STARKIST $0.50/1 COUPON

Go here to print a coupon for $0.50/1 Starkist pouch product.  If you store doubles, you might be able to pick up a pouch for FREE!

Thanks, Hip2Save!

 

HOT DOG CASSEROLE

We made this 2 nights ago for dinner.  It is super easy, super yummy, and a cheap-o GF meal.

Stir together:

1 package hot dogs – sliced

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup tomato sauce

1 16 ounce container Pacific Natural Foods tomato soup (if you don’t have this, just add more tomato sauce and water)

12 ounce bag GF noodles, cooked, drained

Mustard to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

 

For topping, stir together:

1/2 cup GF bread crumbs

3 T Butter

 

Put noodle/hot dog mixture in casserole dish.  Spread bread crumbs and melted butter over top.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes covered, then 10 minutes uncovered.  Kids love this!

 

Adapted from a recipe by Sandy Gregory.

 

KIND BARS 12 PACK $11.43 ON AMAZON

Right now you can get a 12 pack of KIND bars on Amazon for $11.43 ($0.95 per bar!)  Here’s how:

Go here and add the item to your cart. 

Choose Subscribe and Save, which will drop your price to $12.70. 

Click “Sign Me Up”, and then enter coupon code KINDBTSI, which will drop your price to $11.43.  

Shipping is always free with Subscribe and Save.  

 

Here’s what Amazon has to say about their Subscribe and Save program:

When you order through our Subscribe & Save program, you’ll:
• automatically receive a new shipment of the item in intervals you select–every one, two, three, or six months
• get a discount on our everyday price
• get free shipping on every Subscribe & Save shipment
• pay for each order only when the item is shipped
• have the option to cancel at any time 

So, when you receive your item, just cancel the automatic shipments.

Thanks, Healthy Life Deals!

 

THE CORN EPISODE

Anyone want to know what I did today?  I have corn coming out my ears.  My mom and I went together and got corn to freeze.  I did 5 dozen ears.  If you’ve never frozen corn, this is what you do:

Husk and silk.  

Boil for 4-1/2 minutes, cool in basin of cold water (or in my case, sink)

Cut the corn off the cobs, put in freezer bags

 

Sounds simple enough, right?  With kids, not so much. Can I bare my soul here and show you all what my kitchen sink looked like earlier today?

But it is a wonderful feeling that I now have 14 beautiful pints of corn to put in my freezer.  And I know what is in it.  And I know that no one accidentally dropped gluten in it.  And I know what it looked like before it went into the freezer bags.  And best of all, it was really economical.  Not free by any means, but really how little can you possibly pay for a bag of frozen vegetables?

I paid $12.50 for 5 dozen ($2.50 a dozen).  I got 14 pints.  That is $0.89 per bag.  Pretty decent.  And it tastes better.  Here’s my final product:

So now, I have a confession to make.  I had a REALLY bad day.  I got up at 5:15 to work (I work full-time from home, if you didn’t know, and NOT on my blog, that’s extra).  Kayla got up at 5:15 too.  I worked for an hour. Hannah got up at 6:15.  So I gave up.

Then I thought, we’ll go out.  Because sometimes it is easier to go out.  So we went to the garden.  And the park.  And CVS.  And the McDonald’s play area.  And the library.  And they were bad.  I got evil looks from strangers, like I am “one of those” moms.  You know the ones.  The ones that cannot control their children. And it rained.

Then we came home and ate lunch.  We were scheduled to go to my mom’s at 1 to do the corn, and I remembered at 11:30 that I had no freezer bags.  And the best deal was at Target.  And since I obsessively cannot do anything except the best deal, I took the 15-minute drive to Target, in the pouring rain, with both naughty children.

At least the Target trip was successful.  Here’s the breakdown:

40 count quart size freezer bags on price cut for $3.79

15 gallon size freezer bags on price cut for $2.39

Jif To Go $2.19 (I was FINALLY able to find this in stock!)

Three Dannon Activia 4 packs at $2.09 each

Two packs of Sharpie markers $1 each

 

Used:

$1/2 coupon from the 8/7 insert

Stacked with the $1/2 Target Ziploc coupon previously found here

Jif To Go free item coupon that I posted about here 

Three $1/1 Activia Target coupons found here

Three $1/1 Activia manufacturer coupons from my binder (that my hubby found at the doctor’s office – we pick them up wherever we go!)

Two $1/1 Sharpie Target coupons previously found here

 

Total Cost before coupons:  $18.53

Total Cost after coupons:  $4.24

 

And if anyone wants to know what I got at CVS, that was rather successful too:

Raisins $1.89 on sale

Gold Emblem Popcorn $1.37

Prilosec OTC $10.99 (with $2 ECB)

New CVS body wash

 

I used:

$1/1 Dried Fruit coupon from the CVS magic coupon machine

$2/1 Gold Emblem snack item product from the CVS magic coupon machine (Yes, this was for 11 ounces or larger.  I made a mistake, I guess popcorn is really light, but the cashier was not concerned and put it through anyway.  Whoops!)

FREE CVS body wash coupon previously available here

FREE Prilosec 14 count coupon that my neighbor gave me (she doesn’t use it, my husband does).  No idea WHY she gets such great coupons, she gets better coupons than I do, and she claims she has never signed up for any. 

 

Final Cost:  $0.26, plus got a $2 ECB from the Prilosec

I used that, plus my $5 Beauty Club ECB that printed when I walked in the store, to buy Children’s Ibuprofen, making it virtually free.  

 

Now, back to the story….

Got to mom’s on time, put kiddo #2 down for a nap, but guess who didn’t want to sleep at Grandma’s?  Was awake for a half hour until her sister went in, unbeknownst to me, and took her out of the pack and play because “she was crying”.  Gave up on the nap, packaged up all the husked corn, and went home for the nap.  Somehow I managed to get most of it done before she woke up.

So would you believe, now I cannot find the ibuprofen from CVS?  Somewhere in the course of my crazy day, it disappeared.  And I still have most of my day’s work to do yet today.

But, despite all of this, I am thankful.  Because my children are healthy enough to be bad.  Because I have 14 pints of corn in my freezer, when many people do not know where their next meal is coming from.  Because I got such great deals on the things I needed today.  Because I have family and friends who love me.  And because the God of the universe loves me.  Really, despite a crazy day, I should be very, very grateful.

 

$0.75/1 LINDSEY OLIVES RECLOSABLES

Yay, I’ve been waiting for Lindsey to release a new coupon.  These are my favorite black olives.  Go here to print the coupon.

Thanks, Hip2Save!

 

NEW MAMBO SPROUTS NATURAL AND ORGANIC COUPONS

Wow, Mambo Sprouts has a bunch of new natural/organic product coupons that you don’t see too often.  If you’re at all interested, you will want to print yours before they disappear.  My favorites:

$1.50/2 EnviroKids products

$1/1 Arrowhead Mills breakfast product

$1/1 Late July product 5 ounces or larger

$2/1 RiceSelect

 

Plus more!

Thanks, Organic Deals!

 

$1.50 COUPON FOR HORMEL CANADIAN BACON

Wow, this is a high value coupon!  The meat coupons have just been rolling our recently!  Go here to print a coupon for $1.50/1 Hormel Canadian Bacon, any variety.  (Use 44524 if necessary)

If you are wondering which Hormel products are gluten free, this one is listed as being GF, and you can find a complete list of their GF products here.

 

$1/1 KETTLE CHIPS COUPON

You can print a coupon here for $1/1 Kettle Brand Potato Chips 4 ounce or larger.  (Use 90210 if necessary.) This is a really good value coupon for this product.  Print while it’s available!

And if you were wondering, which of course I was, here is what Kettle Brand has to say about its gluten free status:

“All Kettle Brand® Potato Chips (including our Kettle Brand® Baked, Organic, and Krinkle Cut™ Potato Chips) are gluten free and processed in a gluten free environment. Our other products (Kettle Brand® Tortilla Chips, and Kettle Brand® Roaster Fresh® Nut Butters) are made in a facility separate from our potato chips, and are processed on equipment shared with ingredients that contain very small amounts of wheat. The gluten is in our Multi Grain Kettle Brand® Tortilla Chip flavor and a few of our Kettle Brand® Roaster Fresh® Trail Mixes. We thoroughly clean our lines after each flavor run, but there is a slight potential of cross contamination among tortilla chips and nut products. For your convenience we do list all ingredients on the packaging.”

That should clear up any questions.  Kudos to Kettle for being so clear in their explanation!

 

EGG COUPON $0.55/2

This is a very rare coupon for $0.55/2 dozen eggs, and probably will be gone in a flash, so print yours now!

Thanks, For the Mommas!

 

EXPO MARKERS FREE AT WALGREENS STARTING 8/14

There is a new coupon here for $2/2 packs of Expo markers.  Starting on 8/14, the Expo Washable Dry Erase Markers will be on sale for $3.99.

Buy 2 packs = $7.98. 

Use the $2/2 coupon found here

Stack with the $3/1 August Walgreens coupon (should deduct $6)

Final Cost:  FREE!

 

Thanks, Hip2Save!