Those of you late to church… we are all looking at you and pointing.  Yup.  Don’t be late again.

Just kidding.  Kinda.  But seriously, we are doing these give-aways to celebrate National Gardening Month and hopefully motivate some folks to get out there and garden.  Or at least be a little more green.  Do something, hell anything in celebration of National Gardening Month.

Today’s give-away (give-away #4) is provided by Be Smart Be Green – an awesome company that has some killer eco bags.  I’m sure you have seen them at the stores by now.  The “green” bags.  Well, these bags that Be Smart Be Green have eat those bags for lunch… in a totally eco-friendly way of course.  Let’s get to the bags shall we?

Now are you getting the idea?  These aren’t your run of the mill grocery bags… these are stylish totes for any occasion.  If you are not familar with LoveMaegan – she is the brainchild of Be Smart Be Green and be sure to check out her blog as well.  You will be happy you did.  Here is a link to ALL the bags they offer.

Commenting on this post will register you for this give-away, so get to commenting.  Tweet it, blog it or whatever you can do to help spread the word.  We would (and probably have) do (done) the same for you.  SPREAD THE WORD!

Tags: AeroGardening, Container Gardening, Design, Drunk, Free Stuff Contests, Gardening, Gardening Give Aways, Living Green, Make A Difference, Money, National Gardening Month, Nerdy Stuff, Organic Gardening, Pictures, Reviews by James
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It is getting harder folks.  We can’t lie.  Shala has been craving Taco Villa & Rosas like she’s pregnant – and I just want some wings.  But, we never said it was going to be easy… did we?

Yesterday was Day 16 of the Eating In Challenge.  Or Fast Food Rehab, as we like to call it.  Because that is what it is.  We have been just making it this week – chicken nuggets, french fries (from the house of course) and sandwiches.  Which is fine, but we needed a big “down home” meal to really get us fired up again.  So that is when you break out the Pork Chops right?  Yup.

Let’s recap the menu real quick…

Pork Chops

Fried Potatoes (w/ bacon & green onions)

Fried Okra

Cornbread

Salad

Pretty simple, and heavily fried.  Sorry vegetarians.  Other than salad, not much you would be smiling about.  Maybe next meal… or maybe not.  This meal was great if you need a pick me up type of meal.  Pork Chops are pretty cheap, I think these were only 3 bucks or so (we had 4, 2 of them saved for today’s lunch).  Pork Chops are the bomb in our house… love them.

The fried taters… well, only used two small ones, we will use what we used before on potatoes – $0.31. We added bacon & some green onions – man they are one of my favorites.  Shala loves them too – and they are super easy.  Thow some oil in a pan, add potatoes, green onions & bacon – fry them up.  Simple eh?  Can’t beat the price either.

Fried okra – the best $0.90 ever spent.  That’s all I have to say.

Cornbread mix was 2 for a dollar – we used one… so we will give it a hefty price tag of $0.50.  Nice. 

Of course our salads were from the AeroGarden (w/ some sliced tomatoes) – I would say about $0.20 worth of tomoatoes.  These salads are so good, I can’t explain it to you.  If you aren’t on the AeroGarden bandwagon yet… get on it.

So grand total for this meal…

$3.41

Can I get an amen on this one! Great meal for the price and cooked at home… can’t complain about that.  What did you have for dinner last night?  Anything we should steal the recipe for?

Tags: AeroGardening, Cooking, DIY, Eating At Home, Food, Make A Difference, Money, Personal, Pictures, Recipes by James
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