Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Okay I told you  there would be more to my whipped cream recipes. Here is the second one.

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches
By BusyMoneyBee www.busymoneybee.com

2 Boxes of Reduced Fat Graham Crackers 
Big Whopping amount of whipped cream

Tip: you will need a couple of cookie sheets and some room in your freezer.

Take each Graham Cracker and split them in half, and also split a few but not all in to quarters (The Quarter ones will make great finger ice cream sandwiches for toddlers). Then scoop a couple of spoonfuls of whipped cream onto graham crackers, then place graham cracker of similar size on top, creating a sandwich then place on cookie sheet then repeat until cookie sheet is full.  Then place cookie sheet in freezer for 4hours or until stiff (it may not be completely stiff, a little soft, as long as its not super squishy your good to eat it, or store it). Then place Sandwiches into plastic containers, and back into the freezer, or serve right away.

Tip: If you end up with 2 cookie sheets worth like I did. I would suggest freezing the first sheet for 2 hours, then placing the second sheet on top of the first cookie sheet in the freezer.

I hope you enjoy this, my toddler loves these! :D

Heavy whipping cream recipe: big whopping amount of whipped cream

Okay this all started with the fact I bought too much whipping cream for Christmas stuff that I was doing. Because I afraid if I didn't get a ton of it I might not ever see it again. Well if I didn't use all of it I was going waste it, I'm trying to save Money notch waste it so i would have to find ways utilize it. I think I procrastinated buy the time I used it , it was near the expiration date. Jan 20 . Uh oh. I hurried. I thought of a few things. Here is one. Whipped cream recipe...

 Big Whopping amount of Whipped Cream

By www.busymoneybee.com

2qts(8cups) of Heavy Whipping Cream
1 cup of Sugar
4 tsp of Vanilla Extract

Tip: Make sure you have 8quart bowl for this. Because this recipe creates 6 quarts of whipped cream.

Really simple pour 2quarts of Heavy whipping cream into the Large bowl whip with a handmixer until slight stiffening, then add the vanilla and the sugar, then whip with handmixer until peaks have formed.

Storage tips: Refrigerate for at most a 1-2days, it's best when fresh.

Or freeze for a very longtime, and thaw when ready to use.


Buy not wasting they Heavy Cream I saved myself from wasting 20 dollars, each Quart is 5 dollars. Phew! Wasting food equals wasting money, I try so hard not to do that.




Look for what I did with this amount of whipping cream in more posts to come. They are really fun and hard to miss.

Free nursing cover just pay shipping!

EHey I just spotted this cuz one favorite people shared it and figured in case you missed seeing it, it is totally worth it to post it for you. I have already bought 2 of these. I love them. They are called undercover basically nursing covers . I have other codes listed on my DEALS page some of them are definitely worth trying to see if they still work. Go to WWW.uddercovers.com type in the code ONEFREE . And free uddercovers for free just pay shipping. I love them, you should try it for sure .

Free Sample of Cinnabon Oatmeal :D

You know me I LOVE Free Stuff! So here it is:

 Free sample of Cinnabon Oatmeal

I have to wait 6-8weeks to receive it, but should be well worth it. I'm trying to eat healthy, and love to have different flavors of oatmeal to keep me interested.

Plus I can get a coupon, totally worth it. :)

CLOSED -Healthy Kids Plate Giveaway! Hurry and Register! It ends 1/25

 Healthy Kids Plate Giveaway Sponsored by Amy at SuperHealthykids.com

5 plates to Giveaway to some luck readers, which mean 5 winners! : )

Healthy Kids Plate teaches kids that:

• 1/2  their plate should be filled with fruits and vegetables.
• 1/4 of their plate filled with protein 
• 1/4 of their plate filled with whole grains

Specs:

• Dishwasher safe
• Lead Free
• BPA Free
• 8inches
• Not easily broken :) Trust me, my daughter has dropped  it several times. It's a very durable plastic

This plate is sized for, and geared toward the ages 2-8. My daughter is 15months old  and I already started using the plate with her. I figure, why not start out early, I just used smaller portions in each section for her. Since obesity rate is so high and rising in children, this is a fun way to teach children to eat the healthy way. The cartoons make it easy  for a child to know where his/her Fruit and Veggies go on their plate, and  how much. This allows us as parents to focus on balance, instead of counting servings. Yay for being fun and healthy!!

What a great product!

That's why with the help of Amy, I'm giving away 5 plates that means 5 winners.


Here is how you enter:

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look forward to that giveaway it will start tomorrow

Woo hoo internet is backup better get started finishing posting that giveaway it will start tomorrow, look forward to it. :)

internet currently down at my house

Okay I was in the middle of writing a post for a giveaway when my internet shutdown for some reason my modem.Isn't working it won't be fixed until tomorrow , i hope I'm so sorry. Via my brand new phone I got for a really good deal. I'm still learning how to use it. But that is how I'm posting this. It's really hard to type with one finger on my phone. Hopefully, the giveaway will be posted by Monday keep looking for it everyday until then. u

Ooey Gooey Brownies

I got this idea after having so much candy given to me by "Santa" and my in-laws. I'm currently trying to lose weight. The last thing I need is to eat all of this stuff. What did I do? I invented a version of brownies, that you should share with everyone.

Before it went into the Oven

Fresh out of the oven! Yummy gooeyness :)

Ooey Gooey Brownies

By BusyMoneyBee (www.busymoneybee.com)

1 Brownie Mix

10 Mini Snickers

1/2 cup Milk Chocolate Chips

10 of Caramels (cut in half making 20peices)

Preheat oven to 350degrees (this for 9X13 pan directions, so please check the Brownie box) Mix Brownies as directed. Pour into greased pan. Then add the mini-snicker by placing them randomly throughout the pan. The dot the half pieces of caramel evenly dotted across the pan. Then sprinkle chocolate chips across pan. Place in the oven for 24minutes. After thoroughly baked to the point where it passes the good old "toothpick test". Take out of the oven let cool for 5 minutes, then serve immediately while the caramel and snickers is still gooey.

Eat up!

Tip:  if you don't eat them all, in order to get that gooey effect again I suggest warm it up in a toaster oven, or microwave a piece for a few seconds to get that gooey effect.

  Enjoy!

Free Snuggles Sample

For Free Snuggles Sample Click Here Okay, I just found this.Just answer a few questions, and get your Sample. As for me  I answered NO to all of the offers. All I want is that free sample, and the coupons that will come along with it.

Enjoy I can't wait for my sample!

Hurry, before supplies run out!

Finding ways to save on Cell Phone costs

If you're like me, I have had people tell me when we had no money, I needed to get rid of my cell phone. The same cell phone number that I've had for 10 years. Well, sorry no can do. I need my phone. I do not have a house phone. My husband needs his cell phone for work, he delivers Pizzas for goodness sakes. In case his car brakes down he needs that phone. I need my phone at home here with me while he is working in case I need to reach him. I've got to find the best price for phone plans.

Note: We don't buy phones at our house, phones are FREE with the plan, that is only way for my family.


But here's where I will find the best plan for my family and I.

 MyRatePlan.com

 A website that helps us consumers make informed purchase decisions about household services. They say when purchasing plan always purchase 10-15% more minutes than you would usually use just in case, to help prevent overages. Also, to purchase and unlimited text messaging package, especially if you have teenagers. I'm no teenager, but I certainly do text a lot.  Since most Text Messaging Companies charge 25cents per text message when you go over your amount, it's definitely good to have Unlimited if you are type of person that texts a lot.

Of course for some people, there are alternatives to Cell Phones:

Skype.com  - You can do video calling, you can call also do regular phone calls on Skype, and it's FREE. Although you do have to microphone and camera to use it, but that's only a one time purchase.

Google Voice - This is a free phone internet service, and fairly easy to use with your contacts already being listed in your gmail account.

TracFone.com - This is great who don't use there phones a lot. No monthly bills, or credit check. It is a Prepaid minute service 10ct per minute,so 100minutes for 10$. Although from what I know Tracfone doesn't usually consist of really nice phones.

Another service that is FREE to use to help find you cheaper phone plans based on how many minutes and text messages you currently use is BillShrink

I hope this helps you figure out a way to make a more cost effective decision when it comes to choosing cell phone plans. This is certainly helping me determine my usage as well. :D

Free Sample of Dentek Floss Pickers!

Free Sample of Dentek Floss Pickers  Be prepared to receive it in a few weeks. I'm so excited to try out mine.

Whoopie, a Free Sample that will help me clean my teeth. I like that the less stuff I have to buy the better, plus! With a Sample, usually comes coupons. It works for me, because they are thinking you like the sample, then go buy some more floss pickers with that coupon.

Clipping Coupon Sunday

This is what I do on Sundays after I get home from church, I grab my Sunday Newspaper, sift through all the ads to find the coupon books, pull them out, along with the cartoons, the Walgreens ads, and Target ads. You never know I'm might just find some valuable savings with. I also grab scissors and my coupon organizer. Oh, I definitely need to blog about how I organize my coupon book.

Anyways. I sit down and start cutting out the coupons I need, and then organizing the coupons after I have cut out a huge pile of them. Well this can take what seems like forever, and some of the coupons I don't even use all the time. Sometimes I end up wasting most of my time. Then I just end up giving them to my friends anyways. I just recently discovered how I can save some of my time, and my money. Since the main reason I get the newspaper is to receive the coupons. Which sometimes I get doubles of in the Wednesday. 

You can print out your coupons from the computer now. Yippee! Or this is a way I can get doubles or even triples of the coupons. As long as I have a printer and plenty of ink I'm good to go.

Online Coupon Locations:

Red Plum 

Smart Source

Johnson and Johnson 

Coupons 

PGeSaver 

What makes these really nice,  is that they are free services. Woohoo, FREE and I SAVE MONEY my two favorite things. I bet they are for you too. Other wise you probably wouldn't read this blog. LOL. So since you love saving money  just as much as me, it makes you very smart people.

Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit

I got this for Christmas from my parents and I abolutely love Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit . I'm finally replacing my old mop. No more buckets, no more dirty mop water. Yay! You have to realize I have a lot of tile in my small little house. I have tile in 2 bathrooms, a walkway, a hallway, an large office area, and the kitchen. In order for the floor to be really clean I have use 3 buckets of water mixed with Pine Sol. Hmmm I love the smell of Pine Sol. I love the smell, but it gets tiring lugging buckets around the house let alone, carrying them back and forth from the sink. You understand me now, right? I think all us have had to this at one point or another in our lives.

I bet by now, you are thinking. Why didn't you just get a Swiffer??? Hmmm....not so "Green" if you ask me. I just can't afford, let alone see myself constantly buying replacement pads and replacement bottles. Not for me. Sorry.

What I like about the Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit is the fact the pads are reusable and washable. And you can use any solution you want in the bottles, woohoo. For me I can definitely stretch a 144oz bottle of Pine Sol I only need 1TBSP of Pine Sol per bottle then add water. Yippee!

The Mop is not sold in stores at least not in my city. You can save 5.00 by purchasing by clicking this ---> Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit . You will save big here.

What the kit includes:

Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit:
2 Bottles
3 Pads
1 Spray Mop

My First Use:

I was a little skeptical at first, but I loaded up the mop  with a full bottle and a pad and went straight to work. I was mopping  like Iwas vacuuming it was fun, Just spray and mop. Spots were easily taken up, dirt was disappearing from my floor. Instead of mopping my entire house for 1 1/2 hours. Seriously it took me that long, It now takes me 30 minutes. Oh yeah you heard me correctly, and to make this even more green I only used 3/4 of a 1 liter, of 1 bottle. Instead of using 6 gallons of  water. Alright!  I'm saving money, and the environment, and to top that off I only used 1pad for the entire house. It held in most of the dirt. Oh it passed my clean floor test. 1. No Dirt Streaks on the floor 2. Clean feet stay clean. : ) That works for me.

Benefits:

Saves money
Uses less water
Saves time
Pads are reusable
Passes the clean floor test
Mop-head swivels

Yay! All positive. I haven't found any negatives yet, at least in my case.

This comes highly recommended by me. 


I hopes this helps you be green, save money, and house cleaning.

Nixgxia FREE SAMPLE! Let's be healthy!

Free Health Sample.


Free Nixgxia Sample!

I think I'm going to be trying something healthy. I figured it was worth a shot. It's suppose to be an antioxidant.

Costco/Kirkland brand Shampoo and Conditioner Free Sample!

Okay, Get Your Costco Membership Card to sign up for the is FREE SAMPLE of Shampoo Conditioner.

They are only giving this sample out to Costco Members. So enjoy Costco Members!

Kirkland Shampoo and Conditioner Sample

I just signed up for mine, I hopefully will see it in 4-6 weeks. I agreed to do survey about it, to tell them if I like it or not.

So Hurry! And sign up!

Free Beechnut Starter Kit

Oh yippee! A free beechnut starter kit! I wish I had this sooner, but I still can't wait to receive it.

Free Beechnut Starter Kit

In 3-5weeks your FREE Starter Kit in the mail and the monthly eNewsletter filled with helpful advice and money-saving coupons! Your kit will include FREE samples of Beech Nut products!

Personally I like the free samples and coupons part. I love coupons!!

Free Graco Lite up Clippers

Free Lite Up Baby Clippers! From Graco!

Free Graco Lite Up Clippers

We have got to protect those special little ones, especially their little fingers. If any  momma knows anything, it very hard to cut tiny little fingernails.

So go ahead and sign up for to receive these clippers in 2-4weeks. I did. 

I hoping this helps money sticks to you like honey.

FREE Toliet Paper Roll Extender From Charmin

Okay this a short post. FREE  Charmin Toliet Paper Roll Extender you can get either 1 or 2 of them. I got 2! :D I will receive mine within a few weeks. I'm excited.

Hurry before the supply runs out!

 

FREE SAMPLES and Coupons at PandG

Okay....I just found this and super excited about it and I wanted to share this with you! I signed up for 5 different free samples and a coupon. Just go to P&GSampler to sign up for it. Your samples should arrive within the next four to six weeks. P&GbrandSAMPLER allows one order request per household address per quarter. Ordering periods are generally between January 1 and March 31, April 1 and June 30, July 1 and September 30 and October 1 and December 31. Sample and coupon selections change throughout the year

Also, I would suggest signing up at PGeSaver. to attach your local grocery store club cards to get additonal savings and coupons. At least go and see what I'm talking about. It is definitely worth looking into, for sure.

I like this, and I'm hoping this helps money stick to you like honey. :)

How To: Make Meat go farther

My husband used to make fun of me for buying ground beef in bulk. He thought we would always have money to buy what we need. Then the recession hit and the company he was working for went under, and he was laid off and with out a job. When we finally ran out of money to buy groceries, guess what we had in the freezer, ground beef, frozen fruits and vegtables. Canned food products as well. Lets not forget the abundance of Hamburger Helper saved up. It helps to have a pantry products lying around. It helped between longtimes we didn't have the money to buy food to have ground beef at our disposable. Needless to say my husband doesn't make fun of me anymore.

Okay now I buy ground beef I only buy it on sale and in bulk. Up to 5lb packs, or even more it's the best way to go for food storage. I have the butcher at the local grocery separate it in to 1 pound sections in butcher paper, and saran wrap so I can freeze it right when I get home. You have to realize if I can avoid it I will not touch meat with my bare hands and I don't mind that a paid professional is willing to do it for me and no extra charge. That and it will come out to be exactly 1 pound each. Works for me.

Frozen Meat can last up to 3months in the freezer, doesn't it mean it goes bad after that. Not exactly. It may taste freezer burnt after that, or it may not. But its still good, and if you vacuum freeze it would last longer. I would suggest Ziploc Vacuum Bags for those who can't afford a Food Saver, of course both products you can get for way better prices than the grocery and department store at Amazon.com . Both products will help meat last longer than 3 months. I highly recommend them.



Pre-Cooked Meat I have taken 3 pounds of fresh ground beef that I bought cooked the entire thing up in a skillet all 3pounds of it at once. I cooked until it was brown not overcooking I can save that for later. Besides, I never been the type of person that actually likes storing fresh ground beef in the fridge unless I have to for things such a meatloaf or hamburgers, that I will take from the freezer and thaw out to use. Anyhoo, after letting the ground beef cool, after it cools I separate it into Ziploc bags and refrigerate or freeze. This how I figure it, if I know I'm not going to use it within a week, I might as well freeze it. At least when I thaw it, it will only take a few minutes to warm up on the stove then I can add the Hamburger Helper, or Taco Seasoning. It makes for a quick meal at my house. Of course I do use it within a week, I pull the meat right of the fridge and create quick meal. Oh, I have to give credit to my mom who taught me this buying precooking her meat for the entire week.

 TIP: Cooking frozen meat and then refreezing that meat again, can take most of the flavor out of the meat.

Another way to make meat go farther is canning it. This I will have to post more about later.

I just wanted to give you an idea that freezing meat will give you help if there is a loss of income in your home. It gives you peace of mind. It has for me.

This same thing can be applied to other meats steaks, ground turkey, pork chops, at least when it comes to freezing meats.

I want to note as well that USDA Guidelines say that Frozen food can last indefinitely in the freezer so there is no need to worry about it going bad, but the of quality of taste is lower. So remember that.

I hope this helps in your emergency food storage. Also helps lessen amount of food you waste, and helps you keep money in your wallet.

Hoping for a better year financially

Hey ya'll I hope everyone is starting with a better New Year than last year. This economy has taken it's toll on almost everyone, so rough. This is the main reason why I do this blog, the economy hit my family really hard as well. I spent time searching and searching for Work From Home jobs that I could do with my toddler running around the house. If any of you have been searching for a work at home job on your own. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's so hard to do. Luckily , I searched the haystacks for you and found all of the needles, and decided to share them all with you.

I do my best to make sure they are all legit work from home jobs. I'm hoping you have found something @H. JOB page that works for you. It's my goal to help you make money.

Of course saving money too, is another one of my goals to share with you all the great deals I find.

Anything else I know as mom, and homemaker I would love to share that with you too.

So let us hope this year is better for us Financially than it  was last year. I'm definitely crossing my fingers on this.

So let us all hope money will stick to us all like honey.

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