Peppers

I stopped at the local produce store and look what I found. Red, yellow and orange peppers!! They were selling them for a dollar or if you bought 15 or more they were only 50 cents!!!  They usually sell for $1.99 or more. So I bought 15 of them. Couldn't pass up that deal!

Stinker inspecting the peppers or wishing someone would open those cat treats.

When I was asked what I was going to do with so many peppers. I said freeze them. From the look I received apparently not everyone knows you can freeze peppers so I thought I'd share how I freeze them.

I chop and/or cut them into strips. Which ever one you prefer. I use the strips in stir fry and fajitas. The chopped get used for pasta sauce, pizza, sloppy joes, and anything else I think needs peppers.

Then I put them in bowls and mix them up so I get a variety of color.

Now I'm wishing I got some green peppers too. Wouldn't that have been pretty!

Then I place them in a snack bag. I just know from experience that that's how much I will use in a meal.

Then place them gallon freezer bags, label and freeze.

When I finished I wished that I had bought more so I went back the next day and bought more peppers. And again forgot to get any green ones. Froze those too. I forgot how many bags I ended up with but it should be enough to last until next year.

Thrift stores

I love shopping at thrift stores. And yesterday was my lucky day. My finds:

4 pairs of blue jeans
3 sweaters
1 brand new shirt (still had the original tags)
1 ladies pant suit
a little glass dish (for Stinker's treats)
large print copy of The Savage Heart by Diana Palmer (one of my favorite writers)
and 3 vinyl records: Conway Twitty - Classic Conway, Conway Twitty - I'm So used to Loving you, and Dolly Parton - Just the Way I Am

For a grand total of $12.40

Coupon Keeper

One of my resolutions this year is to save money. So I needed something simple to organize coupons. I made this in December and finally put last weeks coupons in it. I found this free pattern at A Happy Little Family. I picked two pieces of fabric that I had and were the right size. The only thing I changed was I used 2 layers of cut away stabilizer for the batting. It only took about an hour to make.

The categories I used are: mean/dairy/produce, cereal/breakfast/bread, baking, boxed/canned food, frozen, snacks, personal/medicine, pet, cleaning/household, and store coupons.