Target 10/28

I ran into target today to get ink for my printer and here's what I found. They were having 75% off lots of small kitchen appliance. I have been wanting a waffle makers for a while and I got a deal today. We also go back and forth with the toaster oven we get rid of them then we want one again so we're trying one again. They also have microwaves, blenders, George Foreman things and much more.

Pureed Pumpkin

Safeway had their Saturday and Sunday sale last week and I got 2 pumpkins for $4.99. I made pumpkin puree today, I had to call my friend Hannah for some tips since I was doing a huge pumpkin and not pie pumpkins like on thriftymom.com. Thanks Hannah!

First off we have our medium sized pumpkin.

Cut the pumpkin in half lengthwise.


clean out all the seeds and guts.

I enlisted the kids to help. Lennon helped too he just had to leave before I got the camera out. Because the pumpkin was so big I had to cut it into quarters. I baked half of the pumpkin at a time.


Place skin up in a 9x13 pan. Add a little water and cover with foil. Bake at 375 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.

The skin will still be firm but soft on the inside when it is done. I like how Hannah described it - she said "it's like a potato after it has baked" it will smoosh.

Let the pumpkin cool so you can handle it. Then you peel off the skin and put it in the food processor or blender. (Since Hannah told me about the potato thing it made me think of how you can squish the potato out of the peel after it has baked. So I kind of smooshed the pumpkin in the pan to help release it from the skin a bit) Then I used my hands and sometimes a paring knife to get the skin off. It was like peeling sunburned skin! well not that thin of skin but you get the picture. Sorry if that was gross!

Finally I poured premeasured pumpkin puree into plastic containers and plastic Ziploc bags. All of the bags are 1 cup and the plastic containers (except 2) are 2 cups. I ended up with 18 1/2 cups of pureed pumpkin and still have another one to do! Yeah I'm getting out those pumpkin recipes.

Chicken pot pie

We do chicken pot pie many ways around our house. It is one of my kids favorites. Sometimes I use already made crust, other times i make the crust. Sometimes I only crust on top other times I put in on top and bottom. Sometimes I use frozen, canned or fresh vegetables. Anyway we do it the kids love it. For this pie here's what I did.
I made the crust.
Chicken however much you like. I used 2 big breast here.
Vegetables however and whatever you like. I steamed fresh broccoli and baby carrots and used canned corn here.
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
Here's what it looked like before I put the top on and cooked it.

After baking at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Here's what it looked like.

Zucchini chocolate chip muffins

I got this recipe from allrecipes.com
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour I used (half wheat half white)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup apple sauce
1/4 cup milk
1 tbl. lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup shredded zucchini I also peeled mine
1/2 cup chocolate chips (you don't have to put them in but I love them)

In a bowl combine flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl combine egg, oil, apple sauce, milk, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in zucchini and chocolate chips. Bake 350 degrees for 15 minutes for mini muffins.

Walgreens 10/28

Every time I go to Walgreen's they are out of the deals I want. Here is what they had. I am still trying to learn drugstore shopping.
refresh $.25 after coupon from bee and I got $1.00 RR
quaker oats $.97 each after Walgreen's coupon and coupon from bee
mentos $.45 each after Walgreen's coupon and coupon from bee
total $3.15 out of pocket plus $1.00 in RR

Cheesy Sausage Potatoes

Last week Safeway had all their sausages on sale and there was a great coupon because it's Oktoberfest. I bought two Hillshire Farms Beef Polska Kielbasa. Today I used one of them to make dinner. I had my two helper chefs, Meghan and Abby.






First the girls helped me peel 6-8 potatoes and I cubed them.


We boiled them for about 7 minutes.


Meanwhile I sliced the sausage and chopped onions and bell pepper and sauteed until the sausage was brown.

We drained the potatoes and placed them at the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish. Then we placed the sausage mixture on top of the potatoes and then put cheese on top of that and sprinkled a little pepper. We baked at 350 degrees for 25 minutes and here is our final result.


It was good. Bill said it was a hit.

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Grocery Deals 10/28-11/3

Safeway
4 day sale
12 pack soda Coke, Pepsi or 7-UP 3 for 6.99 must buy 3
Digiorno frozen pizza 3.99 with in ad coupon should be a $1 off coupon out there
Safeway Apple Juice .88 in ad coupon
Cheetos or Fritos .88 in ad coupon

Regular weekly sales
Fresh Express salad b1g1 (not sure of the regular price don't buy it if you dont get them 2/ $2 they are $1 all the time)
Claim Jumper or Edwards frozen pies 3.99 with ad coupon
Goldfish crackers 5/$5
Pineapple if del monte print $.75 off coupon from coupons.com making it $1.25
Gogurts $2.49 upload your e coupons and use printable from coupons.com making them $1.69 each ( this is the only kind of yogurt my picky eater Jace will eat so these are staples in our home)
Hillshire farm sausage 2 for $4.00 after printable $1.00 off2 from gomeat.com
Honey bunches of oats $1.99 each if you buy 3 print $2.00 off at honeybunchesofoats.com it's for the pecan kind.
FoodsCo
Yellow onions 5lbs/$1
Red tomatoes 2lbs .98
Pork Spareribs 1.17lb
Fresh chicken split breast with ribs, drumsticks or thighs .97lb
7-UP, Diet 7-UP Sunkist .79 mentioning for holiday parties
oscar mayer wieners .98
Religious Candles .98 (just through that one in for a laugh I'm looking at the ad right now and they actually have these giant Jesus and Mary candles it's just kinda silly to ad at a grocery store)
Celery 2/$0.98
Large Kiwi 4/$1
ore ida potatoes, 2.48

Raley's
Raley's was pretty much a bust this week. The only thing I saw was that they had the best ad price for apples @ .67lb

Save Mart
Foster Farms Corn Dogs bogo
Fresh ground chuck or lean ground beef 1.59lb
Roma Tomatoes .47 lb
2-12 pack soda get 2 free must purchase 4 w/ ad coupon
Tombstone Pizza 2.49
Doritos b1g1
Gallo Salami 3.99 which is a good price for this much plus there is a $2 off coupon from the bee out there can't remember if it is $2/1 or $2/2
Spinach Salad .99

Plus they had a cute recipe for breakfast bagel bites!

Target 10/27

6 Keebler cookies $.50 each after using printable $1.50 off 2 coupon and $1.00 off 2 coupon on sale $2.00 each buy 2 get 1 free. ( am still new to this couponing thing. I guess you can use coupons on the free ones also making it $.50 for the 6)
Ocean spray juice $.98 after using $1.00 off coupon
Bread $1.95 each after coupon from bee (10/25)
Vitamin water buy 10 for $1.00 each get powerade for free
Total $18.86

Beet Lover Recipe-Beetroot Salsa

Bill actually likes beets. I think they taste like dirt. He is always looking at recipes that are good for runners and we test them out. You can eat the root and the leaves of beets. They only have 36 calories and have 300 mg of nitrates per 4 ounces which is supposed to improve endurance. Anyways enough of the science lesson.
We made Aussie-Style hamburgers with Beetroot Salsa however we didn't care too much for the burgers I think it had too much mint. I think they would be good with less or no mint. Anyways I'll give the beetroot salsa recipe and then the burger after in case you want to go for the full effect.

Beetroot Salsa
1 15 oz can of small beets drained and chopped ( I guess in Australia they call them beetroots instead of just beets)

1 small red onion finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped cherry tomatoes quartered
1/4 cup chopped coriander
2 tablespoons finely shredded mint
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
mix all of the ingredients together. We put the salsa on our hamburgers (just Bill and I) and everyone else tried with Doritos chips.
Hamburger Recipe
1 lb of ground sirloin
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped mint
1 tablespoon paprika
4 slices reduced fat Swiss cheese
Combine the beef, breadcrumbs, mint and paprika in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mix until well combined. shape into four patties (I made 5 just fine). Cover with plastic wrap and put in fridge for 30 minutes to rest. Grill until cooked to liking. Put a slice of cheese on each patty just before removing from grill.

Nutrition per hamburger: 566 calories, 52 grams carbohydrates (5 grams fiber), 44 grams protein, 20 grams of fat. Exchanges 4 protein, 3 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 dairy

Quick Safeway Trip

Bzzzzzzz! I went over as well this week. I ran to Safeway tonight to get the last few things I wanted from their Sat/Sun sale and spent 21.88 making my grand total just over $55 still pretty good though. Here is what I purchased.

2 Gallons of Milk just because 4.78

2 Pumpkins on bogo sale 4.99

2 Wheat Thins 1.94

2 Triscuits 1.94 (on sale 1.47 ea and had $1/2 coupon for both crackers)

2 Lunchables with water 2.19 for both (on bogo sale 4.19 plus 2-$1 coupons)

4 boxes of golden grain pasta 2.06 (on sale .79ea plus 2-55cents off 2 coupons)

2 Orowheat whole grain english muffins 3.98 (My coupon wouldn't go through on this one so I should have only bought 1 at 1.99 but I didn't) These came with $1 off coupon when you buy Safeway eggs or butter so at least I got that much out of this deal.

I'm going to bake and puree the pumpkins for pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin smoothies and whatever else pumpkin I might want to have this fall.

Weekly review

I did horrible this week. Last week I spent $66.04 which was over. This week I spent $101.45. I am noticing we are drinking away our money. I spent a lot on drinks. I have had sickies in my house so I needed to hydrate them and I guess we need to drink more water. This is really helping me. Next week I guess I can't spend any money so I will need to get creative with what we have. Way to go Rachel on your weekly budget. Maybe I'll try for the month. Other blogs that have such a low weekly budget double coupons. We don't have that by us, so should we double our budget. No, I'm joking. I'll try and tighten things up and find more coupons.

Safeway 10/16

All of theses items are on a great sale. I only had Safeway coupons for O.J. and eggs. Gogurts I had 2 ecoupons and manufacturer coupon making them $1.85 for both.
Total $40.30

Raleys 10/21

propel 10 for $5.00 plus crv making it $6.00

pears $2.36

energizer batteries $.99 each after $1.00 off coupon from energizer.com

ricola b1g1f $1.69 for 2

steamfresh veggies $.50 each after $1.00 off 2 form birdseyesteamfresh ( I am horrible with pics I stuck veggies in freezer.)

Total $13.03

Walmart 10/21

After I took my pic. I realized I had another bag on the counter. I spent $27.81.

Bread $1.33 each after coupon from bee

Evap. milk $1.46 both after coupon from bee

Twix free signed up for chocolate relief from athriftymom.com on fridays

Tomatoes $2.01 after coupon from bee

Smoothie $ 1.88 after coupon from paper ( I have been waiting for these to go on sale but they haven't and I really wanted to try them.

Honey bunches of oats went down in price at walmart so I could finally use my printable making them $.23

Rice $1.50 after coupon from bee

Everything else I didn't have coupons for.

How am I doing so far?

Tomorrow is Thursday and so far I have spent 34.64 on groceries this week. I hope to be able to cash in on a few more deals.
Safeway Saturday I want to get the B1G1 pumpkins and also the nabisco crackers and .79 golden grain pasta. I also want to get the B1G1 lunchables with water. Today I went and I didn't realize my coupons (that I've been hanging on to for a great deal) were expired. I had to come home and print off some new ones I believe they were 4.19 and I will use 2 $1 off coupons making them 2/$2.19 that's the kid of deal I've been looking for.
I have $15 to spare I hope I can do everything I want to be able to do. I'm keeping a running total of my grocery spendings in my binder.

Wal Mart

I did some price checking using the post from athriftymom.com 50 items under $1 at Walmart. I didn't look at everything but here were some items that were pretty good and some things I didn't see.

They didn't have
the travel size renu lens cleaner
Nestle Carnation Evaporated milk was not 58c at the walmart I went to
ziploc fresh shield easy zipper bag
I also didn't see Mom's Best natural quick oats for 50c

Yes they had
Dove travel size deoderant (it was powder scent so I didn't get any)
Fleishmann's yeast strips were 1.04 cheaper that listed 40c coupon from ss=64c
not on the list but also a good deal was kingsstarch corn starch 1.27-.40 coupon=.87
Yoplait Delights $2 (I did end up getting them here as oposed to Winco because they had all 4 flavors available)
Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt $2Herbal Essence was 2.97 use b1g1 and $1 from 9/13 RP =.97 ea
Over the moon fat free milk $2 use $1 off coupon=$1 ( I got both the chocolate and regular milk I've only tried the the chocolate and it's really good and smooth)
Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough were 2.43 not $2 as listed use $1 coupon=1.43
Neosporin lip care 3.32 use $3 coupon =.32 listed as 3.23 on the post

Grocery Deals 10/21-10/27

Please add any deals you see. (to post a coment you need to be logged in and the coment box will be at the end of the post)

FoodsCo
.47 lb Fuji and Granny Smith Apples
.57 ea Avocados
.98 Nabisco bagged snacks (mini oreos, animal crackers)
.98 Gum toothbrushes
.98 Right Guard Deoderant
2/$3 Colgate tooth paste and brushes

Save Mart
.67lb vine ripe tomatoes
2/$1 med avocados
.99 Ronzoni pasta
$1.99 Ronzoni whole wheat pasta
Lettuce .79

Safeway
.77lb Foster Farms whole chicken
Buy 4 or more for $2 each bagged candies Hershey's, or Mars fun sized 10.23-22 oz bags
b1g1 rasberries (could be good depending on what they've priced them at)
.69lb granny smith, red or golden delicious apples
1.87 lb cross rib roast
10/$10 Fresh Express salad
$2.99 Brats
.99 John Morrell sausage
1.99 Hillshire Farms sausage
bogo lunchables
1.49 with in ad coupon 18ct eggs
1.99 (with ad coupon) Simply Orange juice (other varietys included)
1.49 Glade candles (with ad coupon)
.69 Propel
.60 Powerade
Saturday and Sunday only deals
1.47Nabisco crackers (wheat thins and triscuits)
.79 Golden Grain pasta
1.99 Orowheat enghish muffins & bread

Raley's
1.99 Nestle bagged candy 10-12.5 oz (slightly cheaper that safeway's deal and you don't have to buy 4)
2.99 Ore Ida frozen potatoes
.99Steam fresh frozen veggies
.99 softsoap

Safeway 10/19

Apple juice $.88 each with $5 off 5 promo
Caprisun $1.00 each after coupon from Bob and $5 promo
Powerade $.88 each
Milk $4.78 for both
Chicken breast $6.99 on sale $6.00 off
Twix free signed up for chocolate relief from athriftymom.com on fridays
Total $20.31 Just had to run in and get milk.

Toys R Us Candy Deal

In looking over the ads today I noticed that Toys R Us has candy 50% off (regular price 3.49) $1.74 great deal with coupon.
Also for those people out there with babies, Toys is offering a $10 gift card with the purchase of 3 Enfamil powder formula 23.4 oz or larger. If you scored a $5 off coupon this could be a good deal. I'm not sure how much they cost it doesn't say in the ad.
I'm waiting for Black Friday to get the great toy deals.

Winco

FREE! I thought I was done shopping for the week but after football today the boys wanted a special treat. We were right by Winco so we went in. The snuggle fabric softener was $2.98 after $3.00 off it was free. Funny how I can't just run into the store without looking for a deal.

Savemart 10/16

Angel soft tp. $1.88, after used add coupon $3.00 off and coupon from bee$1.00 off
Turkey $6.99 for both, B1G1F I am really trying to like ground turkey not a big fan yet
Arm and hammer laundry soap $2.00 each, after $1.00 off 2 armandhammer.com
Glad bags $4.49, after $1.00 off glad.com I needed g bags and this was cheaper than target and I too am done shopping for the week. I will also try and stick with $50.00 a week grocery challenge. I am soooooo stocked up on many things.
6 items $16.36 I had a total saving of over 70% so the girl had to get an override and she was so excited I had coupons and had to do that and now that I'm looking at my receipt I think she ran the arm and hammer coupon twice because I had an extra dollar off somehow.

Target 10/16

All was on clearance for $3.43 I had $1.00 off from bee making them $2.43 each I think you can print from coupons.com also.
More candy $1.50 each after using $1.00 from bee stacking with $1.00 off target coupon
5 items total 10.29 I used those $10.00 gift card from the juice promo so I only paid $.29

Raleys 10/16

Cheez its $.94 each after $1.50 off 2 coupon from bee
Snuggle $.99 each after $3.00 off coupon from bee
Pistachio $2.99 no coupon
7 items total $9.39

Safeway

Last night Ace ran into Safeway to get me the cookies. He asked the checker about taking store coupons and manufacture coupons and he said yes they take them and since I have been getting so much crap why don't we just use the self check out and scan our own coupons. I thought that was a great idea. So if you want a pleasant trip to the Safeway in Rocklin self check.

Foods Co and I'm done for the week

I made a really quick trip to FoodsCo after picking up the kids from school. I used one coupon which was for $1 off produce when you bought 2 frito lay chips.
I spent 10.38 for 8 items. FoodsCo usually has some really good sales on stuff.
Pork Chops were on sale for 1.17lb I paid 3.62
Doritos were 2/$4 (better deal to be had saturday at safeway)
Yellow onions were .98 for 3lbs
2 hot house tomatoes for 1.17 (this wasn't a good deal I just needed some)
2 5 lb bags of potatoes were .67 each!!
1 bunch of cilantro for .25 (on sale 4/$1) I making my sister in law Jessica's crockpot carnitas with my pork roast I got on sale a week or two back. (for recipe look on my blog click the link for inthekitchenwiththeelmergirls and under the lables for jessica's recipes)

All in all a great week. I'm a little over budget for my goal of $50 a week this week by $13 but I'm happy with that.

Save Mart

I learned something new today. That is that all stores don't stack coupons. I went to Savemart today and they had danactive on sale for 1.99 and I bought two and had $1 off coupon for each and also a catalina for $1 off when you buy 2 and SaveMart would not accept it. I have an email into them to find out what their coupon policy is.

Today I spent 23.86 and saved 30.29

I bought

Angel soft tissue & sparkle paper towles-used a 3 off coupon from the ad and got the tissue and paper towles for 7.37

1.98-2 dannon yogurt-used 2/$1

1.98-2 danactive drinkable yogurt used 2/$1 coupons

5.85-3 pillsbury cookie dough plus got a $2 catalina (had to buy 3 used 3 .55 coupons)

8 lbs fuji apples-on sale .69 lb

1.83-1.89lbs grapes-on sale .97lb

Safeway Deals 10/14

Shopping with my Meghan is always such a treat. She wanted to get some credit for this trip I guess!
For some reason I don't get at least one discount when I go to Safeway-so check your receipt before you leave! This time I didn't get the $5 discount for the juice that I mixed and matched I got it for the Mott's apple juice because I bought 5 of those. So I did have to go to customer service to get my money back.

On this trip I spent 23.96 and saved 43.83
I got 5 Mott's apple juice
2 gal milk
2 boxes of Coco Puffs
2 boxes of Quaker True Delights granola bars
1 ocean spray juice
2 juicy juice
2 capri sun roaring waters
head of lettuce
2 trop50 orange juice
2 baby carrots ( i didn't get the catalina)
1 broccoli crown

Safeway 10/14

Thanks Rachel here's my good deals from my trip to Safeway.

Stocked up on apple juice $.88 if you buy 5 no limit on juices

Carpi suns and other juice $1.50 if you buy 5

Cheerios and coco puffs $.67 each $1.00 off each printable

O.J. $1.00 each stack ssc with coupon from bee

Chinet plates $1.99 stack ssc with chinet.com coupon

O organic carrots $.50 each I had a $2.00 catalina for any o organic product I got 2 bags and another catalina printed out again today for $2 off o organics.

Lysol wipes and toilet cleaner $1.50 each stack ssc with lysol.com coupon or bee coupon

I also thought the pepperidge farm cookies $1.45 each after coupon from bee last week. I forgot to get them.

They really gave me some crap today about stacking safeway coupons they told me they have a new policy and cannot do it after today.I think I am done stacking coupons there. I'll have to send Ace.

This Weeks Grocery Deals 10-14 through 10/20

Just looked through my grocery ads and thought it might be helpful to post what good deals we see. Feel free to ad to this post. I was looking for stuff I would use and have coupons for and great deals especially on meat.

FoodsCo
5lb bag of russett potatoes .67
Pork sirloin chops 1.17lb
yellow onions 5lbs/$1
Post cereal $1.50 each (not sure that I have too many post coupons but this is a good deal)
Campbells Chunky 4/$5
Ball Park hot dogs .98 have $1/2 coupons these will be .50
Doritos chips 2/$4 better deal at safeway on saturday
Hunts sauce 3/$1
Foster Farms lunch meat 2.48 (not a great deal have a $1/2 coupon)

Save Mart
Pork loin chops 1.17 (same as foodsco)
Red grapes .97 lb
Fuji apples .69 lb
angel soft tp or sparkel paper towles 5.88 $3 off in ad coupon
Jennie O ground turkey bogo
best foods mayo 2.89 plus free can of bumble bee tuna

Safeway
Saturday & Sunday sale
5/$2 kraft mac and cheese
.77 hass avocados
1.49 Doritos chips
2/$5 oscar mayer bacon or deli fresh lunch meat
all week
.88 ea Vitamin Water
.79 Lettuce
.99 Dial hand soap
.69 lb Broccoli crowns
.99 lb grapes
1.67 general mills cheerios or coco puffs
6.99 Tide stain release or laundry detergent
buy 5 and save $5 (buy 5 to get the discount price) ocean spray juice 1.99, motts apple juice .88 each, juicy juice, langers and capri sun 1.49
BOGO jimmy dean sausage rolls (see Kelly's biscuits and gravy recipe)
Tropicana or Tropo50 oj 2/$4 (definately coupons for the Tropo50)
BOGO Chips ahoy or saltine crackers
10/$10Barilla pasta
4/$5 del monte canned fruit

Raley's
1.69 Cheese-It, Wheatables and All Bran crackers
.99lb Pork Shoulder Roast in bag bone in
1.29lb Pork Roast bone in (this confuses me a little I guess the difference is one is in a bag? also the 1.29 offers more varieties including shoulder regardless it's still a good deal)
pistacios 2.99

Chocolate chocolate chip muffins

This is a food network recipe.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups flour ( I used whole wheat normally I do half white half whole wheat all was to much)
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbs cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup chocolate chips plus 1/4 for sprinkling on top
1 cup milk
1/3 cup plus 2 tsp vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease or put papers in muffin tins. Mix first 6 ingredients in bowl. Mix last 4 ingredients i0n another bowl. Pour liquid into dry ingredients and mix together. Spoon into muffin pan. sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top. I baked mini muffins for 15 minutes. Regular muffins probably 20 minutes.

Chimichangas

Chimichangas
In the crock pot put a roast I use tri tip roast. Mix together 1 can beef broth and 1 packet taco seasoning. Pour over roast and cook on high 6 hours. Shred. Next add spanish rice ( I use rice a roni) , black beans and cheese to tortillas.

I also made these breakfast burritos and put them in the freezer. I used eggs, sausage, potatoes and cheese. Rolled them up and put them in the freezer. I bought the big thing of tortillas from sams club. I also made chicken burritos for the freezer. I love to have yummy food on hand. Ace will grab one and take it for his lunch.Roll up and either cook or put in freezer. I either cook in a frying pan and fry in butter for a few minutes on each side until golden brown or cook in the oven 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

This is how I put them in the freezer.

Biscuits and gravy

Ingredients

1/2 pound sausage

3 tbs. butter

3 tbs. flour

2 cups milk

pepper to taste

biscuits

This was the first time I have ever made biscuits and gravy and it was pretty good.

Cook sausage. Remove sausage from pan. Melt butter in sausage grease and add 3 tbs. flour. Mix well then add milk stir till thick like gravy add sausage and pepper cook a few more minutes. Serve over biscuits.

Bigger is not always better

I found the post on http://www.athriftymom.com/ about buying a bulk item with a high value coupon. So basically here is the example she used.

say you have a $2 off coupon for chinet plates 36-72 count.
the 36 count plates are $2.50 and the 72 count plates are $4.50. Buying at the regular price the 72 count plates is a better deal. When you use the coupon the 36 count plates are $.50 a pack making them a little over $.01 per plate. If you bought the 72 count plate it would be $2.5 for the pack making them a little over $.03 per plate.

California

Holy moly does it really cost that much more to live in California. I know real estate costs more here as the only reason people move from here is to find a cheaper place to live. I had no idea groceries and everything was so much more. So my new question lately when I do hair is the cost of food in different states. Everyone tells me it is so much cheaper elsewhere. I had no idea but I was wondering when I looked at other coupon blogs and the price they pay verses here. Everytime I went to the store it was more. I guess you get what you pay for so we must live in a great state.

Winco

Delights $.53 printable $1.50 off thekrazycoupon lady
Yoplus $.78 printable $1.00 off coupons.com
Pickles $.58 $1.50 off inserts
Dole fruit $.92 $1.00 off coupons.com
Choco chips $.1.86 $.50 off inserts
Bread $1.33 $.55 off inserts
Total $6.00
Here's my winco trip. I took a trip to all the stores I shop at to get and idea of prices. It's funny how they all have such different prices for the same things.

Coupon binder

I was waiting for Rachel to post a pic of her coupon binder. Here's mine Rachel picked it up for me on sale. I love it!
I have about 20 dividers and I use the boys baseball card things to put my coupons in order.

My big boys want their own coupon binders. Here JO is cutting out coupons and putting it in his binder. So far the boys have cut out fast food coupons for their binder. Good times!

Crockpot chicken and rice

Ingredients
3 chicken breast ( I use boneless skinless frozen, I only started putting frozen chicken in the crock pot a few years ago. It is much more moist any yummy and supper easy to not have to defrost it.)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup water
4 ounces cream cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning

Put all the ingredients in the crock pot and turn on high. After about 2 hours stir up. Cook 3 more hours and enjoy over rice.

Hash

Ingredients
1 package frozen cubed hash browns
1 pound bacon cooked and crumbled or sausage or both
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
8 eggs
2 cups milk

In a large bowl combine hash browns, bacon and 1 cup cheese. Spoon into a greased 13x9 inch pan.
In another bowl beat eggs and milk. Pour over hash brown mixture.

Bake uncovered 350 degrees for 1 hour. Top with remaining cheese bake 5 more minutes.