Box Tops for Education in Utah

I noticed that this week was the "Box Top" promos at Albertsons and Smiths in honor of back to school. I remember when I was in elementary school my mom would clip those box top logos off participating products, but I don't remember much more than that, so I decided to find out more!

Box Tops has helped America's schools earn over $250 million in the past 12 years. Your school can earn up to $60,000 every year – that's as much as $20,000 from each of these three easy ways to earn.
You can make a difference for your school every time you shop for groceries! Just clip the Box Tops coupons from hundreds of your favorite products and send them to your child's school. Each box top is worth .10!

To see a list of all the products that have box tops on them click here.

There is also a neat feature here that lets you see how much money your school has earned in box tops. I checked out my old school and they have earned over $8000 from box tops! I can't believe what a wonderful program this is! We are all use to clipping coupons, so we mine as well take the extra minute and clip off those box tops for our local schools. There are also other ways to earn money through box tops by shopping at places like Oriental Trading and Barnes and Nobles. To read more about that click here.

Emily and I were taking about this and she mentioned to me that her kids at church beg for her extra box tops because when they take them into their classrooms they can earn prizes. Some classes even have parties if they bring in the most box tops of the course of the school year!

Starkist Tear Into Flavor Sweepstakes!

Enter and get a chance for $500 or a free Starkist Creations Pouch from the Starkist Tear Into Flavor Sweepstakes! There is $500 given away daily, plus 100 coupons for free Starkist Creations Pouches! You can play this sweepstakes daily thru October 11, 2009. You’ll simply pick a pouch and see if you’ve won! Even if you don’t win you can still print off a coupon for $0.50 Starkist Creation pouches.

for official rules and details click here

You can enter daily until 10/11/09

Wanchai Ferry Winner Announced

The winner of the Wanchai Ferry giveaway is-----entry #9 Joanna Wilkins - Follower!

Congratulations Joanna! E-mail us over your address so we can coordinate getting your prize pack to you!

No matter whether you won or not, here is an online coupon for $1.50 off here.

Arbys Freebie Wednesday

Can you believe another week has gone by? Its Wednesday again already?!!! That means its ARBYS FREEBIE WEDNESDAY! This week you can have a FREE Iced FruiTea with the purchase of any sandwich at Arbys.

Click here to read more about the Freebie Wednesdays.

Tuesdays Meal Planning

Here is my meal plan for this upcoming week. To read about how I plan my meals click here.

This week I am planning my meals around Albertsons and Buy Low Markets produce.

Breakfast

Yogurt, granola bars and orange juice

Pancakes, bacon and juice

Cereal and cinnamon toast

Parfaits (yogurt, strawberries and granola)

Oatmeal and peaches

Pillsbury Toaster Strudels and grapes

Lunch

Turkey Wraps

Macaroni and Cheese, Chex Mix with watermelon

Peanut Butter and Jelly with granola bars and fruit snacks

Ritz Crackers topped with chicken salad with raisins and fruit

Totinos Pizza rolls with string cheese and smoothies

Grilled Cheese and Ham sandwiches, blueberries and goldfish crackers

Dinner

Fiesta Lime Chicken

Slow Cooked BBQ Beef Sandwiches

Hawaiian Hamburgers

Parmesan-Herb Crusted Chicken

Bertolli Oven Baked Lasagna, salad and garlic bread sticks

Arby's Wednesday

Snacks

Fruit Snacks

Grapes

Pudding Snacks

Popcorn

Watermelon

chips and homemade salsa

Dessert

Strawberry Pie

Ice Cream Cups

Worms n Dirt

Utah's Thanksgiving Point

Just a reminder that any Venue at Thanksgiving Point on Tuesday's in August are $2!!! My boys are super excited for Farm Country today! See you there!

Deal of the Day

I have a sister in law who has 4 children and every time we suggest going out to eat she reminds me that with 4 kids it becomes way too expensive and that eating at home is better option for their family. I can only imagine how expensive that could get, but with deals like this it makes eating out affordable and a great treat! IHOP ~ Kids Eat FREE 4pm-10pm daily
Receive one free Kid’s Meal with each adult entrée purchase.
For a limited time.
Free meal valid for kids 12 and under on “Just for Kids’ menu items.

Where are My Utah Red Plum Inserts?

If you are new to She Shops Smart, or missed the first post we wrote, here, about Red Plum being distributed by mail here is another reminder. If you are receiving any paper in the state of Utah, accept for the Daily Herald, your RP inserts will now be mailed to you rather than in your Sunday newspaper. Good news is you get them for FREE in the mail, however you can no longer receive multiple copies, so start asking your neighbors for their unused copies. For those of you receiving the Daily Herald you will continue to receive your inserts in the paper. The Daily Herald was contracted with RP to keep the inserts in the paper, so they are unable to break the contract, but I am guessing that when their contract is up that the coupons will be pulled from the Daily Herald as well.
It is bitter sweet. Yes, we will miss the RP inserts in the paper, but we will still be receiving them . To find out whether you will be receiving the inserts in your paper or in the mail go HERE. Also, did you know that more than 75% of our coupon usage comes from the Smart Source insert? If you have been couponing for a while that is not new news to you. Half of my RP insert coupons go unused.

Class Openings

She Shops Smart is having a FREE class for all of you who have been invited to a class and couldn't make it, or would like to attend a class without hosting one!

The class will be on Monday August 31st in Provo at 7pm.

There are only 55 seats available, so e-mail us now to get your ticket!

In our class we will teach you to:

• Shop at only one grocery store- no running around town!
• Buy all your families’ groceries, household, and personal care items (including diapers) all for about $200 for a family of four- while building massive food storage at the same time!
• No clipping and filing individual coupons- Quick and easy! A HUGE way to save money!
• Eat a healthy, well balanced diet, and have ease in meal planning!
• Use the FREE website- There is no cost to attend and no cost to use the website
• Get a newspaper subscription at a great price

E-mail sheshopssmart@gmail.com and we will e-mail you over your FREE ticket to bring with you that night!

Coupons in Sundays Paper

Today in my Daily Herald paper I found:

1 SS insert

1 RP insert

(remember, only the DH receives RP in the paper. Everyone else gets it in the mail)

3 twice the value coupons to Albertsons!

Old Navy Wonder Sale

Old Navy holds another unbelievable “One Day Wonder” sale this weekend! Women’s rib knit tank tops are available for just $2 (Limit 5 per customer. Select styles only).The sale takes place this Saturday 8/15. If you’re interested, plan to shop early because these are sure to go quickly!

Visit the M80 newsroom here for more details!

Don't forget to head over to Old Navy Weekly, here, for additional coupons! Have no idea what Old Navy Weekly is, click here to read our past posts.

Free Chocolate Friday

Don't forget to register for today's FREE chocolate bars here!
Do you have no idea what I am talking about? Click here to read about FREE chocolate Fridays!

Wanchai Ferry Giveaway

Blog Spark invited my family to try the new Wanchai Ferry frozen entrees and my family loved the Orange Chicken last night! It was yummy restaurant quality food for two that cooked in about 15min. It was faster and cheaper than going and eating out! My husband made the comment that is didn't taste soggy like typical frozen Chinese entrees can get. Wanchai Ferry frozen entrees has five delicious flavors including Orange Chicken, Shrimp Lo Mein, Spicy Garlic Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken and Sweet & Spicy Shrimp. Additionally, all of the entrees have no added MSG!

Now here is your chance to win dinner from Wanachai for your family! If you are chosen you will win 2 coupons to try the Wanchai Ferry frozen entrees for free, as well as some great Asian inspired rice bowls, chopsticks and bamboo place mats to eat with!

You can enter to win this prize by doing one or both of the following options:

1) Tell us the the best fortune from a fortune cookie you´ve ever received.

2) Become a follower of our blog.

This means you can have up to two entries for this prize! The contest will close at MIDNIGHT on Tuesday, August 18th. We will announce the winner on Wednesday afternoon!

No matter whether you win or not, here is an online coupon for $1.50 off here. Good Luck, or Good Fortune =)

Wednesday Show and Tell

Here is an awesome Show & Tell from one of our awesome readers who just started using the system! Here is what she scored!

Oh my gosh!" That was the catch phrase that I repeated several times after my 2nd successful shopping smart grocery trip. 5 transactions later I came home with:
12 Del Monte Fruit Naturals 7.5oz
30 Powerade's 32oz.
2 Pringles Super Stacks 180ct.
5 Lipton Dry Onion Soup Mix 2 pack
4 Fiber One Bars box 7oz.
10 Betty Crocker Brownie Supreme Mixes
10 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 4.5-9oz.
6 Suave Professional Shampoo/Conditioner 14.5oz. (I got a mixture)
5 Betty Crocker Warm Delighs 2.9-3.35oz.
4 Betty Crocker cookie pouches 17.5oz.
3 Betty Crocker frosting tubs 12-16oz.
2 Betty Crocker cake mixes 18-19oz.
10 Betty Crocker Specialty Potatoes 20oz.
5 Bisquick Mixes 20oz.
9 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios
2 boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch
I spent $81.12 dollars (including tax) and saved $247.08!!!! And, I only used 2 coupons from Sunday inserts (because I've only just begun to gather those together...my first 4 Sunday papers arrive tomorrow). Everything was with ABC coupons! Holy cow! That's roughly $0.61 per item!!! I took a picture of everything in my kitchen before I began to unpack. Pretty darn cool! And to think that I'm just a beginner! I'm so excited to know that I'll get better with time! Thanks for everything you do to make this happen quickly and without painkillers at the end of the shopping trip!!!

Amy W.

Free Sample of Nature Valley Granola Bars

Receive a FREE Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar and a FREE sample bag of New Granola Nut Clusters here. You will sign-up and then need to confirm your e-mail address. You sample will arrive in 6-8 weeks.

Free Starter at Mim's Cafe

Here is a coupon for a FREE starter at Mimi's Cafe.

"Dine at Mimi's Cafe and take along this coupon for a FREE starter with the purchase of a meal priced at $10 or more. Vaid through 8/31/09."

When you visit their site HERE, there is also a coupon for a FREE dessert. I bet that can't be used in the same meal, but all the more reason to go back right

20% off at California Pizza Kitchen

Click here to sign up for yours!

The holder of the CPK Adventure Card is entitled to receive a 20% discount on all NEW food menu items (food items ONLY on menu that say “NEW”) at California Pizza Kitchen’s (CPK) participating restaurants in the U.S. only (excluding airport locations, stadium venues, The Mirage in Las Vegas and Concord Mills, NC). Not valid in Guam or at International locations. Card must be presented at time of purchase. Card has no cash value and is non-transferable. Card will be mailed directly to the address indicated. This offer may not be combined with any other offer or discount. Not valid on alcohol, tax, gratuity, retail or gift card purchases. Not valid on delivery orders. For dine-in orders, please present card to server before payment. For take-out, please notify us at time of order pick up. Don’t worry, your information is safe with us. California Pizza Kitchen promises never to rent, sell or trade any personal information provided. Privacy Policy
For assistance or to find a location near you, visit cpk.com or call 1-800-91-WE-CARE.
Adventure Cards will be distributed until August 31, 2009. Card expires September 15, 2009.

Is Your Name Dave?

Famous Dave's officially declares September 8, 2009 DAVE'S DAY!

FREE ENTREE For Anyone Named Dave! Every Dave's a Famous Dave to us, but to celebrate Dave's15th, we're giving a free entree - up to $15 - to every Dave, David or Davy in the house! And on Dave's Day, close counts! If your middle name is Dave, David or Davy you'll get your entree for half price! Up to $7.50

Offers available only at participating locations with a valid picture ID.

Wienershnitzel

Wienershnitzel is offering some freebies right now!

Forget coffee shops and energy drinks. Add some DER to your afternoon with a refreshing Root Beer Float. Just 99¢ gets you a treat that combines the bite of premium Mug® Root Beer with the creamy dreaminess of our famous Tastee Freez soft serve. It's the ultimate afternoon cool-you-down, pick-you-up.

Limited time only

Participating Locations

Good for 20 oz size

Also click here for a coupon for a FREE Chicago dog when you purchase another one.

Fazolis Free Italian Lemon Ice Day

If you signed up for the Fazoli's e-mail newsletter that you got the e-mail about this Friday's Free Italian Lemon Ice Day! Print off the e-mail they sent you, take it to them on Friday Aug. 14th, purchase any adult entree and get a FREE Italian Lemon Ice!!

Wondering when I told you to sign up for this newsletter? Check out this post of all the online sign ups that offer freebies through out the year!

ArtsCow Deal! 8x8 for $9.99

Check out this deal! Here is what they have to say:

"At ArtsCow we strive to become the leader in the market and thus providing all our members quality goods at prices too good to refuse. We believe with the deal we have on the table today meets exactly those requirements.Give your collection of photos a new lease of life with the latest offer we have here. Get your photos and design works onto 8” x 8” stretched canvas for only $9.99/each with free shipping thrown in."

Coupon code: 8X8GALLERYWRAPExpires on: 8/31/2009

Somersaults Snack Co. FREE sample

I love free samples! Here is a link for a sample of Somersault Snack Co.

Somersaults are crunchy nuggets with sunflower seeds and toasted grains.

Click here to go to the site and request your free sample.

Arbys FREEBIE Wednesday

Remember today is Freebie Wednesday at Arbys!
This week at Arbys with the purchase of a soft drink you get a
FREE ROAST CHICKEN CLUB SANDWICH!

There is only couple of weeks left Arbys Freebie Wednesday!

Enjoy it while it last!

Click here to see the rest of the Summer Freebie Schedule.

FREE Juicy Juice Reusable Bottle!

I found this when I was looking up info about food for my baby boy! Its a cool FREE reusable bottle. Click here to go to their site. Its a thank you gift for registering on the Juicy Juice Site, open while supplies last. One per household.

FREE Chiropractic treatments!-GIVEAWAY

If you entered in the giveaways last week that we had in celebration of She Shops Smart 500th post and didnt win-- here is one more chance at an AWESOME PRIZE!

This giveaway will conclude our 500th post celebration week for the blog. This giveaway is courtesy of Hansen Chiropratic. To read more about them click here. Due to this giveaway being location specific please only enter in you live in UTAH! This giveaway is also time sensitive sothe entry dates are short. Make sure to tell all your friends and family to hurry and enter for a chance to win!

We will be giving away 1 coupon good for FREE TREATMENT! This treatment is for YOU and your family! The coupon is good for now through the end of August. This giveaway is worth hundreds of dollars! Best of luck to all who participate! The giveaway will conlcude on Wednesday Aug 12, 2009 at midnight. We will be announcing the winner on the following day.

3 ways to enter your name in the drawing:

1. become a follower on the blog.

2. become a friend on facebook

3.post about She Shops Smart on your own blog and leave us a comment saying you did so.

copy/paste the following to your own blog post

"SHE SHOPS SMART is having yet another FABULOUS giveaway. Stop by the blog before midnight Wednesday August 12th 2009 to enter for a chance to win!"

Good Luck!

FREE candle from Beauty Herbal Spa

Beauty Herbal Spa is offering this awesome deal in order to promote their services. They are offering a free herbal candle from their salon so that you can test them out and see how you like it. Fill in the form here with the requested information to recieve your FREE herbal candle. They will ship your gift using United States Postal Service (USPS). You should receive your gift within 5-15 days after the gift is shipped .

Is it worth it?

In order to get the maximum savings while coupon shopping, as well as build a food storage we recommend you have a newspaper per person in your home. Yes, even one for babies! When we tell people that the reaction is often- " Is it worth it?" "Do the newspapers coupons savings really outweigh the cost of a subscription?" The answer is YES!

This week Tori and I both had awesome trips to the store! "Vegas weeks", as we like to call them. I got home and added up my savings and found that this week with coupons alone I saved $179.07!

That is just using coupons from that I have received in my newspapers!

With the awesome deals that Grocery Smarts is able to offer you on newspapers, the papers can be paid for with savings in less than ONE trip to the store!

Need a newspaper? Email us at SHESHOPSSMART@GMAIL.com and we would be happy to tell you what the best newspaper deal is for your area!

Blog 101

Over the last few week, our readers have brought it to our attention that others in the blogosphere were using some of our posts "word for word" and even using identical blog features and layouts in their own blogs without giving She Shops Smart credit. We actually had no idea, until you let us know about it. Since it has been brought to our attention we have found countless websites that are using this information, which is wonderful. We are so glad that this blog is helping teach people that saving money on groceries is do able, simple and convenient. We were thrilled. The only thing we ask is that if you use our information and ideas that you cite us as your source. We have no problems with people sharing this info, but please let people know where it came from. She Shops Smart blog is copy right protected. We also realize that these "deals" don't belong to us at all, but our words that go with the deals absolutely do! We make our own commentary in our posts, so be sure to delete our words when you copy about a great deal you find here that you want to share with others.

We spend countless hours trying to find good deals, coupons and information we think would help our readers use Grocery Smarts effectively. We always try to post the most accurate information and most of what we do post, are things we have personally made sure are legit. We appreciate all your comments and thanks that you give us for keeping this blog up and running.

Taste Buds

Emily and I are trying a new post called "Taste Buds"!

Emily and I normally do most of our grocery shopping together! It is so nice to have each other to talk each other into and out of buying things. Our last trip together I kept debating on buying soup for $1.00. Emily asked me if I already had some on hand and I said yes about 6 cans. Then she asked me what was the best price I had gotten it for. I told her FREE. She looked at me and laughed. Needless to say I left it behind. The other reason I think it is fun to have a friend is because lots of times we ask each other, "Have you tired it?", or "Is it good?".

So, we thought we would share are unprofessional opinions on some of the products that go on sale and we think are worth buying or not.

A couple weeks ago we bought the new Nabisco Crackerfuls at Albertsons for .50 a box using the coupon in SS 7/12. They have 2 different flavors, 4 cheese and classic cheddar

We took them home and had our families try them. My 2 year old showed no interest, but he doesn't like cheese. My one year old gobbled them down. My husband prefers peanut butter and crackers, so he wasn't overly impressed. I myself thought they tasted good, but didn't think they tasted any different from other cheese and cracker snacks. I do think they will make great snacks for on the go and they were only .50! I would buy them again, but only if they were .50. I wouldn't pay more than that, because they weren't anything out of the ordinary.

Burts Bees Free Sample

Burt's Bees is now offering a free sample of their Natural Acne Solutions here

(click on free samples & coupons in the upper right hand corner).If you are already a fan of these products, Target is running a $5 gift card promo this week.

Skinny Cow Coupon

Save $1.00 on any ONE package of THE SKINNY COW Truffle Bar, for your coupon click here. You can print it once, then hit your back browser button 3 times and it should print again.
Thanks to A Thrifty Mom for this deal. I love ice cream treats!

Nintendo Ds

Before I was a parent I dont think I truly understood just how expensive taking care of kids is! Even the toys are expensive! With that in mind, and knowing that its never to early to shop for Christmas gifts (especially when they have a great sale price) here is a great deal on a Nintendo DS at Target.com.

Nintendo DS Lite Was $129.99

Now $99.00

Use code: TGTBBY92 to save an additional 10%!

Shipping is around $4

Total should be around $97.00 after tax and shipping!

Available in: Cobalt/Black, Metallic Rose, Crimson/Black, Silver

Other Coupons in Sundays Paper

There was a couple of bonus coupons in the paper. Did you see them?

In the PARADE magazine there was a coupon for

McDonalds FREE medium fries AND a FREE medium soft drink or tea* with purchase of the new Angus Third Pounder Burgers.
*****
There was also a coupon in Parade for $1 off any one package of

"I Can't Believe Its Not Butter" sticks

there is a IP available for these too. Click here.

Target Match Ups 8/9

Here are some of the match ups for Target this week. Check the add for your own area as some prices and sale items do vary. Thanks for Coupon Gal for help with this list.

Buy 2 Listerine Mouthwash’s: $5.99 ea.
Use BOGO coupon from 8/2 Smart Source (Coupon Max. Value is $5.05)
Use $1.00 coupon from 6/14 or 8/2 Smart Source
Receive $5.00 Target Gift Card
Final Price: $.47 ea.

Revlon Nail Polish: $2.99
Use $1.00 coupon from 7/19 Smart Source
Use $1.00 Target Coupon from 7/19 Smart Source
Final Price: $.99

Air Wick iMotion: $5.99
Use $6.00 coupon from 8/9 Smart Source
Final Price: FREE

Air Wick Freshmatic Starter Kit: $5.99
Use $4.00 Printable HERE
Final Price: $1.99

Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal: $2.74
Use $1.50 Printable HERE
Final Price: $1.24

Kashi TLC Bars: $2.74
Use $1.50 Printable HERE
Final Price: $1.24

Scotch Magic Tape: $1.50
Use $.50 couopn from 8/9 Red Plum
Final Price: $1.00

Gone Fishing

I am having a ton of fun! I fully intended on getting my weekly match-ups today, but you're going to let me slide because I am on vacation! See you when I get back!

Walgreens Deals

Here are some of the deals for Walgreens this week-8/9/09

Register Reward Deals:

Buy (1) Colgate Total enamel strength toothpaste at $2.99,
receive $2.99 in Register Rewards
use $0.75/1 from 7/26/09 SS Insert
Final price- FREE plus small overage after coupon and Register Rewards

Buy (1) Glade Sense & Spray at $6.99
receive $2 in Register Rewards
$4/1 from the July 2009 All You Magazine
Final price - $0.99 after coupon and Register Rewards

Buy (1) Jergens Naturals lotion at $5.99
receive $5 in Register Rewards
Final price - $0.99 after Register Rewards

Buy (2) select varieties Band-Aid bandages at $2.99 each,
receive $4 in Register Rewards
$0.50/1 from the 6/28/09 or 8/2/09 SS
Final price: $0.50 each after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy (3) Reach toothbrushes, floss, or Listerine mouthwash at 3/$9,
receive $6 in Register Rewards
$3/3 from the 8/2/09 SS
Final price - FREE after coupon and Register Rewards

I LOVE REGISTER REWARDS! Before using Grocery Smarts I had never done much shopping at Walgreens. Now-- I have a little stack of Registry Rewards saved up. So, there are now times that I do not even have to pay when I go buy something. It is so much fun!

I will get working on the rest of the weekly deals.

Tori and I love all the emails and comments that we receive from the She Shops Smart readers! It is so fun to hear from you. Every day we both try and answer as many questions as we can. Sometimes there is just too many for us to get to.

In the case that you have a question that we have not answered there is usually a very easy way to find it. You can check and see if there has been a post on it in the past. To find the past posts, scroll down on the main page of the blog and there will be a list on the left side. For some categories there will have been more than one past post on the subject. If that is the case just click on the subject and it will take you to a list of all posts on that particular subject/title. If you still cant find the answer let us know!

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! I am off to play with my family!

GIVEAWAY WINNERS!

WOW! Thanks to ALL the participants of the Giveaways! We have been thrilled about all the comment box and email entries we have received for the giveaways.

The winner of the of the Kantan Design poster is Lindsi (of username ParkandLinds blog). She says "I need to add some decor to my kids' rooms, and I think that this would be a fun way to start!-- very fun stuff!

Congratulations Lindsi!

The winner of our Bella Inspired Boutique giveaway is Autumn.

She says "I would LOVE to win the Bella Inspired Boutique giveaway! The names she has in her portfolio are darling! I haven't had a chance to decorate my little boys room yet and there is a design that would match his bedding perfect! Wish me luck!"

Congratulations Autumn!

Please email us at sheshopssmart.blogspot.com so we can get the info needed to send out the prizes!

Free Redbox Code with Free Fries and Drink Coupon

Update*** Remember when we printed off our McDonald's coupons
for FREE medium fries and FREE medium soft drink at McDonald's with the purchase of ANY new angus third pounders! ? If you haven't already done so check out my first post here to get yours! I went to use mine last night (I told you it wouldn't last a week) and when I got my burger it had a FREE redbox code on it! Make sure to check for yours when you go!

Thanks for your ideas!

So, I was just about ready to share some of my zucchini with my neighbors when I saw that a bunch of readers have shared some great recipes and ideas. I think I am going to keep it and try some of these this weekend! Thank you so much for sharing!


From Brittany:
mmmm... I grew up with Fried Zucchini. You cut it up, dip it in egg, then ritz cracker crumbs and cook/fry in butter with salt and pepper on them! Yumm it is amazing! Let me know if you do try it!

Brittany, I will be trying this one tonight! It sounds so good! Thanks!

From Brittany:
I got this one from my Mother in law. It is a Egg and Zucchini casserole. You just put egg and copped Zucchini in a casserole dish Cheese mixed in it and bake it until it doesn't jiggle. Then you put the dryed onions on top.


From Shelley:

This is not really a recipe, but when we are swimming in zuchinni, I freeze it for future use. If you shred it and then measure it into two cup increments (or whatever your favorite recipe calls for) and then freeze it in a baggie, you can use it quickly. When it thaws, it will be very watery, that's okay because zuchinni has a naturally high water content, just throw the entire contents of your pre-measured bag in your recipe and you can have warm zuchinni bread at Christmas time! :)

From Mel:

Chop the zuchinni up and boil in water until soft. Puree and freeze. This is great to add to minestrone and other soups in the fall/winter.

Thanks Shelley and Mel and for the tips! I love having things ready to use! It makes me so much more motivated to cook/bake when some of the work is already done. Thanks for the recipe ideas Brittany, I cant wait to try them!

Free Chicago Dog

Yummy. I just found this e-mail in my junk box! My husband will enjoy this coupon!

Free National Park Access

This is the last weekend to take advantage of this offer!'

Fee-Free Weekends in Your National Parks
America’s Best Idea – the national parks – gets even better this summer with three fee-free weekends at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees*.

Mark your calendars for fee-free weekends this summer:
June 20-21, 2009 (Father’s Day weekend)
July 18-19, 2009
August 15-16, 2009

And to make the fun even more affordable, many national park concessioners are joining the National Park Service in welcoming visitors on this summer’s fee free weekends with the their own special offers.

Here’s a tip – many national parks never charge an entrance fee, so you can plan inexpensive visits year round!

For a list of family fun activities this summer, visit

National Parks: The Place to Be for Family Fun.

*Fee waiver includes: entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise.

FREE Chocolate Friday!

Dont forget to register for your FREE chocolate today!Click here to register . I love taking my coupons to the store and getting a sweet treat for FREE! No idea what FREE chocolate friday is? Click here to read more about it.

Zucchini, from the GARDEN!

This is the first year that I have planted a garden. Well, a real garden, that was not in pots that sat on my deck. Being first time gardeners we have learned that you do not need many zucchini plants to turn a large harvest! We have zucchini, zucchini and more zucchini!

Here are a couple of recipes that we have tried, and a few we are going to try. All three recipes were found on AllRecipes.com. I love that site. I ususally only try ones that have had lots of people rate them, and so far my family has loved the ones we have tried.

Grilled Zucchini

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 4 Minutes
Ready In: 10 Minutes
Servings: 3

Ingredients:
1 large zucchini
1/4 cup Italian-style salad dressing

Directions:
1.Slice zucchini in to 1/4 inch slices. Toss is a bowl with Italian dressing.
2.Place on a hot grill and grill about 4 to 5 minutes or until nice grill marks appear and the zucchini is slightly limp. Serve and enjoy.

*** we have used this one but sliced the zucchini lengthwise so the it was easier to keep from falling through the grill. We have also made it with out the dressing and sprinkled cheese on top when almost done. Both are good.

Zucchini Pineapple Bread
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour
Ready In: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Servings: 24
"Luscious pineapple is strewn throughout these ambrosial zucchini loaves, perfectly spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon."

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups grated zucchini
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Directions:
1.Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2.In a large bowl, mix oil, eggs, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend in pineapple and zucchini. Stir flour mixture into zucchini mixture. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
3.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Cool on wire racks.

* havent tried this one yet but it sounds like a fun variation or traditional zuc bread

Cheesy Sausage Zucchini Casserole

Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour
Ready In: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients:
1/2 cup uncooked white rice
1 cup water
1 pound pork sausage
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 cup diced fresh tomato
4 cups cubed zucchini squash
2 (4 ounce) cans sliced mushrooms, drained
1 (8 ounce) package processed cheese food
, cubed
1 pinch dried oregano
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1.Combine the rice and water in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until tender. Remove from heat, and set aside.
2.Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
3.Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring until evenly browned. Drain excess grease. Stir in zucchini and tomatoes, and cook until tender. Stir in rice, mushrooms, and cheese. Season with oregano, salt, and pepper. Spread into a 9x13 inch baking dish, or a 2 quart casserole dish.
4.Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned and bubbly.

** going to try this for dinner one night here soon.

If anyone else has any recipes for zucchini or squash that you love let me know!

Dinner on Schwans!

A deal this HOT deserves a reminder post! If you havent already taken advantage of the Schwans free food deal you should! Its completely FREE! I was shocked! You dont have to buy anything else. Just pick the item you want under $10 and delievy is FREE TOO! Its open to the first 500,000 new customers. So, HURRY and get your order in! I love a night off from making dinner. Especially when the dinner is FREE! Chicken Pot Pies were delivered to my house this morning! I think I know whats I am having for dinner tonight! No idea what I am talking about? Check out the details in the first post here. Enjoy your free food!

Walgreens $20 off Contact Lenses

I just barley went to order my contacts and found this deal. Click here to get to the website to order.

Show and Tell

This is another great show and tell from this week! This is from Abbie my old neighbor in Levan. Abbie was at the very FIRST class I taught! You are so awesome Abbie! Vegas weeks are the best aren't they? Do you remember when you e-mailed me about not feeling like you were building up food storage? I would love to see your pantry shelves now. Thanks Abbie for sticking through this with me! You are such an awesome She Shops Smart reader! Miss you! I got:
18 bottles Ragu pasts sauce (yes 18)
7 bottles Dove shampoo & conditioner
4 BC cake mix
4 bags Chex mix
2 bags Bugles
4 boxes cereal
4 BC frosting
6 boxes Bisquick
4 bottles All laundry soap
4 bags Nut Clusters
4 boxes Popsicles
4 bottles Vaseline lotion
2 Best Food Mayo
4 BC muffin mix
4 BC fruit snacks
1 box Dusters
15 Powerade
6 Yoplait yougart
2 Danimals drinkables
2 Dannon crush cups
4 cans biscuits
1 bottle Parmesan cheese
1 qt buttermilk
4 lbs hamburger
2 bags baby carrots
4 lbs chicken
1 loaf bread
2 pkgs hamburger buns
1 pkg hot dog buns
1 12pk pepsi
1 12pk dr pepper
1 bag salad
3 bags pasta
1 pkg tortillas
2 pkgs country gravy
6 boxes hamburger helper
10 lunchables
1 bag Tyson frozen chicken nuggets
4 tubs Country Crock spread
Can I have a drum roll please
total spent $91.04
total saved $373.10
That is an average of .61 cents an item.
WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!

Free Scope Outlast Sample Kit

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FREE Glade Fragrance Gift Pack

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First 10,000* to respond will receive one free Glade® PlugIns® Scented Gel Warmer plus Refill.

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Thank you for registering for the Glade® Fall into Fragrance Gift Pack offer. The first 10,000* eligible registrants will receive one free Glade® PlugIns® Scented Gel Warmer plus Refill. Gift packs will be mailed by October 15, 2009.

MORE GIVEAWAYS!

Guess what all you She Shops Smart Readers! We have TWO more awesome giveaways for you! They both come from very talented She Shops Smart readers!

The first giveaway comes from

Heather

at Kantan Designs

She wants to let one lucky winner choose one poster design/item from the shop. There are lots of different fun color options to pick from.

One of these would be a fun addition to any end table wall, or room in your house!

Check out her Etsy shop here.

Tori and I both love the Etsy site. There is so much amazing talent displayed on there!

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The second awesome GIVEAWAY we have comes from:

Jessa Stadtler of

Bella Inspired Boutique

She would like to give our lucky winner

3 letters - either a set of initials, or the winner can just use them towards a name. The letters will be 6" and in the font of their choice. The letters are $17.95 a piece, so that is over a $50.00 value. Everything 100% hand painted by Jessa, and the winner can have the letters in any style, theme, colors, etc. She can match bedding, hobbies, sports teams, etc.

If you are the lucky winner you will get to pick 3 letters!

Click here to check out her website.

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Three ways to enter

these two AWESOME giveaways:

1. Leave us a comment telling which prize you would like to win and why.

2. Become a follower on our blog

3. Copy/paste this text into a post on your own blog, and leave us a

link to it in the comment section.

"She Shops Smart is having a great giveaway sponsored by two Etsy Shops. Stop by the blog before Friday August 7th at midnight to enter to win.
-Contest is open to U.S. Residents only. Contest closes Friday, August 7th at MIDNIGHT with the winner to be announced the following day.