fridgesmart sale is back!

Just in time for all the fresh fruits and vegetables of summer, the buy one set - get one set free Fridgesmart sale is back! I've blogged about my Fridgesmarts so many times (remember the 18 day old organic lettuce? and the strawberries? and my cheese that never gets moldy?) and then i saw this video today. It definitely shows off how much better your fruits and veggies will stay in your Fridgesmart than just in your crisper drawer.

Get 8 Fridgesmarts for $98.50 - find someone to split them with, give half as a wedding gift this summer, or keep them all yourself! Also, buy the Large, long Fridgesmart container for just $19.50 with a purchase of $60 - this is everyone's favourite size and it's normally $36 and worth every penny!

Another set that's just on sale until June 24 is this 8L square Fridgesmart and 2 minis for $35.

18 day old organic lettuce

There is a new Thrifty Foods in Abbotsford and I went on grand opening day - October 6th. Before my party this past Thursday (oct.21), I opened my fridge to see if there were any veggies in my Fridgesmarts that I could take to the party to show. I remembered my lettuce and thought, "Shoot. I hate cleaning out lettuce that's gone bad." I opened up the Fridgesmart and VOILA! The lettuce is in almost perfect condition. Sure, the outside leaf had a little rust on the spine but all the leaves were crisp and totally salad worthy. This morning, I opened up the container to take a photo and it's still in great condition...18 days after I bought it!

According to the USDA, the average family of four discards around 24 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables every month. That’s 72 pounds of fresh food per person, per year that ends up in the trash. Through proper storage, this set helps you prevent that waste and can pay for itself in a very short period of time. Especially when it's 50% off! Get the set at this price until November 12th.

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tupperware and costco shopping

Today, I did a Costco shop. I don't buy a lot of items at Costco but there are a few things that I just must buy in bulk.

#1: snap peas. I love snap peas because they are a good vegetable that don't need to be washed or cut up. Costco is the cheapest place to buy the 1.3kg bag. It pours exactly into my Fridgesmart Medium Long and lasts FOREVER! (and don't forget that the Fridgesmart set is on sale right now!)

#2: whole wheat pasta. Pasta is a staple in our house and lately, because I haven't had to time to lug my kiddo over to Costco, I've been buying the smaller boxes of whole wheat pasta at our regular grocery store. Whole wheat doesn't come in jumbo sizes at the grocery store so these smaller boxes cost about $3 each. At Costco, the 4lb. bag of rotini whole wheat pasta is $5.99! Yes, it's a lot of rotini pasta BUT it fits perfectly in my Modular Mate Rectangle 3 and will last at least a year (though we'd definitely eat it by then).

#3: blueberries. Frozen blueberries are a necessity in my house because my son LOVES them and eat a handful or two a day. They're also considered a "super-food" so why not eat lots? I buy the 3lb bag and pour it straight into my Large Freezer Mate. It holds that amount perfectly and when it's in a container, it stacks easily and neatly in my freezer.

What do you buy in bulk?

get ready...

Fridgemarts are going on sale October 9th....WOOHOO!!! Often my customer's favourite item when I ask at a party. I've heard so many stories about mushrooms lasting for weeks instead of days and broccoli lasting for over a month. Own Fridgesmarts = save money on produce and save time because you don't have to go grocery shopping as often!

Read about how much I love them here and how much a friend of mine loves them here.

Come back next week to find out more about what the Fridgesmart deal is (among other great deals for Christmas shopping!)

spot the tupperware

how many pieces of tupperware can you see on my counter from when i was preparing meals for a friend who just had a baby?

if you found 4, you're good. if you found 5, you know your tupperware! if you found 6? you have xray eyes! my Twistable Peeler is hiding behind the large Fridgesmart. also here: myImpressions bowls are making two different things, my wonderful Grate N Measure, and my water bottle is actually sticking into the picture there as it dries on the bottle rack. haha.

it gets repetitive but it's TRUE!

i got home from Ontario after being away for a week and the next day, had my dad and brother over for dinner. i hadn't thought to check my vegetables BEFORE i went to the store but had planned on making a salad. i opened my large fridgesmart and the head of romaine that i had put there at least a week and half ago was crisp and fresh - no rust. also in the fridgesmarts, red peppers. i had bought a bag of 4 but only had room in a fridgesmart for 2. the two in the container were as good as the day i bought them. the other two who were left for dead in the crisper are pretty soft and looking sad. man, i love these things. and a fantastic salad we had.

new years resolution: get organized

some friends of mine live in a little apartment in vancouver. little apartments come with little fridges. theirs is no exception. it makes for extra grocery shopping and the legitimate excuse to get take-out: "there's nothing to eat in here".

when jimmy decided to start eating healthier and drinking green smoothies, he and his wife began buying more veggies. alyssa, at my first tupperware party, bought a large fridgesmart for these veggies. when her husband discovered how well it worked, he thought they should have another one. alyssa showed him the "forget me not" set in the catalogue. jimmy exclaimed, "why don't we already have these?" (store your half onion or tomato in a container that hangs from the rack in your fridge so it doesn't get pushed to the back of the fridge and forgotten) you see, jimmy, being a man of reason, could see the value of the product. prolonging the life of his vegetables meant saved money...but sometimes even better - tastier, crunchier vegetables. and that lifetime guarantee - how can you go wrong?

with small refrigerators come small freezers so alyssa has also bought a set of freezer mates - modular mates for the freezer essentially. another great purchase for an organized fridge/freezer.

if you want to try out a green smoothie, here's jimmy's recipe:

The green smoothie is basically the same every time I make it, but it could be made from whatever is around. The important part is the green. Kale is the best, but you could use spinach or even green lettuce if the flavour is too much. The latter ones also make for a more liquid smoothy. My basic recipe is:

1-2 leaves kale (cut out the stem)
2 tbsp flax seed
2 tbsp wheat germ
1 chunk of ginger (about the size of the tip of your thumb)

Blend this stuff first with 2 cups of water to thoroughly break down the kale and flax seed. Then chop up and add,

1 apple
1 orange
1 banana
1 kiwi or pear (the kiwi's are weird in the winter, so I use pears now)

Blend it all together and you're done. That makes about 1.5 litres of green smoothie. The flavour comes from the fruit and ginger. I've found that the above is a combination. If we have strawberries that are about the go bad I add those, and blueberries are great too. I try to keep the cost down per smoothie so I only use berries when they're in season.

jimmy and alyssa already have two large fridgesmarts and have plans to buy a third - they are that worth it. if you want to keep your veggies fresher for longer, try the fridgesmarts.

for us control freaks

i was google searching for pictures of unorganized cupboards for a post about getting organized. as it turns out, when you search "tupperware organization" or "tupperware disorganization" the only photos of unorganized cupboards and pantries are ones without tupperware. all the rest are these beautiful modular-mated spaces.

the most interesting post i found though was on this blog: tupperware talk. this is her fridge:

WOAH! that is a LOT of fridgesmarts. and her quote is, "I love the organization and control I have in managing my produce." that is awesome.

but in all seriousness, i don't know about you but my husband and i have wasted a lot of vegetables and fruit in our time. it's cheaper to buy peppers in bulk for example (like a bag of peppers or carrots), but by the time i get to the last few carrots or peppers, they're all wrinkled and bendy. or sometimes i buy broccoli, eat it for dinner one night and then can't stomach it again for a couple days. by the time i get around to wanting broccoli again with my meal, it's gone all brownish on the top. i hate that.

tupperware fridgesmarts eliminate all that waste. when i began adding up the money i was saving in my week to week grocery shop using my fridgesmarts (plus don't forget the lifetime guarantee) - they are well worth the investment.

i also use my fridgesmarts for cheese. i don't think we've had moldy cheese since we started using them.

how fridgesmarts work is they have these rippled bottoms so that as condensation accumulates from the vegetables or fruit (or cheese) it sits in the ripples, not touching the veggies. there are also two vents on the side of the container. some produce needs more air than other produce. on the side of the fridgesmart, there is a list of which foods need two vents open, only one vent open, or no vents open.

so if one of your new years resolutions is to be a little more green or thrifty - fridgesmarts can help you achieve that resolution. and don't forget - just for having a party with sales of $150 or more, the medium fridgesmart is all yours for free!