Chris sent in this tip for cheap Dial soap at Target!

Dial Soap Pumps – $1.47
Buy 4 and use $2/4 Dial Soap printable coupon*
with $1/2 Dial Soap Target store coupon**
Net cost at checkout: $3.88 for four or $0.72 each
Rating: 4-5 – *I just checked and it looks like this coupon is now gone but it was available as recently as this morning so hopefully you were able to print it!  **Most Target coupons say limit one per transaction.

It’s Friday — time for What To Make With What’s On Sale!  This week at Sunflower Market, organic cucumbers are just $0.99 each!

Cucumbers are a refreshing snack by themselves, and they’re great for lots of summertime dishes.  Here are some ideas for what to make with cucumbers!

Pickling is probably one of the most common ways to use cucumbers.  This recipe, Homemade Refrigerator Pickles, is straightforward and uses simple ingredients.  The onion and bell pepper can be omitted if desired.

Homemade Refrigerator Pickles: Image from Allrecipes

You can also make a cool, crunchy salad with cucumbers.  The variations on cucumber salad are endless, but here are two that look especially tasty: Mom’s Cucumber Salad (which uses a mayonnaise base — Kraft mayonnaise is as low as $1.49 this week at Safeway!) and Thai Cucumber Salad (which works well as a light main dish or as a side dish for grilled meat.)

Try another refreshing recipe — 5-star Cold Cucumber Soup from Emeril Lagasse.  Here’s a preparation hint: all the fine chopping and mincing called for in the ingredient list isn’t really needed since everything is going in the blender!  Coarse chopping is all that’s necessary and you’ll save yourself some time in the kitchen.

Egg Salad & Cucumber Sandwiches: Image from Taste of Home

Have you ever had cucumber sandwiches?  The typical cucumber sandwich uses simply bread, cream cheese, seasonings, and cucumbers.  And here’s an interesting variation — Egg Salad & Cucumber Sandwiches.  Yum!

Tzatziki is a traditional Mediterranean sauce that uses cucumbers and yogurt as its main ingredients.  This Tzatziki recipe is easy and so delicious; try it as a dip for veggies or pita bread, or as a sauce for fish, lamb, grilled chicken, or gyros!

Do you have any other ways you like to use cucumbers?

Be sure to check out the What To Make With What’s On Sale archives for more meal-planning ideas!

Gleneagle Golf Club is offering a nice deal for family golfing this summer: on Sundays after 4:30 PM, kids can golf free (each child must have an accompanying, paying adult – sorry, they won’t let you let your kids loose on the course! ;).

The deal is valid through Labor Day weekend.  Gleneagle Golf Club is open to the public (the pool is for members only).  Get more information and reserve a tee time on their website!

PS – it also looks like if you sign up for their birthday club, you get a free round of golf on your birthday!

Here’s more free summer fun in Colorado Springs!

Where is the best and most affordable nursery in town for landscaping purchases, such as trees, shrubs, and sod? It’s that time of year again if you ask me!

Xeriscaping Plants
Good-sized, Reasonably Priced Trees
Where To Buy Seeds
Landscaping and Excavating Service

Please comment if you’ve got a favorite nursery in Colorado Springs!

Need help finding products or service providers here in Colorado Springs?  Check the Reader Requests Page to view the archives by category or submit your own request.

If you have an iPhone or Android phone, you can download the new P.F. Chang’s app and join their Warrior Rewards program to get a free order of lettuce wraps!  Here’s the link to the iPhone App store, and here’s where to get it for Droid.

Just a reminder that our sponsor’s event is tomorrow: Saturday, May 19th!  Focus on the Family Bookstore will have lots of fun activities for the kids and 50% off all Adventures in Odyssey products! Go here for more info.

Don’t forget to pick up your discounted Elitch Gardens tickets while you’re there, too!

The Rockies scored 7 yesterday so you know what that means: stop by participating Taco Bell locations from 4 to 6 PM today (the day after the game) to get your special Rockies deal!  The deal varies by location, but is usually something like four tacos for $1 with the purchase of a drink, or four tacos for $2 with no drink purchase.

Most Taco Bells participate in the deal, but not all do, so it’s not a bad idea to call ahead to confirm that your favorite location participates.  The Rockies deal is available the day after the Rockies score seven or more runs (win or lose)

Kendra sent in this tip:

There is a grand opening for a new southern Colorado Springs Smoothie King location on Saturday, May 19th from 10am until 2pm at 1801 East Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. They are giving away free smoothies, energy drinks, and health snack samples to everyone in attendance. Attendees also have the chance to win one of four Smoothie King gift baskets ($50 value).

Here’s some new coupons for printing:

• $0.75/1 Breyer’s Ice Cream (or, er, frozen dairy dessert for a lot of their varieties now)
• $0.75/1 Minute Maid Juice 12-Pack Cans
• $2/4 Dial Liquid Hand Soap
• $1/2 Dial Bar Soap
• $1/1 Select Butterball Turkey Burgers

Have you checked out the new milk price tracker?  Here’s the one for Colorado Springs; and Denver has one now, too!

Springs Bargains reader and Memorial Hospital pediatric therapist Moni emailed with this information:

Is your child hard to understand? Does she struggle to follow directions? Can he say what he feels or wants? Find out if your child’s hearing, speech and language skills are on target from Memorial’s pediatric speech-language pathologists and audiologists at this free event. No appointment needed. For more info, call 719-365-5422.

This event is going on Friday, May 18th from 1-4 PM at the Memorial Pediatric Rehabilitation Center (175 S. Union Blvd. Suite 255).

If you’ve been around for awhile, you probably know that we are not one of those families who spends $50 a week on groceries.  This is at least in part due to the fact that my husband likes to have identifiable meat for supper.  And supper without meat at all is not even an option.  If I serve something like Broccoli Cheddar Soup with bread, he still wants to know when the main course is coming.

However, there are two meals that I can make without meat that everyone enjoys and feels like they actually ate after consuming.  One of them is a Cook’s Illustrated skillet Mexican spaghetti recipe (though my skillet is now too small to fix enough for all of us without using a second pan!), and the other is this, which you will probably think is quite weird:

Cottage cheese patties.

This is a recipe from Jeremy’s family, of Germans-from-Russia heritage.  I have no idea if it’s traditional in that culture or not; maybe some of you know?

It took me awhile to master the recipe.  Something about old recipes not really having detailed directions and never having even tasted the things known as cottage cheese patties made it a little difficult.

However, I recently cracked the code of cottage cheese patties with crispy outsides and velvety insides – and was super excited to be able to make a meal that fills us up for $5 or so!  These are very simple, and mix up in literally two minutes.  We serve them with a couple of vegetables as sides.

Here’s the recipe!  My instructions made this seem really complicated, but they’re not.  So, I’ve included “quick” instructions, too, in case my rambling about the details made you think they are more complicated than they are!

Now tell me… Have you heard of cottage cheese patties before? Anyone know about their origin?

Here’s a roundup of the best daily deals I’m finding in Colorado Springs for Thursday, May 17th.

You can get a deal on catering for up to 20 or 40 people from My Big Fat Greek Restaurant and save on a new ‘do at Eden Salon.

My Big Fat Greek Restaurant: Get a catered Greek fast for up to twenty people for $79 (a $180 value) or for up to 40 people for $159 (a $360 value)! Feast includes gyro meat, souvlaki skewers, hummus, greek salad, tzatziki, and flatbread.

My Big Fat Greek Restaurant is located at 7605 N Academy Blvd in Colorado Springs.

Limit one per person. May buy one additional as a gift. Limit one per table. Valid only for option purchased. This deal is not valid for delivery. Not valid for the purchase of alcohol. Carryout only. Expires September 19, 2012. 

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Eden Salon: Get a cut, style, and partial highlights for $30 (a $120 value) or get a single process color and facial waxing of your choice for $30 (a $120 value)! Choices for facial waxing are brows, upper lip, etc.

Eden Salon is located at 12 E. Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs.

Limit two per person. May buy two additional as gifts. Not valid with other offers. New clients only. Appointments must be made by phone. 

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Check out our wrap up of daily deals in Denver for more deals including authentic Japanese cuisine at Land of Sushi in Centennial, save on a spa manicure and pedicure at Southwest Nails in Littleton, and more!

YoYogurt just announced that they’re starting a new promo: during happy hour (11 AM to 12 PM, Monday through Friday), you can get half-off your yogurt!  Hey, it’s got protein so it can count as lunch, right? ;)

YoYogurt has four locations: 5885 Stetson Hills Blvd, 8816 N. Union Blvd, 1798 W. Uintah, and 6965 Mesa Ridge Pkwy.

Recess Children’s Consignment in Old Colorado City is offering 25% off storewide, starting today!  It will run through Saturday, May 26th.  They’re located at 1721 W. Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City.

Here’s a little peek at Recess – lots of you love this little store!  And, some suggestions from readers on where to consign your children’s clothing.