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Dear Mama, You Are Worthy

December 8, 2019 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Hey Mama, Wife, Friend, Aunt, Sister, Daughter, Dearest Child of God: You are Worthy!

Remember my friend Tasha? She’s the one that wrote Does Family Really Come First at Mealtime? She may become a regular voice around here because she’s got a lot of good words to share with us, plus she cracks me up a lot. She and I are raising babies together – Tasha, because she’s a young mom and me, because I’m an old mom raising babies for the second time. Who knew I’d get to be cool enough to hang out with the young moms again?!

Please enjoy Tasha’s words of humor and wisdom…

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Dear Mama, You Are Worthy

(Laura’s alternate title: I’m Not Naming Names but Someone Needs an Amazon Intervention)

By Tasha Hackett

Taking care of my baby, I have been surviving on roughly 3-5 hours of sleep per night for a few months. Total hours. Not even all at once. Pretty sure when God made the moon and sun and then the animals and humans he designed us to work in a rhythm that included the humans sleeping at night. I’ve told my husband, Ben, on more than one occasion, “I feel like I’m slowly dying.” 

During the long and seemingly endless nights, sometimes I read the Bible on my phone, and sometimes I remember that I need to change my Subscribe and Save order because I do NOT need another 25LB bag of rice. And sometimes I order a super cute sundress and when it arrives it turns out to be not nearly as cute on me as it is on the model.

One time I opened a package and found boho style parachute pants with peacock feathers designs on them and I did not have a memory of ordering them. Truly! I tried them on, and they fit. But I wondered who had sent them. Amazon knows. My orders show that I did indeed buy them two nights prior. I thought they looked ridiculous. Ben said, “You will wear them.… and let that be a lesson to you.” And wear them I did. With tennis shoes, obviously. Turns out they are the most comfortable pants EVER. My sleep-deprived subconscious apparently knew what I needed. I wore them all day, and all night, and the next day, etc… shhh. Don’t tell my Grandma.

Note from Laura: You, too, can have a pair of pants like these.
Also, if anyone can pull them off, it’s Tasha. Am I right?

My 3 am Amazon deals haven’t gotten me into too much trouble yet. I pushed the limit last week with the middle of the night purchase of the ever-coveted Blendtec. Yea. That was me. I’m the one in need of an Amazon intervention. I blame Laura. She talks and talks and talks about the Blendtec! Give us a break already! How are we to hold up against such constant nagging persuasion?! Also, it was on sale. Like, SO MUCH on sale. AND. IT’S FOR THE BABY! If I make the baby super yummy and healthy food he will grow strong and healthy and he will thank me someday. And maybe sleep?!?

Here’s Laura, nagging about the Blendtec.
You should get one.
You should so get one.
Get one! Get one now! Hurry up!
Now back to what Tasha was saying about how great it is that she bought a Blendtec…

So. Click. I bought it. Do I love it? Yes. Yes, I do.  In the first three days I made three types of baby food (with all the extra frozen into cubes and bagged for later), ground-up oats and coconut into flour, two smoothies, tomato sauce, ice cream, applesauce, frappuccino, strawberry whipped dessert…

Stevia Sweetened Chocolate Frappe

Buying the blendtec that night was a splurge. I had been considering one for over a year; my defenses were broken down that sleepless night. So, so, sleepless. I know this season of my life is just that. A season. I joke about many things, and I am enjoying parts of life, but I am surviving it one day at a time, one afternoon at a time, one hour… and sometimes the next ten minutes.

This past year of poor sleep has been one of the most difficult of my life. Okay, so I have an Amazon addiction. You want to know a little secret? This is a fairly new addiction. A couple of weeks ago, I decided that I needed help. Like, really needed help.

My physical, emotional, and spiritual red flags were waving. I decided that I would rather pay for that help than save up for a vacation that I had no energy to go on. I now pay someone to come clean my house once a week, I pay a highschooler to come babysit for an hour twice a week, I pay a neighbor to mow my huge lawn, I am meeting weekly with a counselor. …and, I started buying more things for myself. You know why? (I mean, besides the fact that it’s 3 in the morning and I’m scrolling around on Amazon.) It’s because I decided that I am worthy. I am worthy of using my money to buy things for myself. *GASP* 

I am not encouraging you to buy a bunch of stuff you don’t need. Please don’t. But if you are that Mama that scrimps when taking care of herself, is it because deep down you don’t feel like you deserve it? Like somehow you’re not worthy of having nice things? Are you so busy running around that you forgot to eat again? Did you “find time” to shower? 

So it has taken me two weeks to type this out because: motherhood. But tonight I have something amazing to share with you. The baby has begun to sleep. Praising God every morning. Last night was a full 8 hours at once. But with a clearer head, I have something important I wanted to tell you. 

You are so worthy!

I am crying out to you right now, please hear me. Did God send his only Son down here to be born as a tiny, crying, hungry, wet, and bloody baby for us to say, “Oh, I don’t deserve ____.”

Wow, isn’t God amazing?! Jesus came down here to be subject to a mother’s teaching. I guarantee you as a toddler he fell and scraped his knee and cried and Mary took him in her arms and dried his tears. The God of the whole universe came down here to be with us because he wanted you to know, to really really know, how much you are loved. You are his beloved. 

You are worthy of love. You are worthy of being happy. 

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UPDATE: Do I Like Amazon Prime Pantry?

September 12, 2019 by Laura 7 Comments

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So I bet you’ve been wondering, “Does Laura still like her Amazon Prime Pantry membership?” Oh hey, thanks for asking.

I’ve been Prime Pantry-ing for almost two months now, and not only do I like it, I probably like it too much.

It makes my life so easy!! Well, at least it makes life easier. Especially the parts of life that involve baby wipes, canned pineapple, and ketchup.

Unfortunately, it has me so spoiled that when I have to actually go to the store for fresh food I’m like, “Waaaa!!! Why can’t Prime Pantry bring me frozen chicken and fresh greens? I can’t believe I actually have to go TO THE STORE and GET A CART and PUSH IT AROUND and SELECT MY BANANAS.”

So yeah. Amazon Prime Pantry and I are becoming best buds. And she is completely spoiling me by dropping so many of my groceries directly onto my porch two days after I order them.

What I love about Amazon Prime Pantry

  1. The membership gives free shipping on any pantry order over $10. This means that every time I think of just a few items we need, I put them in the cart, complete my order, and have the groceries delivered for free in just a couple days. This is faster than I can keep up with laundry, and it keeps my Walmart list from taking up an entire notebook.
  2. Regarding the Walmart list, I’ve found that if I can possibly get it from Amazon at a comparable price (or sometimes less, wooo!), I will absolutely get it at Amazon. I prefer this for one huge reason: taking little ones to the store is sometimes difficult and my shopping cart has very little room for groceries after filling it with a diaper bag, a kindergartener, and a rolly-polly baby.
  3. Amazon Prime Pantry has almost every non-refrigerated food item I could possibly need, and I even found napkins with jokes on them, so wiping our faces is much more hilarious. Score.
  4. The prices are pretty much the same as I was getting at Walmart, sometimes even cheaper.

How to save money with Amazon Prime Pantry

I will admit that while I really, really love to save money, my primary reason for joining Prime Pantry really was the convenience it provides during this season in life. But all the convenience wouldn’t appeal to me if the prices weren’t reasonable. AND, there are some really fun ways to save extra beyond the already reasonably priced offers.

  1. They offer “Buy 5 Save $5” items. There’s a huge selection of these 5 for $5 off goodies, so I click through them all, choose what we need, and when the total of those items equals 5, a beautiful $5 gets knocked off my order total.
  2. They offer those fantastic little green clicky coupons. Oh how I love the green clicky coupons. They give an extra % off, or a dollar amount off, and it turns into a lovely little bonus at check-out.
  3. Sometimes there’s a green clicky coupon INSIDE the “Buy 5 Save $5” section! So I can save a % off that product and I’ll get an extra dollar off too if I get a total of 5 of those items (which I always do, because why wouldn’t I?).

We all have different needs, but if you feel that Amazon Prime Pantry might be a help for you as it is for me, I do recommend it! You can check it out here.

Also, you might find this post helpful: Why I Decided to Have an Amazon Prime Pantry Membership. In that post, I wrote more about how their program works and why I decided to give it a try. Now that I’ve been using it for a couple of months, it’s fun to report back and share that it’s working so well for us!

Try it for free?

Regular price for Prime Pantry is $4.99/month, a price I am finding to be very worth it to pay! But it’s pretty cool that Amazon offers a free 30-day trial period so you can check it out without the fee to see how it works for you! —>

And with that, I will sign off and go get my newest Prime Pantry boxes off the porch. Wooo!

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Why I Decided to Have an Amazon Prime Pantry Membership

July 16, 2019 by Laura 3 Comments

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Until recently, I had never really looked into Amazon’s Prime Pantry. It came with a monthly fee, after all. But here’s what made me decide to take on an Amazon Prime Pantry membership.

There are several reasons really. But the first and most important reason is:

1. Groceries placed right on my porch.

I absolutely love groceries being delivered right to my doorstep. What a blessing!!

For years I’ve taken advantage of Amazon Prime and Subscribe and Save. I order many food and household items by the case, saving at least 15% and maybe more if there are coupons. Since I don’t have a Sams or Costco closeby, this has been a fantastic option for us!

But I kept ignoring all the Prime Pantry offers, mostly because I didn’t want to take the time to figure out how it worked (silly). Also, since I usually buy by the case, I wasn’t sure it would be beneficial. Then on Prime Day, there was a sweet Prime Pantry offer which made me decide to give it a try. Aha, I realized! Having a Prime Pantry membership would greatly help me with the fact that…

2. I don’t have any room in my grocery cart anymore!

With a squishy baby in the front and a stocky 5-year old in the big part of the cart, there’s not much room left in my grocery cart for actual groceries. We go through lots of food, so typically I need to fill an entire cart to the max.

This has become very challenging, phew!

When I realized that Prime Pantry would save me a trip to the store for all the odds and ends I typically get (applesauce squeezies, granola, chips, condiments, nuts, etc.), it made me very excited. If most of what I needed at an actual store was fresh fruits and veggies, chicken, and frozen food – well THAT I could probably fit into the cart along with cute little boys. :)

3. But what about the $4.99 monthly fee?

Worth it, worth it, worth it.

I like avoiding fees just as much or more as the next guy. But goodness, there’s a lot to be said for keeping life calm and simple when so much going on in life is far from calm and simple.

With Prime Pantry, I’ll now be able to order whenever I need to and have it delivered for free (on orders over $10, which is basically the amount of food we eat in five minutes). That $4.99 fee saves me all kinds of time, energy, and effort so I feel it is money well spent. Plus it will probably save me money in the long run.

Nope, no room for little boys in that cart!

4. Also, my sanity.

God bless little boys who talk non-stop and ask all the questions up and down every aisle. I absolutely love how inquisitive, fun, and aware our 5-year old is, and taking him to the store is so good for life skills training.

But I find it very difficult to compare prices and think about specific ingredients we need or make an actual good decision about my purchases while answering, “Mom, why is that box blue? Why isn’t that box blue? Are your eyes blue? Do you like blue? Blue is my favorite color. But green is my favorite. And every color of the rainbow is my favorite. Remember that rainbow we saw? I want to see another rainbow. Why can’t we see another rainbow today?”

Oh precious one. Be five forever. But sweet as it all is, that doesn’t help me think and shop at the same time.

So Prime Pantry will help me out with this and give us fewer aisles to travel during shopping trips. I guess I’ll have to come up with other excuses now for losing my sanity.

So Amazon Prime Pantry for the win.

If at any time I find that I’m not getting my $4.99/month worth out of this membership, I’ll let it go, no problem. But for now, I’m finding this to be quite wonderful and helpful!

Want to try it for free?

This is pretty exciting! If you click on the banner below, you can sign up for a free trial for one month to see if it benefits you and your family!

Are you a Prime Pantry member? What do you like about it?

 

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Is Prime Day Worth All the Hype?

July 14, 2019 by Laura 3 Comments

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Prime Day has arrived! It’s like Christmas in July. Or is it? Is Prime Day worth all the hype?

Well, that depends on your goals.

Are you planning to get some early Chrismas shopping done? Have you been saving up for a big kitchen appliance in hopes that it will be crazy discounted today? Are you simply interested in seeing what is being offered and scoring a few great deals?

Then I’d say that Prime Day is worth all the hype!

Remember how I finalllllly gave in and bought an Instant Pot a couple of Prime Days ago? Sure, I’d gotten sucked into the hype of the biggest deal day of the year. Sure, all the talk about taking advantage of Prime Day had me shopping more than normal paying more attention to sale offers. But you know what else?

It made me decide to follow the advice so many of you had given, and I got an awesome discount on an appliance I now absolutely love and use many times every week in my kitchen! If it wasn’t for Prime Day and the intrigue of possibly scoring a great deal, I may never have even looked into finally buying an Instant Pot.

WHAT WOULD MY LIFE BE WITHOUT MY INSTANT POT???? :) :) :)

For starters, my family would not be eating as many mashed potatoes. So clearly, all of the Coppingers are so grateful for Mom’s Prime Day Instant Pot score of 2017.

——-> Psssst! I don’t know how long this will last, but at the time I am writing this post, my very well-loved 8-Quart Instant Pot is marked down to just $99 AND there is a $15 off coupon to go with it!!!!!! I think that’s less than I paid back in 2017! The price is so low, I’m tempted to buy another one for absolutely no reason. <———

So is Prime Day worth all the hype?

If you ask me, it is. But just like anything, you have to know your goals and not spend money just because something is on sale. It doesn’t matter if you saved $20 if you didn’t need an item in the first place.

But if you have been saving and planning and are ready to make a purchase, and you are blessed to find it on sale on Prime Day. Beautiful!

And if you are like my cousin who does ALL of her Christmas shopping on Prime Day so that she can enjoy the actual holiday season without the stress of shopping, then Prime Day is more than just hype. It’s helpful and practical and a great blessing!

A few notes about Prime Day

  1. If you aren’t already a Prime Member, and you aren’t sure you want to become one and pay the yearly fee, you can still sign up for a 30-day FREE membership and enjoy Prime Day deals right now!
  2. If you want to hear from me about what items I’m most excited to see on sale for Prime Day, sign up here for our free newsletter. I’ll send an email or two as I find the best deals I think will benefit us all the most! (Plus, when you sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get a bunch of homemaking freebies!)
  3. As I’ve started looking for great deals, I’m finding a few not-so-great deals. So I advise that you do a little homework when you see something featured for Prime Day. It might be a fantastic deal!!! Or it might not. (Typically, deals offered for Prime Day really are great, though!)
  4. If you have been putting off buying an Instant Pot but really want to make it a part of your wonderful life, I’m not sure the price will ever be lower than this.

Also, here’s all my Instant Pot recipes so far.

What I’m hoping will be on sale for Prime Day

Here’s what I’ll be searching out first:

  • All things Pyrex
  • Instant Pot (I really hope this deal with coupon stays good through Monday and Tuesday!)
  • Nutrimill (Anything $219 or less is a deal worth taking advantage of.)
  • Blendtec or Vitamix (This Blendtec is only $228 right now, which is less than half regular price!)
  • Toys, because I get to shop for those again now!

As soon as I’ve compiled the best deals list I can come up with, I’ll send out an email. Join us here so you don’t miss it!

Are you excited about Prime Day? Do you feel it’s worth the hype?

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Real Food Groceries I Often Order from Amazon

September 10, 2017 by Laura 1 Comment

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I’m writing a small series of posts to share what groceries I purchase from each of my favorite stores – either online, co-op, or from brick and mortar grocery stores. Last week I shared about the groceries I buy from Aldi. Today I’ll tell you about the real food groceries I often order from Amazon!

Real Food Groceries I Buy From Amazon

Amazon is one of my favorite online stores for finding good deals on bulk groceries! I especially like to take advantage of Subscribe & Save deals paired with coupons. That’s where the real savings happens!

You can read more here about how I get the best deals at Amazon with Subscribe& Save. Also, you can bookmark our Amazon Deals page which we update regularly with all of the real food grocery deals we find at Amazon!

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The grocery items I buy from Amazon fluctuate depending on the prices and our family’s needs. But here are the foods I often check at Amazon first when looking for grocery deals online:

Real Food Groceries I Often Buy From Amazon

  • Natural Value Products – This is a healthy food brand which keeps their prices very reasonable most of the time. I almost never pay full price, though. I watch for Natural Value to offer a coupon that I can pair with my 15% off with Subscribe and Save option! I especially like their whole black olives, sliced black olives, yellowfin tuna, coconut milk, and tomato sauce.

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  • Izze – This is a special treat at our house, and one that I only buy when there is an Amazon Coupon that I can use with Subscribe & Save. I try to only buy them when an individual Izze breaks down to $0.50 or less.
  • Delallo Whole Wheat Pasta – This is our favorite brand of organic, whole wheat pasta and I buy them by the case with Subscribe & Save. There are many varieties of shapes, though for some reason this one is our favorite! I always get their spaghetti noodles, lasagna noodles, and elbows too!

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Awww, here’s Malachi a few years ago hanging out on the porch with our big Subscribe & Save order!

  • Bearitos Organic Tortilla Chips – We love the texture and taste of these! They go on sale often so I get them when they are less than $3.00/bag.
  • Individual Nut Pouches – Often Planters offers a coupon I can pair with Subscribe & Save, so I get them to use as snacks when we’re on the road for soccer and basketball.
  • Muir Glen Products – I watch for coupons to pair with Subscribe & Save on these tomato products, specifically their ketchup and pizza sauce.
  • Stubbs BBQ Sauce – I recently discovered that this brand includes all real food ingredients and Amazon carries it for a good price (usually!).

Again, sometimes I buy other food items when I come across a good deal and need it for our family!

Do you buy groceries from Amazon? What items do you often buy?

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5 Things You Probably Want to Know About My Week ~ Especially the Part About the Chicken

April 16, 2015 by Laura 8 Comments

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I have taken several pictures this week, knowing most certainly that you would want to see them and learn what’s been going on at our house. Haven’t you just been wondering if possibly I came across a new chicken recipe that was delicious? Yes, that’s exactly what you’ve been wondering. Let’s start with that picture then:

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That, my dear ones, is called Chicken Lazone. A friend of mine posted the recipe to Facebook, and since I saw that it had both butter and cream in it (and sure, chicken too, but whatever), I knew it was a “must try.” We had it for lunch today. It was awesome (and easy too). Find the recipe here.

In other news not at all related to chicken – flowers are popping up all over our yard. On Wednesday, my husband sent me a picture of 2lips while he was working outside. What? That’s what he called them in the email he sent me. I thought it was cute.

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I had already taken the following pictures of my very favorite purple wild flowers that spring up all over the yard.

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They are so very pretty to me. Sometimes when I am singing worship songs, I pretend I’m dancing in a field full of these purple flowers. Alone. Just me and Jesus. No one else wants to see me dance. No one.

One day this week was especially sunshiny and lovely. I made myself my first iced coffee of the season, then sat outside shivering while I drank it. Apparently it was still not warm enough to drink iced coffee. Oh well. At least it tasted delicious.

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Arm yourself for iced coffee this summer. Learn to make Coffee Ice Cubes. Learn to Cold Brew Coffee. I do both of these, then add just a little bit of cream to my glass. It is iced coffee perfection.

What else? Well, my Amazon Subscribe and Save order came in on Monday. It was a fun one: two cases of Izze Sodas. A case of organic corn starch. A box of Larabars to take to soccer games. A big box of Bearitos Organic Tortilla Chips. We love Amazon Subscribe and Save deals paired with online coupons. (I just updated our Amazon Deals page with the latest and greatest.)

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Tuesday we made homemade pizza for lunch. Well…it was mostly homemade. I’d ordered the crusts from Bountiful Baskets to give myself a little bit of healthy convenience. It was worth it. The boys did most of the work putting the pizzas together. We added fruit to the meal and had a delicious lunch.

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Yes, I just buy pepperoni from the store. Not the greatest, for sure. I do usually buy turkey pepperoni – which is really only a little bit better. Is it possible that if you don’t read the list of ingredients before eating something then it won’t hurt you? If only.

Many soccer games and practices, too many loads of laundry, hours of school work, and many other blessings filled the week too. And how about you? What are some of the highlights of your week? Have any flowers blooming in your yard? Tried any great new recipes?

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Order Soy Free Chocolate Chips Before They Melt in Your Mailbox!

April 7, 2015 by Laura 4 Comments

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I’m not joking. I’ve had this happen before. I ordered chocolate chips in the summertime, and by the time they reached my house, they had melted together into one giant clump.

Not to worry. I figured out ways to still use them. No chocolate left behind, as they say. But if you’re wanting your chocolate chips to stay chippy – I recommend you order now and stock up before the weather gets too warm.

Right now Amazon has a case of 6 – 10 ounce bags of Enjoy Life Soy Free Chocolate Chips for just $22.14. This is a great stock-up price, so buy now and freeze them for later.

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Unless you like 10-ounce blobs of melty chocolate mess. Then, by all means, wait until July to order. ;)

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Menu Plan for the Week – And I Am Officially Finished With Our Pantry Challenge

February 21, 2015 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Since the beginning of January, I have been challenging myself to see if we could live off the food we have in our pantry and freezers – purchasing only fresh produce and dairy products. It’s saved us several hundred dollars and we haven’t starved even a little bit. I have loved getting more creative as I’ve been digging deeper into our bulk food supply to use up the food that has been in storage.

My goal was to continue this challenge through January and into February as long as I could. On February 9, I hereby declared this challenge to be over here in the Coppinger household. It was time to buy pantry items because running out of minced onion, garlic powder, sucanat, pasta, and tapioca – well yikes – how would I make my pudding? :)  One of the biggest ways I save money is by buying food in bulk – as needed – so that I always have a nice supply of all staple food items. So I caved. Here’s what the UPS man brought to my door this week:

I had some credit at iHerb (thanks to those of you who took advantage of the $10 free groceries deal), so I used it to get bulk garlic powder, minced onion, and my favorite brand of sucanat.

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I rounded out this month’s Amazon Subscribe and Save order by getting two cases of Bearitos Organic Tortilla Chips (with a coupon!), a case of Tapioca Pearls, and a case of Organic Delallo Gemelli Pasta. (For whatever reason, that shape of pasta is my favorite right now.)

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I also bought milk and eggs from our farmer friends this week. We have been well stocked on fresh fruits and vegetables with my huge grocery store purchase last week, plus our Bountiful Basket delivery (need I remind you of my 36 crowns of broccoli?). I did send Matt and Elias to the store yesterday to pick up a few items (their first price-matching experience!), but we’ve all be a little under the weather, so I didn’t get a picture of their purchase. They picked up apples, pears, cucumbers, avocados, and grape tomatoes for great prices.

Here is how our menu this week is looking:

Breakfast

  • Baked Oatmeal Cups
  • Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Scrambled Cheesy Eggs with Spinach
  • Crepes with Fruit and Cream Cheese Filling
  • Quick Mix Pancakes
  • Warm Vanilla Soother
  • Peanut Butter Breakfast Cake

Lunch

  • Bacon, Egg, and Avocado Salad
  • Black Bean Chicken Nachos
  • Calzones
  • Chili
  • Tuna Casserole
  • Potato Soup
  • Salmon Patties

Dinner

  • One Dish Meat And Potato Casserole
  • Popcorn Chicken
  • Barbecue Brisket
  • Cheesy Beef and Rice
  • Chicken Pot Pie
  • Creamy Crock Pot Chicken and Rice
  • Taco Potatoes

Fruit and Veggie Side Dishes (I serve 1-4 with each meal)

  • Cucumbers with Easy Veggie Dip
  • Spicy Avocado Dip
  • Carrots
  • Green Beans
  • Peas
  • Broccoli
  • Asparagus
  • Yellow Squash
  • Spaghetti Squash
  • Apples
  • Pears
  • Applesauce
  • Grape Tomatoes
  • Mixed Greens
  • Spinach
  • Blueberries

What do you have on your menu this week? Did you do a pantry/freezer challenge the past month or two?

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Today Only ~ 50% Off Green Toys

December 18, 2014 by Laura Leave a Comment

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I just found out that Amazon is offering a great supply of Green Toys! These toys are so fantastic. They weren’t around when my kids were little, but I WILL be buying these for my grandkids some day.

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Gratituesday: Filling the Pantry

September 16, 2014 by Laura 15 Comments

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Gardening. Canning. Preserving. Freezing. Slicing.  It is so much work.

I really don’t have time for this. But I also don’t have time not to do it. So I make time, or somehow, as always, God provides the time. The family pitches in to help, and eventually we get it all done.

The beauty of working so hard to get garden veggies and orchard fruit preserved in the summer and fall is that this winter it will all be convenience food for our family! It will be super easy to pull these goodies out of the pantry or freezer and serve them quickly with our meals. That’s why I make the time – that and because it saves us hundreds of dollars. That’s pretty nice too. :)

It’s been a few years since we canned any peaches. We’ve only had enough to freeze some for smoothies. This year, we got ourselves set for smoothies, and filled several jars to eat plain or with cottage cheese. These peaches turned out so pretty!

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We’ve made loads of applesauce. What you see below is barely a sampling. Thanks to cucumbers a friend passed along to us, we are all set with dill pickles and sweet pickle relish for the year. I also made a few jars of salsa (my mom’s recipe). Sometimes, I just open my pantry to stare at all the pretty jars full of food. That alone makes the hard work all worth it. :)

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It was ironic that I was gawking at my jars of home-canned produce and taking pictures to share with you today. Just as I was doing that, the UPS man showed up on our porch with part of our Amazon Subscribe and Save order. FUN!! (See many of the specifics here.)

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I snapped a picture of the packaged food (and household items) too. I thought it would be good to show you those along with my home-canned produce. Yep, sometimes I rely on packaged cereal on busy mornings. Sometimes we like chips for a treat. It’s all about balance, right?

I just LOVE a full pantry, and thank God that he has provided so much (mostly) free produce to preserve. I also thank Him for the great deals I find online that are delivered to my door. How fun that I got to stare at so many household blessings for my family today. Thank you, God for the bounty!

How about you? What are you thankful for this Gratituesday?

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