Culinary Exploits with Zucchini

      Tonight I needed to get rid of some previously frozen ground beef, but I wasn't feeling pasta. So, I decided to try something I've wanted to experiment with for a while -- squash "pasta". We had some zucchini in the fridge, which we both love, so I did it! After sauteing/steaming the "pasta" for approximately 3 or 4 minutes, I made spaghetti casserole (layers of pasta, cheese, meat, and sauce) with my new favorite "pasta". I'm so excited that it turned out. I LOVED the meal, and who doesn't enjoy a one-dish dinner? We also had enough left over for a lunch side-dish for the husband. All of this from 3 zucchini squash. :)

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SWAGBUCKS

So, I've been getting some requests to explain how SwagBucks works, and I thought I would put it here so that I only need to explain it once. For additional questions, email or fb me.

WHAT IS SWAGBUCKS?

SwagBucks is a site by which you earn points and in turn redeem those points for prizes, such as coupons, gift cards, trinkets, etc. The prizes for which I am saving are all gift cards because I believe in using SwagBucks to truly save me money.

WAYS TO EARN: this list is by no means exhaustive -- I'm just hitting what I consider to be the high points.

ONE-TIME EARNINGS:

• I suggest downloading the SwagBucks toolbar immediately -- it lets you search without going to their search page, it has easy links to earning, and you can get random points just for having it.
• Go to the survey page and complete your survey profile. It is a series of mini-surveys about your habits so they can better match you up with outside surveys. You will get a minimum of 5 SwagBucks from each profile section.

DAILY EARNINGS:

• Visit SwagBucks Surveys -- 1 SB
• Proceed through the NOSO tab. That's No Obligation Special Offers. By clicking through, you should earn 2 SB.
• Invite a friend -- You can only earn by inviting 1 friend a day for 1 SB. Any additional invites get you no points, so you might as well wait.
• Take the daily poll. 1 SB

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES:

• I visit the Special Offers section every day (specifically the Peanut Labs tab) because there are often free offers that require only watching an ad video, etc.
• You can also take surveys to earn points. I quickly learned that a survey over about 15 minutes makes me want to die, so I weed out my options by length and then by potential SB earned. 
• You can earn SB by playing games, but my opinion is that the time to SB earned is not worth the effort. 
• You can also earn by watching SwagBucks TV, but again, I believe it takes too long to earn too little. Decide for yourself!

ADVICE:

If you are going to start participating in SwagBucks, ordering freebies, etc., I highly recommend that you go to gmail.com and make an email just for your "frugal" escapades. Mine is frugallagurf@gmail.com. I use this only for savings sites, which means that my REAL email is not tied up in a million offers or updates / day.

Let me know if you have any more questions!

GO HERE TO SIGN UP!