Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy

This is a new book I have been reading :) I love a lot of the ideas, so I wanted to share them with you ;)

One of the websites that she references is one I have not used yet, but it looks very helpful :) www.mygrocerydeals.com All you do is go and sign up with your zip code and it pulls up the sales in your area ;) It even has Polly's listed for you loyal family business shoppers ;)It also has a coupon matching section :) I have to say I think I am really going to enjoy this site!

Another thing that she points out are some helpful recipes to save A LOT of money :) She has recipes for granola for cereal, maple syrup, pot pies, Bisquick mix...etc...a lot of ideas that I will be incorporating. Mainly because I like to know what are in the things that we eat...Amanda has had a facial allergic reaction to things like oatmeal...so I started making it myself...she hasn't broken out since...but she still breaks out with things like ranch dressing, so I will probably try to use the recipe in here to see if that helps.

Bisquick Recipe
8 cups flour
1 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1/4 cup baking powder
1 T salt
Mix together and then cut in 2 cups of shortening...it should look like cornmeal...store in air tight container up to 6 months.

Spaghetti Herb mix (I love this idea because I can just can my tomatoes this summer and then use this when I need to vs having to make the sauce and then can it)
1/2 Cup garlic powder
1/2 Cup onion powder
1/2 cup dried oregano
3 T dried basil
3 T dried thyme
3 T salt
2 T sugar
Mix together and store in airtight container...use 1/4 cup mix to 16 oz of diced tomatoes.

Overall, there were too many items for me to list on here ;) But if you get time pick up a copy from the library and check it out yourself!