I'm all for saving money. I have to be. With a family of eight, I admit and am no where near being ashamed to say that I will save a buck any way I can. If there is a way...I will find it. With that said, I follow several blogs from couponing to homemade gifts. I also think it's funny how our society, trying to make things "easier" has almost made things more complicated. A recent magazine I received in the mail had this thing-a-ma-bob that you could order, for only $14.99 to use to stuff the yucky food down the drain to your garbage disposal. Nifty, ya...but really? To me all that says is that I have one more "thing" to find a place for when it's not in use. This brings me to what is known as The Magic Bullet. it's a nifty contraption, but again.....really? Sure, it would be nice to make single serve smoothies for myself (who am I kidding, the sound of it would be a call to my kids and I would instantly hear, "Can I have one?!") but there is a solution, and it was right up in my cabinet. A common Mason jar MAGICALLY fits onto the bottom mixing part of my blender! Now, I won't be making myself a personal smoothy....but I can customize everyone's with what ever ingredients they want (even though I may not choose bananas and lemon juice, but who's judging, right?). Oh, ya...it's great for making baby food too, no deep blender pitcher to try to scoop stuff out from.
