I didn’t participate in any carnivals again this week, but I did read some interesting things, so without further ado, here they are:
- Brownie in a Mug CrockPot recipe @ A Year of CrockPotting – I’m a sucker for slow cooker dessert recipes, and this just sounds so good!
- Amazon no longer offers price drop guarantee! @ Blueprint for Financial Prosperity – I was so bummed when I read this because I have saved a decent amount by tracking Amazon prices for 30 days after my purchases.
- Speed Bento- Ice Cube Tray Nigiri @ Lunch in a Box – I think this is brilliant and I’m definitely going to do this. I was thinking that I could lay the strip of nori in the tray so that the “sushi” is already wrapped when it comes out. I’ll let you know how that goes.
- Hints and Tips to Target Deals @ Attention Target Shoppers – A very handy list of resources from a good Target resource herself.
- Guide to Stockpiling Around the Year @ Common Sense with Money – Mercedes offers a great list on when things go on sale.
- How Our Financial Attitude Is Changing With Increasing Income @ Money, Matter, and More Musings – I’m happy to see golbguru back and he’s got a thought-provoking post on spending.
- Make it yourself: “Cream of …” Soups @ Grocery Coupon Guru – I hate condensed cream of soups and therefore I avoid recipes that require them. But if this tastes good, then a whole new world of convenient casseroles opens up to me …
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Thanks for the link love. I hope all of your readers will drop by late tomorrow afternoon for the weekly coupon match-up for this week’s ad. It takes quite a while to do so give me most of the day to get it put together.
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To make your own “cream of” soup – melt 3 tablespoons butter in sauce pan, when it’s melted, quickly whisk in 3 tablespoons of flour – then add 1 cup liquid – that is the equivalent of a can of condensed soup. If you want mushroom, then satuee mushrooms in 1 tablespoon butter, remove the mushrooms (leave as much butter as you can in the pan), add 3 more tablespoons butter, then proceed w/ the flour — for your liquid add a cup of milk (we make it w/ rice milk). Add spices/bullion to taste. If you want cream of chicken, add chicken buillion, cream of celery – sautee celery first. Add spices (salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, whatever) to taste (depending on the type of soup you want to make)
@Stacee – Great recipe, thanks so much for sharing!