I showed you how to make these Deviled Egg Chicks a few months ago. My kids love them but I have not made them for awhile. I was trying to come with something to take to our family BBQ for the 4th. That is when I had the idea to make my little chicks into patriotic chicks and have them hold flags. Simple but a fun way to make them the star of the BBQ.
To make the flags I simply printed off some american flags, then taped them to a blue toothpick. I stuck them into the side of the egg. Simple as that my little chicks were showing their American pride! You can print your own American Flags here so you can make your own!
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4th of July Recipes,
Deviled Egg Chicks,
Free Printable Flags,
Patriotic
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Thanks to Smart Spending Spot for this money saving recipe for patriotic strawberries! This recipe is rather simple but makes a huge statement for the 4th! Easy food recipes that look fancy at my favorite!
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To make this recipe you will need:
- fresh strawberries, cleaned and dried
- white chocolate chips or discs
- colored sugar
- wax paper
- baking sheet
- glass bowl for melting
Clean and dry the strawberries. I chose to cut off the green tops, but it’s up to you.It probably would have been easier to dip if I had left them on.
Spread out on cookie sheet and put in refrigerator for 30-40 minutes, or freezer for 15-20. You want them cold so that the chocolate takes to them right away, but not frozen.
Put chocolate chips in bowl and microwave. Start at one minute, then stop every 30 seconds after that. You don’t want your chocolate to overheat and seize up on you. If it does, a few drops of milk or vegetable oil will fix it.
Dip strawberries in 2/3 of the way, leave the top third just plain red (for the red portion of your red, white and blue). Then dip the bottom third of the strawberry(or roll it) in your sugar. I had to play with this a bit. If you put the strawberry on the cookie sheet and the white chocolate is touching the paper, it will stick. You need the sugar to help it not stick. I also tried a paper plate and a small dish (with depth) for my sugar.
Place on cookie sheet until it takes/dries/hardens, whatever you want to call it. It’s really warm here today and we don’t have the ac on, so I actually stuck mine back in the freezer for ten minutes.
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4th of July,
Food Recipes,
Patriotic Strawberries,
Vegetarian Recipes
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Lachelle
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Christina
Couponing gives me the freedom to TRAVEL! I was just able to take a two week trip to Spain, a dream come true for me, to celebrate my 15th wedding anniversary with my husband. I used my coupon savings to save 15.oo per week for FIVE years to go towards this trip and was able to pay with cash for everything we did. Then, I saved all of our coins for 5 years and was able to have 389.11 of spending money just by saving my pennies! It was a glorious time of re-establishing our marriage which is the foundation of our family. Thank you Couponing for giving me a dream of traveling to Spain (where my ancestors are from) and for the gift of celebrating my marriage.
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Cathy
Couponing has helped me to get more on groceries. My fiance was on workman’s comp, and we had a few problems with insurance’s and his work, for a while he wasn’t getting paid at all, so it helped me cut down the grocery bill so that we can afford to buy all the things that we need and pay the bills. There are 4 adults we were buying groceries for because we were helping out family. I am so thankful for the coupons I have found.
Also it’s inspired me to look for ways to donate, I am planning on overloading on pet supplies and making a donation to my local spca soon, now he’s getting a pay check again.
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Becky
Couponing gives me the freedom to go to a store, spend a little money and not feel bad about it.
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Heather
I am a single mom on a limited income. I am new to couponing and learning how to coupon and then continuing to do so month after month has allowed me to provide for my family. It has also taught me how to begin stockpile slowly to continue to provide us. This has been a blessing in a way that I could never have imagined. It is exciting to get the free milk and be able to use catalinas to continue with other purchases.
I am blessed to be able to stretch my dollars to provide quality food for my family and create a stockpile for later use at the same time!! Thank you to all who provide tips for us!
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Eryn
Couponing has given my sister and I the ability to take out no more student loans for the last two years of our college. I knew paying my way through college, along with all the typical bills of life, would be difficult. However, since couponing, my sister and I have been able to save enough money to cover the college costs out-of-pocket. We each work at least two jobs at a time, along with going to school full time, and we both feel so refreshed to no longer add to the debt of school. It isn’t easy, but every little bit helps!
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Karen
Couponing has given us the freedom to choose a school for my son and pay for activities for him to do. While he is only in nursery school, I didn’t feel “boxed in” to only look at a few schools that we could afford, instead, because we use coupons for almost everything, we had some freedom and know that we are doing the best for him! It’s an awesome feeling! Thanks for your blog, you are changing lives!
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Amy
Couponing gives me the freedom to provide for my family AND help others. You see, before I learned how to coupon, it seemed like I was doing one, or the other. We give 10 percent of our earnings to our Parish, and I donate anything I can to a local charity, TARC. This organization is near to my heart, as my oldest daughter is 18 and has Autisum. Her weekly therapy, medication, and social therapy come out of pocket, and cost quite a bit of money, and TARC has been there for me when I could not make ends meet, so I donate time, food, clothing ect. whenever I can. Coupons have allowed me to give so much more to them, and my family than I ever have before. This website, along with so many others, have helped me to do that. Thank you so much – Amy, Katie, and Paige.
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Tami
Couponing gives me the freedom to try new things. For years I have been buying the Betty Crocker brand of scalloped potatoes, but I had some coupons for Hungry Jack brand instead. So I tried them and my family loves them more than Betty Crocker and they are cheaper on a regular basis…score 1 for mom! I also love the fact that if I am too busy to go shopping one week, I still have plenty of food in food storage to feed my family. What a blessing!
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Karen
Couponing gave and continues to give me the freedom to… quit my second job and be home with my family. A while back my husband and I sat down and looked at the budget – like so many others, there was more going out than coming in. After cutting out everything we could we still weren’t making it so I took a 2nd job and started couponing. I worked for 3 months before I decided enough was enough – I was tired of sacrificing my family for the sake of my family! Since then we have continued to cut where we can and build our stockpile. Amazingly we are not only able to pay back creditors but we are eating better and most of all finally enjoying being a family again!!
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Lawanna
Couponing Gives me the freedom to provide for my family of 4 and those in my immediate family. The ecomony has not been kind to my family with my mother, father and brother out of work. Couponing allows me to not only provide the supplies that my family needs, but also allows me to supply for my immediate family.
In addition to taking care of the family, it allows us extra money to do things that we like to do such as going to movies and dinner every now and then.
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Ellen Pine Hurteau
I have been using coupons off and on since the 70?s. There were times I just did it casually, other times with a vengeance. I also traded coupons but I always used at least some for the brands I always used. With the economy the way it is and being on a fixed income now I am back to using coupons with a vengeance. We are a large extended family and every penny counts.
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