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4th of July recipes – yummy desserts!
One of my favorite holidays is just around the corner. I love the 4th of July! Independence Day is one of my family’s favorite holidays – the fireworks, the food, the parades, the camping, the picnics – there are so many fun things to do. We even have a family birthday on the 4th of July – so much fun! We always pack as much fun as we can into the holiday. We always seem to be going to at least one picnic or party and we always bring something yummy to eat. We have some favorite 4th of July recipes that we seem to use every year.
4th of July recipes vary from family to family. Some families are all barbeque and others are all sandwiches and chip – no matter what it is, the 4th of July is a holiday where food is part of the fun. No matter which kind of 4th of July recipes you are using, I bet most of you are looking for a recipe for a treat! The first of the 4th of July recipes below is one of my family’s very favorite recipes. We have this treat on lots of occasions and take it to lots of picnics and parties. The second is simple but super cute and it looks great on the table. If you are still looking through your 4th of July recipes for a dessert to make – try one of these! If you try it, let us know how you liked it. We love to hear from you!
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Makes 16 servings
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
4 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup white sugar
2 8 ounce packages cream cheese
1 8 ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 6 ounce package strawberry flavored Jell-O
2 cups boiling water
1 16 ounce package frozen strawberries
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the pretzels, 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9×13 inch pan.
2. Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool completely.
3. In a medium bowl, beat the sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread evenly over the cooled crust.
4. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
5. In a medium bowl, stir together the gelatin mix and boiling water.
6. Mix in frozen strawberries, and stir until thawed.
7. Pour over cream cheese mixture in pan. Refrigerate until completely chilled, usually at least 1 hour.
Red, White and Blue Shortcake
Makes 1 9×13-inch cake
Ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
1 8 ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 pint blueberries, rinsed and drained
2 pints fresh strawberries, rinsed and sliced
Directions:
1. Prepare cake according to package directions and bake in a 9×13 inch pan. Cool completely.
2. Frost cake with whipped topping. Place blueberries in a square in the corner, and arrange sliced strawberries as stripes to make an American flag.
3. Chill until served.
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Homemade Ice Cream – Make it in a bag!
Yesterday was the first official day of summer; the summer heat is officially here. For many parts of the country, the heat of summer has been here for weeks or even months. We have all been trying to beat the heat in a variety of ways. One of the all time favorite ways to beat the summer time heat is to have homemade ice cream.
Almost everyone I know LOVES homemade ice cream. There are more flavors of ice cream than you can count, meaning it is easy to please almost everyone with a dish of ice cream on a hot afternoon. Homemade ice cream is so versatile. You can have it plain or with an infinite amount of toppings. There are so many choices when it comes to homemade ice cream. It is one choice everyone seems to enjoy.
There are lots of things you can do at home to make homemade ice cream. There are all sorts of machines and contraptions that promise frozen deliciousness. There are big electric ice cream makers and small people powered ice cream makers. One way of making ice cream is a hit with all the kids and it doesn’t require you to own any kind of machinery. Homemade ice cream can be made using a couple of plastic zipper bags. Have you even made homemade ice cream in a bag? Try it at your next family party or summer time gathering. Here is our favorite recipe for making homemade ice cream in a bag.
If you use this recipe, let us know how you like it. Did you add any toppings or mix-ins? Do you have a favorite recipe for making ice cream in a bag? Let us know! We love to hear from you!
Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Makes about eight half-cup servings.
Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 cups half-and-half cream
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 bag crushed ice
4 cups coarse salt
For each person you will need:
2 pint-size zipper plastic freezer bags
1 gallon-size zipper plastic freezer bag
Gloves or towel to protect fingers
Directions:
1. In a pitcher or large measuring cup, stir together the whipping cream, half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla extract until sugar has dissolved.
2. Pour about 1/2 cup of mixture into a pint-size plastic bag and seal carefully, squeezing out extra air. Place each sealed bag into a second pint-size bag, again squeezing out extra air. Seal carefully.
3. Fill each gallon-size plastic bag about halfway with ice and add 1/2 cup coarse salt. Place one sealed small bag into the large bag, squeeze out most of the air, and seal the large bag.
4. Wear mittens or thick gloves, or wrap the bag in a towel to protect hands against the extreme cold. Shake and massage the bag for about 5 minutes or until mixture thickens into ice cream. Add more salt and ice to the outer bag if ice cream hasn’t formed after 10 minutes of continuous motion.
5. Remove the outer pint-size bag before you open the inner bag so you don’t get any of the salty ice on your ice cream!
Save Money for Father’s Day – Skip the Card!
Have you bought your Father’s Day cards yet? If you are like me, you haven’t. Strolling down the card aisle with all of the pictures, jokes and sappy lines makes me a bit nauseous. It isn’t the silly sayings and bad jokes that turn my insides around. It is the crazy prices on the backs of the cards that always make me feel a little ill.
With greeting card prices on the rise, you can easily spend over $5.00 buying just one card. If you add music, pictures, embellishments the prices climb toward $10.00. Yikes! If you are a bargain shopper like me, you see that as enough money to buy another gift! Who wants to waste money on something that ends up in the trash hours or days later? I sure don’t. This thought of not wasting money on cards has sent me on a quest to find things to use when gift giving, instead of store bought cards.
Make your own card.
I know it sounds a little bit like a trip back to preschool but it really can be fun and inexpensive. Use scraps of things that you already have around the house. Recycle old cards and pictures from magazines and ads. Use a photo and make a card that dad or grandpa will love. Use anything you have around the house, just make it yourself without spending money on fancy supplies or embellishments.
Make a gift tag.
Simple could be the answer. How often do we read a card and then toss it after the party is over. Do we appreciate the gifts with fancy cards more than those without cards? Cards are rarely important to me. I read them and then usually do not give them another thought. I have started to just make a simple gift tag for many of the presents we give. Quick, cheap and easy.
Think outside the envelope.
I have really thought about cards and why we are so much in the habit of giving them. We usually use them to convey and idea of love or appreciation. Why not use something other than a card? One of my new favorite ideas is to use a children’s book. Picture books look cute on top of a gift, even when giving the gift to an adult. You can get a themed book and write a note or two on the inside cover, just like a card. For Father’s Day consider a book about dad or grandpa, there are lots of cheap favorites at places like Amazon, Walmart or your local book store. Some great and super cheap books can be found in new condition at your local thrift shop.
It must be a store bought card.
There are some situations when you may feel like you absolutely have to buy a card. Shop smart when buying a card. Check the dollar stores. Our local Dollar Tree has a great selection of cards and they are just $1.00. Stores like WalMart have $.50 and $1.00 sections for every occasion including Father’s Day. Look for card multipacks with a number of different greeting cards for a great price.
Whatever you choose to do: make a card, use a gift tag, use a book or buy a card, remember to pinch your pennies!
Stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner!
It’s getting hot out where I live and in some parts of the country it is getting REALLY hot. When it gets really hot we all seem to have the same goal – staying cool! I am one of those crazy people who likes it to be cold so the summer heat makes me try almost anything to stay cool. I have a couple of kids who are just like me – they hate being too hot. Does that sound familiar? Yesterday we talked about beating the heat and staying cool by making popsicles. Today it is a more serious topic. How do you beat the heat and stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner?
Face it, using the air conditioner is expensive. I hate seeing the electric bills during the hot summer months. They can be at least twice what the bills are during other months. Every summer this makes me look for ways to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner, I’m determined to save money on those bills. There are a few easy ways to do this.
Close the blinds
This is an easy way to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner! Research has shown that about 30% of the heat in your house in the summer comes from the windows. Keeping the blinds closed will help keep out some of the heat. Closed blinds can reduce the temperature of a room by up to 20 degrees. South and West facing windows are especially important to close the blind on and block the afternoon heat.
Pull the curtains
If you don’t have blinds, pull the curtains. Or even add heat blocking curtains to a window with blinds. You can stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner if you keep that heat from shining in the windows.
Get a ceiling fan
If you don’t have ceiling fans, get some. They are an inexpensive improvement. Then remember to set your ceiling fans to rotate counter-clockwise. Ceiling fans need to be adjusted seasonally. Set them counter-clockwise in the summer and run them at a higher speed. The airflow produced will create a breeze that will make you “feel” cooler. You’ll be able to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner.
Open the windows
In many areas the temperatures drop after the sun goes down. Open the windows and let the cool night air in to cool your house. Use fans to pull the air in and create a cross breeze. Opening the windows at night is another easy way to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner.
Turn on the fans
Use the fans in your house to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner. Exhaust fans can help pull hot air out of the house. Add table fans or floor fans to areas where increased airflow will help cool rooms.
Turn off the oven
This is a fun way to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner. Use the barbeque, microwave or crock-pot to cook your meals. Don’t add heat to your house by prepping meals with the oven. Plan ahead and use the oven at later night after the windows are open and the sun has gone down.
Have more ideas to stay cool in the summer without using the air conditioner? Let us know. We love hearing from our readers.
National Iced Tea Day
Summer time is here and that means warm weather, picnics, patio dining and more! I love warm weather and all of the fun foods and drinks that come with it. Growing up in the south led me to love a warm weather drink – iced tea. When I was younger I would always notice big glass jars of ice tea brewing on neighbors’ front porches. It seems you couldn’t drive down a street without seeing someone making their iced tea for the day in the warm summer sunshine.
Fast forward more years than I’d like to admit and I am now one of those nutty people who puts a big jar of iced tea out on the back porch. People have been putting tea out in the sun for years and I bet most people don’t even know why they do it. At this point, brewing iced tea in the sun is more tradition than function. It is thought that people started brewing iced tea outside to keep from heating up the kitchen in the heat of the summer. The gentle heat of the sun is also supposed to brew the tea without destroying the flavor. Even if it is just for fun, I still brew iced tea outside.
There are lots of recipes for making iced tea. Some are flavored and some are herbal. I’m a huge fan of iced peppermint tea. I cheat and just use tea bags but it think it sure tastes great. Since today is National Iced Tea Day it seems like the perfect day to pull the big glass jar back out and try one of my favorites. I think I will go with my favorite – peppermint iced tea. It’s yummy and inexpensive to make. I really could drink it every day during the warm summer weather. When I make my peppermint tea, I make it unsweetened. I like it that way, but anyone who wants to can add a bit of sugar or sweetener to their glass. Yum! I need to make this now.
Want to make some iced tea to celebrate? Here is one basic iced tea recipe and a few ideas to change it up. If you try it, let us know how you like it. Have another favorite recipe for making iced tea? Share that with us. We love to hear from you!
Sweet Tea
Makes 2 Quarts
Ingredients:
1 pinch baking soda
2 cups boiling water
6 tea bags
3/4 cup white sugar
6 cups cool water
Directions:
Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a 64-ounce, heat-proof, glass pitcher.
Pour in boiling water, and add tea bags.
Cover, and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
Remove tea bags, and discard; stir in sugar until dissolved.
Pour in cool water, then refrigerate until cold.
Sweet Lime Iced Tea
You can change this recipe up and add the juice of four limes. You’ll have Sweet Lime Iced Tea! Yum!
Boston Iced Tea
Again just add something to the above recipe – add cranberry juice to taste and you’ll have a yummy Boston Iced Tea.
Why Amazon Prime?
I’ve had a couple of people ask me about the offer I blogged about yesterday. They thought the $10 off your first Subscribe & Save order when you have Prime sounded like a good idea and they wanted to know a bit more about Amazon Prime. I know I have talked about it before, but it is worth blogging about again. Yes, I think Amazon Prime is that awesome. Here’s a refresher on yesterday’s deal and a good bit of info on why Amazon Prime is a great deal. Especially now when you can get $10 in items for free!
Now through July 4th Amazon has an offer for their paid Prime members who haven’t tried Subscribe and Save. You can get $10 off your first Subscribe & Save order! Remember, shipping will also be free. This can make a great deal even better! It is easy to do when you follow instructions below.
- Shop from the thousands of items on Amazon and choose any Subscribe and Save item.
- Add your item to your cart by clicking on “Review Subscription” or “Subscribe Now”.
- Proceed to checkout.
- Don’t forget to enter coupon code TRYSNS10.
- A $10.00 discount on your order will appear at checkout if your item qualifies.
Important note – This discount is only for Prime members with paid memberships, free trial members do not qualify. The coupon code only works if you have not used the Subscribe and Save feature before.
I started shopping on Amazon a few years ago and I love it. I shop the deals on Amazon a lot. I buy everything from electronics, to paper products, to toys, to groceries. I can buy almost anything on Amazon. This is one of the biggest reasons why I LOVE having Amazon Prime.
Amazon Prime gained popularity because of the free shipping it provides. When you have Amazon Prime all of your qualifying orders get FREE Two-Day shipping. Amazon says it best, “Need a last minute gift? Can’t get out of the house? Realize you forgot to pick up something? With FREE Two-Day Shipping from Amazon Prime, your shopping problems are solved. You get unlimited deliveries with no minimum order size, and with 20 million eligible items, the options are practically limitless. From big to small, A to Z, home to office, and everywhere in between, satisfying that shopping itch —or need— is just two days away.”
Amazon Prime does cost $99 a year. This may sound like a big investment at first. If you look at it carefully, it is not much at all. $99 a year breaks down into $8.25 a month. Do you spend $8.25 a month in shipping from other retailers? Do you spend $8.25 in gas running after an item or two, running here or there? Is the time you spend running these errands worth $8.25 a month? My guess is that most people answer yes to all of those questions. Many of us probably spend more than $8.25 in time, gas and shipping. When you look at these factors Amazon Prime would actually pay for itself.
Signing up for the Amazon Prime is easy! Just follow any of the links here in this blog. To sign up for Amazon Prime your account must have a current, valid credit card. It is easy to turn off your Amazon Prime membership renewal on the Amazon website.
Beyond the FREE Two-Day shipping there are so many more benefits to having Amazon Prime. They include Unlimited Photo Storage, Prime Instant Video, Prime Music, and access to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. The savings can be HUGE!
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Amazon Prime member? Try Subscribe and Save and save $10.00!
Are you an Amazon Prime member with a paid membership? Have you been holding out and waiting to try the Amazon Subscribe and Save feature? If so, now is the time to try it out. Now through July 4th Amazon has an offer for their paid Prime members who haven’t tried Subscribe and Save. You can get $10 off your first Subscribe & Save order! Remember, shipping will also be free. This can make a great deal even better! It is easy to do when you follow instructions below.
- Shop from the thousands of items on Amazon and choose any Subscribe and Save item.
- Add your item to your cart by clicking on “Review Subscription” or “Subscribe Now”.
- Proceed to checkout.
- Don’t forget to enter coupon code TRYSNS10.
- A $10.00 discount on your order will appear at checkout if your item qualifies.
Important note – This discount is only for Prime members with paid memberships, free trial members do not qualify. The coupon code only works if you have not used the Subscribe and Save feature before.
Are you unfamiliar with Amazon’s Subscribe and Save feature? I love it! I think it is one of the best ways to save big when shopping on Amazon. It is simple to use! Subscribe and Save is a subscription service that lets you order your favorite items (or the cheap sale items that month) and they will ship for free and all come together once a month on a specified date.
With Subscribe and Save you always get a discount on top of Amazon’s already low prices. The normal discount is 5%. If you order five or more Subscribe and Save items in one month your discount will increase to 15%. That is a great savings! Plus you get free shipping on all of your Subscribe and Save orders.
Subscribe and Save orders are available in intervals from one to six months. Choose the delivery frequency schedule that works best for you. Each month your subscriptions will be automatically sent by your scheduled delivery day for that month. You can change your subscription preferences, or cancel them, at any time.
It is easy super easy to cancel your subscriptions if you need to do so. Sometimes I sign up for an item and cancel it after I receive the first delivery. This actually happens pretty often. I sign up for items on the Subscribe and Save plan because they are a good deal at that time, but I know I will cancel because the deal will change before the next delivery. Canceling Subscribe and Save is easy to do online 24 hours a day. You just look in your Amazon account and find the Subscribe and Save orders section. Cancel the unwanted items from right there, not hard to do at all.
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Have you tried Zaycon Fresh?
Are you busy with all of the summer break activities? Is it hard to find the time to think about other things? It is for me! Sometimes the business of summer break makes it hard to do some of the other things we usually do like bargain hunting and shopping. There is one great way to save money that that I want take a few minutes to talk about because the clock is ticking on some of the deals. This is by far one of my favorite money saving things – I love ordering meats from Zaycon. It saves money and I think the products they sell are really great!
Why would someone buy from Zaycon? For me, there are so many reasons. They sell great fresh meats including chicken, beef, turkey, pork and fish. I think buying meat in bulk saves money and time. My reasons sound a lot like the three great reasons that Zaycon lists on their website:
1) Quality: We only sell what we eat ourselves— high-quality, healthy food products
2) Price: Fresh, high-quality retail food products sold for wholesale prices
3) Customer Service: Exceptional service all along the way, from order to reminder to convenient, efficient pickup.
I have to say that I agree with what they claim. Their meats really do seem to be top quality and their customer service it great! It is so easy to get the great deals from Zaycon. You go online to ZayconFresh.com and place your order. You will love how much great food you can get for such low prices. On the day of your local Zaycon sales event, you bring your order confirmation to your pick up location and you get your fresh, delicious, nutritious food!
Details about two of the most popular Zaycon products:
The Zaycon chicken breasts are sold by the case. Each case weighs 40 pounds and includes four separate bags of chicken breasts, which are not always sealed and not uniform in weight. The larger outer bag is sealed in the cardboard case. The chicken is 100% natural chicken with no added hormones, additives or artificial ingredients. The chicken is fresh directly from the farm to the sales event and has never been frozen.
The Zaycon ground beef is fresh 93/7 and super lean. It is 100% grown in the USA. There is no pink slime in the Zaycon ground beef. There are no chemicals, additives or water added to meat during processing. The beef cattle have a grass diet which is supplemented by grain after they reach approximately 700 pounds.
Available for ordering now from Zaycon:
A few of these deliver in the next few days – there is still time to order them!
* Fresh Ground Beef, Lean (93/7) – 40 lbs
$4.49/lb | $179.60/case
* Chicken Breasts (Fresh Boneless Skinless)
$1.69/lb X 40.00 lbs | $67.60/case
* Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken Strip Fritter
$3.49/lb | $69.80/case
* Frozen Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Fillets
$6.99/lb | $174.75/case
* Fully Cooked Maple Chicken Sausage Patties
$3.79/lb | $37.90/case
* Bacon – Hickory Smoked, Medium Sliced – 36 lbs
$3.49/lb | $125.64/case
* USDA Choice or Higher Patio Steaks
$6.49/lb X 33.00 lbs | $214.17/case
Do you buy from Zaycon? What is your favorite product? Let us know – we love to hear from you.
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“I’m bored!” activities – a summer saver!
Tomorrow is the last day of school for most of the schools in our area. My kids are all in school for a half day or less tomorrow and then summer break begins. The other day we talked about all of the things I have been doing around the house to get ready for summer. We talked about making plans, setting rules, setting a summer routine, cleaning things out, planning activities and getting needed supplies. Today we are going to talk a little more about the last two things on that list. Let’s talk about planning activities and getting the needed supplies. Having some “I’m bored!”activities ready to go will save your summer!
The excited happiness of summer break can wear off pretty quickly. Some kids start the “I’m bored!” within a few days. Some kids take a few weeks to get there. My kids take a little longer than a week or two before they utter those dreaded words. I hate hearing those words, they make me a bit crazy. I try my best to have some “I’m bored!” activities planned and ready to go so when I hear those words, I have an answer. You can plan some “I’m bored!” activities ready too – it is easy. They don’t have to be fancy or expensive, they just have to be planned and ready.
Once you’ve planned the activities, get any needed supplies. Get those supplies gathered and put away in an easy place, ready to use. You’ll thank yourself later and be glad you took the time to get ready for summer break when you answer that “I’m bored!” with some “I’m bored!” activities that are ready to go. Here are a three of my favorite and most simple “I’m bored!” activities:
Play-doh
Everybody loves Play-doh. It is a favorite one of the “I’m bored!” activities in my house. Make sure you have fresh Play-doh and some utensils to roll and cut the dough. Make a challenge list and keep it with the Play-doh. The challenge list will give your kids lots of challenges of things to make.
Legos
This is another family favorite when it comes to “I’m bored!” activities. Make sure all of the Legos are gathered and ready to build. Make sure you have enough base plates. Do the same thing as with the Play-doh. Make a challenge list and keep it with the Legos. The challenge list will give your kids lots of challenges of things to make. You can even print the list out and cut it into strips. They pick a challenge to build from a bag or jar. Super fun!
Coloring and Cutting
This is one of the “I’m bored!” activities that is so varied and is different every time. Make sure you have plenty of different art supplies. I try to have crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks, scissors, construction paper and printer paper all the time. Sometimes we add in other mediums and supplies. The kids can make all sorts of cards, décor and more. Have them make cards for neighbors and friends. Have them make décor for the upcoming holiday. Is there someone with a birthday soon? They can make cards, gifts or even décor.
These are just three of the easiest “I’m bored!” activities that I plan for every summer. Are there some that are family favorites in your house? Let us know and you might see them featured in a future blog.