With the snow outside, I thought it might be fun to post a recipe that you can do with the kids on a snowy day.
Fill a gallon freezer bag halfway with snow and add six teaspoons of salt in with the snow
Fill a quart freezer bag with:
1/2 cup of half and half
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of sugar
After you put all the ingredients in the quart sized freezer bag, squeeze out as much air as you can, and seal it. The best trick I have found for doing this is filling your sink up part way with water and dipping the bag in the water. This will push most of the air out. Just be careful not to get water in the bag. Put the quart bag into the gallon freezer bag (again squeeze as much air out of the freezer bag as you can). Seal the freezer bag. Put on some gloves and squeeze the bag until the ice cream is frozen.
A nice, easy treat to make using snow without worrying about the dirt. :)
Here is a link to a recipe from Paula Deen for snow ice cream. This is a little sweet for me, but uses real snow. If you can get good clean snow try it out. Well...you can use shaved ice too.
LINK: Paula Deen Snow Ice Cream
With 2011 coming up quickly, I have been really thinking about what to do this year or brush up on this year to help me financially. One thing that is a real must is a small notebook to write down expenses. The new year is coming, this is a perfect opportunity to get a handle on exactly where every dime is going. Does your doctor's office give out those little pocket booklet calendars? If so they are the perfect size for writing down what you spend each day. Here are a few other things you might like to check into to get a good handle on your finances.
One of the tools that has been indispensable with our budget is mint.com. It is safe and secure. You do not have to download anything. You can categories and track all your spending. You will see if you are working in your budget or beyond it and figure out how to make changes. Check out their website where you can watch a video and learn more.
LINK: Mint.com
Have a need to write things down? If so, I have found the website for you. I have connected you to the Organized Christmas site in order to get Christmas planning in line, but now it is time to hit the ground running for 2011 by checking out Organized Home. Follow the link below to a list of printables to make a fabulous household notebook. This thing will help you organize and fly through your Spring cleaning, menu planning, weekly planning, shopping, camping, yard sale planning and more! Seriously you are going to love these printables.
LINK: Printable Pages For Your Household Notebook from Organized Home.
And in the upcoming weeks, I will be taking some online coupon classes. After I review them, I will post again to let you know what ones I recommend.
FREEBIES
Allure Magazine will have some fun freebies starting January 1st. The first day is a contest where one winner will win $1,138 of Shiseido Skin Care and Makeup. Each day will have a different prize for the first 500 Allure readers to sign up at noon EST. If you are near a computer, you might want to give this a try. Just make sure to CHECK NO next to the request to sign you up for a year subscription or you will get signed up. Here is a link to their sign up page which shows you the dates and prizes for January 1 to January 7.
LINK: Allure giveaways
If you like Gucci perfumes, you just might like to try out a free sample of Gucci Guilty. Just follow the link below to their Facebook page and free sample link.
LINK: Gucci Guilty
While supplies last, sign up for a free sample of Purina One for dogs or cars at Walmart.
LINK: Purina One
No comments:
Post a Comment