Getting Kids to eat their Veggies!

Well, there has to be ONE in every family: A Picky eater.

I try to make our children eat atleast 2 things of everything on their plates. Well, sometimes it works and sometimes, eh, not so much.

So, shhhh, here is what I do. I "hide" veggies, that they wouldn't eat by themselves in things. An example is: I am known for hiding white or any kind of beans (high fiber), and diced zuchinni in my lasagna sauce or spagetti sauce. They cannot tell! We have also started making carrot cake pancakes. I add shredded carrots with raisins and nuts. Before we called them "power Pancakes". Anything with a sauce should be good to "hide" things in.

Our second child (the picky one) does need extra fiber, so I try to get him to eat as much as possible, but this way you can combine something with something they DO like, with something they might not eat by themselves.

This is our Works for Me Segment for the day!

Here is my Frugal Friday tip!!

Tonight I wanted to make chicken nuggets, homemade. I had already prepared and frozen my chicken, which were cut into strips with 2 tbsp of melted butter and 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce. When I looked around, I was out of bread crumbs. So what did I do?

I took some homemade wheat bread that was a little dry and I sliced it. I sprinkled a little olive oil over the top with some italian seasoning. I set the oven on broil and baked them til they were "toasty". I then put them in the blender and "walla!". I then mixed 1/2 c parmesean and 1-1 1/2 c bread crumbs together and baked at 450 for 10 minutes. You know what, my family (and I) enjoyed the flavor so much more. It was so good! Also, you can cut the slices into cubes for homemade croutons.

This is my frugal Friday tip for today. Don't forget to see more ideas over at Biblical Womanhood.

I saw this website from someone who's relative works for NASA! Have your family by the computer! We were awestruck by the Beauty of God's creation!!!

Space Pictures!

Today's Freebies!

Well, I hope you are having a blessed day with your loved ones! I got my roses, but I got them last week at Aldi's. They were $2.50/6. I was able to pick out my own colors which was nice. Here are some specials for today:



At Ebates, You can enjoy $10 rebate For today only (it is usually $5)! Just click on the picture above or this Link to sign up! It is easy and FREE!

Also at Kroger, You can get FREE Totino's Pizza Rolls! They are 10/$10. If you sign up Here you will get a .50/coupon which will double to $1. Also in this last Sunday's paper, there was a coupon for .40 off. When you buy 10, you get $2 back, so don't worry about the .20. It will be free!

If you click on HERE, you will get a $2 coupon off of Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Clusters. They will be free or nearly free!

Clicking on this link will get you a couple of free Campbells Stock pot meals. (BTW when printing off these coupons, if you have more than ones computer, you can print atleast 4)

Here are some deals for CVS:
At CVS, buy 1 at $9.99, Get $6 ECBs (Limit 1). Use the $4/1 coupon from the 02/10 insert and get it free after coupon and ECBs.

If you buy 2 Garnier Haircolors at CVS which were on sale 2/$10 used 2/$2 coupons and got back $5 ECB making the hair colors $0.50 per box!

Enjoy!

FREE Pancakes at IHOP

February 12, 2008
Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 12,
2008. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., we'll give you one free short stack
(three) of our famous buttermilk pancakes.* All we ask is that you
consider making a donation to support local children's hospitals
through Children's Miracle Network, or other local charities.

In 2007, you helped IHOP celebrate National Pancake Day by raising
more than $625,000 for charity. In 2008, we hope that together we can
top that by giving away enough free pancakes to raise $750,000 for
Children's Miracle Network and other local charities. To find an IHOP
location near you, please Click Here

* There is a limit of one free short stack per guest. The offer is
valid at participating restaurants for dine-in only while supplies
last and is not valid with any other offer, special coupon or discount.

Free family pack at Walgreens (1-8x10, 2-5x7, 4-4x6) 3 days only Thurs, Friday, and Saturday).

Go to Walgreens Photo
Login.
Upload your photo or choose it from your library.
Choose your set 1-8x10 2-5x7 4-4x6's (any extra prints will be at regular price)
Click check out.
Enter the code VALENTINE.
Complete checkout.

Since all of you that read this know that I am an avid CVS shopper, I need to let you in on what is going on. If you sign up with their CVS Advisor program and take a survey, they will send you a coupon, for triple extra bucks coupon through March 15th. Triple ECB coupon Here!. Now this doesn't cover prescription purchases, but all the other ones that I participate in. If you are passionate about ECB's like I am, Triple Extra bucks will ring your bell! you will receive an email with a coupon to take with you on your trips. Do NOT delete it. You can use it every trip! Enjoy and Take advantage of this deal to rack up some bucks!

OTHER CVS Coupons:
Here is another coupon from CVS for a Free 5x7 or Collage.
$2 off of Renu contact solution
B1G1 Free Dentyne
Loreal Telescopic Mascara There might also be manuf. coupons for this too!
$1.50 off of Dove Chocolates

FREE 8x10 and Wallets from Picture People. If you can put up with them wanting to, "upsell" you, they do a great job and you can get some free pictures out of it! Thanks Crystal for the Headsup!

CVS coupons!

Well, since my stackable store coupons expired yesterday, I decided to organize a trip to a CVS. Surprisingly, I was able to stack, but she told me that corporate was cracking down on them (but she said "she didn't care!") She also said as she was scanning, "Well, there are these mom's that think they can buy a bunch of stuff for nothing, LOLLLLLLL"

Well, I bought $85 worth of stuff and after store coupons and manf. coupons, I used $39.99 in ECB's and paid $1.85 OOP! I got $48 in ECB's back!

Okay, since my friend Fiddle D asked I will tell you what I got:

4 boxes of Colgate Total (used $2 off coupons)
1 kids card table 7.99
1 dbl box of Excedrin (picked it up by mistake but got $3 ecb's)
2 100 ct Excedrin (had $3 off cpns)
2 insect bite pens (sending to Hscl mom in Zimbabwe)
1 dbl cans of coffee (going to Zim), but got ECB's
Nova Max monitor (sale 29.99, had a $50 cpn exp 1/31 and they took it and adjusted it down to 0 and got $20 ECB's)
1 6 pk Mac and Cheese (going to Zim) got ECB's on it
2 pkts of chapstick with spf (going to Zim)
2 boxes of Triaminic (had manf cpns)


Here are some more "goodies" I found. These are only the $4/20 coupon, and YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE PER CUSTOMER!!!! My recommendation is to LIMIT your TOTAL with a limit of $20.

Here are the links:
$4/$20 will Exp 2/10
$4/$20 will exp 2/17

Have a good day!

Bloggy Giveaways is hosting a Blog Giveaway Carnival. The winner of our give away for this last week is:

Ms. Granola, Come on down! I will email you about your contact info!

I thank you all for participating. For those of you who didn't win, if you are interested in our products you can email me at bnoble@nestfamily.com, for specials that you won't find on the web or at shows! Also if you email me, I will send you a FREE catalog! I would love to service you and your family any way I can!

Thanks!

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