Whole Foods has a few special produce sales going on this weekend. These deals are good April 27-19:

Organic Bunch Carrots - 2 for $3.00

Bicolor Corn - 2 for $1.00

Organic Bunch Radishes - 2 for $3.00 (Oregon Stores Only)

If you are heading to Whole Foods this weekend, don't forget to stop by their website to get some of the printable vegan coupons currently available.

You can always count on Tacoma Boys to have some great deals on produce. And with two of their locations open 24 hours, you can save money on fruit and veggie awesomeness any time you please.

Here is where you will find these deals:

Tacoma Boys in Tacoma - 5602 6th Avenue
Tacoma Boys in Puyallup - 901 Ave SW
H&L Produce in Lakewood - 7320 Lakewood Drive

The two Tacoma Boys locations are open 24 hours; H&L Produce is open 6am to 10pm.

Here are the produce deals you will find there through May 1:

Seedless Watermelon - $.69 per pound
Strawberries - $2.99 per pound
Fuji Apples - $.50 per pound
Hass Avocados - 3 for $2.00
D'anjou Pears - $1.00 per pound
Navel Oranges - $.69 per pound ($25 per box)
Zucchini - $1.00 per pound
Broccoli - $1.00 per pound
Iceberg, Red Leaf or Green Leaf Lettuce - $1.00 each
Cauliflower - 2 heads for $3.00
Bananas - $.69 per pound
Roma Tomatoes - $1.00 per pound
Beefsteak Tomatoes - $1.00 per pound
Asparagus - $2.99 per pound
Vidalia Onions - $1.00 per pound

_Here are some of this week's produce deals:

Safeway (Pavilions, Vons)

Green, Red, Yellow or Orange Bell Peppers - $.99 each

Texas Sweet Onions - $.99 each

Green Onions – 2 for $.99

Radishes – 2 for $.99

Mangos - $.99 each

Kiwi Fruit – 3 for $.99

Safeway Farms Peeled Baby-Cut Carrots (1 pound) - $.99 each

Red Delicious Apples - $.99 per pound

Tomatoes on the Vine - $1.99 per pound

** Safeway also has Pantry Essentials Frozen Vegetables on sale for $.99 each this week.

 

NW Albertsons

Fuji Apples - $1.49 per pound

Strawberries (1 pound) – 2 for $5.00

Green Bell Peppers - $.69 each

Cantaloupe - $.89 per pound

Broccoli - $1.29 per pound

Red Grapefruit - $.69 each

Globe Seedless Grapes - $2.99 per pound

Mini Watermelon - $3.99 each

Cucumbers - $.79 each

Eat Smart Cut Vegetables (12 oz) - $1.99 each

Farm Stand Carrots (1 pound) - $.79 each

Cilantro - $.69 each

Celery - $.89 each

Yellow Onions (3 pounds) - $1.49 each

Strawberries (4 pounds) - $7.99 each

Farm Stand Russet Potatoes (10 pounds) - $2.99 each

Roma Tomatoes - $1.29 per pound

Red Delicious Apples - $.99 per pound

 

TOP Food & Drugs

Strawberries (1 pound) - $2.49 each

Pureheart Watermelon - $3.00 each

Mangos - $.79 each

Organic Girl Salad - $4.79 each

Yellow or White Corn – 10 for $7.00

Iceberg Lettuce - $.67 each

Tomatoes on the Vine - $.77 per pound

Apples (3 pounds, variety) - $2.98 each

Braeburn Apples - $.88 per pound

Fuji Apples - $.99 per pound

Granny Smith Apples - $.98 per pound

Red or Golden Delicious Apples - $.98 per pound

Pink Lady Apples - $1.48 per pound

Bartell Drugs has some great deals this week on local, organic, natural and vegan products. Here are some highlights:

Bob's Red Mill Cereal - $2.19 each (Natural and made in the Pacific Northwest)

Pacific Broth or Soup - $2.39 each (Organic and made in the Pacific Northwest)

Luna or Clif Bars - $.99 each

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze - $1.39 each

Nature's Path Cereal - 2 for $5.00

Food Should Taste Good Chips - $1.79 each

Lundberg Rice Cakes or Rice Chips - $1.69 each

Lundberg Gourmet Blend Rice - $1.99

Juanita's Tortilla Chips - $1.79 (From Hood River, Oregon)

Erin Baker's Granola - $2.99 each (From Bellingham, Washington)

Stash Tea - $1.69 each

Smartwater or Vitamin Water - $.99 each

Seventh Generation Household Products - 30% off

BioBag Biodegradable Bags (full line) - $3.99 each

Bio-Oil Skincare - $9.99 each

Premier Value CFL Flood Lights (2 pack) - $4.99

Geobin Compost Bin - $29.99 each

Are you Viggling yet? If not, check out my original post about making extra money by earning points with Viggle and redeeming them for gift cards to your favorite stores.

If you are just getting started on Viggle, you might be wondering how to earn Viggle points faster, which is why I figured I would post this quick tip that has helped me earn enough points for about $40 in gift cards so far (I haven't been doing it that long).

You probably already know that you can earn lots of points by checking in through Viggle when you watch television, especially if you watch some of the featured shows, which are worth way more points. While you are watching television (or any other time of the day), you can also flip through the featured shows listings in search of point-earning videos that are sometimes listed among the shows.

What you might not have noticed yet is that you can find tons more videos to watch for points by taking the time to click on each featured show and open that show's menu.

Here's the deal:

1. Open the Viggle app.
2. Go to "What's On" (the first tab on the left).
3. You will see the first featured show on the screen (a big picture with a point value).
4. Normally, you would swipe through the pictures looking either for a television show or looking for videos to watch on your phone to earn points.
5. Instead of just swiping through the list of featured shows, tap on each individual show to open its menu.
6. Wait a few seconds to see if a white bar appears just below the picture of the show.
7. This white bar - when it appears - lists available videos that you can watch for 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75 or 100 points. (There might also be other point values, but this is what I have seen so far.

Some featured shows will have this white bar and some will not, but it is worth flipping through the list and checking each one to see if there are videos listed on its menu page. It takes just a few seconds to tap on each show and see if the white bar shows up, so this is a great way to earn Viggle points faster and work towards those gift cards and prizes!

Here are two more of my favorite point-earning programs you might want to check out:

(This sale has expired.)

Have you headed over to check out Bambeco yet? Specializing in eco-friendly gifts, home decor, pet products, kitchenware and organic bedding, Bambeco is committed to helping people live by their values without having to sacrifice quality or style. Their products are made from materials that are organic, all natural, recycled, biodegradable, renewable, repurposed, nontoxic or recycled, and they make sure they work with artisans and vendors that share their commitment to limiting environmental impact.

Aside from their efforts to use renewable or repurposed resources, they are also all about fair wages, ensuring an energy-efficient distribution process and partnering with shippers that actively work to reduce their carbon footprints.

The Bambeco website is a great place to find gifts, as well as items for your home. This Cinco de Mayo sale for 20% off eco-friendly barware and drinkware makes it even more worth it to head over there and check them out!

You can click on the picture above or below to get to their website -- don't forget to use the coupon code FIESTA when you check out.

Vegan Junk Food: 225 Sinful Snacks that are Good for the Soul is available to download for free from Amazon right now. This won't last long, so hurry over to grab your digital copy!

(Deal Expired)

Vegan Junk Food: 225 Sinful Snacks that are Good for the Soul [Kindle Edition]

Several online stores and websites are offering double cash back when you shop online through Ebates right now, including Sephora, Groupon, Vitacost, The Body Shop, Dell, JCP and a bunch of other places.

Restaurant.com is offering 25% cash back (it's usually 15%), so be sure to check that out as well!

You can check out the current double cash back offers here:

Right along with most vegans, and good green girls and guys, I do my best to steer clear of single-use items. Now this doesn't mean that I never use single-use products (toilet paper and tampons come to mind), but aside from not yet being able to convince myself to switch to family cloth (reusable bathroom cloths) and Diva Cups, I don't generally go in for disposable products. So when my guy and I were staying with his father and stepmom a few years ago, and I discovered that their kitchen was decidedly bare of just about anything you would need for cooking, a disposable baking sheet was not the first thing that came to mind.

After coming to terms with the fact that they were actually serious when they said that they never cook, I stopped mid-meal prep to run to the store to find something that would work. On my way to the nearest market, I was griping about how I was sure we were going to have to buy some icky non-stick metal baking sheet, since that is typically what grocery stores have in stock. I calmed myself with a reminder that I would only be using it during our stay, and then I could give it away to one of our neighbors who uses non-stick metal pans or donate it or something.

It ended up that the store didn't have regular baking sheets at all -- just those flimsy, disposable ones that are meant to be used once, and then thrown away or recycled (in the areas that will recycle them).

With a deep breath and a cringe, I rationalized the purchase by promising Mama Earth that I would find a way to reuse the pan as many times as I could, and then would go to whatever lengths necessary to find a place that would recycle it. Before I even had it in the oven upon our return, I was already working on coming up with ways to repurpose the foil baking sheet under a planter or on my crafting table or in some other way.

When we left, the baking sheet came home with us so that I could figure out how to atone for my eco sin as best I could. I stashed it in the cupboard with the rest of my pots and pans, since I figured I might as well use it as many times as possible for its original purpose before determining what its next life would be.

Turns out -- four years later -- that flimsy, single-use baking sheet is a little worse for the wear but still works perfectly. In fact, I even prefer it to my other baking sheets in some cases. For example, when the oven is already pretty full, I can bend up the sides on this foil cookie sheet and make it fit just fine.

Have a look for yourself; it might not be pretty, but it gets the job done!

Kitchen equipment is one of the things that this cheap vegan chick would recommend never cheaping out on, but this definitely shows that you can still get quite a bit out of some cheap, single-use items. That doesn't mean that you should run out and buy one, but it does work as an example of how even some "disposable" products can have a lot of life in them -- if we are determined to keep them out of the landfill.

I use this baking sheet at least once each week, which means that it has been used a minimum of 200 times in the last four years. It has a small tear and always needs to be flattened and bent back into shape before every use, but the point is that it still works.

Single use, my ass!