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June 23, 2009 by
Menu Planning Monday: My menu for the week of 6/21/09
June 22, 2009 by
I love finding new recipes and getting meal ideas from others, so if you do a weekly blog post with menu planning, please feel free to link up below and share! 🙂
Sunday:
Breakfast – Sausage Breakfast Casserole – I made breakfast for my husband for Father’s Day – this recipe is relatively easy and is also the one we use for Christmas morning (I substitute diced potatoes for the bread)
Lunch – leftovers
Dinner – dinner at my parent’s house – I am bringing dessert:
Philadelphia 3 step cheesecake
Ingredients:
2 packages (8 ounces each) Philadelphia Cream Cheese (I use the 1/3 less fat and it works fine)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 T fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
1 Honey Maid graham cracker pie crust
Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Stir in fresh lemon juice and grated lemon peel. Pour into crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool and refrigerate 3 hours (or overnight). I add a can of cherry pie filling on top.
MONDAY:
Breakfast – cereal
Lunch – lunch out with friends
Dinner – dinner out (it’s my anniversary!)
TUESDAY:
Breakfast – waffles
Lunch – Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup
Dinner – Cilantro Lime Chicken – I saw this recipe on my friend Melissa’s blog and it looked SO good that I decided to try it this week! (plus, I’ve got lots of free salsa from the Target deal last week, so this will help me put it to good use)
Ingredients:
2 T lime juice
2 T vegetable oil
1 T honey
4 chicken breasts
1 C finely crushed tortilla chips
16 oz. thick-n-chunky salsa
2 T minced fresh cilantro
1 C shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
Combine lime juice, honey, and oil. Dip chicken in lime juice mixture then coat with crushed chips. Place in ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake uncovered @ 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until juices run clear. Combine Salsa and Cilantro. Pour over and sprinkle with Cheese, bake for 20 more minutes or until the cheese melts. (they also added avocado to theirs which looked yummy, so I’m going to try that!)
WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast – Scrambled eggs
Lunch – Turkey cheese roll-ups
Dinner – Pizza rigatoni (slow cooker) – This is a Taste of Home recipe that sounded interesting, so I thought I’d try it out
Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds bulk Italian sausage
3 cups uncooked rigatoni or large tube pasta
4 cups (16 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 small onion, chopped
2 cans (one 15 ounces, one 8 ounces) pizza sauce
1 package (3-1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni
1 can (6 ounces) pitted ripe olives, drained and halved
Directions:
In a skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink; drain. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
In a 5-qt. slow cooker, layer half of the sausage, pasta, cheese, soup, onion, pizza sauce, pepperoni and olives. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. Yield: 6-8 servings.
THURSDAY:
Breakfast – Baked Apple French Toast – I found this recipe on the Cooking for Your Family board on Babycenter.com. I’m not a big french toast fan, but this one sounded pretty good, so I thought we’d give it a try.
Baked Apple French Toast:
Julia (bcHOSTBeanSproutnLemon)
Ingredients:
1 16 oz. loaf of French bread
8 eggs
2 cups of milk
3/4 cup sugar (divided)
1 T vanilla extract
4 Granny Smith Apples
2 t cinnamon
3 T butter
Spray a 9 X 13 in. pan with cooking spray. Cut bread into 1 in. cubes. Pack bread into pan tightly. Beat eggs, and milk, vanilla and 1/4 cup sugar. Pour 1/2 of the egg mixture over bread. Peel and slice apples and place over the bread. Pour the rest of the egg mixture over the apples. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the top and dot with butter. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight. Remove from refrigerator 1/2 hour before baking.
Preheat oven to 350/180. Bake the French toast for 25 minutes (covered). Remove foil and bake for 20 minutes more (or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean). Cool 10 minutes before cutting. Serve with warm maple syrup.
Lunch – shells & cheese
Dinner – Chops with gravy – This recipe also came from the Cooking for Your Family board on Babycenter. My family has been enjoying pork chops lately, and I’ve gotten some great deals on them at Target, so it works out!
Chops with Gravy
~*~Sandy~*~
4 pork chops (6 thin boneless pork loin chops)
1 T olive oil
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1/4 tsp pepper
1 can (10.75 oz.) cream of potato soup
Place pork chops in a skillet with oil. Sprinkle with seasonings and brown both sides. Pour undiluted soup over pork chops; cover and cook over low heat 15 – 20 minutes until heated through.
Sandy’s notes: Use garlic powder instead to reduce sodium. Brown pork chops before adding soup. Coat the chops with the soup. When soup starts to bubble, mash the potato chunks and add a bit of water or milk to desired consistency.
FRIDAY:
Breakfast – Eggs florentine – I saw this recipe on Marci’s blog awhile ago, but we haven’t had a chance to try it yet…so, this wil be our chance!
Lunch – mini pizzas – top English Muffins with sauce, cheese, and toppings of choice
Dinner – Crockpot chicken and rice
Ingredients:
2-3 frozen chicken breasts
1 pkg McCormick Zesty Herb chicken seasoning blend
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 c. hot cooked rice
Grated cheese
Tomatoes
Celery
Bell peppers
Place frozen chicken breasts in the bottom of the crockpot. Mix ingredients for McCormick seasoning according to directions on the packet and pour over the top of chicken. Cook on low for five hours. Shred chicken in crock pot using a knife and fork. Add cream of chicken soup. Let cook for one more hour. Service over rice with additional toppings as desired (we add cheese, celery, tomatoes, bell peppers, etc. depending on what we have on hand).
SATURDAY:
Breakfast – Pancakes
Lunch – quesadillas
Dinner – Beef tenderloin with mushroom gravy – I also found this recipe on the Babycenter Cooking for Your Family board
Beef Tenderloin with Mushroom Gravy
Amy – amyls
From Cooking Light
Cooking spray
4 (4-ounce) beef tenderloin steaks, trimmed (1/2 inch thick)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup presliced mushrooms
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
1/2 cup low-salt beef broth
1/3 cup fat-free sour cream
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steaks with pepper and salt. Add steaks to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove from pan.
Add mushrooms, onion, and garlic to pan; sauté 5 minutes. Stir in broth; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 3 minutes. Place sour cream in a medium bowl. Gradually add mushroom mixture to sour cream, stirring constantly with a whisk. Stir in minced parsley. Serve gravy with steak.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 steak and 1/4 cup gravy)
CALORIES 210 (33% from fat); FAT 7.8g (sat 2.9g,mono 2.9g,poly 0.4g); PROTEIN 26.2g; CHOLESTEROL 75mg; CALCIUM 45mg; SODIUM 237mg; FIBER 0.7g; IRON 3.6mg; CARBOHYDRATE 6.7g
Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 2002
Pottery Barn Kids lunch sack for $5.99
June 22, 2009 by
These super cute lunch sacks are $5.99 at Pottery Barn Kids and that includes free shipping! Back to school season isn’t that far away, and they definitely won’t be this cheap then. You can add personalization for $6.50 extra, but it’s probably not worth it because it does not show up when the sack is rolled up. Click here to check them out.
You can earn points if you order through MyPoints.
Thanks to my coupon buddies on BBC for the heads up on this deal!
SCENARIO SUNDAY: CVS Scenarios for the week of 6/21/09
June 21, 2009 by
If you are just learning how to shop at CVS, start here for some helpful tips.
The coupon match-ups for the weekly deals are here.
The following are scenarios for people who are “new” to shopping at CVS or who have very few ECBs to start with: (these are just ideas….you do not have to follow this exact order and you can skip some items if you do not need them or don’t have the coupons that match up with them)
Transaction #1:
Buy 2 ThermaCare heat wraps – $2.49/each
Use 2 $1/1 coupons
Spend $2.98, get a $4.98 ECB
Transaction #2:
Buy 8 Soy Joy bars – $1/each
Use $4.98 ECB from ThermaCare
Use BOGO free coupon
Use $1/5 printable
Spend $1.02, get an $8 ECB
Transaction #3: (two different options)
First option – Buy 2 Tylenol Pain relievers – $4.99/each
Use $8 ECB from Soy Joy (they will have to adjust it down to $7.98)
Use 2 $1 manufacturer’s coupons
Spend $0 OOP, earn $4 ECB
Second option – Buy 12 Soy Joy
Use $8 Soy Joy ECB
Use BOGO free coupon
Use $2/10 manufacturer’s coupon
Spend $1 OOP, earn a $12 ECB
If you have a $5/30 coupon (there were some sent by e-mail and I got one from the scanner in the store), here are some scenarios: (ideally you would “pay” with ECBs you already have on hand)
SCENARIO #1: (this is the scenario I used because I needed laundry detergent)
Buy 2 ThermaCare heat wraps – $2.49/each
Buy 12 Soy Joy Nutrition bars – $1/each
Buy 1 Tide laundry detergent – $12.99
Buy 1 Sobe Life water
Use $5/30 CVS coupon (I always give this first to avoid problems with the register)
Use 2 $1 ThermaCare coupons
Use BOGO free Soy Joy
Use $2/10 Soy Joy
Use $1 Tide coupon (from P&G Year of Savings)
Use BOGO free Sobe Life water coupon
Spend $18.97, earn $19.98
SCENARIO #2:
Buy 2 ThermaCare heat wraps – $2.49/each
Buy 12 Soy Joy Nutrition bars – $1/each
Buy Almay Pure Blends foundation or face powder – $13.99/each
Use $5/30 CVS coupon
Use 2 $1 ThermaCare coupons
Use BOGO free Soy Joy
Use $2/10 Soy Joy
Use $1 Almay coupon (some people also have $3 Almay CRTs)
Spend $19.97, earn $26.98
SCENARIO #3:
Buy 2 ThermaCare heat wraps – $2.49/each
Buy 12 Soy Joy Nutrition bars – $1/each
Buy 2 Tylenol pain relievers – $4.99/each
Buy 1 Mitchum deodorant – $2.99
Buy 2 Sobe Life waters
Use $5/30 CVS coupon
Use 2 $1 ThermaCare coupons
Use BOGO free Soy Joy
Use $2/10 Soy Joy
Use 2 $1 Tylenol coupons
Use .75 Mitchum coupon
Use BOGO free Sobe coupon
Spend $17.20, earn $21.98
Target deals for the week of 6/21/09
June 21, 2009 by
It’s another GREAT week at Target!
WEEKLY GIFT CARD DEALS: I always keep a $5 gift card on hand to ‘roll’ into these deals when they came up. Just last week between the diaper deals and the ice cream deals, it saved me $25.
Buy 4 Lipton tea products (100 ct tea bags or 10 qt iced tea mix and selected others), get a $5 Target gift card – items priced at $2.50/each
$1/2 Lipton Sugar Sweetened Iced Tea Mix, Any printable here
$1/2 Lipton Family Size or Cold Brew Tea Bags printable here
$.60/1 Lipton To Go or any iced tea mix – 5-17-09 RP
SCENARIO #1:
Buy 4 Lipton tea products – $2.50/each
Use $5 Target gift card (keep one on hand)
Use 2 $1/2 printables (links above)
Spend $3, get a $5 Target gift card
SCENARIO #2:
Buy 4 Lipton tea products – $2.50/each
Use $5 Target gift card
Use 4 .60/1 manufacturer’s coupons
Spend $2.60, get a $5 Target gift card
Buy Gillette Fusion manual razor or catridge (priced at $7.99) and one other item listed (includes Gillette 12 oz body was priced at $3.49 or Gillette clinical strength deodorant (priced at $7.49)
$2/1 Gillette Clinical Strength Deodorant, Any (1) Or (2) Gillette Deodorants, Any – 06-07-09 PG
$1/1 Gillette Body Wash, Any – 06-07-09 PG
$4/1 Gillette Fusion Manual or Power Razor, Any – 06-07-09 PG
SCENARIO #1:
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion razor – $7.99
Buy 1 Gillette body wash – $3.49
Use $5 Target gift card
Use $1 Gillette body wash coupon
Use $4 Gillette Fusion coupon
Spend $1.48, get a $5 Target gift card
SCENARIO #2:
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion razor – $7.99
Buy 1 Gillette Clinical deodorant – $7.49
Use $5 Target gift card
Use $4 Gillette Fusion coupon
Use $2 Gillette deodorant coupon
Spend $4.48, get a $5 Target gift card
Buy 2 Pampers Super Mega Pack Swaddlers, Baby Dry, or Cruisers (priced at $16.99/each), get a $5 Target gift card
$1/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants, Any – 06-07-09 PG
$2/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants, Any – P&G Year of Savings booklet
$3/2 Pampers Diapers or Training Pants, Any (1) And (1) Pampers Baby Wipes, Any 180 Ct. + – Parents, July 2009
SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Pampers Super Mega packs – $16.99/each
Use $5 Target gift card
Use 2 $2 P&G Year of Savings coupons
Spend $24.98, get a $5 Target gift card
(if you have the $1 coupons instead of the $2 coupons, it would be $26.98)
Get a free $5 Target gift card with the purchase of any of these two products: Bounce (240 ct) or Downy (120 load) – priced at $8.99, Swiffer Wet Jet starter kit (16.99), Olay skin care – $17.99), Crest White Strips – $18.99 (also includes the Pampers deal outlined above)
$1/1 Bounce, Any – P&G Brand Saver $120 In P&G Savings
$1/1 Downy, Any (from P&G Year of Savings)
$1/1 Olay Facial Moisturizer or Cleanser, Any – 06-07-09 PG
$3/1 Crest Whitestrips Classic, Any – 06-07-09 PG
$5/1 Crest Whitestrips Premium, Pro Effects, Advanced Seal, Daily Whitening Multicare, or Daily Whitening + Tartar Protection, Any Excluding Classic – 06-07-09 PG
SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Bounce – $8.99
Buy 1 Downy – $8.99
Use $5 Target gift card
Use 2 $1 manufacturer’s coupons
Spend $10.98, get a $5 Target gift card
OTHER WEEKLY DEALS:
*Beach towels – $4/each
*Women’s flip flops – $4/each
*Lots of deals on storage bins (prices start at $3.99)
*Kraft cheese – 3/$6
$1/2 printable from Kraft.com or coupons.com (no longer available)
.50/1 Kraft 2% milk natural cheese (tear pad)
*Bagged, seedless grapes – $.99/lb
*Kellogg’s Eggo frozen waffles – 2/$3 = .50 for bake shop items after coupon!
$1/1 Bake shop printable here
*Pace Specialty salsa – $2.09 – we have tried several different flavors – the salsa verde and Mexican Four Cheese salsas are our favorites! = moneymaker or .59 depending on your coupons!
$2/1 Pace Specialty Salsa, Any – 04-26-09 SS
$1/1 Pace Specialty Salsa, Any – 6-21-09 SS
.50/1 Target printable
OTHER GIFT CARD DEALS:
*Buy 5 selected Keebler or Sunshine products, get a $5 Target gift card – most items were priced between $2.49 and $2.89 at my store and the items I saw marked as participating were all of the Cheez-It crackers ($2.89) and the Keebler cookies (most were priced at $2.49) – this deal is valid through July 20th I believe (I can’t remember the exact end date)
$1/1 Keebler sandies cookies (printable on coupons.com)
$1/2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe cookies (printable on coupons.com)
SCENARIO #1:
Buy 2 Keebler pecan sandies
Buy 3 Keebler Fudge Shoppe cookies
Use $5 Target gift card
Use 2 $1 pecan sandies printables
Use 1 $1/2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe printables
Spend $4.45, get a $5 Target gift card
SCENARIO #2:
Buy 4 Keebler Fudge Shoppe cookies
Buy 1 Keebler Pecan Sandies
Use $5 Target gift card
Use 2 $1/2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe printables
Use 1 $1 Pecan Sandies printable
Spend $5.45, get a $5 Target gift card
*Buy 2 Soft Soap Ensembles (priced at $6/each) – get a $5 Target gift card (scan these first before buying to make sure they are participating in the promotion)
$2/1 Softsoap Ensembles printable here (you can only print one per computer)
$2/1 Target printable here (there were also $2/1 Target coupons in a recent insert
Buy 2 Soft Soap Ensembles – $6/each
Use Target gift card ($4)
Use 2 $2 manufacturer’s coupons
Use 2 $2 Target coupons (I used one printable and one from the inserts – the inserts do not specify one per transaction like the printables do)
Spend $0 OOP, get a $5 Target gift card
*There is also a $4 MIR for these (from a tear pad). Here are the details:
1. Buy 2 producrs : Any 1 Softsoap Ensembles pump with base and 1 Softsoap Ensembles Disposable Base
2. Mail the completed original order form, original store-idnetified register receipt dated between 3/1/2009 and 12/31/2009 with price circles and UPC symbols from each package.
**All requests needs to be postmarked by 1/26/2010 and recd by 1/30/2010
OTHER DEALS:
*There is a $2/1 ReNu contact solution printable here. There are travel-sized contact solutions priced at $2.29 in the travel section at my Target stores. Use the coupon and get it for .29 – great for summer travel!
*There are Vaseline Aloe Fresh travel size lotions priced at $.99. Use the $1/1 printable coupon here or the $1.25/1 coupon from the 5-17 RP insert to get them for free!
*There are Nexcare travel-sized bandages for $.99. Use the $1/1 printable here to get them for free
*Cottonelle Travel-sized wipes are .97. Use the $1/1 coupon from the 6/7 SS insert to get them for FREE (thanks Stretching a Buck!)
*Baked Lays are $3. There is a $1/1 printable on Smartsource.com (print it fast because they tend to go quickly!)
*Degree for Men Deodorant – $2.49 – Use the $1.50/1 printable here and the $1/1 manufacturer’s coupon from the 5/17 RP insert = FREE deodorant!
*Glade scented oil tins are on price cut for $1.67 through 6/22 (at my stores only the Dewberry scent is on sale). There is a $1.50 coupon inside (it’s right on top when you open it up and is VERY tiny, so make sure you don’t miss it), so after coupon, they are .17/each!
Here’s a picture of what they look like:
There are new printables up on Target.com! These coupons expire on 7/18/09:
*$1 off Sutton & Dodge® steakhouse quality choice Angus beef Steak or Roast – look for sales on meat to pair this with for cheap meat!
*$1 off 1- or 2-lb. Driscoll’s strawberries – look for sales on strawberries – they were $1.99 last week, so they would have been $.99 after coupon!
*$1 off Taylor Farm bagged cut vegetables
*$1 off Hillshire Farms deli select lunch meat
.35/1 Hillshire Farms Deli Select Lunchmeats, Any 8 Oz. + (DND/DNT 5) – 06-07-09 RP
.65/2 Hillshire Farms Deli Select Lunchmeats, Any 5 Oz. (DND/DNT 5) – 06-07-09 RP
$1/2 Hillshire Farms Deli Select Lunchmeats, Any 8 Oz. + (DND/DNT 5) – 06-07-09 RP
*$1 off Ice Cream Edys or Dreyers
*75¢ off Pepperidge Farm bread
.55/1 Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain Bread, Any – 06-14-09 SS
*50¢ off Duncan Hines baking product
$1/2 Duncan Hines Carrot Cake Mix, Any (1) And (1) Duncan Hines Cream Cheese Frosting – 04-26-09 SS
$1/1 Duncan Hines Oven Ready Brownies, Any – 04-05-09 SS
*50¢ off up&up™ food storage Bags or Foil or Wrap or Containers
The following coupons expire on 7/4/09 and are only available to be printed on A Full Cup or Hot Coupon World:
*Archer Farms deli cheese in the Deli Dept., 1-lb. or more – $1/1
*Archer Farms deli meat in the Deli Dept., 1-lb. or more – $1.50/1
*Gain Laundry detergent or Fabric softener – $1/1
$1/1 PG Year of Savings booklet
*Green Giant Iceberg Lettuce or 3-ct. Romaine Hearts – $0.50/1
*Ming Tsai dry dinner kit – $1/1
*Nivea My Silhouette body cream – $1/1
*Pace salsa – $0.50/1
$1/1 Pace Picante Or Salsa, Any 15 Oz. + – 04-26-09 SS (amounts of this coupon vary by location from .50/2 to $2/1)
*Produce item (1) AND Hefty Fresh Extend bags, 20-ct. – $1/2
*Tuna Helper, Chicken Helper, or Hamburger Helper – $1/2
$1/3 Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, or Chicken Helper Skillet Meals, Any – 06-07-09 SS
.75/3 Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, or Chicken Helper Home Cooked Skillet Meals, Any – 05-31-09 SS
.80/3 printable on coupons.com
*Ziploc Bags or Containers – $1/1
$1/2 Ziploc Brand Bags, Any – 05-10-09 SS
$1.50/2 Ziploc Brand Containers, Any – 05-10-09 SS
*The Ziploc containers and bags are priced at $2.49 at my stores – so you can get Ziploc containers for .74/each with coupons or Ziploc bags for $.99/each with coupons!
Did I miss something? Feel free to comment and share your Target deals for the week!
**Look for hot clearance deals in store and online. In my stores, the patio furniture and summer gardening items were marked to 30% off. There were lots of clearance racks of clothing in all of the departments marked 30-50% off.
Here are some links to the clearance deals online:
*Toddler girls
*Girls (4-14)
*Toddler boys
*Boys (4-14)
*General clearance
Check out more Target deals here on Attention Target Shoppers!
