A few things I meant to post, but didn't because I was too busy...

The last couple of months Smiths has been having Double Coupon days. This last time I was so excited about my trip that I took a picture of it meaning to share it with the world, but I got too busy.

Another day my MIL brought over a laundry basket full of tomatoes, peppers, and onions. She asked me if I knew how to can salsa. I didn't then, but I do now. I meant to tell you all about it, but I got too busy.

You know how you can use a ton of coupons on trial sized items to score 'em for free? The other day I got all this stuff at Target for 0 dollars. I wanted to let you know, but I got too busy.

Last week at Smiths you could get this gigantic thing of toilet paper for $2.99. Wouldn't it have been awesome if I had told you all about it?
It was the same day that I got this giant thing of cheese for free.
(I heard the coupon is in the October Family Fun Magazine, too). I meant to tell you all about my Smiths trip, but I got too busy.

Finally I wanted to share a new pizza recipe that we liked. It comes from Deals to Meals.
I'm almost never too busy to share pizza, but even this post got away from me.

So there you have it, a bunch of deals and finds that could definitely give this blog some potential. Oh well. Until next time.

Bountiful Baskets

My determination paid off and I made it to Bountiful Baskets last week (18th). I was pretty excited about the basket, especially the apples since my kindergartner had told me about 12 times that he needed one for school the next Monday.



It has now been a few days and I'm sad to report that the bananas and pears were a complete bust. Neither of them ripened, despite my best effort. I also ordered some peaches in addition to the regular basket. I wanted to can them. They were not ripe enough on Saturday. I hoped all week that they would soften up. Today they were starting to spoil. They were unsuitable for canning so I used them for jam. It wasn't a total waste, but they certainly were not very tasty on their own. Everything else has been satisfactory.

Free Cache Valley Cheese

If you subscribe to Parents magazine then you're in luck! There is a coupon for a free package of Cache Valley cheese or butter. There are no size restrictions, so I was able to use it on a 5lb block of cheese ($16.99 value at Smiths!).

The coupon is found in the October issue which looks like this:


The Cache Valley cheese coupon looks like this (coupon down at the bottom):


I've heard the coupon can also be found in the October issue of Parenting magazine.

White Bread Recipe

I tried to make this bread beautiful by adding the butter on top for the pic. Instead it just made it look all weird.

Anyway, we've enjoyed this white bread recipe. It comes from my cousin Kate.

5 1/2 c all-purpose flour
2 T sugar
1 T salt
2 packages Felishmann's RapidRise yeast (I just use yeast from the big package 2 1/4 tsp x 2)
2 1/4 c water
1/4 c butter

Combine 2 c flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Heat water and butter until very warm (120 to 130 degrees). Add to dry ingredients, stirring well. Gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cover dough and let rest for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12x8 inch rectangle. Beginning at short ends, roll up tightly as for jellyroll. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place loaves seams down in greased 9x5 inch loaf pan. Cover and let rise in a warm draft free place until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Bake at 375 for 30-35 min or until done. Remove from pans and cool on wire rack. Makes 2 loaves.

I actually combine the yeast and warm water first and let it bubble, then add the other ingredients. I have issues with non-rising bread, and doing this has increased my confidence and success rate. I make this in my Kitchen Aid and it works just great.

Bountiful Baskets

As I looked at my near empty produce drawer today I wished again that I had participated more regularly in Bountiful Baskets.

Bountiful Baskets is a co-op run out of Arizona. It is a great place to get a bunch of produce for a great price. The tricky part is that you have to order your basket on Monday for the following Saturday, and you also don't know what items you're going to get. The following things have to line up in order to participate: you must remember to get on the computer at 8:00pm on Monday (for UT) especially where I live because the baskets will shortly sell out, you've got to be available to pick the basket up the following Saturday, and then there is the small issue of money, $16.50 for fruits and vegies, more for add ons. This summer the stars aligned only twice for me.

6/29
cantaloupe, mini watermelon, 6 bananas, 8 nectarines, 18 brussel sprouts, 3 lbs of apples, pineapple, iceberg lettuce, broccoli, 3 tomatoes, 2 celery, 6 corn.

8/7

I'm determined to get a basket this next week. I've checked my calendar, I've got 16 bucks to my name, now I just need to remember order on Monday.

Case Lot Sales

Candi, on the blog Prepared LDS Family, keeps an updated list of the case lot sale prices. She has gone to a lot of work and has invited anyone to use her list (she mentions that you can feel free to donate to her son's mission fund). Check it out for a good reference point.