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Bent by H.B. Heinzer FREE on Amazon & Giveaway

April 5, 2013 By Heather Leave a Comment

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Here’s what Amy from Midwest Coupon Clippers had to say about “Bent”:

In all honestly I have never been a big reader, mostly because I would get bored, lose interest and not finish the book. That was definitely not the case with Bent by HB Heinzer. Bent is an extremely, well written book and kept me hooked from the very beginning. The story has it all; love, mistakes, tragedy, secrets, fears, second chances and following your dreams . . . basically real life you are able to relate to. Oh and I can’t forget the steamy romance thrown in.

Micah and Julia will send you through a variety of emotions from laughing out loud, to crying with the character or the anticipation while you are sitting on the edge of your seat, just waiting to turn the page and see what will happen next. I fell in love with Micah and Julia, along with all of the other characters that HB Heinzer brought to life in this journey. I was extremely sad when I finished this book as I loved spending time with these characters and could feel their emotions.

I can’t wait to read more about these characters to see where they go next. I would definitely recommend reading Bent and I am looking forward to reading other books from HB Heinzer!

Blurb:

If there’s one thing Julia Wilson has learned in life, it’s that you can’t push your own dreams to the background for anyone. Newly divorced, Julia returns to the hometown she once swore would never see her again. Her plan is simple; enjoy the cheap rent her friend is offering and stay just long enough to develop a plan to make her own dreams come true.

It doesn’t take long before Julia realizes she’s made a big mistake.

Micah Anderson came closer to breaking Julia than anyone else ever had. After promising her forever, he broke her heart the week before she left for college. Now, Julia’s back in town and he’s going to have to tell her the truth about why he left her. It’s not possible to hide a twelve year old child when you live in a town of 5,000 people.

Is following your dreams worth it if it means giving up on a second chance with her first love? Is trying to make a relationship work worth it if his past becomes a threat to her safety?

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How to Get the Most From Great Chicken Prices

October 7, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

pressure cooker chickenThis week, we picked up chicken leg quarters because they were on a good sale. Not that long ago, we wouldn’t have bought it because my family isn’t a fan of bone-in chicken. But now that we have a pressure cooker, I’m putting my food to work for me in a big way! I’m saving time by cooking my chicken ahead of time and then adding some things to the pot along with the bones to get even more out of the chicken.

Cook the Chicken

Sprinkle the skin of the chicken with kosher salt. How much you use depends on your personal preference.  Place in the pressure cooker along with 4 cups of water and a teaspoon of peppercorns. Because of how you’re cooking the chicken, peppercorns work better than ground pepper.

Close the pressure cooker and bring to 15 pounds of pressure. On my Fagor pressure cooker, 15 pounds is setting #2. Once the cooker is to pressure, cook for 5-7 minutes at pressure for bone-in chicken pieces or 12-18 minutes for a whole, thawed chicken.

Release the pressure and remove the chicken from the pressure cooker. Allow the chicken to cool and pull all meat from the bones. Place the bones back into the pressure cooker. Take the cooked chicken you’ve pulled from the bones and portion one pound at a time into freezer bags. I do one pound to make it easy for using in recipes. Yes, this does mean we use a little bit more chicken than we would if it was precooked pounds, but that’s okay by my meat loving men.

I don’t put anything other than salt and pepper on the chicken at this point because I want it to be as versatile as possible later. Also, if I used specific seasonings (for example, most of today’s chicken will be going to enchiladas, so I could have used traditional Mexican seasonings) it wouldn’t be great for the next step…

Back in the pot

Now that your bones are back in with the water, go to the fridge and see what vegetables you have. Today, I’m using onion, celery, one green pepper and two small hot red peppers. Normally, I would put a couple of carrots in the pot as well, but I don’t have any in the kitchen and it’s all about keeping things simple. Add 2 more cups of water, garlic another teaspoon of peppercorns, a teaspoon of sage and one bay leaf into the pot.

Cover the pot and bring back to 15 pounds of pressure. Let the stock cook under pressure for 55 minutes and release the pressure. For the first strain, I simply dump everything into a strainer over a large bowl. This will get rid of all of the big pieces. Then, line your strainer with a cheesecloth and strain again. This will get the small bits, including any tiny bones, out of the stock and give you a clearer chicken stock.

 The pressure cooker is quickly becoming my favorite household gadget. To me, it’s a must-have for busy moms!
About the author.
Mary is a blogger who loves everything from DIY recipes and fun aprons to helping parents find awesome deals on kids pajamas and even deals on travel.

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Homemade Salsa Recipe

September 28, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mama’s Homemade Salsa

Ingredients:

  • 4 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • salt to taste
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, minced (we like things spicy, so we doubled this)

Directions

It really couldn’t be any simpler! Mix everything together, let it sit for about 30 minutes so the flavors all slide together and serve! Have you tried the Salsa Chicken that we posted a while ago?

 

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Church Basement Casserole

September 26, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

Ever had one of those days where breakfast might be the only answer, even at dinner time? That’s the type of day it is here today, and this is one of my favorite breakfasts for any meal! It may be known to some as a sausage breakfast casserole or an egg dish, but if you were raised a Lutheran girl in Wisconsin, it’s church basement casserole.

You see, when I was younger, this was Easter morning breakfast every year. Women from the church would each make their favorite recipes and bring them to the church early on Sunday morning. We’d have to sit through the early morning service with the smells of bacon, sausage, eggs and cheese wafting up through the stairwell and filling the sanctuary. After the service was done, it looked like the running of the bulls as everyone descended for their slice of the ultimate breakfast dish.

Unlike many of the recipes I saw as a child, this one can be made easily in a few minutes, it doesn’t require soaking overnight. I’m sure it’d still be great if it did soak overnight, but we aren’t patient people in this house!
Mr. Food

Ingredients

  • 1 package breakfast sausage
  • 10 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 teaspoons dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 6 cups cubed bread
  • 2 cups shredded cheese (I use whatever I have on hand)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F. Cook sausage over medium high heat, cooking until no longer pink. I typically add my onion and green pepper when I’m cooking the sausage because my guys won’t eat them if they’re still crunchy at all.
  2. Combine eggs, milk, mustard and salt in a large bowl. Beat everything until the mixture starts to foam a bit. This will give your finished product a nice, airy consistency.
  3. Place half of the bread cubes into the bottom of a greased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle with half the pepper, half of the cheese and half of the sausage mixture. Repeat with the other half of ingredients.
  4. Pour egg mixture evenly over casserole. Let sit for 10 minutes so the bread absorbs the eggs.
  5. Bake uncovered for 55-60 minutes or until eggs are set. If the top begins to brown, place a sheet of aluminum foil over the pan, but do not seal.

 

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Creamy Sausage Pasta

September 25, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

easy weeknight dinnerI hadn’t made this in a long time, until I was digging for recipes to put on the site. If that keeps happening, my family is going to LOVE me! We love this creamy sausage pasta, it’s a quick meal that doesn’t taste quick!

Creamy Spicy Sausage Pasta

  • 1T olive oil
  • 1 pound Italian sausage
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup Newman’s Own tomato sauce (I used the roasted garlic)
  • 1 1/2 cup frozen peas
  • salt and pepper (don’t let the 4 year old help with the pepper!)
  • 1 pound rigatoni
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese

Cook the sausage, then add cream and tomato sauce.  Simmer until slightly thickened.  Add peas and cook until peas are hot.  Boil pasta according to directions and add to sausage and sauce mixture.  Top with mozzarella cheese and cover to let cheese melt.

With using salt, pepper, and cheese that I already had on hand, I was able to make this meal for 5.97 and it easily could have fed 6 people.  My husband, one of the biggest eaters I know asked why I made so much, and he only saw what was left after I had some and after Bug had 2 little bowls.

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We’ll Call That Couponing Success

September 24, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

For those who don’t know me, I’m not Micki. I’m her friend, Heather, aka the web designer in these parts. Thanks to the constant encouragement from Micki, I’ve decided to giving couponing a shot. Again. I never used them on a regular enough basis to feel confident and haven’t used them at all in over six months…

starting to use couponsSo, yesterday was the big day. I spent two hours Friday night getting ready to tackle one store on Saturday. I can’t say my anxiety eased at all while I was getting ready to leave. In fact, in hindsight, I wish I had done everything on Friday night because when you’re trying to cut coupons and sort them with two bored kids running around, there may or may not be a 100% chance that you’re going to leave a Halls coupon uncut on the dining room table. And you may or may not realize it until you’re into the fourth transaction and you’re getting your coupons ready to hand over to the cashier… oh well, lesson learned.

I felt even more pressure because I had been rambling incessantly to my roommate about how amazing this shopping trip was going to be. He offered to go with to help me keep an eye on the kids while seeing what I was doing and how. We are very much a family in this house and there is no “his food” or “our food,” it’s all “the family’s food” and that includes him. It’s nice having someone who’s interested in learning how to use coupons, even if it is from me with my limited knowledge, so I was glad to have the company.

When we got home, my husband made a comment about how the stores put the amount you saved on your receipt to make you feel better for their high prices. Well, not in those words, but this is a family friendly blog, so I’ll let your imagination fill in the blanks. Our roommate corrected him and told him that while that may be the case sometimes, we were NOT on the losing end of this transaction.

Three things this trip taught me

  1. Things are going to not go according to plan. Our store didn’t carry the Sara Lee lunch meats I was going to get and they were out of the Totinos pizzas. This meant I had to reconfigure transactions on the fly.
  2. Don’t shop with the kids. Yes, I know this won’t always be possible, but as often as possible, I think I’ll be leaving them home. I wound up getting distracted too much and they kept asking for things.
  3. Keep your eyes peeled for coupons in the store. We wound up getting an amazing price on our Silk Coconut Milk because there was a blinkie on the shelf. With the 3 coupons we couldn’t use because of out of stock products, we were able to get those coupons doubled and paid under $2 per half gallon.

I’m not sure what next week will hold for me, but we’re going to make it a habit to hit the stores for every sale day so we can make this a lifestyle change, not just something we do when we remember.

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I’m Scared to Use Coupons

September 22, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

I am not a Couponer!
(From Heather, Midwest Coupon Clippers Web Designer)

I have a confession to make. I’m not a couponer. Yes, I’ve dabbled in it a bit, but if we’re being completely honest here, I’m about as much of a couponer as sitting down to waterpaint with my kids makes me an artist. But, if I’m going to make this stay at home mom thing work, I know I need to get our grocery budget cut in a big way.

Thanks to working with a variety of coupon blogs, I have picked up a general understanding of HOW to coupon, now it’s just a matter of putting that knowledge into motion to actually do it.

When I picked up the sales flyers last night, I didn’t get the giddy adrenaline rush that I hear other couponers getting when they know there’s a great sale going on. I started to feel the anxiety building in my system. I felt like I was back in high school algebra class sitting there trying to figure out how much I had to buy to get to the $25 required in order to double my coupons. Then, I had to figure out what the best coupons were so I could keep my out of pocket down.

When it was all said and done, I spent 2 hours at the computer last night planning my shopping trips for today. I felt like a failure. Why should I spend that much time planning out my grocery shopping? Well, because without counting sale prices, I’m going to be saving $50 with coupons and card discounts. If that’s the currency for being a stay at home mom, that’s $25 per hour and that’s a pretty good wage!

I think that thanks to certain TV shows, people who haven’t used coupons think it should be easy. The truth is, it’s not, even for those who have been on the show (AND have couponed properly). I’ve talked to a few people who were on early episodes and they said they’d spend HOURS inside the stores during the weeks leading up to taping so they would know where everything was and what the normal prices were. We’re talking like fulltime job hours.

Couponing isn’t easy, but I’m determined to make it work for our family. As our roommate pointed out last night, right now, I have more time than money, so it only makes sense that I would do this!

What was your biggest hurdle to overcome when you started couponing?

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Apricot Chicken Recipe

September 20, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

The first time I made this, I was sure my family would hate it and complain. Now, they ask for it time and time again! You may even have all of the ingredients in your stockpile…

Apricot Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 1.5# boneless, skinless chicken breast, pounded thin
  • 1 1/2 cup apricot preserves
  • 1 packet dry onion soup mix
  • 1/2 cup mayo

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix preserves, soup mix and  mayo to form a sauce.
  3. Place chicken breasts in 9×13 pan and cover with sauce.
  4. Bake uncovered 45 minutes.

Serve with white rice, pouring the sauce and juices over the rice. I also made baby carrots steamed with butter and a touch of brown sugar.

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Ultimate Cheeseburger Meatloaf

September 19, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

In honor of National Burger Day yesterday, we made the Ultimate Cheeseburger Meatloaf. This is a staple in our menu rotation and it’s about the only meatloaf that everyone in the family agrees on.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5# ground beef (I recommend 80/20 to reduce greasiness without being dry)
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
  • 1t Italian Seasoning
  • 1t salt
  • 1/2t pepper
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Combine ground beef, milk, egg, bread crumbs, and spices by hand.
  3. Once it’s well mixed, add shredded cheddar cheese and mix lightly.
  4. Place in loaf pan.
  5. Sprinkle the top with bread crumbs and press into pan to form a solid loaf.
  6. Bake for one hour.

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Easy Salsa Chicken for Busy Nights

September 18, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

Easy Salsa Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup salsa
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease 9×13 baking dish.
  2. Mix all spices and sugar to make a homemade taco seasoning. Sprinkle over both sides of the chicken breasts. Place chicken in pan. Pour salsa over chicken breasts.
  3. Bake 25-35 minutes or until juices in chicken run clear. If you’re in a hurry, pound chicken breasts flat and they will cook faster.
  4. Sprinkle cheese over chicken and bake until cheese is melted.
  5. Serve with sour cream on the side.

Helpful Tips:

  • Save a spice container and fill it with the seasonings listed to have homemade taco seasoning available at all times.
  • A good meat pounder (HERE is the one I got on Amazon) will be your best friend on nights when you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry. The thicker your meat, the longer it takes to cook.
  • Serve this with Mexican corn and rice for a great weeknight meal!

 

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