How will you be celebrating Earth Day on Friday? Here are a couple nice deals available tomorrow:
Caribou Coffee -
Free coffee when you bring in any reusable drinkware. Plus their Facebook page states that any day, you can grab $.50 off your drink when you bring in your fave mug or tumbler.
Lowes -
Check if your store is participating in the free tree giveaway. Note: this is on Saturday 4/23.
Starbucks -
Free brewed coffee or tea when you bring in a reusable mug or tumbler!
This time of year you can find different sales on whole or half bone-in hams that are worth taking a second glance at. Even if you are a small family! Why? Well, consider making the ham for a meal and then repurposing the remainder of the ham for other meals down the road. Ham freezes very well and can be thrown into numerous dishes.
Plus - keep in mind that SOME DAY it will warm up and you will not want to be running your oven, but craving home cooked meals. The Summer months will be upon us and you will be running every direction with little time to focus on a family meal, but wanting to avoid the drive thru. With the bags of ham in your freezer waiting to go, you are sure to pat yourself on the back when it comes to those hectic warm days ahead! (That's right, it is okay to congratulate yourself on a job well done) :-)
We just made a half-ham last night, which I lucked out last week at HyVee's ham sale I came upon a Meat Manager's special where there were a couple hams marked down to $.99 a pound! Doesn't hurt to keep your eyes open for the bright orange stickers!
After supper I added 7 new bags of ham to my freezer. Here's what I did:
2 bags - Cut larger slices of ham
This will allow for our family to have a nice ham dinner down the road by simply reheating the ham. Include a potato dish, corn, fruit salad.
Or you can throw the slices on the grill for that grill flavor!
5 bags - Cut ham into small chunks
By cutting the ham into chunks, it allows for a little versatility.
*Make a baked potato, add some ham and cheese on top and you have a simple/quick meal.
*Add to scrambled eggs for either breakfast or other meal
*Add to scalloped potatoes or cheesey hashbrowns to make them into a nice meal
*Egg bakes
*Quiche
*Throw on top of a salad
*Toss in a salad you are taking to a Summer potluck picnic
So, not only is it a good time to save a little money on the ham prices, it is also a great time to cook up the ham and plan ahead for the coming months.
I consider $1.69-$1.99 a decent price on ham, in case you are wondering. This week you can find these prices.
HyVee - $1.89 HyVee bone-in Spiral Sliced whole ham
Sunshine - $1.69 John Morrell whole bone-in ham
Target - $1.99 Market Pantry half bone-in ham
Please share your ideas for leftover ham!
To see previous Whatchya Got Cookin'? posts, you can go over here.
Over the past weeks I have hinted at ideas on filling Easter baskets. I thought I would round up those ideas and include a few additional ideas for those of you that my be struggling to get going.
Basket Ideas:
Well first you must start with a "basket". With my kids, I have kind of stepped away from the traditional basket that we grew up with to something that is reusable in some fashion. Last year I grabbed a couple Halloween buckets (that do not shout Halloween - a Butterfly and SpongeBob bucket) on clearance at Target for this year's baskets. But a couple other ideas:
*Plastic Buckets (like pictured above) - I have seen these for $1 at Michael's (and you could use the 40% off coupon from Sunday's paper) or I am pretty sure I saw some at Walgreens for around $1.50.
*Big colorful bowls - these can be reused for popcorn bowls or other uses
*Dollar store containers - there are normally some cute (and only $1) containers at Dollar Tree that you can designate for another use
*Rubbermaid (or like brand) plastic container with lid (remove lid in order to fill for Easter) that can be reused to hold markers, crayons, a certain toy (like all of my daughter's Littlest Pet Shops), etc.
Filler Ideas Deal Round Up:
*Clay Necklace idea here
*Filled Easter Eggs for Free! Several posts about these, so hopefully you have grabbed them!
*Skittles Blenders at Target - here
*FurReal Snuggimals - if you are lucky enough to find the 2 pk for just $2.48 this is a Great deal - here
*Movie Certificate! - Did you get the eggs this week at Walgreens that spit out the 2 Red Box rentals? Why not make a certificate with a code on it for the basket that they can then rent a movie of their choice!
*Crayola Color Wonder On The Go (if you are able to find them) - here
*Character Soft Soap - here (no longer on price cut, but still a decent price with coupon)
*Battery Operated Toothbrushes (deal still available) $1.99 - here
*Aquafresh Training Toothpaste here
*Free Stride Gum - here
Additional Deal Ideas:
Walgreens
*Goody Ouchless Hair Accessories $3, Receive $3 RR = Free!
Target
*Strawberry Shortcake Mini Doll in Purse $6.44
Use $3/1 here or 4/3 Hasbro insert
= $3.44
Walmart
*Connect 4 Travel game $5.44
Use $3/1 here or 4/3 Hasbro insert
= $2.44
Anyone else, feel free to add to the comments!!
Now get shopping!
I noticed at both HyVee and Sunshine the 3 pack of Orville Redenbacher's New Pop Up Bowl Microwave Popcorn 3 ct box are priced at 3/$5 or about $1.67 each.
Use the $1/1 coupon here or from All You Magazine - April
= $.67 a box!
So have you tried it?
Here are the matchups I see this week for Sunshine. Remember that they double unlimited coupons daily with a face value up to $.50. My fave picks are in blue.
Blue Bunny Ice Cream $2.75
Use $1/1 here
= $1.75
*Blue Bunny has an ice cream called 'bunny tracks' or similar. Fun and easy treat for the holiday weekend??
Ore Ida frozen potatoes $2.22
Use $1/2
= $1.72 each wyb 2
Stove Top Stuffing $1.25
Use $.50/1 4/3 SS (some regions have $1/2) ($.50/1 will double)
= as low as $.25
Land O Lakes Half & Half $.99
Use $.50/1 4/3 SS (will double)
= Free
Era Laundry detergent $2.99
Use $.50/1 4/17 RP (will double)
= $1.99
Country Crock $2.50
Use $.40/1 here (will double)
= $1.70
Hunts Ketchup $.99
Use $.50/2 All You Magazine - April (will double)
= $.49 each wyb 2
Farmland Sausage 16 oz roll $1.77
Use $1/2 4/17 SS
= $1.27 each wyb 2
Other nice deals this week:
Strawberries 16 oz $1.38
Green Giant Idaho Potatoes 10 lb bag $2.99
John Morrell Whole Ham $1.69/lb
Wow! If you hurry, you can grab a gallon of Organic Valley milk for just $.99 at the HyVee on Minnesota Avenue!
This is a great price for milk in general and then consider that this brand is normally $7.48 a gallon!
The milk is "close date" in grocery terms and has an expiration date of 4/24. However, keep in mind you can freeze milk.
Thanks to reader, Kelli for passing along this deal!
Here are the top picks for this week's ad. And you can go over here for a full ad matchup.
Vlassic Pickles $2
Use $.55/1 here
= $1.45
Ronzoni Garden Delight or Healthy Harvest Pasta $.99
Use $1/2 here
= $.49 each wyb 2
Lay's Potato Chips $1.88
Use $.55/1 3/13 SS
= $1.33
Other nice deals:
Del Monte Gold Pineapple $1.99 (hoping they are as HUGE as I saw them this past week - this will make for a really nice deal!)
HyVee Bone-In Spiral Sliced Ham 1.99/lb
Pepsi products 12 pk cans or 6 pk bottles 4/$10 with in-ad coupon
Dole Iceburg Lettuce $.99 (This is 50% off what it has been for the last several weeks!)
Another nice coupon available over here. Grab the $1/1 Reach Floss coupon and you should be able to get free floss at Walmart and Target and possibly other places!
There are a few other new coupons available on Coupons.com:
Reach Toothbrush $2/2
Listerine Mouthwash $1/1
Sweet Home Farm Granolas $1/2
Hungry Jack 7 oz Jack Mix Pouch $.25/1
Jiffy Lube signature oil change $10/1
Go on over to Frank's Red Hot Facebook page and "like" them to get a $1/1 coupon good on any Frank's sauce.
I noticed the last time I was in Walmart they now are carrying a bottle for $.92, so Free after coupon!
*note that prices at Walmart can vary, so you might not find that price in all regions.
As mentioned earlier this week, Walgreens has a new 4-day ad starting today. Below is my top pick from the new ad plus a couple additional deals to make note of for the week.
Aquafresh Toothpaste Training for kids sale $1.99
Use $1/1 4/17 RP
Plus stack with $1/1 in Walgreens Coupon booklet (by ads in-store)
= Free
*also available $.75/1 here
*Great Easter basket filler!
In addition to the deals I mentioned here, the following are noteworthy from this week's ad!
Scott Naturals 6 pk Paper Towel
Use $1.50/1 here
Plus stack with $1/1 in Walgreens Coupon booklet (by ads in-store)
= $2.50 or $.42 a roll - this is a nice stock up price
*Also available $1/1 4/17 SS or here
*And I would recommend looking through your Walgreens catalina printed coupons, as I was able to find a $2.50 coupon! Woot!
Huggies 184 or 216 ct Wipes $5.99 each (purchase $20 Worth get $5 RR, purchase $15 get $3 RR)
Purchase 4 = $23.96
Use 4 $.50/1 4/17 SS
Plus stack with $2/1 from Walgreens Infant Care Booklet (will deduct $8)
= $13.96
Receive $8 RR
= $8.96 or $2.24 each! Great wipes price!
