Crock pot magic

I have officially resurrected my crock pot. I love it. I adore it. I might marry it if I wasn't already hitched. I love that I can put pretty much anything in it, walk away, and have a delicious dinner waiting for me without doing the 4:30 what's-for-dinner scramble.

Here's the lasagna that I literally threw together for dinner tonight, using what I had on hand:

Lightly grease inside of crock pot. Set to lowest heat setting.

In a bowl, combine 1 egg and 16 oz. container of ricotta cheese. Add to the mixture:
chopped onion
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/3 c. water
a teaspoon of sea salt
a dash or two of pepper
two tablespoons of dried parsley
Mix well.

Thinly slice a zucchini. (I used a cheese slicer.) Or use any other veggies that you have on hand. Spinach and mushrooms also work particularly well.

Layer the following:
1/4 c. spaghetti sauce
dry lasagna noodles (break to fit)
ricotta mixture
zucchini slices
shredded mozzarella

Repeat layers until you run out of ingredients. Top with some grated parmesan and let it cook for a few hours, until the edges are brown and bubbly. Seriously amazing. I may never make an oven lasagna again.

Good deal on Hanes at Meijer

Buy any 3 Hanes underwear, bras or socks and get $10 off of your order instantly. Prices at my store start at 3.99 for packs of kids socks. So 3 packs of socks will cost you 1.97 plus tax.

Deal runs through Saturday.

Coupons 12/7

Here's the preview for next week.

More Muir Glen coupons, which means .24 tomato sauce at Whole Foods.

Green Valley Steamers .50 coupon will double to a dollar; these often go on sale for a buck at Meijer and Kroger so possibly free veggies in the coming weeks.

Have you heard? Progresso is slowly and methodically removing MSG from all of their soups. Their lentil soup currently is MSG-free and quite delicious. I'll be hanging onto that .50/2 coupon.

Ocean Spray cranberry juice will be on sale BOGO free this week at Meijer; use 2 of the .55 coupons to get a good deal on that.

99-cent Simple Green

Simple Green Naturals cleaning products are 50% off at Meijer through Saturday. They are normally 3.99, so they are ringing up at 1.99. Click on my "coupons" link to the left... on page 8 there is a 1.00/1 coupon. Print twice, and get two for .99 each.

Baby Center

Right now Baby Center is offering free shipping site-wide. There are some great deals to be had in the clearance section.

Breastfeeding stuff

Slings, diaper bags, potties, swings and other gear

California Baby bug repellant

Toys

Books and Music

Maternity clothes (for you, Jess!)

Good deals at Meijer

Prego is on sale this week, 3/$5. Buy 3 and get a coupon for 1.00 off your next order. There are .50/1 Prego coupons on boxes of Pepperidge Farms frozen garlic bread, 2 of which will double to a dollar. So here's the math:
Buy (3) Prego @ 5.00
Use (3) .50/1 coupons = 2.50
Pay 2.50 for 3 jars of Prego (.83 a jar), get 1.00 OYNO.

Kraft cheese is on sale for $2, including RBGH-free varieties. Buy any 3 Kraft cheese and get a free box of Ritz crackers.

Select varieties of Aunt Millie's bread are buy 1, get 2 free.

Meijer Organics apple juice, peanut butter, jam, salsa and milk are on sale.

Avocados are a dollar. We eat a ton of these so this is a great stock-up price for us.

Also be on the lookout for a tearpad on the Odwalla juice display in the produce department. There are Qs for .55/1. I grabbed a bunch because these regularly go on sale at Whole Foods.