Case lot time again!

It's time for the fall case lot sales!

Here is an amazing price comparison list! I've posted her before. She compares the prices at many of the grocery stores plus Costco, Sam's, LDS storehouse, and Walmart.

This is a great resource to see if you really are getting the best deal in town on your case of food.

Check it out:

.http://preparedldsfamily.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-2009-utah-case-lot-sale-dates.html

Bath Towels 2/$3.78 at Kohl's.com!!!

Big One Bath Towels 2/$3.78!!!

Codes: *can combine % off and shipping code*

15% off with Kohls Charge AUGUST15 - exp 09/15/09

20% off when spend $100+ with Kohls Charge SAVE20AUG - exp UNKNOWN

Free shipping on any order with Kohls charge MVC9983 - exp 09/15/09

15% off when spend $100 PERKSPOT100 - exp UNKNOWN

10% off any order NEW273 - exp UNKNOWN

The Big One® Solid Bath Towels

original $3.99-7.99 sale $1.60-$3.20 + currently extra 10% off when add to cart = 2/$3.78 before codes.

I just bought a bunch of ivory colored towels! These will make great wedding gifts!

Willard's Fruitway!

Just about everything that is grown in Utah is ripe right now. It's a great time to take a drive along Willard and Perry's fruitway. Plus, Saturday is Peach Days in Brigham City!

Right now a bushel of peaches will cost you around $24, that's 50lbs so it's a great deal for canning and your food storage! Some stands like Grammy's have had various varieties for $16-$20/bushel. Right now the Early Elberta's are just coming on and they make great peaches for canning.

Brandon and I cruised the fruitway last week and found some really great deals on lots of produce we didn't grow like whole watermelons for $1.50, corn 6/$1, eggplant .50, and tons more!

Here is a listing of most of the stand, their location, and hours of operation

http://utahreach.org/fruitway/?fs=stands

Sneaky

This is the first year that we have grown zucchini. Whoa! I never knew one plant could produce so much. I hate for it to go rotten even though it does add variety to my compost pile. So I have been a little sneaky lately. Pretty much everything I have cooked the last couple of weeks has had pureed zuchini in it somewhere. The sauce for Hawaiian Haystacks, the sauce on supper on a slice, sloppy joes, lasagna, spaghetti sauce, crepes, smoothies, pancakes, german pancakes, mashed potatoes, brownies, shepherd's pie, chicken and broccoli casserole, mac and cheese, salsa, and the list goes on. It's amazing where you can hide this stuff! I just start out with a little and see how much I can get in there without anyone noticing. It works pretty well and I am very pleased to know that my kids are eating it. I also do this with carrots, sweet potatoes and cauliflower. I got the idea from the book The Sneaky Chef but I've just adapted to my own usual recipes. The kids get a little suspicious when you start making a whole bunch of "new" recipes.
Another idea that I got from Mandy is to substitute mashed up black beans for hamburger in just about any recipe that calls for ground beef. There are a few reasons I started doing this
1. I have never really liked the texture of ground beef
2. Black beans are way healthy.
3. Beans are cheaper than meat
4. From a food storage standpoint beans are super easy to store
5. It is super fast and easy if you use beans from the can (I prefer to cook my own beans because it is cheaper and I can control the sodium but I do keep a few cans of beans in the pantry)
6. It is a great way to cut back on the meat in your diet.
Some of the successful recipes I have done this with are lasagna, sloppy joes, shepherd's pie, supper on a slice and I have a few more planned. I usually use about one cup cooked beans for 1lb of hamburger. The beans double their mass when cooked so 1/2 cup dry =1 cup cooked. Once they are cooked I just mash them up a little with a fork (more depending on how hard I'm trying to hide them) and put them where the hamburger would usually be. I have to admit we are bean lovers in our family but in most of the recipes you can't even taste the beans and they kind of end up looking like hamburger in the food. Another good thing is that the more you eat beans the better your body gets at digesting them.

Kid's Wilson Backpacks for $2.49!!!

Find them at Kids Woot.

Today only or until they run out.

I got 3, one in each color.

Shipping was a flat $5 for the entire order!

Paid $12.47 for 3 backpacks!

I know school has already started but these will be great to have on hand for when the current packs wear out. :)

http://kids.woot.com/

Kids Woot!!!

If you've never checked out www.Woot.com it's a great place to find cheap stuff! From their site:

"Woot offers a new deal every night at midnight Central time, in limited quantities at a discounted price. Only one product is available at any given time. If you want one, you click that big orange button that says I WANT ONE. When it sells out, or the next midnight rolls around, that deal is gone. No backorders, no rainchecks, no do-overs. And no, we don’t tell you what the next product is. What fun would that be?"


Now they offer www.kidswoot.com !!!

"Kids.Woot sells stuff for kids. By “stuff” we mean everything from carseats to apparel to educational toys & games to non-educational toys & games."

The VERY late August Calendar

Here's the August Calendar. Sorry it's so late. Where has the summer gone?

August 1 ~ Respect For Parents Day ~ Make a list of the qualities of a good parent. Thank your parents.

August 2 ~ First Lincoln Penny Issued in 1909 ~ Count your money and talk about ways to save.

August 3 ~ Chocolate Chip Day ~ Make chocolate chip cookies for your neighbors. What is your favorite kind of chocolate chip?

August 4 ~ "Ant Bully" movie was released today a couple of years ago. Talk about what a bully is and what to do about it.

August 5 ~ Admit You're Happy Month ~ Make a list of at least 3 reasons you have to be happy.

August 6 ~ American Family Day ~ Do a fun activity with your family.

August 7 ~ Sisters Day ~ Do something fun with your sister or someone as special as a sister.

August 8 ~ National Waffle Day ~ Eat and Elephant for Breakfast! (or dinner :) http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjsci/qt/elephantsrecipe.htm

August 9 ~ International Art Appreciation Day ~ Take a trip to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts-http://www.umfa.utah.edu/ or make your own art, display it and invite others to come see your art show.

August 10 ~ May Your Reading be a Haven Month ~ Visit the library and check out some great books to read!

August 11 ~ Play in the Sand Day ~ Go to your local park or beach and make a sand castle.

August 12 ~ International Youth Day ~ Find out what other children around the world do to have fun.

August 13 ~ National Garage Sale Day ~ Go to a garage sale or have your own. This could be a fun way to talk about spending $ wisely.

August 14 ~ National Nagging Day ~ Find someone in the news who you would like to nag. Write a nagging letter.

August 15~ Best Friends Day ~ Spend the day with your best friend. Make cards for each other.

August 16 ~ Watermelon Day ~ Enjoy a slice of watermelon and organize a seed spitting contest.

August 17 ~ Relaxation Day ~ Take time today to relax and read. Read in bed, a hammock, or under a tree.

August 18 ~ Bad Poetry Day ~ Cut words that rhyme from the newspaper. Use them to write and awful poem.

August 19 ~ Aviation Day ~ Make paper airplanes and see how far they go. Have a contest. I could go on and on with this one. LOL

August 20 ~ National Radio Day ~ Learn about how we are able to listen to the radio. Play the Radio Transmission Activity http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/radio/

August 21 ~ Homeless Animals Day ~ Look at the lost and found listings in the classified ads are there any lost animals?

August 22 ~ Be and Angel Day ~ Find a community "angel" in the news. How is he or she helping others. What can you do to help?

August 23 ~ First Photograph of the Earth from the moon taken today ~ Take your own pictures of life on this earth. Make a photo collage.

August 24 ~ National Save your Smile Week ~ Avoid sweets today; and give your teeth a good brushing and flossing.

August 25 ~ Kiss and Make up Day ~ Find a conflict in the news. Write a letter to the editor telling how you thing it could be solved. Make up with someone who have hurt you.

August 26 ~ Susan B. Anthony Day ~ Talk about why it's important to respect the rights of others.

August 27 ~ Mother Teresa's Birthday ~ Learn more about Mother Teresa's work and then find ways you can volunteer in your community.

August 28 ~ Dream Day ~ In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream Speech." Read or check out a video about it. What are your dreams?

August 29 ~ Inventors Month ~ Think about a problem. Can you invent something to help?

August 30 ~ Smores Day ~ Make Smores using a campfire or grill.

August 31 ~ National Trail Mix Day ~ Make your own trail mix and go on a hike.