Pantry Cleanout Menu Plan
I’m beginning to see the light at the end of my freezer! There’s still lots there, thankfully, and I think I’m just going to keep up this Pantry-Based menu planning and utilize sale items and my CSA to round out the meals. This week I snagged some great deals and was able to stock up on some household essentials as well as pick up great deals on my favorite organic items using a killer combination of coupons (many mentioned in this post). Read the rest of this entry »
Albertson’s Deal: 4 Packages of Steamfresh for $1.11
I was so excited today about a deal I got on some frozen veggies and I just had to share it, since there’s still a chance to capitalize on this deal before Tuesday!
I realized last week when I was cashing in on some double coupons at Albertson’s that their registers have some sort of glitch whereby they will accept any Bird’s Eye Steamfresh coupon for any Bird’s Eye Steamfresh product, regardless of what’s specifically mentioned on the coupon. This happened in my favor at two different Albertson’s now, so there’s a good chance it could work in your favor too.
If you have a preferred savings card (if you don’t, just go to Customer Service and they’ll hand you one), you can get these vegetables on sale for $0.99 each.
There are three diferent steamfresh coupons floating around currently, and if you happen to dumpster dive for Sunday papers you might have accumulated a few extra:
1 coupon is for $0.35 off any Steamfresh Vegetables (1/10 Smart Source)
1 coupon is for $1.50 off any Steamfresh Meals (1/17 Smart Source)
1 coupon is for $1.00 off 2 “Lightly Sauced” Vegetables (available here)
I was able to use all three coupons for 4 regular frozen vegetables, even though the coupon said “Steamfresh Meals” and “Lightly Sauced” veggies. I didn’t want the latter two, which were laden with food additives, yeast extracts (read: MSG) and gluten. I’ll take the plain old veggies, thank you!
When all four rang up to $1.11, I was pretty excited, and only wished I had printed out more coupons!
This is a steal of a deal, so if you have these coupons on hand, get thee to Albertsons!
Bale’s Thriftway Deal: Earthbound Farm Organic Salad
If you live in the Greater Portland area and are somewhat close to a Bale’s Thriftyway, you can get a steal on Earthbound Farm Organic Salad. Here’s how:
Giveaway: Nina Planck’s Real Food for Mother and Baby!
As I mentioned back in my post on Real Food for Fertility, I am so excited to offer my readers a chance to win this fabulous book by Nina Planck: Real Food for Mother and Baby!
It’s really easy to enter this contest:
1) Take a look around, come back and LEAVE A COMMENT about the website and why you would like to win this book.
2) BONUS ENTRY: Post about this giveaway on your blog and link to this page. If you use twitter, then a tweet about this giveaway also counts. Leave a comment with the link to your blog post or twitterfeed!
The contest ends: January 28, 2010.
The winner will be announced: February 6th.
The contest is open to US residents only.
Contest Details:
This contest will end Thursday, January 28th at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org. The winner will be announced on Monday, February 6th on my blog.
Due to shipping costs, this contest is open to readers in the United States only.
Good luck, everybody!
Questions? Comment below.
Disclaimer: Nina Planck is a Real Food Media sponsor and I do get paid a small amount for running this giveaway.
More Organic Coupons with Mambo Sprouts!
If you love organic products and are frustrated (like me) with the obvious lack of coupons in the Sunday Paper for these types of products, then you need to go meet Mambo Sprouts!
Receive coupons for organic products when you sign up with Mambo Sprouts. Mambo Sprouts is a website dedicated to green living and organic, healthy eating. They have a recipe archive which includes some gluten-free recipes as well. Check them out, and sign up to receive a coupon booklet in the mail containing all kinds of valuable coupons for organic items you probably buy anyway!
Lifeway, Nature’s Way, Lundburg, Nature’s Path, Tom’s of Maine, Thai Kitchen……and many, many more! I’m excited. I just signed up!
Thanks, Money Saving Mom!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Pure Indian Foods Giveaway, and especially to Pure Indian Foodsfor their generosity in sponsoring this giveaway!
Without further delay, the winner is….
It’s so hard to believe that we are past the ides of January and moving quickly into the twenties! 2010 is off to a pretty good start for me, aside from a really nasty head cold I had been battling since last week. I finally started feeling better after taking some zinc today, and after a few more doses of supplemental zinc, I feel no conjestion! Who knew? Anyway, back to the pantry challenge update:
Organic & Thrifty Coupon Deals
I’ve really been getting into couponing this month! I never really bothered with it before, since about 80% of the coupons are for junk foods or things we don’t buy. BUT, I’ve found that judiciously clipping coupons for things that we do use, and waiting for them to go on sale can add up to significant savings! Read the rest of this entry »
Looks Like We Made It…..
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled Real Food Wednesday for a personal message to the backbone behind Organic and Thrifty…the “wind beneath my wings” as it were….and though this is not my most flattering picture, I post it because it
highlights the extreme handsomeness of my love. And no, I’m not going to sing you a Shaniah Twain song over youtube. Sorry! Read the rest of this entry »
Pantry Cleanout Menu Plan: January 11th
Another week of eating from the fridge and pantry! I’m still excited because there’s still enough there to make creative meals….ask me again in a couple of weeks and I might not be so jazzed. But I’ve gotta say; last week was one of the simplest meal plan weeks I think I’ve ever had (considering I cooked every night)! It was simple, the food was good, and the prep was pretty easy. I think I’m going to start saving my more “involved” meals for Saturdays and Sundays! Here’s what’s on tap this week:
