My Best Buy Buys 7/5/11

Recycle Bank: 50 Points from Aveeno (again!)

If you're not already a member of Recycle Bank I really suggest you join and check out the other ways you can earn Recycle Bank points. You can use Recycle Bank to earn points to get high value coupons!

Motts for Tots Free Sample

Register with Vocalpoint and sign up to get a free sample of Mott's for Tots juice.

FREE Tropical Summer Gift Pack

If you're not already a member of Right @ Home, I suggest you sign up! You can score lots of freebies, like this one. Hurry though, this one is only available to the first 3,000 people.

My Walgreens Buys 7/6/11

Star Tribune Paper Deal

For those of you who signed up for the Star Tribune offer about a year ago, where you got a year's subscription for $26 and got a $25 gift card (making a year's subscription $1), you're probably going to be getting your renewal notice in your Sunday paper soon. I just got mine and was a little shocked!

My Target Buys 7/5/11

Next-to-Nothing Pasta Salad

I love making pasta salad for family get-togethers (or just to stash away and eat all myself!) Usually I pull out a box of Suddenly Salad, but today, I decided that I wanted to start using up all these boxes of pasta that I've gotten for free, and while I'm at it, the salad dressing too.

Cooking the Deals of July 3-9

Chicken-abounds! Lots of chicken recipes this week!

Honey Drummies

My uncles are beekeepers, so we always have honey on hand for recipes like this!

Chicken Fiesta Salad

2-4 chicken breasts
2 bags of lettuce
1 cup shredded cheese (jack cheese is probably best)
1 can of corn
1 can of black beans
onions
peppers
ranch dressing

Bake (or grill) fresh chicken in oven at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes (bake frozen longer). Cut into chicken to make sure it is fully cooked (clear juices, no pink). Cut chicken into chunks or cubes. Fill a large bowl with lettuce, top with chicken, cheese, drained corn, drained black beans, chopped onions, and sliced peppers. Either top with ranch dressing or have a bottle on the side to let everyone put on their own.

Chicken Wraps

I almost always get a chicken ranch wrap when we go out to eat. They're quick and easy to make at home and so much cheaper!