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Old Spice has now come out with razors. Click here to Join the Old Spice Saving crew and they will send you a free razor! Thanks My Dallas Mommy!
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I was planning a little different intro but due to the sales this week I am going to change it up a bit.
** When we start talking about how much to store for your family, I do NOT count the food in my freezer. It is too perishable.
One of the best ways to save money and have some food storage is with a freezer. Now, in an emergency you have the possibility of loosing your freezer, so it does have its negatives.
A freezer and the food in a freezer are my back up food storage. The most important food I have is that which will survive the heat and cold without help.
During hurricane Ike we lost our large chest freezer. We had only a few days to eat the food from it before we had to toss EVERYTHING. I still have not replaced my large chest freezer. We have a full size fridge in my house and one in the garage. Both freezers are always FULL. I am good about rotating and using the food from both freezers, not as good though at rotating the things in my fridges! However, I really do wish I had my large freezer again for those really good meat deals. I also would keep many gallons of milk, ice cream, frozen dough, juice and bread to keep those last minute runs to the grocery store down.
A full size chest freezer is well worth the money. A quick look at craigslist and I found many under $100. This will pay for itself in no time. The older units pull a lot of electricity, so keep that in mind and look for a newer model. Chest freezers are less expensive than upright freezers, obviously uprights are a little more convenient when looking for what you are storing!
I label EVERYTHING that I put in the freezer with a permanent marker. I bribe a bigger kid to help me pull the bottom items up when I am loading a new shopping trip in ( when I had my chest freezer) now I do take the time to pull forward the older items to attempt to rotate it all. We pick blueberries in the summer and freeze 40 lbs at a time. It is important to remember when freezing fruit to NOT WASH it before you freeze if possible, and if you can flash freeze it first.
Freezing Dairy?
** The HIGER the fat content the better it freezes, above 40% is best.
~Butter can be frozen for 6 to 9 months in its original coated paper packages. Margarine will last for 12 months.
~Cream cheese, dry cottage cheese and farmer’s cheese can be kept in the freezer for three months. Avoid freezing creamed cottage cheese because it breaks down and gets mushy.
~Hard cheeses such as cheddar, Colby, Gouda, Swiss and Edam should be cut and wrapped in small pieces of less than one pound. If you use grated cheeses frequently, grate them first and then freeze in freezer-weight plastic bags or plastic freezer containers. Before using, thaw grated cheese in the refrigerator.
~Processed cheese like Velveeta can be frozen in a loaf or in slices for up to four months. Blue cheese freezes well for three months, but it will become crumbly after thawing.
~You can freeze light and heavy cream, evaporated milk and half-and-half for up to two months. Heavy cream may not whip up after thawing, however. Don’t freeze these products in their original containers. Store in plastic freezer containers or glass jars. Leave one inch of headspace because the liquids will expand as they freeze and you don’t want a dairy explosion in the freezer.
~Milk will store in the freezer for one month, but make sure you leave expansion room in the container.
~Eggs can’t be frozen in their original state, but you can break the eggs and add one tablespoon of milk or water per egg and a dash of salt. Scramble them before you put them in a freezer container. Thaw in the refrigerator and use for scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles or French toast.
Do you use a freezer? Has it helped you save money?
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Oh My Gosh! Now I wish I knew what I was having! Little LissMatch has the cutest clothing! Save over 80% off Outlet with SALE20 at checkout. This sale ends 2/1/2010. You can get baby items for $5 that are SO adorable at their $5 Baby Blowout Sale!!!! Hurry! These will all go quickly! Thanks Mommies With Cents!
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We have our first pictures in from the Mega Event! My friend Shasta had a great trip!
“Hey there! When I went to your coupon class at your house you mentioned a good couponer can save over 50% and I though no not me..I will never get there. I did today! Yahoo 70% savings I started out at $198 then after coupons and the mega deal I got down to $61.00 We did have one “sacrifice” for the trip. Its the picture of the tortillas my two year olds wanted to knaw one something. Suprisingly he didn’t break through the packaging. Oh also I don’t know if all other Krogers do this but the one I went to did the following: Boxes of mac n cheese for $.50 cents each. I had a buy 3 get one 1 free coupon. They entered the free box mac n cheese at the regular price of $1.19 a box so I got 4 boxes of mac and cheese for $.31 cents (50 cents x3-freebie at 1.19). Wahoo!”
This is the best part! Can you see the teeth marks?? Hilarious!
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Here is a great deal from Savings.com! 40% off the entire store at Limited Too/ Justice for girls! They have some great deals! You can even use this code on clearance items!
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Thanks to a reader Audrey for these good tips!
On Blue Bell’s website you can register and print out $1.00 off coupons. Making the sales at $3.99 even sweeter.
Also, at my Kroger they have a Good Start Blinkie for $3.00 off. The Goodstart is less at WalMart so instead of paying $22.50 I get it for $19.50!!
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On Friday’s I want to start writing a new post specifically for food storage. If you have the opportunity to purchase this much extra food you need to know how to store it. Recently, I had a major run-in with those little food destroying moths. They have wrecked havoc on my dry goods! I don’t want the same thing to happen to you! These are some topics I want to cover:
~ What is food storage?
~ Food Storage vs. Stockpiling vs. Hoarding
~ What to store?
~ How to store it?
~ How much do I need for my/your size family?
~ How long does it last.
~ Where to store it.
~ I need a buying plan…
~ How do I rotate my food?
If there is anything that you would like some information on or if you have any thing to add or offer please leave a comment. Do you have a system that works for you that you can share with us? I would love to have some guest posts.
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