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Our Interview with Karen from Relish Come Listen

We were so honored to have Karen as our second guest on today’s show she is from a website called Relish which is located at http://www.relishrelish.com/ Relish is an amazing site that is such a god sent for all of us Moms whether you work from home or out of the home. Relish is a wonderful site that helps you to plan out your dinners for your family throughout the week offering you 5 main dish meals with the sides and desserts. Plus a huge bonus after you have picked out your meals for the week, it will automatically generate a shopping lists for your grocery store so you are ready to go for the week without all the hassle.  Each week you can choose 5 meals out of 15 you have to choose from and you can decide which one will suite your family and their diffrent tastes as well.

Karen also mentioned they even have the recipes broken down into catagories as well like Kid Friendly , Vegetarian or Crock Pot Recipe and Dinner and a Movie which really sparked my interest. She mentioned for example the movie Ice Age and how the entire movie is based around the movie Ice Age. Which would be so fun to pop in your DVD and watch the movie with fun recipes to correspond with that movie.  One of the great things she mentions during our interview is that all the recipes are kitchen tested where they work with several chefs, meaning test for being fast to prepare, easy to make, and tasty as well.  Another great feature is for only $7 a month you can get access to all of these great recipes and the recipes will come in at under $95 which is wonderful for all those that are on a tight budget.

Some of the future plans for the site is that they hope to incorporate a search feature so you can search for recipes you have used or tried before, also a application to download on your Iphone so that you can take your grocery lists with you on your Iphone to the grocery store.  All the meals are budget friendly and kid friendly. Another new site is where they are now offering Gluten-free recipes from their new site called G-Free which you can find at http://www.gfreecuisine.com/ At G-free they offer simple and delicious meals that are all gluten-free. This is great if you maybe have Celiac or maybe have a child with autism, this could be a wonderful alternative for your family and your way of life.  G-free is a litte bit more a month but still a huge deal at only $10 a month please be sure to listen to our interview and also be sure to check out their site for more information.

Be sure to click below to listen to our interview  with Karen it is right after our interview with Carol McManus two great interviews both having to do with getting back to the basics of cooking for your family!

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Two Night Dinners

With the cost of everything skyrocketing, it’s hard to keep food on the table without spending a lot of money at the grocery store. Dinner is an especially hard meal to finance because there are so many choices and our families are picky. Save money by turning one dinner into a second meal a couple of days later.

Some people don’t like leftovers. No matter how you good the food was the first time, they won’t eat it again to save their lives. This can eat into a family food budget when a portion of that food ends up in the trashcan.

You have two choices: fix less or make that meal go farther. The former can be tricky or near impossible with a family of hungry picky eaters, large or small. Let’s go for option two and see if we can surprise those finicky folks.

If your family won’t eat leftovers, maybe they will go for another fabulous creation from your kitchen. We are calling these “two night dinners.” The two nights in question don’t have to be consecutive. In fact, it is probably better that they are not so you can surprise your family.

We start with the basic meat. Purchasing a whole pork shoulder, chicken, or piece of beef is economical. Have the butcher cut it up for you for free in the grocery store or meat market. You’ll have several cuts to choose from for dinner.

Let’s try a chicken dish. Everyone loves the yard bird don’t they? For the first night, the family enjoys an herb rubbed roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots. No one will eat the entire chicken. What do you do with the rest?

Pick as much meat off of the chicken as you can and store it cooled in a Ziploc bag or reusable container. As for the carcass and essence, boil it down to create chicken stock. When cooled, pour it into Mason jars or plastic containers.

The leftover chicken can be used in a variety of ways. Mix it with rice to create a casserole dish. Stir fry it with frozen vegetables and pasta. Make chicken salad for a light dinner on a busy night.

Other meats are just as versatile as chicken. Leftover beef roast can be used for stews and soups. Combine with egg noodles and sauce to create beef stroganoff. Slice thin and stir fry with vegetables for beef fajitas.

You get the basic idea. You have several dinner ideas just waiting to be born right in your refrigerator. We suggest two night dinners because leftovers don’t keep for long. After the fourth day in the fridge, it’s best to toss it out. With the ideas you are sure to come up with, there shouldn’t be anything left by day four.

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Two Night Dinners

With the cost of everything skyrocketing, it’s hard to keep food on the table without spending a lot of money at the grocery store. Dinner is an especially hard meal to finance because there are so many choices and our families are picky. Save money by turning one dinner into a second meal a couple of days later.

Some people don’t like leftovers. No matter how you good the food was the first time, they won’t eat it again to save their lives. This can eat into a family food budget when a portion of that food ends up in the trashcan.

You have two choices: fix less or make that meal go farther. The former can be tricky or near impossible with a family of hungry picky eaters, large or small. Let’s go for option two and see if we can surprise those finicky folks.

If your family won’t eat leftovers, maybe they will go for another fabulous creation from your kitchen. We are calling these “two night dinners.” The two nights in question don’t have to be consecutive. In fact, it is probably better that they are not so you can surprise your family.

We start with the basic meat. Purchasing a whole pork shoulder, chicken, or piece of beef is economical. Have the butcher cut it up for you for free in the grocery store or meat market. You’ll have several cuts to choose from for dinner.

Let’s try a chicken dish. Everyone loves the yard bird don’t they? For the first night, the family enjoys an herb rubbed roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots. No one will eat the entire chicken. What do you do with the rest?

Pick as much meat off of the chicken as you can and store it cooled in a Ziploc bag or reusable container. As for the carcass and essence, boil it down to create chicken stock. When cooled, pour it into Mason jars or plastic containers.

The leftover chicken can be used in a variety of ways. Mix it with rice to create a casserole dish. Stir fry it with frozen vegetables and pasta. Make chicken salad for a light dinner on a busy night.

Other meats are just as versatile as chicken. Leftover beef roast can be used for stews and soups. Combine with egg noodles and sauce to create beef stroganoff. Slice thin and stir fry with vegetables for beef fajitas.

You get the basic idea. You have several dinner ideas just waiting to be born right in your refrigerator. We suggest two night dinners because leftovers don’t keep for long. After the fourth day in the fridge, it’s best to toss it out. With the ideas you are sure to come up with, there shouldn’t be anything left by day four.

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Basic Pantry Staples to Keep on Hand

Remember how our moms always seemed to have a great meal every night? Even when times were lean, she came through with fabulous meals and snacks to satisfy even the hungriest of kids. By keeping a few of the essential food staples on hand, you too can be awed for your cooking genius.

Throughout the meals we cook, there are some common items that keep popping up. These are your basic staples that no kitchen should be without. As long as you have a few of these things on hand, you can turn it into an interesting meal even when the cupboards look like there is nothing to eat.

You know how kids are. If there is not a box of cereal or a ready-to-eat meal in the freezer then there is nothing good to eat in their mind. Teaching kids how to create breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks from basic food items will keep them from spending all their money on processed foods once they are on their own. Using basic cooking skills encourages a healthier lifestyle. Satisfying meals can be whipped up from pantry staples without resorting to the expensive alternatives found in today’s grocery stores.

Let’s start with the staples we always saw on the kitchen shelves as a kid but didn’t understand why mom always had them. Staples are basic ingredients that are combined to make other things.

Useful Pantry Items

· Flour

· Sugar

· Rice (white or brown depending on taste)

· Soup (creams and various flavors)

· Broth

· Pasta

· Baking soda

· Baking powder

· Nuts and legumes

· Chocolate squares

· Canned vegetables

· Fresh vegetables like onions and potatoes

Most of us probably have some of these in our cupboards right now. For a quick meal on a cold day, many of these items can be used to create homemade vegetable stew. A pan of rice mixed with a cream soup and a can of mixed vegetables turns into a casserole side dish for dinner. Pasta with mixed veggies is also a great combination. The possibilities are endless.

Here are a few more staples no kitchen pantry should be without.

Useful Condiments and Spice Items

· Ketchup

· Mustard

· Salt (plain and seasoned varieties)

· Pepper

· Vanilla extract (and others that you like)

· Soy sauce

· Chili powder

· Powdered seasoning packets

· Relish

· Mayonnaise (regular and light)

· Cinnamon

It is an eclectic group but they can be used to create wonderful dishes. Periodically check your basic staples for expiration dates. Yes, even flour has an expiration date. Replace them as needed so they are always fresh and available in case you need them in a pinch.

All in all, these pantry items don’t cost much. Combine them and you’ve created meals that would cost five times as much when bought ready-made from the store.

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Gardening for Food and Fun

A garden was once used to grow beautiful flowers and fruits and vegetables. Today land is becoming increasingly scarce and so is time. Learn to garden again to grow your own food, save money and spend a bit of quality time with the family.

A garden can be used in many ways. Some people create flower gardens to enhance the look of their homes. Short, tall, fuzzy, speckled, and brightly colored plants exist to be adored. A flower garden is also fragrant for the nose and welcoming to wildlife, such as hummingbirds, butterflies, and more.

Gardening can be twofold. First, create a garden for vegetables. It doesn’t have to be several acres long. You can clear away a small plot big enough to grow food for you and your entire family. There is nothing like a cabbage or head of lettuce that was plucked fresh from your own backyard garden.

Home grown vegetables have not been processed which means all of their nutrients are still intact. You can absolutely taste the difference between homegrown and store bought veggies when you bite into them. Growing your own garden is not only healthier for your body, but sure helps the wallet too. For every tomato, carrot, squash, or bean that you grow, that is one less thing to add to the grocery list.

Fruits are another gardening option. Fruit can be expensive in the grocery store. Grow your own fruits and taste the sweetness as it was intended to be enjoyed, without all the freezing or chemicals that were used to make it shelf-stable longer. When you get a craving for something sweet, pop in the garden and pick a juicy watermelon or cantaloupe for a healthy alternative to cookies, cake or candy.

Children can help in the garden. Armed with a pair of gloves and some tools, you can show them how to plant seeds, clear weeds, water, and tell if the fruits and vegetables are ripe. An apple tastes so much sweeter when it is plucked from your own tree. Toddlers love pulling food from the garden so grab a bucket and head out once every day or two to pick from the garden with your little ones.

If you don’t have a lot of land or no place to stake out a garden, use other alternatives. Large planters can accommodate a fair variety of fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes can even be grown upside down in a container. Many dwarf fruit trees can be placed in a large pot to grow without getting root bound.

Planting isn’t strictly limited to round pots either. Use whatever you have lying around. Kids will love to fill old tires, broken pots, old cups, and other items to create fruit and vegetable planters. This is referred to as container gardening. People do it a lot in the city where it is all concrete jungle.

You can even grow herbs in small pots and sit them on the window sill. When it is time to harvest, let the kids go around and pluck the ripe ones. Be sure to use organic pesticide treatments to ensure that your food won’t poison you when you are ready to eat it.

A family can save a lot of money by growing their own garden. Seeds are cheaper than bulbs and still grow tasty vegetables and beautiful flowers. Fruits and vegetables can be canned for the winter months to be eaten later. Teaching your child to garden is a useful tool that can be used all their life.

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Understanding Supermarkets Tricks to save you Money

Have you ever just stopped the grocery store on your way home from work because you just need four items for your family’s meal that night? And what usually happens when you get to the checkout? You know what I am talking about. Your cart is now half way full of junk you really didn’t need or even wanted. What happened to just running into the store to only purchase what you really needed?

This happens to everyone in all walks of life and a lot of has to do with the Supermarket tricks that they use to lure us to spend more of our hard earned money. Did you know that Supermarkets hire teams to help them get more of your hard earn money? Of course the do from teasing you with all those items on the ends caps of the check outs, to the wonderful smells wafting out of the bakery, the freshly watered produce and so much more. Your grocery store chain has spent millions of dollars in research just to find out the best ways to get you to overspend in their store. But what I am going to do today is to educate you so that you do not fall victim to the million dollar supermarket chain.

Shopping Buggy versus Hand Held Basket:

How many times have you run into the store just to buy a few items and the first thing you see when you walk in the door is aisles and aisles of shopping carts all ready for you to use? But where are the hand held baskets? Like most stores you have to go a little further for those like to the customer service office. Now ask yourself why wouldn’t the hand held baskets be by the front door along with the shopping carts? Because research has shown that if you have shop with a shopping cart even for a few items it makes it easier for you to throw in extra purchases you normally wouldn’t of even thought of purchasing, where using the hand held basket you are limited to only purchasing those few items you really needed when you walked into the store.

Hiding Your Everyday Items:

Supermarkets are masters at luring you through their produce and bakery and meat sections just to get to the EVERY DAY Household items that we all need and run out of. Like toilet paper and cleaners and health and beauty items. Think of your stores layout do they make getting your every day household items easy are they located by the front of the store? No you have to go through the aisles and departments of temptation before you even get to your everyday items you need.

Avoid Buying Items at eye level:

Look at your grocery store next time you go shopping, you will notice the name brand or high dollar version of products are right at your eye level while the generic versions are either up higher and out of eye shot range or down on the lower shelves. Supermarkets bank on the fact that you are in a rush probably with your kids in tow and you are simply going to grab the first item you see which nine times out ten means the name brand higher priced items. Take those extra few minutes to do your comparison shopping and see which versions of the product are cheaper.

Avoid End Caps and Impulse Items at the checkout:

We have all been there we are waiting and waiting in the checkout for the line to go down and there is a box of Qtips or Kleenex you forgot to buy how convient that it is right here at the checkout. But what you are forgetting is those impulse items are overpriced and usually smaller in size then what you could get by simply going back out into the shopping market and buying that item in the right section. From household items, children’s toys, bakery items, snack and magazine the stores make a killing banking on customers buying their impulse items. Same is true for the the items on the end caps how many times have you been shopping and the items you need are on the end cap and ON SALE how convient. Most of the times if you actually walked down the aisle you are going to find that same item in a different brand usually cheaper.

Get your shopping done and get out:

Grocery stores love it if you take your time in their store and stop and look around. In fact they hope you will try their samples or see their colorful displays and buy the latest new products they are offering. Don’t fall prey stick to your lists with as little stops along the way as possible your goal is to get in and get out.

Here are simple ways to avoid the Supermarket traps

1. When picking up a few things use a hand held basket not a shopping cart
2. Go straight to the aisles you need avoiding the departments like bakery and produce that might prompt you overspend on unnecessary things
3. Stick to your grocery lists and don’t buy things that are NOT on your lists
4. Compare your prices, sizes and brands for the best bargains
5. Shop for generic items over brand name items
6. Avoid end caps for any items instead go into the aisles and shop
7. Calculate how much is in your cart or basket so you have running total
8. Don’t buy it if you wont’ use it this week and if you don’t really need it
9. Don’t buy anything at the checkout remember those are impulse items

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Couponing 101-Tips for Trading Coupons

Tips of the Trade of Couponing:

1. Take your grocery lists and stick to it
2. Do not buy items from the end caps if possible a lot of times they mark these as “SALES” items but most of the times they are put there to tease you into buying them and they put a lot of impulse items on those end caps! Take the few extra steps and go into the aisles and you will nine times out of ten you will find the item you were looking cheaper!
3. Shop ONLY where you can get the best value for your coupons! If you have a store that allows you to double or triple your coupons take advantage of those HUGE savings!
4. Get your coupons ready for your trip! There is nothing worst than sitting in an aisle trying to find that one coupon you needed for an item that is ON SALE this week! Try to organize your shopping trip according to the weekly sales flier and have all of the coupons you will be using for this shopping trip in ONE Location that is easy to find in your coupon book.
5. Do not buy items from the first aisle or at the checkout! We have all been there where we are lured into buying those impulse items like a magazine or something we weren’t planning on buying only because it is on sale! Grocery stores set up their design with YOU in mind! They make sure to put those impulse items on the end caps and at the checkout to tease you! RISE ABOVE and resist your urges!
6. When using your coupons another great tip to help you save LOTS of money is to purchase the smallest size item for the coupon you have! Another words if you have a $1 off a box of Crest toothpaste purchase the smallest size allowed. Why you ask? Because nine times out ten the smaller size is going to be a lot cheaper and then you combine that with your coupon you are using and your savings can be huge! PLUS if you stockpile your coupons you can MULTIPLES of that Crest toothpaste for pennies!
7. When purchasing and item that is BUY ONE GET ONE FREE most stores will allow you to use TWO coupons on these since you are techinially getting two items! That can lead to HUGE savings for you!
8. If you go to your store to buy an item that is on sale and that you have a coupon for and you find out they are sold out! By all means head straight to your customer service office and get a rain check! Also make sure you can multiple of that product if they allow it!

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Couponing 101-Stockpiling & Organizing Your Groceries

Now when stockpiling please keep in mind that you need to have room in your home for these items. You can store non perishables in closets or in the basements, and perishable items make sure you have a large freezer to help you out. The idea is eventually your house is going to be stockpiled with all of your goodies that it will make your grocery shopping a lot easier because then you will only be shopping for items you can get good deals on not items you need because you are already stockpiled. And don’t forget to combine your coupons with store sales and rebates to make your savings even bigger.

While stockpiling is your ultimate goal you want to make sure that the item or items you are stock piling are things you use regularly or that you family does use, also that you are truly getting a very good deal. You do not want to stock pile items just because you have a lot of coupons it is always best to wait for those sales so that you are truly saving yourself a lot of money.

Here is a good example of starting your stockpile. You have a coupon for Kelloggs cereal $1.50 on one box, and your local Walgreens is running a special on Kelloggs cereal 2 for $3. So you take your coupons and go to Walgreen and stockpile of FREE Cereal and your stockpile is born. Remember you will take time to get your stockpile full and that is ok. No one can get a large stockpile in just a few grocery trips. But it is the constant bargains and deals that allow you to stock up on items that are free or nearly free that is when you need to stockpile.

Organizing your stockpile:

Now I think more important that building your actual stockpile is keeping an idea of what all if in your stockpile. You don’t want to overstock on one particular item to the point that it will be no good when you finally get around to using it.

• Space in your home-It is best that you control your stockpile not letting your stockpile control you, another words you do not want to sacrifice space in your home or in your living areas just to fill with stockpile items. Stockpile items should fit nicely into closets or freezers out of sight and not in your families living space.
• Expiring Food-You should also make sure that when storing your food that you keep items that are expiring first in the front and the ones with a longer expiration date in the back. You want to keep a good eye on this as the last thing you want to do is serve your family food that is not safe because it is way past the expiration date.

Tips of the Trade of Couponing:

• Use coupons that you find in the stores! You know we have all seen them the blinkies that are in the aisles with the coupons that pop out! Now it is only proper NOT to take them all but take what you can and will use. Also look for coupons on the products themselves, also look at your receipt often time you will get coupons when you check out. Keep those for your next trip. Also if your local store has rebate forms be sure to check because a lot of times you can get your items for free or a great discount so always ask your local grocery store.
• Rainchecks-If you go into a store to stock up on a item that is on sale and they are currently out of that item go to your customer service area and ask for a rain check!
• Smaller is better-Unlike shopping at your warehouse stores buying items in the smallest size allowed on the coupon often times will save you big bucks! So be sure to be aware of the sizes of the products you are purchasing with your coupons!

Article Written by Angie Wenke

You may use article but link it back to Frugal WAHMs Talk Radio http://frugalwahmstalkradio.com

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Couponing 101-Organizing and Storing your Coupons

Find your Local Store Ads:

In my area our grocery store ads come in the Mail on Tuesday’s and Wednesdays. This is a great way to sit down and compare the current sales with your coupons you have on hand. If you cannot find a sale ad you can always visit that store’s website to see if they have their sale ad on their sites. Another tip or tricks is the best way to get the best savings is to visit more than one store per week because each store will have different sales and specials going on and this will allow you to save the most.

Couponing Catagories:

Sample Categories

Baby Products
Baking (cakes, muffins, etc)
Beverages
Body (lotions, make up)
Bread
Candy
Canned Goods
Cat Food
Cereal
Cleaning Aids
Cookies
Crackers
Dairy/Cheese
Deodorants
Dessert
Dog Food
Feminine Hygiene
Film
Frozen Foods
Hair
Household (film, batteries, light bulbs)
Instant Dinners
Jar Items
Laundry/Detergent
Meat
Medicines
Mouth (Toothpaste/Brush/Mouthwash)
Oil/Shortening
Pantyhose
Paper Products
Pasta
Plastic Bags
Rice
Snacks
Seasoning Mixes
Soaps
Soup

Organizing Methods:

This is probably the most important aspect of your couponing experience is there are several ways to organize and stockpile your coupons! You need to find out which way is going to be the easiest for you and your family. Here are just a few examples:

There is no wrong way or right way to organize your coupons only what works for you. Here are just a few suggestions to help you out.

· File System-A lot of people will get an accordion type of file cabinet and for each week they will put a file folder inside with that week’s coupons they collected. Then when it comes time to start making your grocery list you can go through your folders and find the coupons that you need. Some people will also use this system as a back up system to store coupons that they might not need right away. This is a fine system for storing your coupons, but I found it can be quite time consuming going through folder after folder just looking for particular coupons that you need for a particular shopping trip.

· Binder Method-Another great way to store your coupons is using a binder. Usually they purchase a 3 ring binder and fill with baseball card clear pages inside. The idea with using the binder method is to keep things simple and to help you find your coupons in a fast and timely manner. You will need to make sure that you trim your coupons good in order for them to fit into the baseball card sleeves, and you may have to fold them in half if they are large coupons. You also will do better to put the longer coupons on the bottom row so they are not covering up all your other coupons or sticking out of the top of your binder. These will hold your coupons. Now you are can organize them by putting in page dividers and divide each section such as bath and body, pets, baby care etc. Then the pages that are in each section you can divide up into a Alphabetic. You can even include pages in the back of your binder for rebates and refunds that you have received. This is a very popular method for me personally I did not like having to carry around a big and bulky binder. Because if you are anything like me I have a ton of coupons and this can prove to be a very heavy and awkward to carry binder.

· Shoebox or Recipe Box or Baby Wipe Box- Depending on how many coupons you have stockpiled will depend on whether you a simple plastic recipe file container or a large shoe box. But then you use index card dividers to divide the areas into your coupon categories.

· CD Holder-Much like the binder method some people will use those small CD holders to hold their coupons in. You can use the large CD Holders the nice thing about this method it easily holds larger coupons and it is very easy to tote around.

· Envelope Method-This is also a very popular method. But I must stress up front that method is very easy for you to lose or accidently throw away a whole envelope of coupons on accident so keep them somewhere safe! But you basically have one envelope for each category of coupons you need and you simply insert your coupons inside the envelopes and then head to the grocery store. You may want to hold all of your envelopes in a folder to keep them all in one place.

· My Favorite Organizer-Is the Couponizer this is my personal choice and one that I use! Please see photos below:

The Couponizer® is an organizing and shopping system for coupons and other discounts. Product Features:

The entire 7 piece system includes:

• The Couponizer® – 8″ x 5 ¼�? booklet with 18 grocery coupon pockets, 4 Non-grocery coupon pockets, 3 gift card/shopper loyalty sleeves, shopping pockets
• Shopping List – 20 page tear off list pad with cardboard backing
• CoupStacker – pre-sorting mat color coded to match the system pockets
• CoupTracker – 15 page spiral bound list pad with cardboard backing
• “Your Guide to Smart Savings�? – instruction booklet with spending strategy and coupon tips
• Scissors – blunt tip
• Carrying Bag – clear vinyl zippered bag

Article Written by Angie Wenke

You may use article but link it back to Frugal WAHMs Talk Radio http://frugalwahmstalkradio.com

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Couponing 101-Starting Your Stockpile

How do I get my Stockpile Going?

There are several ways to get stockpiles of coupons and you use any of the methods that I suggest below and see which ones work the best for you. First off there three kinds of Sunday Inserts in your Sunday Papers there is the Proctor and Gamble (P & G) this is not usually in every Sunday paper but usually once a month. Then the two staple are Valassis (V) and Smart Source (SS) There are also great sites that can you tell on the Thursday before what coupons are going to be coming out on Sunday! The site I use most often is Taylortown Preview, they will have the latest coupons posted usually by noon on Thursday before they come out.

• Like most people you can subscribe to your local paper or a lot of my friends will ONLY Get a subscription the Sunday edition of the paper simply to get the coupons. You can also grab a couple of papers from your local store, gas station or newsstand.
• You can go in the evenings and see if stores or gas stations that still have Sunday Papers left will sell you the rest of the papers to you at a discount so you can get a nice stockpile of that week’s coupons.
• Visit your local Recycling center. Some recycling centers will allow you to visit their sites on Monday to pull Sunday inserts from the papers they get, you will need to call your local recycling center and see what their policies are.
• Ask friends and families , neighbors and church members that if they do not use their Sunday coupons if they can stockpile them for you and you can stop by and pick them up once a week or every two weeks.
• There are also great services online that will send you whatever coupons you want out of the Sunday paper all ready clipped and ready to for you! All you have to pay is a small handling fee usually $.05 per coupon plus shipping fees, one of these sites I have used and highly recommend is The Coupon Master
• Blinkies: Pull these coupons from the “blinking” machines at the grocery storePeelies: Coupons that are stuck to the actual product

  Tearpads: Pads of coupons typically found on special displays at the store, tear off one or two or three…

  Winetags: Coupons that hang on the neck of a bottle of wine, they may or may not require a purchase of wine to use the coupon

  Home Mailers: Coupons that are sent directly to your mailbox

  Internet Printables (IPs): Coupons that are printed from the internet – not all stores accept these

• Don’t forget to look on the packages for coupons these include:

1. Removable labels on canned foods and jars.
2. Lids of cans or bottle caps.
3. Cardboard covers on frozen foods.
4. On the paper which wraps around soaps and candy.
5. Tiny folded coupons within the product, such as in dog foods.
6. Printed instructions. Example – hair color products.

• Manufactors Websites: If you have a favorite product or a product that your family uses frequently visit their website and see if they display coupons or other promotional information on their sites. Even if you do not see any coupons or offers you can contact customer service and explain your are frequent user of their product do they offer any coupons! A lot of times the companies will send you freebies and or coupons just for the asking.
• Free Grocery Coupon Websites-There are specific websites designed for shoppers looking for printable grocery coupons. One of my most favorites sites is coupons.com you can access their site by clicking here. They offer a wide variety of coupons that you can simply point click and print and the coupons varies weekly which gives you a nice assortment and variety! A great place for online coupons to stores that you frequent is Ebates they help you combine online coupons that they offer on their sites PLUS rebates to help you get the BEST price you can for things you buy online! Don’t shop online without signing with Ebates plus you can earn a FREE $5 just for signing up! Find below a great listing of other great sites that you can find ONLINE printable coupons:

1. Boodle.com
   Enter your zip code and find printable coupons for your area.
2. CoolSavings.com
   Offering food coupons for online and brick & mortar shopping.
3. SmartSource Savings Network
   Comprised of leading grocery and retail chains, newspapers, lifestyle websites, interactive companies and others bringing online savings to you. Printable coupons available.
4. Upons
   Offering free grocery coupons, special promotions and product samples. Local coupons available.
5. ValuePage Enter your zipcode and receive a ValuePage list of special offers to use at your local grocery store.
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