New Rite Aid Wellness+ Coupons

Go HERE to get a coupon for $2 off any skincare item at Rite Aid (priced at $2.99+).

These will be great with some of the deals this week! Stay tuned!

Free Oikos Greek Yogurt @ Whole Foods

Whole Foods has Oikos organic Greek yogurt on sale 10/$10 until 2/10/10. There is a $1 off MFQ HERE, as well as in the January/February issue of Whole Deal, the whole foods in-store coupon booklet.

$1.00 Oikos yogurt
-$1 MFQ HERE (or inside in-store booklet)
= FREE

Free Kindle Books

Anyone here have a Kindle? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Now that I'm breastfeeding, I would LOVE one of these. It would make it so easy to sit and read while I feed, no fumbling around turning pages!

Check out some free Kindle book downloads listed HERE at Freebies 4 Mom. Worth a read, right?

2/7 Coupon Preview

Click HERE for a coupon preview of inserts coming tomorrow.

Mega Swagbuck Friday

The other day I was looking around in the Special Offers section of Swagbucks.com, and I found a few videos you can watch for 1 free swagbuck each! Click HERE and then go to Wall 3. (They may not be available on all accounts.)

Don't forget today (Friday) is Mega Swagbucks day! You can get up to 10 swagbucks for searches today!

What is Swagbucks?
It's a search engine, like google. Use it in place of your regular search engine and earn swagbucks every day that can be used towards gift cards and prizes.

New Target Mobile Phone Coupons!

Have you heard about this? Target now has store coupons available on your mobile phone!

You can sign up HERE and read the details. Basically you'll receive text messages monthly with links to the coupons. Simply pull the coupon up on your phone, have the cashier scan the barcode, and voila! Mobile savings.

The best part is, these coupons can still be combined with manufacturer's coupons, just like regular Target store coupons. But this way you'll save a few trees.

Reader Email: Meal Plans & Recipes

Danielle wrote:

"I am not the best cook and have a really hard time coming up with lunch and dinner ideas for my family. I was just wondering on how you come up with yours -- being creative while spending so little. Thank you for all your hard work and wisdom!"

Dear Danielle,

I have a hard time coming up with ideas for dinners as well. I love trying new recipes, but I don't always have the time (or money) for fancy things. Here are some resources I use to plan meals:

• Recipezaar.com -- At Recipezaar you can type in a single ingredient or many ingredients (either ones you have on hand or something you'd like to make a meal out of) and it will come back with thousands of user-submitted and user-reviewed recipes containing those items. I've never tried a highly rated recipe from this site that I didn't love! They're all printable and free, so you can slip them right into your recipe binder for safe keeping.

• Utah Food Co-Op -- This is a community-run food co-op. Place an order for a full, half, or harvest share once per month and pick it up on delivery day at your local site. All food is locally grown and very fresh, at less than half retail cost. Go to www.foodco-op.net to join (it's free!) and place an order. Then once you receive your food, use Recipzaar to find things to make with your share from that month!

• Slow Cooker Cookbooks -- I have a few slow-cooker cookbooks (Fix It and Forget It) that I love, as well as the blog www.crockpot365.blogspot.com (which is now a book -- Make It Fast, Cook It Slow). I've discovered that crockpot recipes are fast & simple, and make almost anything taste great.

• Blogs -- I love blog-hopping and seeing ways that others feed their family simply and cheaply. I love when others post their recipes, so that's why I try to post mine a little. When I find a good one, I bookmark it so I can try it out later. Here are a few that I like: jane4girls, Sunday Baker, Food for Thought.

I hope that helps you a little, Danielle! Good luck with your meal planning!