Organic couponing 101

One of the most frequent misinformed statements I hear about couponing is that you can only save on unhealthy food when couponing. That is simply not true! Here are some examples of where you can score some awesome deals on healthy, and even organic, items:

1. Print manufactures coupons from many healthy food companies website's
           
                    Ex: Stonyfield's website offers many coupons if you register to be a member, and so does Horizon. If you use their coupons during a sale, you can get dirt cheap organic dairy products for your entire family.

2. Look for coupons on frozen veggies-- They are not quite as good as fresh veggies, but often you can get them for free during a good sale!
                        Ex: Cascadian Farms has coupons that can be found online, that apply to ANY of their food products. Use them on their frozen veggies, and stock up when they go on sale.

3. Shop in your stores 'damaged goods' and marked down produce areas-- They stuff is still edible and can last for several days before spoiling. Kroger and Meijer are ALWAYS marking down perfectly good produce, up to 75% off sometimes.
       
              Ex: At Meijer today I bought two burger sized organic portabella              mushroom for 99 cents, because they were about to 'expire'.

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Birds Nest cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Toast 1.5 cups of coconut flakes on an ungreased cookie sheet for about 15 minutes. Stir frequently.

For the cookie:

2 stick of butter

2 cups of flour

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Blend together all ingredients to make cookie dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and then roll the ball in the toasted coconut. Push the center of the ball in with your finger to make a nest. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool, and fill with your favorite treats....jelly beans, m&m's, any egg shaped candy etc. I also added some bling, by scattering some edible pearls on my cookies.

Homemadec chocolate frosting recipe

 I may have posted this before, but I cant remember? This recipe makes THE BEST chocolate frosting. It is great on cupcakes, and you can add peanut butter to it to make a PB chocolate frosting.

Ingredients:

2lbs powdered sugar
2 sticks of butter
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2/3 cup boiling water
2 tsp. vanilla extract
optional: 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

Mix everything together until smooth, and it is ready to enjoy!

Week of April 1st: Meijer Deals using M-Perks this week

Vlassic pickles are on sale this week two for $4.00!

If you use the available M-Perk coupon (save $1.50 off of two jars), AND use two of the  "75 cents off one jar" manufactures coupon from this week's Sunday paper (assuming you buy 2 newspapers like you should be doing)........your final cost per jar will be only FIFTY CENTS PER JAR!




Allegra is on sale for $15.99 for a 30 count box.

There is a coupon in this week's Sunday paper to save $7.00 of off one box, AND there is an M-Perks coupon available online to save $3.00 off of one box.......reducing your final cost to only $2.99!!








Birdseye Freshlike frozen vegetables and Birdseye Steamfresh vegetables are on sale five for $5.00. There are TWO coupons in this weeks paper, to save '50 cents off of two' of each of the aforementioned products:

If you buy two bags of each product using  your two '50 cents off coupons' (which both double to a dollar each of savings!), your final cost per bag will be only.........
FIFTY  CENTS EACH!!

50% off toys at Target

There are coupon's in this week's Target ad to save 50% off of select Fisher Price, Disney, and Mega Block toys. A lot of them are on sale this week too!

 

I ended up getting this Disney baby doll for about $7.00!

CVS Coca-Cola deal: Week of March 11th

Check out this week's CVS ad.

There is a deal this week on Coca Cola product........ Buy $15.00 worth of product and get $5 in ECBs. 

 All 2-liters are on sale for only 99 cents each, so if you buy 15 2-liters of Coca-Cola products you will pay $15.00 AND get back $5 in ECBs. That is like getting all 15 pops for only about 66 cents each! Score.

CVS Deals: Week of March 4, 2012

Take a look at this week's CVS ad HERE!

"All" laundry detergent is on sale for $4.00

--There is a coupon to save $1.00 on one detergent in today's Sunday newspaper, making the final price only $3.00 per item. Personally, I like to buy detergent at $2.50 a bottle or less, but I may just get one or two of these to ad to my collection.

 

 There is a BOGO coupon this week on Olay product, where you can buy one Olay face wash product and get one Olay body wash for free (up to an $8.00 value).

These Olay face cleansing wipes are on sale for $3.99:

So for $3.99, you get the face cleanser AND a free body was like this one here:

.........................To top it all off, this week you also can earn $2.00 in ECB rewards for the 'purchase' of most Olay body washes.

$3.99 for both products - $2.00 in ECB = $1.99 total for two awesome products!