Sunday, January 31, 2010

Birthday Cake Round Up


So today is my son's 4th Birthday Party. He requested a "pink" cake. So I gave in and made a strawberry cake with white icing. We also made chocolate Mickey Mouse heads and put them on the cake along with sprinkles! I am entering my cake over at the Birthday Cake Round Up on LifeasMom to win a set of Wilton UltraGold Bakeware. Wish me luck!!

Freezer Cooking Day - Part 2 (Meatballs)

So I had some more time to do some freezer cooking so I whipped up a batch of meatballs to freeze for meatball subs. My meatball recipe is:

1 lb ground beef
1/4 c. onion
3/4 c. seasoned bread crumbs
1 egg slightly beaten

Mix them all up and then shape into meatballs should yield about 24-27.  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.  Once cooled, place in plastic bag and freeze!  These freeze for up to 6 months!



Saturday, January 30, 2010

Eat From The Pantry - Week 4 THE END!


Overall I consider my family's experiment a great success! We had a nasty stomach bug in the house earlier this week which helped tremendously with us having to eat at home. Here is what we ate this week:
Sunday 1/24 - 4 points
Meatloaf (turkey, beef from freezer, seasoning from pantry)
Mashed potatoes from pantry
Monday - 0 points
Ham
Leftover potatoes
Tuesday - 0 points
Ate out for my 4 Year Old's Birthday
Wednesday - 0 points
Leftovers
Thursday - 1 point
Canitas Burritos (meat from freezer)
Friday - 3 points
Pancakes from pantry
Sausage from freezer
Bacon from freezer
Saturday - 0 points
Dinner @ my sister's house
So this week we only ate out once! This makes up for the 3 times last week.
Groceries for the Week - $3.34
Aldi's - $3.34 for Milk!
Groceries for the Month - $154.06!!
Week 1 - $17.28
Week 2 - $106.38
Week 3 - $27.06
Week 4 - $3.34
My nomal budget is $65 per week, so for these 4 weeks I am $105.95 UNDER!!!!
I am so excited. I plan to keep my rules up of only eating out 2 times per week and trying to keep my groceries under $65 a week, since I know I can do it!

Freezer Cooking Day - Part 1


So I am joining MoneySavingMom and LifeasMom in their Freezer Cooking Day (well weekend). I am trying to do what I can since I have my niece's birthday party today and my son's tomorrow. So I managed to score some BOGO Top Round so I made up some Fajita Kits!
I had 2 - 1 lb packs of Top Round, 2 Green Peppers, and 1 LARGE onion. I chopped the onion and green peppers up and put them in bags. I then sliced the meat and put it in smaller bags and placed the smaller bags in which the veggies. I will freeze these and defrost when I am ready to cook and use my McCormick Fajita Seasoning and some tortillas!



So I managed to made 2 dinners for a very low cost:
Top Round - $4.70 for 2 packs
Peppers - $2.32
Onion - $0.98
Total of - $8.00 or $4 per meal!
















Over $11 in Nestle Coupons!


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$1 off 2 Juicy Juice
$1 off 2 candy packs
$1 off 2 Morsels
$1 off 1 Stouffer's Entree
$1 off 1 Ovaltine
$0.50 off Nestle Hot Cocoa (Could mean FREE when doubled)!
Plus more!!!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Giant Eagle Deals 1/28/10 – 02/03/10



Produce:
Broccoli - $0.99 each
Blueberries & Salads - BOGO

Grocery:
Cheerios or Cinnamon Toast Crunch – 5 for $10
Use $1 off 3 from 1/3 SS
Final Price = $1.67 each

Progresso Classics Soups – 10 for $10
Use $1 off 4 from 1/17 SS
Use $0.50 off 2 from 12/6 1/3, 1/17 SS or 1/3 GM
Final Price = $0.50 - $0.75 each

Open Pit BBQ Sauce – 10 for $10

GE Buns - $0.99

Chex Cereal – 4 for $10

Entenmann’s – BOGO

Brownberry Whole Grain Bread – BOGO

Salada 100 ct Tea Bags - $1.99

RedPack Canned Tomatoes – 10 for $10

Meats:80% Ground Round - $1.79/# Value Packs
Boneless Chicken Breasts – $1.99/# in 3# bags
Boneless Top Round – BOGO

Ballpark – BOGO
Use $0.55 from 1/10 RP

Hillshire Farm Kielbasa or Sausage - BOGO

Frozen:
Breyers Ice Cream – 4 for $10

Green Giant Boxed Veggies – 10 for $10
Use $0.60 off 3 from 12/13 or 1/3 SS or 1/3 GM
Final Price = $0.60 each

Mrs. T’s – 5 for $10
Use $1 off 2 from 1/31 RP
Final Price - $1.50 each

Steak-Umm – BOGO

NY Breads – 2 for $5
Use $0.50 off from Feb All You or LHJ
Use $0.40 off from 11/8 SS
Final Price = $1.50 - $1.70

Dairy:
Breakstone Sour Cream – 4 for $5
Use $1 off 2 from 1/24 SS
Final Price = $0.75

Kraft Chunks or Shreds – 5 for $10
Use $1 off 2 from 1/24 SS
Final Price = $1.50

L-O-L Butter Quarters – 2 for $5

Philadelphia Cream Cheese – 4 for $5
Use $1 off 4 printable
Final Price = $1 each

YoCrunch – 10 for $6
Use $1 off 10 from 1/3 SS
Final Price = $0.50 each

Silk - $2.99
Use $0.55 off from 1/17 SS
Final Price = $1.89 each

Instant $$ Deals (MUST BUY SPECIFIED QUANTITY):Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Snak Saks, or Premium Saltines – 4 for $7
Use $1 off from 1/24 SS
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Coke or Sprite 12 packs or 24 oz 6 packs – 4 for $11

Totino’s Pizza Rolls or Pillsbury Savorings – 3 for $8
Use $1 off 2 from 11/18 or 12/13 SS
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DiGiorno Pizza or California Pizza Kitchen – 3 for $13
Use $1 off DiGiorno from 1/24 SS
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Dannon Activia, Danimals – 4 for $6
Use $1 Activia off from 10/4 or 1/10 SS

Pillsbury Ready to Bake Cookies – 4 for $10
Use $1 off 2 from 12/13 SS
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Purchase $15 and Save $4 off Next Shopping Trip:Stouffer’s Entrees – 5 for $10
Skinny Cow – 2 for $8
Juicy Juice 46 oz – 2 for $4
Nestle Hot Cocoa – 10 for $10
Boost - $6.99
Nestle Crunch or Butterfinger Hearts - $1.99

Purchase $20 and Save $5 off Next Shopping Trip:
Knorr Side Dishes – 10 for $10
Use $1 off 3 from 1/31 RP

Ragu - 4 for $5 ($1.25 each)
Use $1.25 off 3 from 1/31 RP

I Can’t Believe Its Not Butter Spray, Spread, Quarters – 2 for $4
Use $0.60 off 2 from 1/31 RP
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Promise Spread – 2 for $4
Use $1 off from 1/31 RP

Wish Bone – 2 for $3
Use $1.25 off 2 from 1/31 RP

Skippy – 4 for $10
Use $0.40 off from 1/31 RP

Hellmann’s – 2 for $5
Use $0.50 off from 1/31 RP

Breyer’s Ice Cream – 4 for $10

My Deal will go as follows:
Buy, 3 - Knorr, 3 - Ragu, 2 – Can’t Believe, 1 – Promise, 2-Wishbone, 1-Skippy, 1- Hellmann’s
Total before Coupons = $20.75
Total After coupons = $12.95, plus earn $5.
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Happy Shopping!