Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tip Tuesday
The theme for this week's tip is saving $$$$$ in the food department.
Nothing earth-shattering, mind you. But here's some resources. I'm not sure if I have these directions exactly right....but it's close enough.
For the coupon-ers: couponmom is a great site if you wanna use coupons but don't like the clipping and the organizing and the sorting. The basic idea is you save the coupons from your Sunday paper. put a little post-it note on the front of it with the date on it and staple the whole thing together. Do this each week.
Here's where it gets interesting.....when planning your trip to the store you can a couple of different things with this website. You can go to the "virtual coupon organizer" and type in the name of the item you are looking for. If there is a coupon out that hasn't expired, then it will tell you the date it came out in the paper. Go to your file and look for the post-it with that date and Wha-la! Get your coupon.
Or......You can click on the "deals by state" and it will take you to a page that has hyvee's current deals. It will show hyvee's sale price PLUS if there is a current coupon out for that item it will tell you the date that coupon came out. It also shows the percentage that you save on the item.
It's kind of a cool thing if you have wanted to use coupons but are overwhelmed at the idea. It sort of takes your brain out of the equation. Gotta like that.
other $$ saving resources or food tips:
need help planning a menu? steal someone else's ideas. The Organizing Junkie posts a "menu-plan-monday" each week with links to hundreds of others who participate in the comments section.
kraft foods is another good one. They have everything from menu plans, recipes, lunch-box ideas......I like to go here when I need some sort of holiday-themed treat for the kid's classrooms.
"more with less" cookbook is one of the favorites on my shelf. There are a lot of recipes that our grandmas probably used.....and they are pretty good. Saves money too.
What are your favorite food tips?
Nothing earth-shattering, mind you. But here's some resources. I'm not sure if I have these directions exactly right....but it's close enough.
For the coupon-ers: couponmom is a great site if you wanna use coupons but don't like the clipping and the organizing and the sorting. The basic idea is you save the coupons from your Sunday paper. put a little post-it note on the front of it with the date on it and staple the whole thing together. Do this each week.
Here's where it gets interesting.....when planning your trip to the store you can a couple of different things with this website. You can go to the "virtual coupon organizer" and type in the name of the item you are looking for. If there is a coupon out that hasn't expired, then it will tell you the date it came out in the paper. Go to your file and look for the post-it with that date and Wha-la! Get your coupon.
Or......You can click on the "deals by state" and it will take you to a page that has hyvee's current deals. It will show hyvee's sale price PLUS if there is a current coupon out for that item it will tell you the date that coupon came out. It also shows the percentage that you save on the item.
It's kind of a cool thing if you have wanted to use coupons but are overwhelmed at the idea. It sort of takes your brain out of the equation. Gotta like that.
other $$ saving resources or food tips:
need help planning a menu? steal someone else's ideas. The Organizing Junkie posts a "menu-plan-monday" each week with links to hundreds of others who participate in the comments section.
kraft foods is another good one. They have everything from menu plans, recipes, lunch-box ideas......I like to go here when I need some sort of holiday-themed treat for the kid's classrooms.
"more with less" cookbook is one of the favorites on my shelf. There are a lot of recipes that our grandmas probably used.....and they are pretty good. Saves money too.
What are your favorite food tips?
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