Saturday: steak
corn on the cob
salad
I'm also going to be making a pot of chili and cornbread to take over to my godmother who fractured her ankle
Sunday: I have to bake a cake and make buttercream frosting for the cake decorating class on Monday.
chicken casserole
salad
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: out to dinner with the girls
Wednesday: pancakes and bacon
Thursday: bbq chicken
pasta side
corn
Friday: out
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Suave Free Sample
*Sorry for the poor picture quality, this was taken at night*
I received this sample that I signed up for at Walmart.com in the mail the other day and this is what I received: Suave men's body wash, Suave sweet pea and violet lotion, Suave dry shampoo, and three Suave coupons! This was a very nice sample. I always love receiving little "treasures" in the mail. These will go into a basket I keep of samples for when I have guests stay over, when we go on vacay, or when I've run out of a product I can use a sample to hold me over until I get to the store. It pays to sign up for samples!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Garlic Green Beans (AKA Crack Beans)
Crack is whack ya'll, but these green beans are not! These are my newest addiction. These green beans are so delicious and so easy to make. I never realized how cheap fresh green beans were, but for a handful to serve both me and husby it cost me about $0.65-$0.70. Husby dubbed these "Crack Beans".
1 lb. fresh green beans (I just usually grab a nice fistful)
enough water to boil green beans (I dont measure, I just fill a pot full of water)
3 cloves minced garlic
3 tablespoons salted butter
dash of salt
dash of pepper
1. Add beans to a pot full of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Drain the beans and set them aside.
3. In the same pot you used to boil the beans (minus the water of course), saute the garlic in the butter until the garlic is a nice light brown color.
4. Add green beans and salt and pepper to taste. Heat through.
Frugal Tip: The water you used to boil your green beans in would be good to use to water your indoor/outdoor plants once cooled.
1 lb. fresh green beans (I just usually grab a nice fistful)
enough water to boil green beans (I dont measure, I just fill a pot full of water)
3 cloves minced garlic
3 tablespoons salted butter
dash of salt
dash of pepper
1. Add beans to a pot full of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Drain the beans and set them aside.
3. In the same pot you used to boil the beans (minus the water of course), saute the garlic in the butter until the garlic is a nice light brown color.
4. Add green beans and salt and pepper to taste. Heat through.
Frugal Tip: The water you used to boil your green beans in would be good to use to water your indoor/outdoor plants once cooled.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Food Lion 9/4
2 Heinz Ketchup $4.00
Bacon $3.99
Ground chuck $2.36
Ground chuck $2.63
T-bone $6.17
T-bone $6.04
Beef bites $3.12
Chicken breasts $4.89
Minced garlic $1.99
TGIFriday wings $4.29
Pushups $3.99
Shredded cheddar $1.67
2 Block cheese $3.33
Hanks orange soda $1.00
20 cans of Friskees $10 (I had a coupon for $1/20 cans but the cashier couldn't get the coupon to work, so he just subtracted the cost of 3 cans of cat food which was $1.65. Whatever, i'll take it!) = $8.35
Total - $59.05
Bacon $3.99
Ground chuck $2.36
Ground chuck $2.63
T-bone $6.17
T-bone $6.04
Beef bites $3.12
Chicken breasts $4.89
Minced garlic $1.99
TGIFriday wings $4.29
Pushups $3.99
Shredded cheddar $1.67
2 Block cheese $3.33
Hanks orange soda $1.00
20 cans of Friskees $10 (I had a coupon for $1/20 cans but the cashier couldn't get the coupon to work, so he just subtracted the cost of 3 cans of cat food which was $1.65. Whatever, i'll take it!) = $8.35
Total - $59.05
Wal Mart 9/4
Shocker!! So I actually went and did some grocery shopping at Wal Mart today. It wasn't as terrible as I had pictured beforehand, but I definitely don't think im going to make this a habit. Here's what I got:
Dried fruit snack thing $0.88
3 applewith dips$3.00
1/2 doz eggs $0.98
Bread $2.42
English muffins $2.48
Grapes $2.65
Pineapple $2.50
Sugar cookies $2.58
Cottonelle $7.47 (used $0.75/1 coup) = $6.72
Steamfresh corn $1.25
Steamfresh corn on the cob $1.88
Steamfresh rice $1.25
Honey butter biscuits $1.77 (someone at work told me these are delicious)
1/2 gal whole milk $2.76
1/2 gal skim milk $2.25
Palmolive dishwasher soap $2.73
Kens salad dressing $1.42
Wishbone Italian dressing $1.88 (used $0.50/1 coup) = $1.38
Apple jelly $1.44
Miracle Whip $2.78
Granola bars $1.88
Total - 48.49
Dried fruit snack thing $0.88
3 applewith dips$3.00
1/2 doz eggs $0.98
Bread $2.42
English muffins $2.48
Grapes $2.65
Pineapple $2.50
Sugar cookies $2.58
Cottonelle $7.47 (used $0.75/1 coup) = $6.72
Steamfresh corn $1.25
Steamfresh corn on the cob $1.88
Steamfresh rice $1.25
Honey butter biscuits $1.77 (someone at work told me these are delicious)
1/2 gal whole milk $2.76
1/2 gal skim milk $2.25
Palmolive dishwasher soap $2.73
Kens salad dressing $1.42
Wishbone Italian dressing $1.88 (used $0.50/1 coup) = $1.38
Apple jelly $1.44
Miracle Whip $2.78
Granola bars $1.88
Total - 48.49
CVS 9/4
Went to CVS to pick up a few things, particularly the Purex laundry detergent which was on sale for $1.99 a bottle this week. This definitely wasn't one of my better shopping trips, but not too bad.
4 bottles Purex $7.96
2 bags Emerald cashews $2.00
3 Degree deodorants $8.97
1 Carefree pantiliner $1.00 (used $0.50/1 coup) = $0.50
1 Skintimate shave gel $1.99 (used $1/1 coup) = $0.99
1 Dove chocolate bar $0.79 (coupon kiosk gave me a coup for a free Milky Way or Dove) = free
1 Hershey's air delights $0.99
I also used a coupon for $4 off your $20 order.
Total - $17.66 plus I got $1.99 in ECBs to use on my next purchase.
CVS year to date savings: $520.31
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Menu Plan 9/3 - 9/9
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile ya'll, but we got hit with Hurricane Irene last weekend and i've just been too flustered this week to really worry about blogging. Hopefully things will start getting back to normal. Im hoping I can conjure up the energy today to head out to the grocery store. We had to throw everything in our refrigerator and freezers away due to power outage caused by the storm so this will be a big grocery spending week. Its inconvenient, but i'm not complaining. It gave me the chance to really scrub down my freezers and refrigerator good. Anywho, here is our menu for the week.
Saturday: salisbury steak
rice
green beans
Sunday: bbq chicken
macaroni and cheese
corn
Monday: Mine and husby's 2nd anniversary. We're going out to eat!
Tuesday: steak
buttered egg noodles
salad
Wednesday: I have a cake decorating class to attend so i'll be eating out somewhere or having leftovers or a sandwich
Thursday: chicken and rice
peas
Friday: bbq beef tips
some kind of side...probably one of those Knorr sides
green beans
Saturday: salisbury steak
rice
green beans
Sunday: bbq chicken
macaroni and cheese
corn
Monday: Mine and husby's 2nd anniversary. We're going out to eat!
Tuesday: steak
buttered egg noodles
salad
Wednesday: I have a cake decorating class to attend so i'll be eating out somewhere or having leftovers or a sandwich
Thursday: chicken and rice
peas
Friday: bbq beef tips
some kind of side...probably one of those Knorr sides
green beans
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