FREE potatoes (and a favorite recipe for them)

Reminder: there are still five more days to get your free potatoes. You can print out the coupon from my original post here.

I stock up on potatoes when I find a good price. After all, if you store them in a cool, dry place, they will keep for months.

Not sure what to do with them?? Last night I made these mashed potatoes, and I think they were the best mashed potatoes I've ever made (this recipe serves 10, but you could easily cut it in half):

5 lbs. russet or baking potatoes, peeled and quartered

6 cups water

3 cubes Knorr extra large vegetable or chicken bullion cubes

3 bay leaves

1 stick (+) butter, cut into pieces

milk (or reserved cooking water)

salt, to taste

Combine peeled and quartered potatoes, water, bullion and bay leaves in a slow cooker. Set on high for one hour, then reduce heat to low and continue cooking until potatoes are fork tender, about 4 hours total. Remove potatoes from cooking water (discard bay leaves) and place in a bowl with butter and about 1/4 cup milk (or reserve cooking liquid). Mash either by hand or with a mixer until desired consistency, adding more milk for looser potatoes. Add salt to taste.

* Note: if you can't find the Knorr bullion, substitute any brand of bullion, following package directions to make 6 cups of broth. Or eliminate the bullion and water and substitute broth, either store bought or home made.

** Note: The broth adds a layer of flavor to otherwise simple potatoes. Want to add another layer of flavor? Add six to 10 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in half (you can either remove the garlic before mashing, or go ahead and mash with potatoes). Or I want to try adding a quartered onion to the cooking water (remove before mashing).

$1 off seafood

I eat a lot of seafood. But rarely find coupons for it, so when I found this one, I had to share! Go here for your $1 off Crab Classic or Lobster Classic (you can use it on any size or any style). To print it twice, just hit the back button.

Expiration date: April 30.

I regularly see the 8-ounce package of this product (usual price about $4) on sale for Buy-1-Get-1-Free. Use your two coupons, and that brings the price down to $1 per package.

Not sure what to do with it? Here are a few of my favorites:

Simple Crab or Lobster Scampi

1 pound (2 8 oz. packages) crab/lobster

2 T butter

1 tsp. chopped garlic

salt/pepper to taste

Rice or pasta (for serving)

Melt butter over medium heat in a saute pan. Add garlic and cook until golden, about 5 minutes (be careful not to burn). Add crab/lobster and toss to coat, cooking lightly until the outside of the crabmeat is golden, about 5 minutes.

Serve over rice or pasta

Brett's Crab Dip

2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened

1 tsp. minced ginger (I like the "fresh" in a jar that you can buy in your produce section)

1/2 tsp. dry cilantro

3 T soy sauce

1 pound (2 8 oz. packages) crab meat

Put everything in a food processor and pulse until combined.

Crab Imperial

1 lb. (2 8 oz. packages) crab meat

2 T mayonnaise

1 egg

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

6 crackers, crushed

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix everything together and place in a baking dish. Bake until cooked through, about 10 minutes.

$1 off $5 in produce

If you're like me and you insist on putting vegetables on the table with every meal, this Food Lion coupon is a keeper. Just click on the link, and in addition to the produce coupon, you'll get coupons for $1 off two boxes of Food Lion brand instant mashed potatoes, $2 off Tide liquid detergent and $1 off Finish, Jet Dry or Turbo Dry (coupon expires Feb. 9, so act quick).

Not sure which vegetables to buy? The extra flavors in the butter make this broccoli a favorite on our family table:

1 head broccoli, cut into chunks or flowers

1 1/2 T butter

1 1/2 tsp soy sauce

splash of balsamic vinegar (optional)

Steam broccoli until desired doneness. Drain Meanwhile, melt butter, soy sauce and vinegar (if using) in a small sauce pan. Pour over finished broccoli.

Free eggs!

What a way to start the morning -- and this blog -- Free Friday eggs!

Become a fan of Incredible Edible Egg on Facebook here. There they'll have Buy-One-Get-One-Free (aka B1G1 or BOBO) coupons for eggs available starting at 10 a.m. EST. It'll save you up to $1.50.

But you better act quick: there are only 30,000 coupons to go around. And with so many people these days being cheap, they're gonna go fast!

If you are lucky enough to snag one of these coupons, and are looking for a way to use your 24 eggs, here's one of my favorites -- a twist on deviled eggs.

6 eggs

Extra virgin olive oil

Kosher salt

Hard boil eggs by placing in a pot of cold water and put pot on stove on high (see Note). Bring to a boil and reduce heat slightly so it doesn't boil over. Boil for 22 minutes. Meanwhile, fill a bowl with ice water. Use a slotted spoon to remove eggs from pot and place in ice bath (this will keep the eggs from forming a greenish ring between the yoke and the white). Let sit until cool enough to handle. One by one, crack shells and remove from egg and return egg to ice bath to finish cooling. Once cool through, slice eggs in half and remove yoke. Mash with enough olive oil to form a paste, adding 1 T at a time. Salt to taste. Stuff yoke filling back into whites.

NOTE: Don't try to hard boil fresh eggs. You won't be able to peel them because the bond between the white and the shell is too fresh. Wait until you've had the eggs in your 'fridge for about a week.