Kiddos

Satay Wraps

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup beef or chicken broth
* 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
* 2 teaspoons cornstarch
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
* 3 garlic cloves, minced
* 1 pound lean ground beef ~ or diced chicken
* 1 cup shredded carrots
* 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
* 2 tablespoons soy sauce
* Boston lettuce leaves
* Chopped peanuts (optional)
* Cilantro (optional)

Directions

Turkey Bacon Rolls

 Ingredients

* 1 piece flat shepherd's bread, not whole wheat (from 14-ounce package)
* 1/3 cup Thousand Island dressing
* 1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon (4 slices, cooked and crumbled)
* 8 ounces sliced deli turkey
* 4 ounces sliced Muenster
* 1 cup shredded lettuce

Directions

Unfold bread. Top with dressing, bacon, turkey, cheese and lettuce.

Beginning with short end, roll up bread. Trim ends. Slice into 1 1/2 to 2-inch thick pinwheels.

Gifts

This year I want to urge you to make your own gifts for everything, Christmas, Birthday's etc.  Not only will it save you money, it will also teach you a new skill and everyone I know loves a homemade gift.

Here are some ideas:

Melt old crayons in a muffin tin and make new crayons

Make soap crayons

You could make food in gift jars.

Make a quilt

There are a ton of sources on line you could search and learn from.

Good Luck!

Say NO!

The easiest way to save a lot of money is this: SAY NO!

Say no to the coffee with friends at the Starbucks across the street. Have coffee at home instead.

Say no to the thirteen extra curricular activities your children want to do.  Limit it to one, then you can actually eat dinner together as a family.

Say no to fast food for lunch each day, and pack a lunch instead. Maybe leftovers from last nights dinner?

Thrift Stores

ARC, DAV, Salvation Army, Goodwill what do these words mean to you? To me they mean bargain city baby!

I just love a good, clean, well organize, and well priced thrift store.  I love going on the big sale day and looking for the hidden treasures abound.  It might be the one book in a series I don't have, or a vintage cookbook, or it might be a diaper changing table for the baby.  You never know what you may find when you go to the thrift store.  Always shop with a list of items you NEED or are looking for otherwise your wallet will see a hit.  

Garage Sales

Some people turn up their noses when the word Garage Sale is said. Not me! I love a good Garage Sale, I love having them and I love shopping them.  What a great way to get rid of my junk and make some extra cash. I also love shopping Garage Sales because my family likes to collect items.  My husband and boys like legos and so we look for legos, we also look for tools and things needed around the house.  I collect old cookbooks from the 1950's and I also like aprons.  Some people I know collect Milk Glass, Garage Sales are a great place to look.

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