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published date: January 03, 2015
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About Curves:

Get stronger every time you work out. All it takes is 30 minutes on the Curves circuit. And there’s always a Curves Coach to help you with your form and push you to your personal best.

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Pretzel Snowmen – Kids Food Craft

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: January 01, 2015
modified datt: January 01,2015

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Pretzel Snowmen
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Looking for a fun and easy food craft for the kids – this one is low budget, you likley have most (if not all) the ingredients and it is sure to please. Check out these Snowman Pretzels below!

Ingredients:

  • 24 Pretzel Rings
  • 1 cup White Candy Melting Chips
  • 3-4 Fruit Roll-Ups
  • 1/4 cup Dark Chocolate Melting CHips or Mini Chocolate Chips
  • 1 Orange Starbursts

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Directions:

  1. Cut Starburst into 3 rectangular strips (1/4″ x 3/4″)
  2. Cut each of those in half, creating 6 – 1/4″ x 3/8″ rectangles.
  3. Now cut each of those diagonally creating 12 triangles for noses.
  4. Unroll Fruit Rollup and cut into 1/2″ strips to use as scarves.
  5. Line cookie sheet wih wax paper.
  6. Heat White Candy Chips by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
  7. Transfer to corner of zippered bag and clip tiny piece off of corner to pipe.
  8. Lay scarf on prepared sheet and pipe a small dot of candy in the middle.
  9. Place 2 rings so they are just touching at that spot as pictured.
  10. Pipe additional candy on top to better secure them.
  11. Fill the inside of each ring with white candy.
  12. Place nose in upper ring.
  13. If you are using mini chocolate chips for eyes mouth and buttons you need to place them at this time before candy sets. If you are using melting chips you will pipe these on after the white sets.
  14. Fold scarf over to hide the joint.
  15. If you are using dark melting chips, heat them by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Transfer to corner of zippered bag and clip tiny piece off of corner. Pipe eyes, mouth and buttons.
  16. Place cookie sheet in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow candy to set.

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If you love these Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats, also check out these Mashmallow Rice Krispie Treat Snowmen. You can Pin these to Pinterest.Click

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Hard Boiled Egg Snowman Tutorial

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: December 29, 2014
modified datt: December 31,2014

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Hard Boiled Egg Snowman
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Just because Christmas is over, doesn’t mean the baking needs to stop. In fact, if you are tired off all the sugar and stuff, try this fun Boiled Egg Snowman Kid’s Food Craft with the kids. They are great for parties, home, or even an afternoon activity for those hiding from the cold. Easy step-by-step tutorial is below.

Ingredients:

  • 6 Boiled Jumbo Eggs
  • 6 Boiled Medium Eggs
  • 2 Carrots
  • Peppercorns
  • Pretzel Sticks
  • Green onion stems

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Directions:

  1. Slice off a small section from top and bottom of each egg to allow them to stand and stack neatly.
  2. If you are going to serve soon, you can use pretzel sticks to join each piece and they will be completely edible. If they need to sit for a while, the prezels will become to soggy, so you will have to use wooden skewers.
  3. Even if you are using pretzels, you will need to pierce the egg and carrot before pushing pretzels through.
  4. Push a pretzel stick down into large egg to make body and place smaller egg on top.
  5. Peel carrots.
  6. Slice the thick end of carrot into six 1/8″ slices to use as hat brims.
  7. Slice middle of carrot (or smaller carrot) into six 3/4-1″ slices for top of hat.
  8. Use skewer to “pre-drill” hole in carrots to allow pretzel to connect them with remainder of stick extendeding below brim.
  9. Push assembled hat down onto head.
  10. Take the small end of a carrot (about 1/2″) and cut lenghtwise into six sections to use as noses.
  11. Using a toothpick, pierce “face” egg in the middle and insert the nose.
  12. Pierce for the two eyes and four spots to make a mouth and press in peppercorns.
  13. Pierce the “body” egg three spots to make buttons and press in peppercorns.
    Break a pretzel in half and insert a piece in each side of the body to make arms.
  14. You can optionally use green onion stems to make a hat band and scarf.
  15. Split the green tube and open it up.
  16. Gently scrape the blade along the inside of the opened stem to remov stiffness.
  17. Trim the softened piece to make scarf or hatband and wrap in place.

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Also check out this fun Rice Krispies Snowman Treat Recipe – Pin to Pinterest.

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Copycat Chipotle Guacamole Recipe and Other Chipotle Recipes

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by Filed Under: Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: December 28, 2014
modified datt: December 28,2014

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Copycat Chipotle Guacamole

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I love sharing with you Copycat Recipes. It is an easy way to keep restaurant expenses down plus it provides delicious recipes for your home you know yoru family already loves. This Copycat Chipotle Guacamole Recipe won’t dissapoint.

Ingredients:

  • 2 Avocados
  • 1 cup chopped Cilantro
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped Red Onion
  • 1 seeded and finely chopped Jalapeno
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 2 tsp Lime Juice

Directions:

  1. Peel and pit avocadoes.
  2. Add juices and mash avocados with a fork.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well.

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Don’t miss these fun Chiplote Recipes:

Follow all Recipes on Frugal Coupon Living as well as FCLAsh on Pinterest.

Check out these Copycat Recipes!

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Homemade Cheesy Garlic Sticks with Pillsbury Dough

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published date: December 23, 2014
modified datt: December 23,2014

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Homemade Cheesy Garlic Sticks
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Easy at home recipe with Pillsbury Pizza Crust Dough. You also can make your own dough and sauce with these recipes:

Ingredients:

  • 1 can Pillsbury Refrigerated Pizza Crust
  • 1 tbsp softened Butter
  • 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
  • 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
  • 1 tbsp Basil

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425.
  2. Mix together softened butter and garlic to make a spread.
  3. Line Pizza pan with parchment paper.
  4. Unroll pizza dough and stretch to fit prepared pan.
  5. Spread butter mixture to completely cover pizza dough.
  6. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over dough.
  7. Sprinkle parmesan cheese evenly over dough.
  8. Sprinkle basil evenly over dough.
  9. Using pizza cutter cut into 6 strips and then down the middle.
  10. Bake for 10 minutes or until crust is lightly browned.
  11. Cut again along previous cuts to separate.

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These Cheesy Garlic Sticks would also go well with these Italian Recipes.

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Candy Cane Reindeer – Kids Christmas Food Craft

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: December 06, 2014
modified datt: December 16,2014

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Candy Cane Reindeer
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Perfect for a school party, have fun with your child making these delicious Candy Cane Reindeer. Theyou would also be fun to make and bag in a ziploc for your child to hand out to his/her friends. Stay in the reindeer theme with these yummy Reindeer Gingerbread Men Cookies!

Ingredients:

  • 24 small Candy Canes
  • 12 Hershey Kisses
  • 12 Red Candy Decorations (like Red Hots)
  • 24 Candy Eyes
  • 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Candy Melting Chips
  • 1 White Candy Melting Chip

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Directions:

  1. Line a cutting board or cookie sheet with wax paper.
  2. Heat chocolate candy chips by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
  3. Take 2 candy canes and dip the bottoms (straight parts) in chocolate and shake off excess.
  4. Place together on wax paper so hooks of each go off in opposite directions.
  5. Place an unwrapped Herhey Kiss on the chocolate covered canes.
  6. Repeat for remaining canes.
  7. Using a toothpick, take a dab or melted chocolate and glue the red candy on top of the kiss as the nose.
  8. Using a toothpick, take a dab or melted chocolate and glue on the eyes.
  9. Take the white chocolate chip and place on wax paper and heat in microwave for 15 seconds.
  10. Take another toothpick and paint a white mouth on each reindeer.

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Christmas Santa Cupcakes – Kids Food Craft

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: December 09, 2014
modified datt: December 16,2014

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Santa Cupcakes
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This might be an alternative to leave out for Santa – his own self portrait with these yummy cupcakes. If you want to leaveout cookies, consider making this cute littl face on a cookie. Simple directions and ingredients below.

Ingredients:

  • 1 box Cake Mix
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 cup softened Butter
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 48 Mini Chocolate Chips
  • 10 oz Mini Marshmallows
  • 24 Red Candy Decorations (like Red Hots)
  • Red Sparkling Sugar

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Directions:

  1. Line muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. Mix and bake cupcakes according to box directions.
  3. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
  4. Cream butter in a medium bowl.
  5. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, and milk as needed, until everything is incorporated and frosting is right consistency.
  6. Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag and clip corner to pipe.
  7. Ice each cupcake.
  8. Sprinkle red sparkling sugar across the upper third of the top to make a hat.
  9. Cut each mini marshmallow in half.
  10. Place mini marshmallows to put a ball on the hat, make a fur band and make Santa’s beard.
  11. Place the Red Hot for the nose and two mini chocolate chips for the eyes.

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Melting Snowmen Cookies – Cookie Exchange

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Frugal Living, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe

published date: December 13, 2014
modified datt: December 16,2014

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Melting Snowmen Cookies
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This is perfect for a cookie or cupcake. We decide to go easy on using a package cookie – ours was Reese’s Cups Cookies – staying true to our snowman’s hat, a Reese’s Peanut Butter Bell. These are perfect for your holiday cookie exchange.

Ingredients:

  • 1 bag Cookie Mix (and associated ingredients)
  • 12 Reese’s Peanut Butter Bells
  • 12 oz White Candy Melting Chips
  • 48 Mini Chocolate Chips
  • 2 Orange Starbursts

Directions:

  1. Bake cookie according to package directions.
  2. Allow to cool.
  3. Cut Starburst into 3 rectangular strips (1/4″ x 3/4″)
  4. Cut each of those in half, creating 6 – 1/4″ x 3/8″ rectangles.
  5. Now cut each of those diagonally creating 12 triangles for noses.
  6. Repeat with other Starburst.
  7. Cut each bell in half.
  8. Heat White Candy Chips by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
  9. Use a spoon to drizzle white chocolate over cookie.
  10. Place a bell, cut side down to represent the hat.
  11. Place 2 chocolate chips below hat to represent eyes.
  12. Place nose under eyes.
  13. Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to set.

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