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Save Money on Bread at Bakery Outlets

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:14:20 +0000

You can save lots of dough on bread if you shop at the outlets. Most supermarkets order their bread from a local bakery. So what do they do with the overstock when they order too much? Thats where the outlet stores get their bread. You can find regional and national bakery outlets in the phone book. We love artisan bread and the take and bake breads that are about $4-$6 in a regular store. On average the bakery outlets sell their overstocks for 50 – 75% off.

Here are some of our favorite Bread Outlets in the Minnesota Twin Cities area:

Lofthouse Bakery

Fridley, MN – Artisan Bread $1

Franklin Street Bakery

Minneapolis, MN – Buy one at 99 cents get one free from the overstocks

New French Bakery

Minneapolis, MN – Check daily specials

Hopkins Thrift Bakery Outlet

Hopkins, MN – 3 loaves of bread/rolls/buns for $1.50, huge boxes of donuts $2. They also have all the overstock of Atresian breads, cookies and pastry from Cub and Jerrys foods stores.

Country Hearth/Pan-O-Gold

Plymouth, MN – Check daily specials

Sara Lee/Tastee Bakery Outlets

in Blaine, Eagan, New Brighton, Richfield and White Bear Lake, MN.

Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlets

Burnsville, Maplewood, Minnepolis, Moundsview, New Hope and St. Paul, MN

We like to ask the outlets what their specials are on each day and what their delivery schedule is so we can go early to stock up. We usually buy extra and put it in the freezer. The take and bake bread is especially good for this. If you eat lots of bread products you can save lots of dough shopping at local bakery outlets.

One Potato Makes Many Potatoes

goodfood — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:42:54 +0000

I had 3 potatoes that started to sprout so I left them in the wicker basket where I keep my potatoes, onions and garlic. These were red potatoes and they started developing leaves instead of the regular root sprouts that I am accustom to seeing in regular potatoes. So I let the new growth develop for a coupe of weeks. Finally I could wait no longer and put them into soil in a container from a shrub I purchased last year. I guess I get a brownie point for recycling that container. After 2 weeks my potato plant looks like this.

Healthy Potatoe Sprout

Whole Baby Carrot Recipe

goodfood — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:15:15 +0000

If you are in a hurry and you want a side dish for dinner that is quick, healthy and tasty try this recipe using whole baby carrots http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/whole-baby-carrot-recipe.html

The nice thing about this recipe is it can be modified with some cooked pasta to make it a whole meal in still under 20 minutes. Carrots are a rich in vitamin A, dietary fiber, antioxidants and minerals. The ingredients for this recipe cost under $4.00 so it is a great way to save money on food and still eat gourmet meals.