Looking for a way to efficiently organize your Sunday newspaper coupon inserts? File your inserts whole and only cut the coupons when you actually plan to use them! The Whole Insert Filing Method takes minimal time and investment to set up and can be maintained in under 5 minutes per week! Here are the supplies you'll need: File folders (20-ish) Hanging file folders (10-ish) Permanent marker File crate, file box, or space in an existing file cabinet All of these items can be used. You will reuse the file folders when you no longer need that particular date, so some return address labels or masking tape will be helpful to cover up Keep Reading
How to organize your coupons (Whole Insert Filing Method)
Win a $50 Walgreens Gift Card from Flatout Flatbread #FlatoutHot
Ready for a fun giveaway? Flatout Flatbread wants you to check out their new display at your local Walgreens and is giving one Frugal Living NW reader a $50 Walgreens Gift Card to do just that! ****************************** To enter this giveaway, just leave a comment! Entrants must be at least 18 years of age and live in the United States. Make sure you leave a valid email address (it’s only visible to us and is used to contact you if you win). Comments will close and one winner randomly selected at Noon on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. The winner will have 48 hours to reply to the notification email or another winner will be Keep Reading
What’s for dinner? This week’s Paleo menu plan (2/18)
Menu Plan by Melody of This Beautiful Frugal Life We are a family of four, including two toddler boys who eat their body weight in food every day. We eat a Paleo-ish diet, with the majority of our meals and snacks made with whole foods. We don't eat pasta, beans or grains of any kind and very little dairy. We are super busy during the week, with trips to the gym most afternoons, so are constantly on the lookout for meals that can be prepared ahead of time or thrown in the crock pot. Meal planning is very important for our family, as the last minute options we used to rely on (grilled cheese, PB&J, frozen pizza) aren't in the cards Keep Reading
Fred Meyer digital coupons can be used up to 5 times!
This is exciting news. Fred Meyer will allow you to use eCoupons you've loaded to your Fred Meyer Rewards card up to 5 times in a single transaction! That's awesome. Hopefully there will be a sweet sale using an eCoupon soon. Find more Fred Meyer deals here. Keep Reading
Walgreens now carries Flatout Bread + 2 healthy sandwich recipes #FlatoutHot
Flatout Flat Bread Healthy Sandwich Recipes I must have been living under a rock, but I have never heard of Flatout Bread until a couple of weeks ago. Oh my. What a wonderful invention! I know it's been available at area grocery and membership stores for some time, but it has just been released in Walgreens stores across the country. Flatout Bread challenged me to come up with two tasty, healthy, and simple sandwich ideas using their bread from my local Walgreens store. I easily found the Flatout display in the grocery section with the rest of the breads. I picked up a few packages and started creating! Since I recently started Weight Keep Reading
Great Value refrigerated pie crust: Menu-planning party idea #GreatValue
A few weeks ago, my friend Rebecca sent out an email with Meal Planning Get Together in the subject line. Talking about food + hanging out with friends = two of my favorite things so I knew this would be good. Here is her idea in her words: I have been thinking about... "the difficulties of meal planning and how hard it is to come up with something new and delicious to feed our families. I always feel like I default to the same 4 or 5 meals every week or so and I would love to branch out without sifting through all my old recipes and cookbooks. Then, I had a lightbulb moment; what if a few of us women got together and brought our favorite recipes we Keep Reading
What’s for dinner? This week’s gluten-free menu plan (2/11)
Menu Plan by Laurie The beginning of the year is always a time for me to get our family budget back on track, and we have started this year out with cutting way back, just to see if I can do it for a while. I prepared for the arrival of baby #3 by stocking up the pantry and freezer last fall, and since the first of the year have managed to spend less than $30 a week on groceries. I have been trying to only purchase dairy and produce on a weekly basis, and just being creative with what we have on hand for our meals. Here's what our gluten-free household is eating this week: Monday -- Chicken Enchilada Chili (I triple the beans and omit the Keep Reading