One of our favorite stores since moving to Las Vegas is Fresh & Easy. I like a lot of the things they sell there, plus how small the stores are. But I think my favorite part of all is getting discounts on fruits, vegetables, meat, and breads that are nearing their expiration date. Sometimes I will stop in just to see what fruits and vegetables they have, with the intent on using it for dinner that night. Other times, I get breads or meat that I can freeze and stock up on.This brings me to my
Tips & Ideas
Free Kindle Cookbook Downloads – Gooseberry Patch
I've shared with you before about various free cookbook downloads (ebooks) and I am happy to share that there is four more you can get through Amazon. Each of these is a Kindle download, but even if you don't have a Kindle (I don't), you can still use these on your iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or even on your computer.
Here's the links to get your free Gooseberry Patch cookbook downloads:
Circle of Friends Cookbook - 25 Meatloaf Recipes
Circle of Friends Cookbook - 25 Chocolate Chip
My 90% off groceries at CVS
Tonight, we took a trip over to CVS to take advantage of a couple items they had on sale. We didn't expect to leave the store with much, but was surprised to find a bunch of food items on 90% off. Apparently this particular store was trying to clear out some of the excess holiday items they had in stock.
For the most part, I don't usually get much groceries at a store like CVS - just the occasional snack item or cereals. But, every once in a while, I can find unexpected deals. I went through
Bountiful Baskets – Week Before Thanksgiving
The Saturday before Thanksgiving, we picked up our Bountiful Basket food co-op baskets. This time around, we paid to contribute to the standard basket ($15), plus the Hostess Pack ($14). As usual, I was pleased with what I received and it does seem that we have continued to receive much more produce in value than what I would get if I bought everything at the grocery store.
There was a few duplicate items (things in the usual basket and then also in the hostess pack), but that didn't bother
Bountiful Baskets: My New Food Co-Op
I mentioned in my last weekly menu post that I was going to try out something that I've always wanted to do - a food co-op. At my local homeschool group park day, I learned of a local one called Bountiful Baskets. I went home, looked up all the info, and joined the first chance that I had.
Bountiful Baskets is a volunteer co-op that operates in a few states, mostly in the west: Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona, Nevada & Washington. The cost is very reasonable - only
Las Vegas Farmer’s Markets
One day, while I was sitting back in my old house in Virginia, I started to wonder...
Is there Farmer's Markets in Las Vegas?
After all, it's DESERT. And it's HOT.
I don't know a thing about gardening, can things even grow when it's that hot?
I pulled out trusty Google and learned that, yes, there is farmer's markets in Las Vegas. Several of them, as a matter of fact. I was relieved - and excited to visit once we got settled.
Road to a Cuisinart (new food processor – part 2)
Remember my food processor story? I used to have a very sad food processor. The bowl broke one day when it slipped off the counter. It slowly started falling apart. The brand name and various words on it (like the important OFF and ON) rubbed off while wiping it clean. I was never sure if she was in speed #1 or speed #10.
I coped with it for a while, even though it had a big hole on the side of the bowl. I would cover the hole with my hand to prevent breadcrumbs and various liquids from
Menu Planning Before Moving
At the end of the month, our family is moving from the East coast to the West coast. It's a big move, which means the items in our freezer and refrigerator must be used or we will have to give them away. The move is expensive, so while giving items away will make someone happy, it will make my finances much more happy to know that we have used what we have on hand. Needless to say, it's use it or lose it time.
We've had big moves like this before, so I have learned quite a bit, including how to
Mark Bittman Week – Menu for Week of May 31
It is with great pleasure that I announce my menu plan for this week is based ENTIRELY on Mark Bittman's app called "How To Cook Everything". How cool is that? You might recall when I recently shared my top 5 cooking apps. It was while I was writing that post that it dawned on me that I should do a menu plan with only dishes I found in his plan - so here I am!
Want to know something even cooler? I get to share my app happiness with all of you!
I have 5 copies of Mark's best selling app to
iPhone Recipe & Cooking Apps (My Top 5 Favorites)
I'm totally attached to my iPhone. I use it for just about everything: checking email, text messaging, taking daily photos, checking the weather, tracking calories, catching up on blogs -- and so much more. Sometimes even talking on the phone.
While these are all frequent activities for me, they aren't necessarily my favorite way of using my iPhone. My favorite? iTunes cooking and recipe apps!
I haven't bought all the cooking app's out there and I probably won't. There are a few I don't