Good morning, good morning....its coupon clipping time...

Good Morning readers!  Its Saturday, its before noon, it looks like the weather is going to be nice today, so here I sit typing to all of you, with my coffee in my new mug.   I went to the Poconos over the summer and they had out all there Halloween stuff in September, and I got this super cute Halloween mug.
This is the link for the Mug and Coffee set but I just bought the little blue mug.

ARENT THEY CUTE!

I'm big on Halloween and have been waiting and waiting to use this mug because it was September when I got it and was like, "way to early for spooky Halloween mug... must wait until after my birthday..." SO I DID.

I half miss getting up super early and getting things done... I've actually tried getting my groceries done this early because theres sometimes less people at my store.  This thought inspired todays post because, I've decided my next "life project" is going to be couponing.  I like cutting coupons, I just end up not using them or go, "well thats a waste of money!" when I do use some... BUT my tiny stock pile of items has dwindled on certain everyday items and I want to get more!  I don't know about you guys, but I HATE having to constantly go to the grocery store and buy things like toothpaste, shampoo, soap, stuff like that.  So I usually check the sales during my regular grocery trip and if its a good sale, I stock up!  I do the same thing with yogurt, but end up having to really clear my fridge for that one because I have to clear a whole shelf.

Anyway OFF TO PINTEREST I WENT and found a nice blog talking about coupons, and a reader commented saying there was a website you can BUY the coupon ads they put in your newspaper each week.  So you can spend like $1.00-$17.00 and get all these different ads and coupons, and they tell you what coupons are in there.

Here is the original website, its a craft blog too apparently, which is awesome.  Its Katie's Crochet Goodies and Crafts.

The coupon purchasing website i had to search "whole coupon inserts" and its literally "wholecouponinserts.com"

This should be a fun new venture, and hopefully will save me money.  Hubs and me are trying to eat healthier and since fruits and vegetables don't keep very long, I see myself shopping more often, or buying more frozen foods... which I'm not too excited about.  I'm also not very excited about having to clean out some closet space for the stuff... but! ADVENTURE!

Pumpkin and Apple picking today! Yay!  Seriously, I love fall.  Best time of the year.

til next time! Happy Crafting! Happy fall!

taxikab

p.s. working on another Right Brain Bunch article, so check here soon for a new update there too!

Shrimp, Rice, and whatever...

For our snow day dinner the hubs and me made shrimp and rice.  It was this or pizza bagels... I suggested stir fry, so we made what we THINK is stir fry...  I do enjoy using my wok.  This recipe involves alot of dishes... so if you're lazy like me, and hate dishes, make your partner/husband/family member/friend assist you, or just make the shrimp and rice, and no veggies.  We just added whatever vegetables we had in the house because we are trying to eat healthier and increase our veggie in take.  You can add whatever vegetables you prefer eating.

Shrimp and Rice, and whatever you want:

Ingredients:
Shrimp
Rice
Teriyaki sauce
Vegetable Broth
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Eggs
Any three vegetables you want.

Lohkemper vegetable suggestions:
Carrots
Snap Peas
string Beans

Tool:
Wok (or a large pot)
Quart pot (or one large enough to suit your servings needs)
strainer (for cleaning your vegetables)
pan (for eggs)

For those of you who are lazy like me, you can leave out the eggs and have one less pain to clean later.

1.  We used pre-cooked de-shelled shrimp, so if you don't use it, steam your shrimp, then leave it to cool so you can dice it up later.

2.  Cook your rice and leave it to be added to the other ingredients.

3. clean and chop your vegetables.  If using snap beans, cut in half width wise, if using string beans cut into thirds also width wise.

4. Place vegetables into wok together, add about 2 tlbs of teriyaki sauce and 1/4 a cup of vegetable broth.  cook over medium heat.
Keep stirring those veggies!  Teriyaki sauce can burn real fast if not cooked right or at too high a heat.

5. Add about 1/2 a tablespoon of butter.  Stir it in.

6. Cut the shrimp into bit size pieces, or in thirds.  Add that!

7. Make the eggs.  You can scramble in a bowl first, or crack them in the pan and scramble a little in there.  they should not be fluffy eggs! just let them cook a little in the pan and then chop them up with your spatula.  Add them to the pan.

8. Finally, add the rice.

Stir everything together, then turn off the heat, stir again.  Add about 1 teaspoon of salt, give one more stir.  Serve.

When you stir everything the rice will get more sticky and appear weird because it will absorb the remaining teriyaki and vegetable broth.  Don't be worried, that’s just what it looks like!  Enjoy!

This recipe is not a strict, by the book recipe.  Change it up to make it to your taste, use it as a guideline to make something that's your own.  Experiment!  Add more veggies, don't use any, make it with chicken, make it with beef, do what you are going to do, and do your own thing.  Enjoy!

taxikab