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Breakfast Heart-Shaped Strawberry Muffins

February 10th, 2013 By Kaley
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Love the idea of a special breakfast on Valentine’s Day? (So do I!) How about this simple, frugal and ‘heart-warming idea’ with ALDI ingredients? I had so much fun making mine!

Currently ALDI has a special buy on the Kitchen Living Heart Muffin Pan. (Note: I’m not sure ALDI still has this available, but you can find this Wilton Heart Mold Pan on Amazon.) As a fan of Valentine’s Day and all-things-sentimental, this pan just makes me smile.

A one pound package of Strawberries was just $1.99 at my store. Score!

By replacing the blueberries in the Baker’s Corner Muffin Mix with fresh strawberries, I was able to make this simple, special and yummy treat for my kiddos – all for under $10.

Ingredients:

1 package of Baker’s Corner Blueberry Muffin Mix
1 Goldhen Egg
1 cup of water
3 tbsp. Carlini vegetable oil
1 container of fresh strawberries or 1 package of Season’s Choice Frozen Strawberries (thawed)
Berryhill Strawberry Preserves (to taste)
Baker’s Corner Sugar (to taste)
Baker’s Corner Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)

Step 1: Prepare the Baker’s Corner Blueberry Muffin Mix, per the recommended instructions. For Valentine’s Day themed muffins, set aside blueberries and add fresh strawberries. (You will not need the blueberries for this recipe, but use them as a topper on your favorite Belmont ice cream for another sweet treat.) Add sugar to strawberries to desired taste.

Step 2: Serve with a side of Berryhill Strawberry Preserves.

Optional: Top the muffins with Baker’s Corner Cream Cheese Frosting.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Disclaimer: This recipe idea was created by Janice Stahl, loyal ALDI shopper and food stylist to celeb chefs. As an ALDI Super Fan, I received a $10 gift certificate to cover all my costs. The rest is all me!

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LivingSocial: 50% off Shari’s Berries and ProFlowers

February 7th, 2013 By Kaley
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LivingSocial has a couple of great deals just in time for Valentine’s Day:

$15 for $30 on Fresh Flowers and Gifts at Proflowers

$15 for $30 on Gourmet Dipped Berries and Sweets from Shari’s Berries

Both of these vouchers may even be used toward tax and shipping!

I love receiving gifts like this in the mail, don’t you?

Amazon: Sherlock Holmes DVD for just $3.99!

February 7th, 2013 By Kaley
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Right now Amazon is offering the Sherlock Holmes DVD for only $3.99 (regularly $19.94). Not only that, but once you purchase it, you can watch it instantly with Amazon Instant Video.

Might make a fun gift for your Valentine!

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Thanks, Kosher on a Budget!

The Dollar Store Diva: Repurposed Mini-Valentines + Free Printables

February 2nd, 2013 By Kaley
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Another Valentine Gift idea from the Dollar Store Diva! Who knew K-Cups could make more than just great coffee?!

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Just for fun, let’s do a little exercise that I use with my ESL class when teaching new vocabulary words. When you are thinking of making a Valentine gift, would you put a smiley face next to the words below or a frowny face?

1. frugal/money-saving

2. happy gift

3. yummy

4. easy

5. recycle/repurpose

6. creative

7. mini

Did you put a smiley face next to all seven? Good job! You get 100% on the pop quiz!

One of the ways I try to be frugal is to repurpose or recycle what I already have. When I was thinking of creative ways to say Happy Valentines Day, I wandered around my house to see what I already had that could be repurposed for Valentine containers. I was specifically thinking of mini (as in too, too cute).

And this is what I found:

Keurig cups, little take-out containers that held dressings/sour cream; pudding/applesause containers; votive candle holders.

Oh, the ideas that started flowing!

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First I created several sets of mini-tag printables to share with you for your own happy, frugal, too, too cute Valentine gifts.

Be My Valentine 8 Hearts printable

Then I combined the tags with the mini containers: applesauce containers filled with Lifesaver Wintergreen Mints and Hershey Kisses.

Keurig Cups: one wrapped in red cello and the other in pull-it-out-of-your-kitchen-drawer plastic wrap.

Lots of Kisses XOXO printable

Votive Candle holder turned Hugs and Kisses holder!

Don’t forget pink! Votive candle holders with pink striped candy sticks and a fat pink ribbon.

So there you have it. Why not wander through your house and see what containers you could recycle for a mini Valentine’s greeting.

And lots of kisses and sweet Valentine wishes to all of you!

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For those of you who haven’t met her, the Dollar Store Diva happens to be my Mom, Nancy, who has a special power. She can transform Dollar Store and other inexpensive finds into super fun gifts that would brighten anyone’s day!

LAST DAY: FREE Custom Valentines (Just Pay Shipping)

February 1st, 2013 By Kaley
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Today (2/1) is the LAST day to order 30 custom Valentines just for the cost of shipping.

I had to show you what I created for my four year old. It was super easy! I use PicMonkey to add a mustache to a picture of him…I had a little too. much. fun. 🙂

If you wanted to create something like this, you could also just take a picture with your child holding up a mustache. I found free mustache printables here.

Also – I opted to pay for priority shipping, which was $8.03 for me. Vistaprint often ships items sooner than advertised, but I didn’t want to take the chance.

Click here to create your Valentine!

Target: M&M’s Bagged Candy for $1.17

January 30th, 2013 By Kaley
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I shared this offer earlier in the Target deals, but I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it!

M&Ms candy are on sale for $2.67 this week at Target. Here’s how to score them for $1.17 per bag!

Here’s the Deal:

Target Week of 1/27:

M&M’s Peanut Candy, $2.67
Buy 2 and use $1.50/2 M&M’s Chocolate Candy Target printable
Plus use $1.50/2 M&M’s coupon from 1/27/13 RP
$1.17 each after coupons!

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