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Sweet & Savory Slow Cooker Pork Loin

July 2, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

Aren’t slow cookers the most amazing kitchen creation ever!?
I mean who does not love just being able to throw a bunch of ingredients in a pot in the
 morning and not having to worry about it for the rest of the day?  Not to mention the smell that consumes your house during those 8+ hours of cooking is also amazing almost orgasmic.
Enough about slow cookers.  Before this, I had never cooked a pork tenderloin before, but kept seeing it on the Food Network channel, so when I saw it on sale last week, I picked one up.  I mean $6 for a 3 1/2lb pork loin, who couldn’t beat that. I found this recipe and altered it slightly for our taste for the most amazing sweet and savory slow cooker pork loin.
First start by greasing your crockpot with cooking spray. This will allow for easier clean up later.  Then place your pork loin in the bottom and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cut up a medium red onion.  I prefer the sweet taste of red onions with this.

Add onion, chicken broth and our own sweet and sour sauce recipe to the pot. Cover and let cook for 8-10 hours on low or 5 hours on high.

30 minutes before you are ready to eat add chopped green pepper and pineapple.

Remove pork loin from crockpot

Slice into 1/2 in thick slices (or whatever size you prefer).

I served this sweet and savory slow cooker pork loin with rice and corn, but think next time mashed potatoes would have definitely been a better side! 🙂

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Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 lb pork loin I would say up to 6 lbs would be fine for this meal, but I chose smaller because it's just two of us eating
  • 1 medium red onion chopped
  • Recipe for Sweet & Sour sauce see link in post above
  • 1 14.5 oz can low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 20 oz can cubed pineapple drained
  • 1/2 green pepper chopped
  • Salt and Black pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Place pork loin into a greased crock pot.
  2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Add chopped red onion, chicken broth, and sweet and sour sauce to the pot.
  4. Cover and let cook for 5 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low.
  5. Thirty (30) minutes before ready to eat, add chopped green pepper and pineapple.
  6. Cook for an additional 30 minutes.
  7. Remove pork loin from crockpot and cut into 1/2inch slices. Serve hot.
  8. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Enjoy 🙂

You may also like our Slow Cooker BBQ Parmesan Pork Loin recipe! 

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Easy Pizza Calzones

July 1, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

Pizza in any form is my true weakness. Whether it’s a whole pizza, pizza bites, pizza calzones, pizza subs, pizza soup….okkkk, now I’m just getting carried away.  You get the point.  Pizza it just simply amazing.
 
Sticking with my goal of trying to eat healthier, sometimes it is difficult to balance what I secretly wish I could eat everyday without gaining an ounce love with what is healthy. I try to do my best at balancing this by making as much homemade food as possible. This way I can make substitutions as needed, PLUS I know exactly what is going into my food.

About a week ago I posted how to make super easy pizza dough. Part of that recipe includes freezing half the dough for later.  The other day I was in the mood for pizza, of course, but decided to throw a twist into it and make calzones.

I started by thawing out the dough and then rolling it in about a 12 inch circle.  I then added 3/4 cup marinara sauce (add as much or little as you want depending on how much sauce you like), sliced turkey pepperoni (about 24 pieces), and cheese (I used a mix of cheddar and mozzarella–about 1/2 cup each). Of course you can add whatever toppings you want 🙂 

Next, slowly beginning to roll up the dough from one side of the other.

Place seam side down on greased baking sheet. Place in a preheat oven at 350 degrees for 20 mins.
Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes. You want to let it sit so forms up a bit.  If you cut it right away the sauce and cheese will just go everywhere (maybe that wouldn’t be so bad).  
Cut into slices. And devour enjoy!  I like to serve with some warm marinara sauce on the side for dipping! (you can never have too much sauce in my opinion). 
What other toppings would you add??

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A Baby!? – Our Pregnancy Announcement

June 30, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

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I don’t always feel like I keep in contact with my close family and friends enough, so my goal with this blog is  to be able to share a lot more with everyone…and hopefully others as a result of my successful writing skills (if you want to call it that!)

In March…Yes almost 4 months ago…we found out we were having a baby.  We have kept is a secret from the “public” aka “Facebook” for almost half the pregnancy for multiple reasons, but now we are beyond excited to share with everyone our joy.  We found ourselves relaxing at night and asking ourselves..Seriously…We Are About To Be Parents!?  Part of it doesn’t seem possible…but as my bump continues to expand and I have started to feel my very active future soccer player move everyday now, we are realizing VERY QUICKLY how real it is.

So I just wanted to give everyone a quick “first update” on our progress.

As of yesterday, I am 20 weeks along.  Halfway there! This pic of me is from 3 weeks ago, when I was 17 weeks.  It’s INSANE to think that I am already halfway through this incredible journey already.  Pretty soon we will be able to have our baby home with us and get to experiences all the ups, downs, and crazy moments as we embrace parenthood.

As of this week, I have gained 14 pounds so far.  The recommended weight gain for the entire pregnancy is 35 pounds, so I am right on target for where I should be.  Which is pretty darn exciting to me!

Now onto more important stuff that you all really care about…

We have a VERY healthy…VERY ACTIVE…(did I mention active?…Seriously…I don’t think my child sleeps).  I swear I have a future soccer player growing inside of me.  We had our 20 week ultrasound this week and found our little star is just perfect.  The baby weighs 11 ounces so far and is quite the stubborn one.  This is the best pic we could get because the baby just would not rotate AT ALL to get a better face shot.  We do know the sex, but we are waiting until our gender reveal in a few weeks before we make that public.

I think our baby is just perfect…active, stubborn, and all…I look forward to updating everyone in the next few days, weeks, and months about all the ups and downs of pregnancy so far. So enjoy and thanks for reading 😉

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Baked Italian Parmesan Potato Bites

June 27, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

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I love potatoes, however, sometimes mashed and baked potatoes get old  worn out as sides, so these Baked Italian Parmesan Potato Bites are the perfect solution.  They’re quick, soooo flavorful, and everyone in the house is bound to love them.   I took a risk leaving the skins on, as my fiance despises them with a passion.  However, the baking process of these potato bites really softens them up and he loved them.  (great thing for me)
First, start my cutting up your potatoes into one-inch pieces. It’s important that all the pieces are roughly the same size.  We use a potato cuber to ensure the perfect sizes.
Then throw them into a bowl of cold water for about 30 mins.  Why you ask?  Potatoes have a TON of starch in them.  By placing them in water, it allows the starch to begin to break down and also softens them up just a little bit quicker to help with the cooking process.
Drain water out of bowl, drizzle Zesty Italian Dressing over top, a dash each salt and pepper, ensuring that all of the potatoes are covered. Your potato bites are ready to go! Transfer to a greased 13 x 9 baking dish. And place in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

After the first 20 minutes, flip all the potatoes and put back in for another 20 minutes.  Once that is done. Remove.  Sprinkle 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese over all the potatoes, making sure there is cheese on all of the potatoes. Return to the oven on broil for 5 minutes or until a nice crispy, golden crust has formed.

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Baked Italian Parmesan Potato Bites
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 1 cup Zesty Italian Dressing
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • Dash each salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Spray a 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. Cut your potatoes into one-inch pieces. Place cut potatoes in bowl of cold water for 30 minutes.
  4. Drain water. Add dressing, salt, and pepper to bowl and stir to cover all potatoes.
  5. Transfer to baking dish and place in oven for 20 minutes. Flip all potatoes in dish and return to oven for an additional 20 minutes.
  6. Remove again and sprinkle Parmesan cheese across all the potatoes. Place oven on broil and cook for another 5 minutes. Devour with your favorite meal 🙂
Serve along with your favorite meal for a great twist on traditional potatoes.  We love them with our Crunchy Spiced Pork Chops! Enjoy!

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Easiest Sweet and Sour Sauce

June 26, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

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Ok…So I have a confession.  Before this recipe, I had never actually tried sweet and sour sauce. *Gasp* According to a friend, this makes me very weird.  Years and years and eating all those McDonalds chicken nuggets and Chinese food, and I’ve never tried sweet & sour sauce…maybe this does make me weird?
However, I recently came across a recipe that called for sweet and sour sauce and immediately was like crap, I don’t have this at my house, how am I going to make this.  I’ve realized recently had an epiphany that many sauces can actually be made at home much easier than buying them.  Even better than that, they usually cost MUCH less and are MUCH healthier when you make them rather than buying it bottled.  So I searched Google, found tons of different recipes and finally put this one together.  Hope you enjoy!
First, start off by adding 1/2 cup each: water, ketchup, sugar, and apple cider vinegar to a cold pan.  Turn on medium heat.
While, that is heating up, mix together 2 tablespoons cornstarch ((Updated:  Since first sharing this recipe – we now use arrowroot powder instead of cornstarch)) and 3 tablespoons of cold water.  **It is important you use cold water or you will be left with clumps of cornstarch
Add the cornstarch mixture to the pan and quickly stir until completely mixed together.
Let thicken to desired consistency.
That’s it!  Enjoy with your favorite foods!  We love it with this amazing slow cooker Sweet and Savory Pork Loin recipe.
 
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Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup and 3 tablespoons water divided
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
  1. In a cold pan, add 1/2 each water, apple cider vinegar, sugar, and ketchup and stir until completely mixed together. Turn hurt onto medium and let begin to warm up. In a separate bowl, mix together 3 tablespoons COLD water and 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Stir until dissolved completely. Add cornstarch mixture to the pan and quickly stir together. Let warm up to desired consistency, stir frequently not letting sauce stick to pan.
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Stockpiling…Or Borderline Hoarder?

June 23, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 6 Comments

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If you have ever heard about Extreme Couponing, you may have found yourself saying, “You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me!?”  I know I did.  Some of the people on there, to me, are borderline hoarders.  Even if you were the Duggars, you still could not go through 150 bottles of soap in a year (ok…well maybe if you were them you could…but just them).

So what exactly is stockpiling you ask?  A stockpile is a storage of both food and non-food items (usually health & beauty aids).  As any established couponer knows, a stockpile is essential to the couponing process.  Instead of buying one item at full price and use a coupon, you buy multiple items when they are on sale, and use a coupon on top of the sale to get an even better price. You buy products before you need them to build up a stockpile.

So should I be stockpiling?  I don’t need 5 tubes of toothpaste right now?  You’re right.  You don’t need 5 tubes of toothpaste right now.  And in my home, with just my fiance and I, 5 tubes will last about 3-6 months, which is the average about of time you want to build your stockpile for.

Why 3-6 months? One of the first things you learn as a couponer, is that, on average, stores have sale cycles that come around every 3-6 months and because of that coupons also recycle themselves during the same time frames.  So the goal is to build a stockpile that last you this long.

For example: Toothpaste typically costs about $3 a tube.  A couponer will almost always get toothpaste for free and not pay any more than $.99 for a tube.  So why just get one when it’s free when you can get multiple and then in a few months when you can get it free again, you just stock up again.

What’s your favorite thing to stockpile? One of the most important things I like to stockpile is meat.  Why? Because meat is one of the most expensive things I spend money on.  Today, I went to one of my favorite grocery stores because I knew they had a sale on chicken drumsticks and thighs ($.67/lb).  Typically a pack this size ranges from $10-15 a pack.  I spent a little over $15 for all 5 packs.  A minimum of 70% savings.  Though with all the cookouts we have these 5 packs will probably not last more than 2 months, it’s just what I had room for.

Lastly…One of the greatest things about stockpiling is that once you have a nice one going, you spend less and less each month. What’s even better, is that when unexpected things come up you don’t have to worry as much, because in addition to having some extra money…you can shop from your stockpile.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A STOCKPILE OR DREAM OF HAVING ONE? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR TO START?

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Easiest Egg Sandwich

June 22, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

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I want to let you in on the easiest way to make an egg sandwich.

But first, I know two things about breakfast first hand:

1. It is very difficult to try to squeeze in breakfast every morning. Whether you are chasing kids around or simply can never seem to drag yourself out of bed until you only have ten minutes left to quickly shower and throw on some clothes before you will make yourself very late to work, cooking breakfast for yourself is the LAST thing on your mind.

2.While it may be difficult, breakfast literally is the most important meal of the day. While in college I wouldn’t say I gained the “Freshman 15”, however, I did gain the “College 30”.  Over the course of 6 years, I gained approximately 30lbs and one day found myself starring at my pictures from that weekend saying what in the world happened to me.  Determined to loose the weight, I did some research and found that eating healthy is often times more important than any exercise plan you can do. And eating breakfast is even more important as it starts your metabolism right away in the morning helping to aid the weight loss.

So, I found myself desperately looking for quick ways to grab breakfast. Thus I bring you the Easiest Egg Sandwich EVER. Literally, in under 2 minutes you can have the simplest sandwich.

First, add one whole egg to a large mug. (a large mug like this is really important) Proceed to beat the egg with a fork until completely mixed. Throw in two pieces of toast into the toaster and then place the mug in the microwave on high for 1 minute or until no more liquid is seen in the bowl.

Assemble sandwich and place back into the microwave for 10 seconds to melt the cheese.

Then dig in!  No more excuses for not eating breakfast!  Enjoy!!

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Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 2 pieces bread- I prefer Nature's Own Honey Wheat
  • 1 egg
  • 1 piece of sliced American cheese or your favorite sliced cheese
  • No Salt Sodium Alternative and pepper as desired
Instructions
  1. Lightly spray bowl with cooking spray. Crack and beat one egg in the bowl. Toast two pieces of bread. Put bowl in microwave on high for 1 minute or until no liquid remains. Place cheese and egg on one piece of toast. Sprinkle with No Salt & pepper as desired. Top with second piece of toast. Place back in microwave for 10 seconds to slightly melt the cheese. Enjoy!

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Perfect Pizza Dough

June 16, 2012 by Larisha Campbell Leave a Comment

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5/11/2017 Update:  We had no idea this perfect pizza dough recipe would ever be as popular as it is! We’ve officially updated our images!  Thank you for the love and support!

This perfect pizza dough recipe is literally perfect every single time as long as you following the directions. Yeast dough that rises needs to be pampered a bit and it’s important that the directions don’t get messed with.  I promise it’s not super difficult to make perfect pizza dough if you keep working on it.  I’ve been making this dough recipe for what seems like forever. It literally works, without fail, for us every single time.  I’d encourage you to try it for yourself and let us know how it turned out!

 

  

Voila!

I wanted you to be able to look at the amazingness that is making pizza dough without any interrupting words or thoughts on my part.
I didn’t really learn to start cooking at all until I was in college. Being transparent, I didn’t start learning to make food from scratch until I had our first child.  So much of what we ate before having her was processed, boxed foods. I’ve done a lot of trial and error since then.  I was always daunted at the thought of making pizza dough, but surprisingly it’s one of the first things made from scratch that I perfected.
For a long time it was always too stiff or too runny. I couldn’t figure out the balance to get it just right forever it seemed. Finally, I have perfected the combination of ingredients and it’s the most simple homemade perfect pizza dough.

Looking for our recipes using this pizza dough? Check out our:

Popable Pizza Bites
Easy Pizza Calzones
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Pizza
Cheesy Corn Pizza with Bacon and Scallions
Spicy Tuna Calzone
Buffalo Chicken Stromboli 

As stated above, it’s really important to follow the directions to a tee, so let’s get to those.

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Perfect pizza dough
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour divided into 3 parts
  • 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast or 1 package
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil vegetable oil would also work
  • Extra flour for surface
  • Desired pizza toppings Don't skimp on the cheese
  • Optional: Italian seasoning or Garlic Powder to season dough
Instructions
  1. In medium sized bowl, mix 1 3/4 cups flour with the yeast and Salt. (If adding optional Italian seasoning or Garlic Powder, add it now)
  2. Add the warm water and oil.
  3. Beat with a whisk until a thick pancake like batter forms.
  4. Add 1 more cup of flour to the mixture and using a wooden spoon, stir together, enough so the mixture holds together by itself.
  5. Lightly flour a flat surface and with a little flour on your hand, remove the dough mixture from your bowl onto the surface.
  6. Knead in another 1/4 cup flour (may need to add up to 1/2 cup) stopping once the dough is lump free. Do not overwork your dough.
  7. **See tips below for thin crust**
  8. Place dough in a bowl and cover with a tea towel (or other kitchen towel that is large enough to cover bowl completely)
  9. Let the dough in the bowl sit, covered, for approximately 45 minutes.
  10. Heat the oven to 425 degrees.
  11. Lightly flour pizza stone or lightly greased baking sheet.
  12. Roll dough out onto floured surface.
  13. Place in oven for 8-12 minutes. Thin crust - 8 minutes, Thick crust - 10-12.
  14. Remove the dough from the oven and place desired toppings on top of the crust.
  15. Place back into the oven for an additional 8 minutes or until the cheese has completely melted and is bubbly.
Recipe Notes

1. Make sure you are adding warm water. This is what activates the yeast.
2. Do NOT overwork the dough. Each step should be just enough that you can move to the next one. This is especially important when you are kneading.
3. If you want to make a personal pizza size or very thin crust, you may cut the dough into two equal parts after kneading. You can make two pizzas this way or freeze half for later use.
4. You could technically use the dough after 20 minutes of rising, but it's really ideal to let it sit for at least 45 minutes, up to 2 hours.
5. Don't put a lot of sauce in the center of your dough or it will get soggy.

What’s your favorite toppings?  
Comment below and let me know! 🙂  Thanks for reading! Share & enjoy!

**The pictures below were the original pictures for this Perfect Pizza Dough recipe, posted on 6/16/2012, which you may have seen floating around Pinterest.  It’s the same recipe, we’ve just gotten a lot better at photography!

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Crunchy Spiced Pork Chops

June 15, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

So I will admit…I haven’t really been cooking that long, so many things we have for dinner are trial and error.  I have attempted pork chops before and my fiance hated them, so when I saw them on sale this week at the store, I figured I would have another go at it.  I mean if I ruined the pork chops, at least I didn’t spend a ton of money on them. 
Regardless of my Pinterest obsession and ease of finding recipes on the internet, I actually had a difficult time finding something that balanced our desire to eat healthy with taste, so I ended up combining a few different things to come up with the perfect meal and it was actually a HUGE SUCCESS!!  
 
He even took the leftovers with him for lunch today! So let’s get started…
First mix together yogurt, water, salt & pepper…I use this instead of flour/egg mixtures because its much healthier and I think it also tastes a lot better! Next, Mix together panko bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and both types of Mrs. Dash seasoning

Now, the next part is completely up to you.  The pork chops I bought had a small bone on the outside of each along with some fat.  My fiance hates any meat with fat, so I cut the bone and fat off each one as shown.

 Next you, will put each pork chop into the yogurt mixture, then the panko mixture…making sure to coat each side evenly.  Make sure you do not soak the pork chops in the yogurt mixture. Just a quick turn on each side will do.
 After coating in the panko mixture, transfer to a greased baking dish. And place in the oven on 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (the time will depend on your desired doneness– Medium for pork is 145 degrees and well done is 160 degrees).
Then broil for 5 minutes to get a nice crispy golden color on the top.

 Let rest for 5 minutes before serving. 

I decided to serve them with corn and our infamous loaded mashed potatoes and it was all amazing.
Enjoy!
 
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Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 4 Pork Chops thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon Mrs Dash Table Blend seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon Mrs Dash Extra Spicy seasoning
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking dish lightly with cooking spray.
  2. In shallow dish mix together yogurt, water, pepper & salt. Set aside.
  3. In another dish mix together bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and both types of Mrs. Dash seasoning.
  4. Dip each pork chop in the yogurt mixture, then the panko mixture, making sure to cover with the panko entirely before transferring to the greased baking dish.
  5. Place in preheated oven and cook for 20-25 minutes. Then broil for 5 minutes until a nice crispy golden brown color (Depending on your broiler, you will want to watch to make sure it does not burn).
  6. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving with your favorite sides.
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Make Money Selling Old Books

June 13, 2012 by Larisha Campbell 2 Comments

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I went to college at the one and only West Virginia University (Let’s Gooo… Mountaineers).  While there I collected an ENORMOUS amount of books (I also paid an equally enormous amount of money for them).  If you were like me, you swore that there was no need to trade the books back in at the end of the semester because you would DEFINITELY use them again one day.  Boy was I WRONG! I was left with boxes upon boxes of old books and reading material that I am never going to use again.

I recently came across an article on The Krazy Coupon Lady about an amazing website that tells you what is the best site to sell your textbooks back too. And thus I introduce to you, BookScouter.  All you have to do is type in the ISBN number that you find on the back of the book….

 Hit enter, and it gives you a list of various websites (approximately 20) around the web and the cost that they will pay you to trade-in your books.

I decided to start with books that I could return to Amazon’s Buy Back program.  I wanted to start here because I am very familiar with Amazon and know they have great customer satisfaction policies in case anything happens.  In addition to paying you for your used books, Amazon also pays for full shipping costs.

Once I figured out all the books that would give me the maximum value at Amazon, I put them all on the trade in list and one by one they added up.  Once finished, I hit trade in, confirmed my address, and hit submit.

This was seriously just as easy as adding stuff to you cart and hitting check out.

The site took me to a screen where I could print out both the packing slip and the shipping label.

Amazon lets you choose between USPS and UPS to send (both are free shipping).  All you have to do is pack in box, add the packing slip and the shipping label and take to your choice of location.  Their site estimates up to 10 days max to process the claim and once completed within 2 days an electronic Amazon Gift Card is added to your Amazon account.  While some other sites pay you by check or PayPal, I use Amazon often enough that a Giftcard is perfect for me.
Lastly, while some of the books were only $4 or $5, I was able to get almost $25 for some.  With only 9 books, I got over $100.  Well worth it to me!
A few last quick tips:
1. While not all books will have sell back value, I still found enough that I am able a nice profit years after I got the books, and I no longer have to lug all these heavy boxes around!
2. Many of the sites have a minimum limit to send back, while Amazon does not have a minimum.  I also had success with Textbooks.com who seems to offer higher value for the books they do accept even though they have a minimum.  Shipping is also free there.
3.Make sure to check out donating to the books you cannot sell to your local library. 🙂
So I challenge you to scour around your house and see what you can find and see what money you too can make!  Good luck!

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