Change for a Change

Here is the a link to Tiffany's post for this week's Change for a Change post.  I will be headed to the store tomorrow to do my shopping and drop off.

In The Kitchen

My list for this week

Whole Wheat buns
Strawberry Frozen Yogurt (made from fresh strawberries that we picked)
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Apple Sauce

Lily's 4th Birthday

I'm still having a hard time believing it but Lily turned 4 on Sunday.  She decided she wanted to have a Rapunzel party and this was also the first year we invited her friends from preschool.  We invited the 8 girls from her class and I figured that since it was Mother's Day that we would probably only have a couple that could come......I was wrong, 6 of the 8 invited were able to make it to the party.  I did my best to make a Rapunzel cupcake tower and we decorated paper laterns for an activity.  It seemed liked they had lots of fun and I know Lily had a great day


She got lots of great presents including her first bike, a giant Tiger, some barbie, Dora, and My Little Pony toys that she and Hannah have been fighting over non stop since.

In The Kitchen

I am trying to post a little more often so I thought I would do a weekly post on the recipes I am going to try and make during the week.  I usually start the week off with a list and some times I make everything and some times I make nothing but I usually make at least one thing each week.  This week on my list I have :

Granola
Chocolate Ice cream
Strawberry Frozen Yogurt  The girls ate all the strawberries before I got a chance to make the frozen yogurt
French Bread  Didn't get a chance to get to this one this week, adding to next weeks list
Banana Bread

This may seem like a lot of stuff but my freezer is my best friend.  When I make banana bread I make it in mini loaf pans and my recipe makes 5.  The girls and I can usually eat one loaf in a day so I leave one out and put the others in the freezer.  The ice cream and frozen yogurt will last us awhile but I had heavy cream and yogurt I need to use up so I will make these now and we will eat them over the next month or so.  For the french bread I will just make one loaf and Colin and the girls will probably polish this off in two days.  The granola is for me and I like to eat it plain as a snack or I will mix it in some vanilla yogurt.

Do you shop at Kroger and have $3?

I know I do.  A few weeks ago while looking for the Kroger sales information online I found a link to this Blog.  Each week Tiffany posts Change for a Change and highlights some great items that can be found cheap at Kroger.  She posts a small list and after coupons the total amount for all the items is right around $3.  Tiffany highlights these items because they are items that would be great for donation to your local food bank.  For only $3 a week you can fill up a grocery bag that could help families in your area.  My Kroger store happens to have a donation box right by the registers when I check out so it's easy to buy the items and drop them off right in the same place.  If you don't have a Kroger store near you Tiffany also posts deals for Publix stores as well.