How to save online?

If I am buying an item online I try to get the best price possible. How do I do that?

1.) I go to Big Crumbs. Once you create an account you can earn money back on purchases made online. A great way to get a little back on items you would buy anyways.
2.) I google the place that I am shopping and add in the words coupon code. There are great places out there that share coupon codes for you to use. Like www.retailmenot.com/ or www.couponcabin.com.
3.) If it a place that I see myself shopping at often I sign up for their email news letters. Another great way to get specials or coupon codes

How do you save? Or get the best deal on items you are buying?

Crock Pot Cake

I love to cook in a crock pot. Coming home to a meal that is all cooked after a long day at the office is the best. However, my all time favorite crock pot recipe is not a dinner it is a dessert.

Decadent Chocolate Delight

1 package of Chocolate Cake Mix
8 oz sour cream
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup water
4 eggs
3/4 vegetable oil
1 (4-serving -size) Package chocolate-flavor instant pudding/pie filling

Lightly grease inside of slow cooker.
Combine all ingredients in large bowl. Pour into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours. Serve hot or warm with ice cream. Makes 12 servings

Recipe was found in the Slow Cooker Recipe Collection Book

Restaurant cooking at home

I love to cook at home but like to have it taste like something you would get at a restaurant. Recently I have found an easy to make recipe that tastes just like a molten chocolate cake served at many restaurants. It is something that I can prepare while dinner is in the oven cooking and then I pop it in the oven while we eat. I get to server it hot as a nice treat after everyone eats their meal. (see my pictures below)

I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Click here to view the "Crazy Chocolate Lava Cake"

Fruit flies with Composting

We have been composting for a couple of years now and our biggest challenge is the fruit flies. We have a container that we keep on the counter and it really needs to be taken out daily. The container we have outside is great but now we need to work on keeping the raccoons out.

My husband did some searching and came up with a solution to get rid of the fruit flies.

Ingredients:
Yogurt cup with cover
Vinegar
Dish Soap

You punch holes in the cover. Add Vinegar and a dash of dish soap to the container. Stir so bubbles form and place cover on the container. Then place where the fruit flies are present. Keep out for a couple days and change the ingredients if needed. The flies are attracted to the container but can't get back out.

Baked Ham Slightly Unorthodox

I just love the way All Recipes allows you to search by ingredients. I had bought a ham and was looking for a different way to cook it. In under 5 mins I had found a recipe that had gotten a tons of reviews and was on my way to making dinner.

The recipe called for cooking it in an oven bag but after reading the reviews I cut up the ham and marinated it in coke over night. Then this morning I put it in the crock pot. I will be cooking it on low all day for dinner tonight.

Do you have any recipes that you just love?