Square Foot and Container Gardening

Yeah! Spring is almost here! It's time to start think about gardening!!!  Come learn how to grow vegetables in any amount of space! Veggies can be grown in flower beds, swimming pools, or even empty buckets.  Please join us for :

Square Foot And Container Gardening 

April 7th

6:30 p.m.

in the Relief Society Room at the Church

Make Your Own Baby Wipes

Here is a great money saving recipe for baby wipes. I used these wipes with all four of my kid's and they work great! The are especially fabulous if you have a baby (or toddler) with sensitive skin. My only suggestion is that you use a thicker paper towel (like Brawny) so that your wipes don't break apart at a "crucial" moment!! Click this LINK for step by step instructions.

Ridley's (Nel's BiLo) Case Lot Sale

This starts the second week of the Ridley's (Nel's BiLo) case lot sale. If you haven't already stocked up; you still have until Monday March 14th. Case lot sales are a great way to start or add to your food storage. I have heard from several reliable sources than food prices are going to continue to rise this year. Even if you only purchase a couple of items it's still a great start. The following items are a excellent buys:

• W.F. (15 oz) canned corn or green beans $11.72 (24 cans)
• W.F. (15 oz) canned beans $12.72 (24 cans)
• W.F. ( 4 oz) canned mushrooms $9.78 (24 cans)
• First Harvest (29oz) canned peaches or pears $11.58 (12 cans)
• Liberty Gold (20 oz.) canned pineapple $20.35 (24 cans)
• Liberty Gold (14.5 oz) fruit cocktail, peaches, or pears $13.98 (24 cans)
• 10 pound box of  frozen boneless, skinless chicken breast $15.87
• 40 pound box of FRESH boneless, skinless chicken breasts $59.95
• W.F. (36 regular or 18 double rolls) toilet paper $5.95
• W.F. (24 oz) ketchup $10.44 (12 count) or $13.92 (16 count)
• W.F. (7 pound) pancake mix $5.49 each
• W.F. (128 oz) pancake syrup 5.49 each
• W.F. (16 oz) frozen vegetables $9.48 (12 bags)
• 25 pound bag Pendleton white all purpose flour $5.85 each (this is the cheapest I have found flour!)
• W.F. (20 pound bag) white long grain rice $9.99
• Campbell's Spaghettios $6.64 (12 count) or $13.28 (24 count)
• W.F.  (16 oz) hydrogen peroxide or alcohol 2 for $1.00
• Tide (100oz) liquid laundry detergent $8.98 each
• Clorox (96 oz) regular bleach $1.44 each
• W.F. seasoning packets (spaghetti, taco, stew, etc.) $6.95(24 count)
• Nissin (3 oz) Top Ramen noodles $2.88 (24 packages)

Click on the highlighted store names below to see the ads.

Ridley's   Nel's Bi Lo Marketplace

Crockpot Refried Beans

I found the original recipe for this at allrecipes.com. I tweaked it a little bit to give it more flavor. It's super tasty (even my kid's ate it without complaint), and very economical. Leftover beans can place in storage containers and frozen for later.

Crock Pot Refried Beans

(makes fifteen 1/2 cup servings)

Cost per serving $.09

3 cups dried pinto beans

1 cup of finely minced onion ( I chopped mine up in the food processor)

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1 (4 oz.) can of chopped green chili peppers ( I tossed mine in with the onion and chopped them up more)

1 tablespoon chicken bullion

1/8 teaspoon ground cumin

1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper

2 teaspoons salt

9 cups water

1. Place dried beans in the crock pot . Cover with water and soak overnight.
2. Drain water off of soaked beans and return beans to crock pot.
3. Add onion, garlic, chili peppers, bullion, and spices to beans. Stir together.
4. Cover with water. 
5. Turn the crock pot onto high and cook for 8 hours. Check beans periodically. If the water seems to be evaporating (the water is below bean level) add  more hot water.
6. When beans are soft and mash easily, drain beans. Reserve the liquid!*
7. Mash beans with a potato masher or mixer adding in enough bean broth to get a soft (not runny) consistency. You will not use all the broth. ( I cheated and ran my beans through the food processor in small batches. I just start the processor and slowly poured the broth in the neck of the lid until the beans reached the desired consistency.)

*Freeze the leftover bean broth to use in soup, stew, or chili.

Party Punch

Here is the recipe for the punch served at the Relief Society Birthday party. Thank you to everyone who attended, and especially all those who worked so hard to make it a FABULOUS evening!

Party Punch

3 Two liter bottle of Diet Sprite

2  envelopes of Wyler's Cool Raspberry Sugar Free drink mix

1 - 2 (16 oz.) package(s) of frozen strawberries*

1  lemon (sliced)

Pour Sprite into a large punch bowl of drink dispenser. Stir in powdered drink mix until completely dissolved. Add frozen berries to punch. Lay lemon slices on top of strawberries in the punch bowl. 

 

* Frozen fruit works great in place of ice in drinks. Bonus: Frozen fruit won't water down the punch, and it absorbs the flavors of the punch - making a tasty treat.

Back - To - School BBQ

When: August 12th at 6:30pm

Where: Janet Widdison's Home

Food: The Relief Society will be providing the Chicken Salad.

Please bring any side that you would like to share (salads, desserts, fruit, etc.) or rolls/croissants.

Please bring 1-3 items that represent who you are. (i.e. I am a skiier so I could bring a pair of goggles). We really want to get-to-know each one of you and this will be the perfect opportunity! Hope to see each one of you there.

May Day Exchange

One woman's junk is another woman's treasure!

Clean out your closets/under your beds/and your garages. Bring your unwanted items to the church. (Or drop them off at Bret Buchanan's house if you can't make it/or can't store your items until the 20th)

It May surprise you what you can find! This is such good incentive to do some spring cleaning and have fun with our RS sisters!

We will also have refreshments, so if you aren't able to participate in donating items, still come and visit! Sign-ups for refreshments will be going around. Hope to see all of you there!