How I get away with NEVER buying deodorant!

*notice how none of these coupons below have a size restriction or exclude trial size??

I got all of these below free and I have a shoebox full of more from Target!

So how did I get them free? Since the coupons have no size restrictions, trial size is allowed! Usually the coupons are close to the price of the trial size items if not more.

I have gotten these items free in the travel section

Men’s deodorant

Women’s deodorant

Shampoo

Conditioner

Body wash

Q-tips

STUFFED JUMBO SHELLS

Ingredients:

1 box Barilla Jumbo Shells
1lb. ground beef or turkey
2 T. EVOO
6oz spinach, chopped
1 cup finely chopped onion

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 egg
1/4 cup grated Parmigiana cheese( I used Parmesan)
1 jar of tomato & basil pasta sauce

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350

Cook shells, drain, reserve 1/3 cup pasta cooking water

Cook meat, drain grease

Add oil, spinach, onion, garlic, reserved pasta water, continue to cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

Add seasonings and blend well. Let cool.
Stir in egg and Parmigiana cheese.

Pour 1 cup of pasta sauce into a 13x9 baking dish.

Fill Jumbo Shells with meat mixture and place in dish. Pour remaining sauce over shells; sprinkle mozzarella cheese over top, cover with foil.

Bake for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated!

Before

After

BANANA SPLIT BREAD

I love this bread! It is the best! I found this recipe on allrecipes.com

Prep time: 15 minutes           Cook time: 1 hour       Serves:16
Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips( I use the mini ones)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. beat in egg. In a small bowl, combine bananas and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.

2. Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CHICKEN & WILD RICE SOUP

I have been in a soup mood lately. This is another recipe that I got from my mom and use a lot!

What you need:

1 Box Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix w/seasonings (6 oz box)
2 c. instant white rice, prepared according to pkg
32 oz chicken broth (I use the box of chicken broth)
3 - 4 chicken breasts (can be baked or cooked in crock pot ahead of time)
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion chopped
3 carrots, sliced thin
1/2 stick butter

Combine the broth off the cooked chicken and 1/2 stick butter in saucepan. Cook celery, carrots, & onion in this mixture for 10 min.

Add 2 c. water and contents of wild rice w/seasonings box. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, simmer for 20 min. Ater this step you may want to transfer mixture to a larger pan or do what I do and just cook the whole thing in the large pot. Prepare instant white rice accoring to pkg directions. Add cooked instant white rice to the wild rice & veggie mixture. Add 32 oz box of chicken broth and cut up chicken. Simmer for 30 min.

What to do with all those Christmas cards you received....

I used to throw away the Christmas cards I received after the first of the year but NOT anymore! I thought of a way to recycle them in a way...I use this little paper puncher and cut out the design on the front.

I keep the circle and throw away the rest.

Next year I will use these as gift tags!

All I have to do is write on the back of them!

DRIED CHERRY AND ALMOND SCONES

This came from foodnetwork.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 lemon, zested
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 sticks cold butter, cut into pea size pieces
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• Turbinado sugar, for garnishing
• Honey Butter, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest, salt and cinnamon.
Add in the butter and rub with your fingers into the dry ingredients until a coarse meal forms.
Add in the cherries and almonds. Add the heavy cream and combine it into the butter flour mixture.

Form the dough into a 1-inch thick disk and cut it into 6 wedges. Sprinkle each wedge generously with the turbinado sugar. Transfer the wedges to a parchment-lined sheet pan and bake in the preheated oven for 17 to 18 minutes, turning the pan halfway through. Serve warm with Honey Butter.

Honey Butter:

• 1/2 pint cold heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 orange, zested

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add all ingredients and whip on high speed until the cream starts to clump and turn light yellow. Continue mixing as butter forms and the buttermilk begins to separate out. Scrape sides and continue mixing until mixture is one lump of butter. Place butter into a clean container or serving dish and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.