P&G is offering a $15 rebate when you spend $50 or $5 when you spend $20 on selected P&G brands, including Tide, Gain, Charmin, Puffs, Venus, and more.
To learn more, or submit a rebate, check out the P&G site here.
You have through 9/4/2024, and multiple receipts are allowed!
10 days until school starts for us… Not that I’m counting.
I grocery shopped on Thursday and picked up a lot of staples for smoothies and mac n’ cheese- The two current food hyper focuses.
I’m trying hard to get the kids to increase their fiber and protein intake. I can tell the difference when they are filling up on both- if nothing else, it helps them sleep better.
Thanks to the great freebies from Social Nature and Aisle, we’ve been trying new foods lately. It’s fun to try new foods.
If you are new to meal planning, I’ve got an easy 101-style post here with super easy tips and steps. After you get that down, here is info about batch or freezer cooking.
I’ve gotten a good inventory of the pantry, freezer, and fridge (I try to update it after every shopping trip), so I plan meals and use up what we’ve got with little waste.
I only post our dinner plans for the week, because our other meals are usually the same.
Breakfast: I’ve been really into protein coffee lately. It helps me hit my protein goals and keeps me full until lunch. I use premade protein shakes like these and these. The kids request bagels and fruit most mornings. The big kid is on a smoothie kick; his favorites can be found here.
Lunch: I have a plastic tote full of self-serve snacks. I buy treats and snacks in bulk and fill up snack-sized zip-top bags. We eat lunch at home most days, and I pack snacks and water for us when we are out having summer adventures.
Dinner: It’s so hot here in Southern California, that I’m trying hard not to turn on the oven. We’re enjoying a lot of ready-to-eat sides (chips and fruit), so that time in the kitchen is minimized.
Tuesday: Mac n’ Cheese, Smoothies, chips
Wednesday: Chicken Fajita Veggie Skillet, tortilla chips or cheese quesadillas (kids choice)
Thursday: Breakfast egg bake (sausage, eggs, hashbrowns, veggies)
The Larry Himmel Neighborhood Foundation is here to help!
For the past eight years, they have been hosting our annual Back-To-School Haircut Drive, where kids aged 18 and under can enjoy:
Free haircuts
Free school supplies
Free food
Tickets to local attractions throughout San Diego County
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 9am – 1pm (Last haircut starts at 12:30pm)
Location: Skyline Church (11330 Campo Rd, La Mesa, CA 91941)
For more information, check out their Facebook Page.
SMOAC is hosting a FREE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY on 8/3/2024. More info can be found here.
Free School Supplies is a website with listings by state of charities and non-profits that provide free and low-cost school supplies.
If you are a military family, check out Operation Homefront. They have Back-to-School Brigade events all over the country.
Did you know that the State Controller’s Office holds over NINE BILLION DOLLARS in unclaimed property (that includes money) in California? For some of us, it’s small amounts (in my case), and for others, it could be hundreds of dollars!
I checked the website and found about $75 in my name! I filled out the forms, printed them, signed them, made copies of my ID, and mailed it all off this morning. In 120 short days (or so, per the website), I should get my money.
It’s free to search, and free to claim your property, so it is 100% worth 5-10 minutes to see if you’ve got anything waiting for you!
Click here to get started!
If you live outside California, most other states have something similar- google your state and unclaimed funds. This process should ALWAYS BE FREE, and if you are being asked to pay for a service, it is not your state controller/comptroller/treasurers office.
Social Nature has started offering 100% cash-back, similar to Ibotta and Fetch Rewards. I love this because I can select exactly what I want, Social Nature tells me which local stores have it, and I can add it to my next shopping list.
And it’s just as easy as Ibotta and Fetch Rewards. Snap a pic and upload it. You can select Venmo, Paypal, or an Amazon Gift Card for your rebate.
Here are just a few of the offers available now:
And one of the things I love about Social Nature is that they don’t leave our friends with food allergies out.
There are sampling offers for Gluten-free, nut-free, and meat-free foods.
Canadian Friends- You are in luck! There are sampling opportunities for you too! So if you love trying new products, check out Social Nature!
FTC Disclosure: As with some offers I post, I receive payments for clicks, purchases, and/or registrations made through affiliate links in this post.
OK, so growing up we used to have this like once every few weeks. It’s quick, it’s easy, and I swore that it was a family recipe.
When researching this recipe, I then found out that apparently, this is a hot dish that’s made all over the Midwest. And according to my mom, it’s in tons of church cookbooks.
This recipe is pretty simple, and it’s delicious, and it is kind of weird. And definitely not at all Asian.
Chow mein hot dish
Ingredients
Directions
Serves 6.
If you want to add extra veggies, add 1 cup sliced mushrooms when cooking the meat and onion.
You can cook this on the stove, but I’ve always cooked the majority of my hot dishes in an electric skillet. I’m not sure why. Probably because my entire family does.
Some people like this served with a little bit of soy sauce, but I find that the condensed cream of mushroom soup is salty enough as it is.
Social Nature has started offering 100% cash-back, similar to Ibotta and Fetch Rewards. I love this because I can select exactly what I want, Social Nature tells me which local stores have it, and I can add it to my next shopping list.
And it’s just as easy as Ibotta and Fetch Rewards. Snap a pic and upload it. You can select Venmo, Paypal, or an Amazon Gift Card for your rebate.
Here are just a few of the offers available now:
I am picking up the Organic Nut Butter Bites and Grass Fed Butter on my weekly Sprouts trip this afternoon.
And one of the things I love about Social Nature is that they don’t leave our friends with food allergies out.
There are sampling offers for Gluten-free, nut-free, and meat-free foods.
Canadian Friends- You are in luck! There are sampling opportunities for you too! So if you love trying new products, check out Social Nature!
FTC Disclosure: As with some offers I post, I receive payments for clicks, purchases, and/or registrations made through affiliate links in this post.
As you are all aware, Dream Dinners is one of my favorite ways to save time and get tasty, healthy meals on the table in 45 minutes or less!
Just in time for summer, Dream Dinners is offering Grill Bundles. The perfect easy meal plan for camping, your next vacation, or a staycation. There are two Bundles, One available in June, and the second in July.
And it gets better- If you are new to Dream Dinners, order 3 or more dinners, and get a free medium Creamy Chicken Risotto as their gift to you. Use code SHARE at checkout.
If you don’t live near a Dream Dinners location, don’t fret! New Guests can receive free shipping on their first box of 4 medium dinners as a special offer just for you. Use the code FREESHIP at checkout.
This deal was in effect last week too, and I took advantage of it. Now through 4/27, you can score selected sizes and varieties of General Mills cereal at CVS for just $1.99 each!
And the deal gets better-
There is a $1.00/2 coupon you can load to your CVS card!
There is also a $1.00/2 rebate available on Ibotta and Shopminium (you cannot combine them).
Here is how I did the deal, and I used the self-checkout.
Transaction 1:
Buy two General Mills Cereals, $1.99/each $3.98
Use $1/2 coupon on card
Pay out of pocket (or roll CVS extra care bucks): $2.98
Redeem the Ibotta Rebate for $1/2
Final Out of pocket: $1.98/2 or .99/each
Transaction 2:
Buy two General Mills Cereals, $1.99/each $3.98
Pay out of pocket (or roll CVS extra care bucks): $3.98
Redeem Shopminium Rebate for $1/2
Final Out of pocket: $2.98/2 or $1.49/each
That’s 4 boxes of cereal for $1.24/each. For reference, the same-sized box of Reeces Puffs cereal I bought at CVS is $4.39 at Target.
Don’t forget to add your receipts to Mypoints/Swagbucks, Fetch (They frequently have bonus offers for General Mills Products), Receipt Hog, Receipt Pal, and Receipt jar for extra points/cash back.
If you are new to some of these apps, check out my Save with Smartphones page here. Some of these apps have bonus points when you sign up with my referral code (and I earn some points too!).
I’ve been using Evidation (formerly Achievement) to earn extra cash for about 6 years.
Connect your fitness tracker to Evidation and be rewarded when you exercise, sleep, and log calorie or water intake. They also have surveys, short articles, and listicles to check out for bonus points.
It is non-intrusive, and you’ll earn points that can be redeemed for cash via PayPal, or gift cards, or you can donate your earnings to various charities.
I earn about $50 a year with Evidation. It’s a nice little perk for being active.
It’s super easy to get started. Click here to sign up! This is my referral link- If you sign up using my link, I earn an extra 100 points.
Evidation is compatible with the following apps:
A link to research done with the information collected can be found here.
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