to or not at this time!

May God bless all of you!

BOGO Olive Oil at World Market

Gabrielle at Couponing in Critical Times passed on an awesome deal to me! World Market has Olive Oil buy one get one free until Sunday, November 22, 2009! That gives you two days to get some! I am sorry for the delay in posting it! The olive oils are priced $8.99-$9.99 750ml! An awesome deal for Olive Oil! There are even Organic varieties available! Go here for more information! 
Thanks so much Couponing in Critical Times!

Free Shrimp at Earth Fare!

Here is the latest FREE coupon from Earth Fare!

Free Scoop your own Shrimp! Get your first pound of scoop your own cooked shrimp free!

You can watch a video about it here.

Get on the HEALTH JOURNEY and get a FREE Pantry Makeover!

Go here to find a location near you!

The latest deals and coupon match-ups are here.

Reserve Your Bird here.

You can also follow Earth Fare on Twitter here.

Follow me on twitter here.

UGO Deals 11/18-11/28

UGO’s Mission is “to Serve Our Customers, Our Associates, Our Suppliers… We are here for you great value, great variety, and great service. We specialize in liquidations, closeouts, and irregulars.” You can go here for more information and to find a location near you.

This week’s UGO deals are good for two weeks! There are some great Thanksgiving Specials! Remember, if you have a store which has a meat department, you can get the meat sliced by the butcher! You can see the entire ad here.

Meat

• Whole Turkeys $0.39/lb! GREAT DEAL!
• Clifty Whole Hams or Virginia Plantation Boneless Hams $1.39.lb!

Produce

• Fresh Celery $0.69/stalk
• 16 oz. Old Fashioned Cole Slaw $1.29
• 12 0z. Ocean Spray Cranberries $1.99
• 3 lb. bag Yellow Onions 5/$5
• 10 pound bag Russet Potatoes $1.99

Refrigerated/Frozen

• 15 oz. Famous Brand Name Butter Spread $1.39
• 43 oz. Prebaked Pumpkin Pie $3.29
• 24 oz. Cheesy Steam and Mash Potatoes $1.69
• 28 oz. Pre-baked Pecan Pie $2.49

Groceries

• 12 ct. Hart’s Brown and Serve Rolls $0.89
• 16 oz. Whole Cranberry Sauce $0.79
• 21 oz. Apple or Cherry Pie Filling $1.69
• 11-15 oz. Assorted Vegetables 10/$5
• Famous Brand Name Vegetable Oil $1.99
• 2 lb. Brown or Confectioners Sugar $1.29
• 3.88 oz. Ground Cinnamon 3/$1
• 4 oz. Ground Black Pepper $1.19
• 30 ct. Family Size Tea Bags 5/$5
• 32 oz. Heritage Coffee $2.99
• 51 ct. 8 oz. Foam Cups 5/$5
• 4 lb. Pinto Beans $2.99
• 12 oz. Turkey Gravy 5/$5
• 35 ct. Foam Plates 5/$5

Taking a Little Break!

Hello, Everyone!

I am going to take a little break from blogging today and tomorrow. My two year old is not feeling well. She tends is the most needy of the six children when she is sick. I also want to take time to disinfect the rest of the house and hope that others do not get sick. So far, she just has a fever and a slight runny nose with no other obvious symptoms. Hopefully, it will not get anymore severe.

I will be back to blogging soon. Thanks to everyone who responded to the Blog of the Week and left  links to your blog! I cannot wait to check them all out and feature a new one each week on my blog!

Some things for you to keep in mind are the Homeschool Freebies which are available every day from Home School Freebie of the Day and Blue Behemoth. You can check out great grocery store deals and other great reads here, here, here, here, here, and here. You can also follow me on twitter here.

Thanks so much for reading my blog! I greatly appreciate all of my readers and all of the emails of encouragement and gratitude! May God bless all of you!

Free Earth Fare Bottled Tea with purchase for Tweebie Friday!

 

Go here to print your coupon for a Free Earth Fare bottled tea with purchase of pre-made sandwich! Good only tomorrow November 13!

Free cranberries here.

You can also get a free Pantry Makeover here.

The latest deals and coupon match-ups are here.

Reserve Your Bird here.

Follow Earth Fare on twitter here.

Follow me on Twitter here.

Organic Coupon Round Up

• Coupons.com has the following coupons:

$1/1 Unit of Beverage for So Delicious Coconut Milk

$2/4 Units of Yogurt for So Delicious Coconut Milk

$1/1 Pint of Purely Decadent Coconut ice cream (Great stuff!)

• Go here for $1/1 on any Purely Decadent or So Delicious Dairy Free Frozen Dessert or Refrigerated Item!
• Go here for $1/1 Any Gluten Free Arrowhead Mills, DeBoles Pasta, Tropical Source, Gluten-Free Cafe, Imagine Soup, or any of the Dream family products
• Healthy e-Savers has the following new coupons:

$1/3 Simply Organic Seasoning Mixes

$1/2 Bottled Spices or Grinders

• Go here to get a coupon good for $0.50/2 Hunt's Tomatoes.
• Santa Cruz Organic coupons available on their site here.

$0.75 off any (1) Peanut Butter

$0.75 off any (1) Celebrations Beverage

• Go here to get a coupon for Free Fresh Bulk Cranberries at Earth Fare!

Happy Veteran’s Day!

Thanks so much to all the Veteran’s who are serving and who have served in the United States Military! You are a blessing and are loved an appreciated greatly! May God bless your service to our country!

 

I greatly appreciate all the men and women no matter the branch of service. My father was in the Marines, so the video above is in honor of him and his service to our country!

Free Cranberries at EarthFare!

I just received another AWESOME coupon in my email inbox from Earth Fare for FREE Cranberries! Go here to print a black and white coupon! The coupon expires 11/17/09. It is good for 1 pound of Fresh Bulk Cranberries with Purchase.

Other weekly deals include:

• Arrowhead Mills Organic Stuffing 2/$5

Use $1/3 from Earth Fare Holiday Savings Booklet

Earth Fare Brownies $0.99

• Organic India Tulsi Teas $2.99
• 33% off Boneless Pork Chops or Pork Roast

You can also get a free Pantry Makeover here.

The latest deals and coupon match-ups are here.

Reserve Your Bird here.

Follow Earth Fare on twitter here.

Follow me on Twitter here.

Calla’s Shopping Trip

Every so often, I take the children shopping with their own money! They choose the store. Last week they decided they wanted to go to Family Dollar. There were actually many things marked down. Calla, the two year old, found the best deals of all! Fortunately, there was a nice clearance area where there were many toys and other things children enjoy. Call found Winnie the Pooh Sunglasses marked down to $0.49 from $3.99! She found a Cinderella Cell Phone with a little purse in which to carry it for $0.60 marked down from $5! She also found a little Princess notebook with pen marked down to $0.25 from $3! She only had $2 with her, so she was able to pay for all of the above and get two quarters back in change to use in the gumball and candy machines! She was thrilled! She filled her notebook up with drawings that afternoon, but still uses her sunglasses and cell phone each day especially when we go somewhere!

The other children found some neat things too, but they did not find as good of deals as Calla. Timmy got an Army Dress-up suit for $3 which was marked down from $15, Chandler and Blythe got an army play set for $5 each (regular price), and Michaela just purchased a pair of sunglasses for $0.49 which were marked down from $3.99 as she did not really see anything she liked or wanted. I purchased a Winnie-the-Pooh outfit for Wyatt which was marked down from $15 to $2. He turns 1 tomorrow, so it made the perfect outfit for him to wear at his birthday party over the weekend! He will probably wear it tomorrow as well.

Blog of the Week- YOU!!!

This week I decided to open the BLOG OF THE WEEK SPOT up to my readers. If you have a blog or website or other business which you would like to promote, please leave a comment telling everyone about it including your web address. I hope I hear from many readers! I am starting to get a lot more traffic to my blog! I have been astounded! This month alone I have averaged over 1500 hits per day! So, if you leave your link, someone will see it. If you do not have a blog or a website, but do have a local Knoxville area business, please leave information for that business as well. Also, from this list I will choose blogs to highlight as the blog of the week. I hope to hear from many of you! Thanks for helping and participating!! Have a blessed day!

Wal-Mart Value of the Day

Each day Wal-Mart has a new item for a special Value of the Day price. This item will be priced for a short time, so if you are interested you must grab it quickly! Use the Site to Store option and get FREE shipping!

Here is today’s Value of the Day!

Media Charging Station, Black Faux Leather

Stylish recharge station

Seamless connectivity & organization

4 charging slots

$10.00

UGO Deals 11/10-11/14

Here are the UGO Deals for the week. Remember UGO specializes in closeouts and overstock. As a result, UGO has items at rock bottom prices and DO NOT accept manufacturer’s coupons. Also, items vary by store and region. Remember, if you think something should be priced lower (i.e. expired date, damaged packaging, etc.) JUST ASK! Also, not all stores have fresh produce or meat. Let me know if you find any other deals! Oftentimes, they have great organic deals. You can see some of the Organic Deals I found here. Go here for the complete ad.

FBN=Famous Brand Name

Dairy/Refrigerated

• 16 oz. FBN Yogurt 3/$1
• 10 oz. FBN Turkey Breast $1.99
• 5.5 oz. FBN Original or Olive Butter Spread 2/$1

Frozen

• 20 ct. Frozen Biscuits $1.79
• 16 oz. Frozen Strawberries 2/$1
• FBN 10” Assorted Pizzas 5/$10
• 16 oz. FBN Cheeseburger Sandwich $2.49

Grocery 

• 12 oz. Armour Treet $0.69
• 20 oz. White Bread $0.79
• 16 oz. Earth Balance Peanut Butter $1.49
• 10.5 oz. Heritage Coffee $1.49
• 24 oz. FBN Toasted Oat Squares $1.99
• 14.7 oz. FBN Chocolate Corn Pops $1.99
• 2.39 oz. FBN Mac N Cheese Cups 2/$1
• 16 oz. FBN Tropical Juice Splash $0.69

Household, Pet, Health and Beauty and Miscellaneous Items

• 32 oz. FBN Auto Dish Gel Pac $3.99
• Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner $100

Produce

• 10 pound bag Russet Potatoes $1.99
• Green Cabbage $0.33/pound
• Sweet Onions $0.79/pound
• Large Tomatoes $1/ pound
• 3 pound bag Tangerines 2/$5
• 4 pound Bag Florida Oranges $2.39

Meat

• Virginia Plantation Boneless Hams $1.39/pound
• Split Fryer Breast $0.89/pound
• Jumbo Pack Country Style Pork Ribs $0.99/pound

Itemization of Kroger Receipt

I recently posted about my totally free Kroger shopping trip last week during the mega deals. I was asked to scan a copy of my receipt, but it is just not legible enough to read. Therefore, I am going to attempt an itemization. I hope this post helps. Please feel free to ask any other questions. I am relatively new to couponing as well and still have a lot to learn! We can learn together!

I did not give my Kroger card until after my groceries were totaled and I gave him the $5/50! Otherwise, I would not have been able to use it after the Mega deal savings and the ecoupons were deducted.

Non-Mega Items

• Hain Sea Salt $1.09
• Hain Sea Salt $1.09
• Hain Sea Salt $1.09
• Oscar Meyer Franks $3.79
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Star Kist Tuna $1.49
• Vitamins $3.49
• Ready Pac Cole Slaw $1.85
• Ready Pac Cole Slaw $1.85
• Tabasco Sauce $1.49

Mega Items (Buy 10 get $5 off)

• Chex Mix $2.48
• Lays Chips $3.19
• Fritos $2.75
• Kotex $3.19
• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29
• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29
• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09
• Odwalla Drink $3
• Au Gratin Potatoes $1.79
• Temptations Cat Treats $1.89

Total before coupons and Kroger Savings: $69.87 (with tax)

I gave the cashier my 5 off a $50 purchase then gave my Kroger card and coupons. Here is the breakdown for each item above:

Non-Mega Items

• Hain Sea Salt $1.09
• Hain Sea Salt $1.09
• Hain Sea Salt $1.09

Used $3/3 off all of the above leaving $0.27 without a coupon

• Oscar Meyer Franks $3.79

Used Free coupon $3.79

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Star Kist Tuna $1.49

Kroger savings $0.49

Used $0.50/1 which doubled for $1 off making it free!

• Tabasco Sauce $1.49

$0.50 Short Cuts e coupon

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 making it free with $0.01

• Vitamins $3.49

Kroger Savings $1.75 (Vitamins were B1G1)

Used $2 Kroger coupon makes it free with $0.26!

• Ready Pac Cole Slaw $1.85
• Ready Pac Cole Slaw $1.85

Mega Items (Buy 10 get $5 off)

• Chex Mix $2.48

Kroger Savings $0.49

Mega Deal $0.50

Cell Fire e coupon $0.50

Used $0.50 which doubled for $1 off making it free with $0.01

• Lays Chips $3.19

Kroger savings $0.91

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled and made it $0.78

• Fritos $2.75

Kroger Savings $0.76

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled and made it $0.49

• Kotex $3.19

Kroger Savings $0.69

Cell Fire ecoupon $1

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 to make it free!

• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29

Kroger Savings $0..79

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 to make it free!

• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29

Kroger Savings $0.79

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 to make it free!

• Franks Red Hot sauce $2.29

Kroger Savings $0.79

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 to make it free!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01 each!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Carnation Evaporated Milk $1.09

Kroger savings $0.10

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/2 which doubled to make two free with $0.01!

• Odwalla Drink $3

Kroger Savings $0.51

Mega Deal $0.50

Free coupon which was for $3 off! Made it free with $1.01

• Au Gratin Potatoes $1.79

Kroger Savings $0.30

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $.50/1 which doubled to make it free with $0.01

• Temptations Cat Treats $1.89

Kroger Savings $0.40

Mega Deal $0.50

Used $0.50/1 which doubled to $1 making it free with $0.01

 

**If you add my total for which I still owed on items after itemizing the coupons, Kroger savings,and Mega deal savings it comes to $5.24. However, I also used the $5/$50 coupon and had $1.39 in overage from coupons! Thus making my grand total $0! The tax at the bottom of my receipt has $0 and the balance has $0! When I add up all of my savings mentioned on the bottom of the receipt I get $96.50 which is where I get the total for the amount I saved. **

**I usually pay tax at Walgreens, but seldom do with CVS. I am not sure why I was not charged tax either, but I am not complaining!**

I hope I have helped those of you who have asked me questions. You may not always have a $0 total. In fact, I was not expecting one, but was expecting it to be fairly low. If anyone else has any insight, I would love to hear it! As I said, I am learning too!

Thanks to all of you for taking time to read my blog! I will be happy to answer any questions or try to anyway!

Wal-Mart Value of the Day

Each day Wal-Mart has a new item for a special Value of the Day price. This item will be priced for a short time, so if you are interested you must grab it quickly!

Here is today’s Value of the Day!

Garmin nuvi 205 3.5" Portable GPS, Pink

Sleek, ultra-slim design fits easily in pocket

Easy-to-use, touchscreen interface

Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance

Text-to-speech

$99.00

Homeschool Freebies

• Download a Free Blinky Bill Alphabet Copy Book here (Thanks The Home School Network!)
• Go here to download Down the Snow Stairs
• Go here for Thanksgiving Printables and Crafts including placemats, place cards, turkeys, corn magnets and more.
• Go here for easy Thanksgiving Crafts including a Paper Quilt, paper chain, handprint poem, Pilgrim hat, and more!
• Homeschool Freebie of the Day- a new freebie each day
• Blue Behemoth- a new freebie each day
• Sign up here for Freebie Fridays,  Teacher's Toolbox, and  for Special Offers from The Old Schoolhouse.
• Sign up here for free samples each Friday from Dover.
  **Follow me on twitter!**

Freebies in My Mailbox

I got lots of great freebies in my mailbox last week!

Free coupons from Kroger! Several high dollar coupons and even two free item coupons! I love Kroger!

$5/$50 purchase from Kroger

Free Panty coupon when you sign up for PINK from Victoria’s Secret

Free almond tin from California Almonds (no longer available)

Free Science Diet Dog food sample

Free sample of Betty Crocker Au gratin Potatoes plus a $0.50 coupon which helped me get another free box last week!

$5/$25 purchase at Toys R Us plus a free coupon for birthday goodies for Wyatt who will be one on Thursday! You can sign up here for any age child!

 

Free cat food coupon from Friskies World of Wonder Sweepstakes Details to enter here.

Free $25 check prize from another sweepstakes which is now over.

Free subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine (no longer available)

Free subscriptions to Popular Mechanics, Business Week, and Prevention Magazines. (No longer available to my knowledge.)

Free $10 coupon to KOHL’s. (I am on their email list, but I DO NOT have a charge card! Awesome coupon! It is for anything in the store!)

$3 coupon for Iams cat food from Ingles

Free Tazo Tea Samples from Quality Health

Free Aquafresh Toothpaste from She Speaks

Free Tasty Baby Organic Snacks here

Free coupons from Cherrybrook Kitchen (I wrote them and received these coupons in the mail!)

Earth Fare Weekly Deals for November 8-14

Conventional Cranberries
2 for $5.00

Conventional Holiday Red Seedless Grapes
$3.47 lb

Conventional Pineapples
$3.97 ea

E. B. Farms Organic Clamshell Salads
BOGO

Use $1/1 homemailer

Use $1/2 homemailer

Use $0.75/1 homemailer

Take quiz here to get $1/1 by mail.

Holiday Red Seedless Grapes
$3.47 lb

Organic Broccoli 14 count
$2.77 lb

Organic Fuji, Granny Smith or Gala Apples 3 pound bag
3 pound bag
$3.97 ea

 

Star Red Ruby Grapefruit
2 for $3.00

Grocery

Arrowhead Mills Herb Stuffing, Assorted Varieties
10 oz
2 for $5.00

$1/3 from Earth Fare Holiday Savings Booklet

 

Conventional Pecan Pieces
$6.99 lb

Meat & Seafood View All

Earth Fare Organic Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
$7.99 lb

 

Earth Fare Organic Whole Fryer
$2.69 lb

 

Hickory Nut Gap Farm Local Grass-fed Beef New York Strip
$14.99 lb

Tilapia Fillets
$6.99 lb

Specialty

Counter Culture Coffee Holiday Blend 2009
12 oz
$9.99 ea

La Quercia Sliced Prosciutto Speck and Pancetta
3 oz
$5.99 ea

Swiss Emmental Fondue Cheese
$9.99 lb

Swiss Gruyere Fondue Cheese
$10.99 lb

Prepared Foods

Earth Fare Cinnamon Whipped Sweet Potatoes
$4.49 lb

Earth Fare Turkey Cranberry Brie Sandwich
$5.49 ea

Orange Mustard Turkey
$9.99 lb

Bakery View All

Earth Fare Creme Brulee
12 oz
$2.99 ea

Earth Fare Muffins Top of the Day
4 pack
$4.49 ea

Wal-Mart New Value of the Day

I just received an email from Wal-Mart introducing their new Value of the Day. Each day they will have a new deal and you have to grab it before it is gone. Today it is a Lexmark X4650 Wireless All-in-One Printer Value Bundle for $59!

If you are interested in this item go here quickly before it is gone!

You can ship it to a store near you for free shipping!

Menu From the Farm with Recipes

Last week’s menu totally slipped my mind. I did plan a menu, I just forgot to post it! Here is this weeks menu! I am beginning to work on cleaning out my freezer to make room for our beef we will get in January!

Sunday

Breakfast- Grits, Applesauce Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins, Turkey Bacon

Lunch- Wyatt’s Birthday Party Hotdogs, chili, slaw, chips, cake, ice cream

Supper- Snacks, if we are even hungry!

Monday

Breakfast- Sausage Gravy on Bagels

Lunch- Leftover hotdogs and other sides from party!

Supper- White Chili, Blue Cornbread

Tuesday

Breakfast- Grits, eggs, applesauce

Lunch- Peanut Butter and Jelly on Gluten Free Bread

Supper- Roast, Mashed Cauliflower, Fried Okra

Wednesday

Breakfast-  Fruit Smoothies

Lunch-  Tuna Salad Melts on Rice Cakes

Supper- Leftovers Quiche, green beans, carrots

Thursday (on the go!)

Breakfast- Date Bars

Lunch- Trail Mix, apples

Supper- Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, greens

Friday

Breakfast- Oatmeal, apple slices

Lunch- Corn dog muffins, carrot sticks

Supper- Date Night

Saturday

Breakfast- Fried Oatmeal Patties with Maple Syrup

Lunch- Homemade turkey soup (I canned last year after Thanksgiving), Blue Cornbread

Supper- Steaks and hamburgers, green beans, baked potatoes

 

Recipes

• Sausage Gravy

1 pound sausage (I used some I had frozen which was All Natural without any MSG or other preservatives)

1/4-1/2 cup flour (I use rice)

4 cups milk

Brown sausage in large skillet. Add flour and stir. Gradually add milk and whisk mixture. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly.

• Applesauce Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats

1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour (I use Rice)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/2 cup fat-free milk

3 tablespoons olive or coconut oil

1 egg white

1 cup blueberries

1 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or other nut

TOPPING:

1/4 cup quick-cooking oats

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter, melted

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine the applesauce, milk, oil and egg white. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Gently fold in blueberries and walnuts. Fill muffin cup liners coated three-fourths full.

Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 400° for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: 10 muffins.

 

• Mashed Cauliflower

Cook cauliflower until very tender. Drain.  Mash with mixer. Add butter, salt, and pepper to taste. Great low carb alternative to Mashed Potatoes!

• White Chili (I invented this recipe today because I did not like the ones in my cookbook)

2 pounds chicken, cubed

2 15 oz. cans Cannellini beans, navy beans, or great northern beans

1 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped green chili peppers

1/2 cup chopped celery

1 tbs. salt

1 tsp. oregano

2 quarts water (may need more)

Place all ingredients in a crockpot. Make sure there is enough water to adequately cover the chicken and other ingredients.)

• Date Bars (The experimental recipe I made up which tastes similar to Larabars.)

 

Equal part dates and equal part nuts (pecans, walnuts, and almonds work great!). Combine in a food processor until ball forms. Flatten into bars. Eat raw or cook at 400 until desired crispness. Store extras individually wrapped in wax paper in freezer.

• Corndog muffins- Use regular cornmeal muffin recipe. Add chopped hotdogs into batter before pouring into muffin liners! Children will love these!
• Fried Oatmeal Patties- Take left over oatmeal and stir in raisins, chopped apples, chopped nuts, etc. Fry in a little bit of oil or butter and pour maple syrup over the top! Delicious! They are also great with homemade jelly!

Organic Ingles Trip

I was able to get all of the above for $10.57! The yogurt came out free with a few cents overage. The ORGANIC chicken was marked down to$0.99/pound and is usually around $4-$5 per pound for the boneless skinless chicken breast!! I purchased six packages weighing from 1.5 to 2 pounds! We have not had chicken in a while because I just cannot afford the organic and knowing how the other chicken is raised, I am too scared to feed the other chicken to my family! So, we just eat our beef and other meats when I can get a good deal! Now, we can have some chicken!

Total Spent: $10.57 Total Saved: Well over $20!

Last Week’s Totally Free Kroger Trip!

 

Using coupons and the Mega Deal last week, I got ALL of the above for $0! Yes, my actual total came to $0!

I had a free item coupon for the Odwalla which was also part of the MEGA deal. I also had a free item coupon for the Oscar Meyer Hot Dogs, a $5/50 purchase and a $2 off Nature’s Bounty Vitamins coupon which came in the mail from Kroger! These coupons allowed me to get the slaw and the salt for free. I also had a $3/3 coupon for Hain Celestial Products which I used for the salt.
Total Spent: $0 Total Saved: $96.50!

My UGO Trip (November 4, 2009)

UGO still has many wonderful Organic deals available. However, I just purchased the above items this week.

3 pound bags of apples (5/$5) {I purchased 5 total}

5 packages Oscar Meyer Natural Beef Franks $1 each! {$3.79 at Kroger!}

Total spent: $10 Total Saved: Well over $25!

Friday Freebies from the Farm

• Get a free sample of Tasty Organic Fruit Snacks by becoming a fan on Facebook and sending an email to mckenna@tastybaby.com. You can see more info here.
• Go here to request a free Holiday Recipe Guide from Very Best Baking.
• To receive a free A.1. Steak Sauce Favorite Recipes booklet just call the automated toll-free number 1-888-217-8325 and Press 2.
• Take this coupon into any GNC store by December 31, 2009, to get a free Sun-Rype Fruitsource bar.
• Go here to download a free ebook with healthful Thanksgiving Recipes in it.
• Go here to sign up for two free issues of Family Circle magazine.
• November 16-23, 2009, Jessica Sprague will be hosting a free online digital scrapbooking class on holiday digital scrapbooking. Go here for more information.
• Go here to request your free sample of Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew courtesy of Wal-Mart.
• Go here to get a free Classical Christmas sampler download.
• ChristianAudio.com is offering a free download of Desiring God by John Piper during the month of November. Go here and add it to your cart. Then use coupon code Nov2009 at checkout to get it for free.
• Go here to download a free copy of the ebook, Thriving on Less.

Tweebie Friday! $3.00 off Earth Fare Prepackaged #Organic Chicken!

Most Friday’s Earth Fare has a free coupon available. This week it is for $3 off Prepackaged Organic Chicken! It is good for today only.

You can also get a free Pantry Makeover here.

The latest deals and coupon match-ups are here.

Follow Earth Fare on twitter here.

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Friday Is Mega Swag Bucks Day!

Pictured above are my freebies from earning Amazon Gift Cards through Swagbucks!

I will be the first to admit, I was a little skeptical about swagbucks at first! Now, I am hooked! If I am going to be searching the internet, I may as well be rewarded.

So, just how does swagbucks work?

• Go here and sign up for an account. You get $3 Swagbucks just for joining.
• Begin Searching. Search just as you will with Google. Swagbucks uses Google and ask.com.
• Be earning. Friday is Mega swagbuck day, so they are giving away twice as many swagbucks today! There are even $100 swagbucks available to win! Rewards are random, and the highest I have ever received at one time is $5 swagbucks.

• Redeem Your swagbucks! Prizes include:

1. $5 Amazon.com gift card for $45 swagbucks
2. $10 Barnes and Noble Gift card for $125 swagbucks
3. collectibles, electronics, comic books, and so much more!

Happy searching with Swagbucks!

Organic/Natural Coupon Round-Up

• $1/1 Natural Dentist here.
• Go here to print a coupon for a FREE Steaz Zero Calorie Sparkling Green Tea!
• Go here to print coupons for Renpure Organics Products
• Go here to fill out the survey and get a coupon good for $1.00 off any Blue Horizon product.
• Go here for $1/1 Wholly Guacamole coupon
• Go here for $1/1 off any Turtle Mountain product! I love the Coconut Milk ice cream and yogurt!
• Go here to print the following coupons:

1. $0.50/1 StarKist Pouch Product
2. $0.75/1 DelMonte Pineapple
3. B1G1 Steaz Organic Iced Tea Beverage (Use this coupon with the free coupon mentioned above and get 2 free!)
4. $3/1 Huggies Pure and Natural Diapers
5. $0.40/1 LARABAR

• Go here to print the following coupons:

1. $1/2 Kikkoman products.
2. $1/2 Chex Cereals (Remember Rice Chex, Corn Chex, Honey Nut Chex, Chocolate Chex, Cinnamon Chex, and Strawberry Chex and  are now gluten Free!!)
3. $1/2 Dole Salad blends with the NEW DOLE Salad Guide
4. $1/1 Alexia Crunchy Snacks
5. $1/1 Bertolli Olive Oil 17 oz. or larger
6. $1/1 Wholly Guacamole
7. $0.40/1 Stevia in the Raw
8. $0.50/2 Domino Sugar Products (They do have Organic variety.)

• Mambo Sprouts
• Health e Savers
• Delicious Living
• Kiwi Magazine

November’s Month of Garden Chores

It is time for another monthly list of things we can be doing in our gardens or to prepare for our gardens for the next growing season.

• Recycle your leaves.

Mow over dry leaves and rake them up for mulch, spread directly on garden beds, or stockpile some for making compost during the winter months. Set up a mobile compost bin directly in the garden.

• Start seedlings (around November 20 to be ready to plant around March 20) **I hope to have a post later this month on how to start your own seeds! Hint: Save those cardboard egg cartons!**

1. Celery
2. Chives
3. Leeks
4. Onions
5. Parsley

• Transplant  (if you have started from seed or have purchased the bulbs)

1. Winter Onions
2. Garlic Bulbs
3. Spring Flowering Bulbs
4. Perennial Herbs
5. Perennial Flowers
6. Perennial Plants

• Harvest (if you have them as well as anything else you may have)

1. Spinach
2. Lettuces
3. Greens
4. Cilantro
5. Parsley
6. Brussel Sprouts
7. Cabbage
8. Kohlrabi
9. Broccoli
10. Turnips
11. Carrots

• Feed the Birds
• Mulch Root crops and strawberries
• Make compost
• Cut back and mulch perennial herbs and flowers

Reserve Your Turkey at Earth Fare

You can now reserve your bird for Thanksgiving at Earth Fare. Go here to watch a neat video on Reserving Your Bird!

Check out the newest Earth Fare coupon match-ups here!

Check out how to get a FREE PANTRY MAKEOVER HERE!

Thanks, Earth Fare, for all of your awesome deals!

 

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