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Comment on Frugal Friday Recipe-Sun Dried Tomatoes at home by Nate @ House of Annie

Nate @ House of Annie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:41:37 +0000

We used to have a really cool, home-built food dehydrator that we got off of Freecycle. We dried our own tomatoes and apple chips in it – quite fun! And so nice to be able to pull out some homegrown dried tomatoes for use in our Winter cooking.

Since you’re using homegrown tomatoes, share your post in our Grow Your Own roundup this month! Full details at

http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2010/03/announcing-grow-your-own-40.html

Comment on Frugal Friday Recipe-Sun Dried Tomatoes at home by Amie

Amie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:00:14 +0000

Thanks Anne-Marie!
The refrigerator makes all the difference as it keeps it too cold for the bacteria to grow although I must warn you the olive oil turns “hard” and “lard like” in the fridge but it tastes fine! I actually recommend storing all dried food in the refrigerator. Without any preservatives this extends the shelf life and decreases to almost zero the chances of bacterial growth.

Here is a link on it: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09305.html

Comment on Frugal Friday Recipe-Sun Dried Tomatoes at home by Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:11:57 +0000

I had dehydrated soem tomatoes and stored them in olive oil. My brother-in-law mentioned that they are highly susceptible to botulism. have you ever heard this? it’s made me wary of using them but maybe i should have been storing them in the fridge?

Comment on Free Redbox rental on St. Patrick’s Day! by Amie

Amie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:33:33 +0000

I don’t think we’ve paid for a rental in over a year…one of the many reasons we LOVE redbox Glad you are enjoying them too!

Comment on Free Redbox rental on St. Patrick’s Day! by Linda

Linda — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:43:43 +0000

I always love these Red Box deals you post:) I dont ever really have to pay for my rental which is a nice treat.

Thank You:)

Comment on Money Saving Monday: Financial Check-up by Amie

Amie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:19:44 +0000

Thanks Shiela!
I was just looking into that a few months ago and then my interest began to “pewter out” when I had to wait so I pulled out their price sheet and am going to start saving my pennies! You pay for it up front but save so much and it is all ready storage ready I love it!

Comment on Money Saving Monday: Financial Check-up by Shiela

Shiela — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:05:47 +0000

A great source for wheat berries is the Church of Latter Day Saints. I’m not sure what the website is, but if you search for LDS home storage, you should be able to find it.
There are certain distribution centers in every state & you do not have to be a member to purchase from them.
I can get 25lbs of Hard Red Wheat for about $6.50 & 25lbs of Hard White Wheat for about $5.75. I’ve been researching wheat berries on the net & LDS by far has the cheapest prices. Hope this helps!!

Comment on Money Saving Monday- MEAL PLANNING 101 by Amie

Amie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:33:32 +0000

I’d be more then happy to send you my recipes just let me know which ones you are interested in. Some are under the “recipe” tabs on my site but many are not.

Comment on Money Saving Monday- MEAL PLANNING 101 by Kathy Van Veen

Kathy Van Veen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:20 +0000

I would love a copy of the March recipes. Are they on your site? I can’t find them. Thanks.

Comment on Money Saving Monday: Rethinking coupons – organizing the “easy” way by Marie A

Marie A — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:10:22 +0000

I do something very similar. I have twin 14 month olds, so this system works great for me. I use the permanent marker, just like you – and date the front of the ads. Then I put all the RP, S, GM, PG ads from the week together in a file folder and put the Sunday date on the outside of the file folder. I store them in our guest bedroom in magazine holders. This makes it super easy to find them before a shopping trip.