Where Every Penny Counts
Become a fan of Nabisco Cookies on Facebook and get a printable coupon (today ONLY!) for a free package of Nabisco cookies when you buy one gallon of milk and one package of Nabisco cookies. The coupon has a short shelf life – it must be redeemed by 3/4/10. Also, it is a Smartsource coupon and for some reason, I have problems printing Smartsource coupons from Firefox, but they print just fine when I switch to Internet Explorer.
Be sure you check out my Walgreens weekly deals post for all of the weekly deals, coupon match-ups and scenarios.
There are a few “new additions” to add to your list:
TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 Lady Speedstick – $1.99
Buy 2 Purex detergents – $5.99 (BOGO free)
Use $.75 Lady Speedstick coupon
Use BOGO free Purex coupon
Use BOGO free Nivea coupon (should deduct $3.99)
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use $1 Reach coupon
Use $.99 Nivea in ad coupon (should deduct $6)
Use $.99 Reach in ad coupon
Spend $1.21 OOP, get a $1 RR (Speed Stick), $2 RR (Colgate)
TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 3 Crest 3D dental rinses – $3/each
Buy 2 Tuf paper towels – $.59 (w/ in ad coupon)
Buy 2 Purex detergents – $5.99 (BOGO free)
Buy 1 Reach toothbrush – $.99 (w/ in ad coupon)
Use $2 Colgate RR
Use $1 Speed Stick RR
Use 3 $2 Crest coupons
Use BOGO free Purex coupon
Use in ad coupon for Tuf and Reach
Spend $1.18 OOP, get a $3 RR
TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 2 Aveeno baby products – $4.63/each
Buy 1 Tuf paper towels – $.59 (w/ in ad coupon)
Buy 2 Nivea lip care – $2.99-$3.99/each (regular price)
Buy 2 Purex detergents – $5.99 (BOGO free)
Use $3/2 Aveeno coupon
Use BOGO free Nivea coupon (should deduct $3.99)
Use BOGO free Purex coupon
Use $3 Crest RR
Use Nivea in ad coupon (should deduct $6)
Use Tuf paper towels in ad coupon
Spend $1.84 OOP, get a $3 RR
This post is part of Becentsable’s Grocery Gathering.
If you’re new to meal planning or trying to cut your grocery budget, I’ll be sharing a “frugal” or “from the stockpile” recipe EVERY day this month (at least that’s my goal!). To help me with this task, I’ll be having guest posts (if you’re interested in sharing a guest post/frugal recipe, e-mail me!) from some of my favorite frugal bloggers, too!
For those of you who may be doing Weight Watchers, I have included the points per serving calculations for each of my recipes this week. I used the “Recipe Builder” feature on the WeightWatchers.com e-Tools program to input all of the ingredients and calculate the points, so it should be pretty accurate.
You can read more about my $40 weekly budget in this post here.
If you have blogged a menu plan for the week (or even just a favorite recipe), please feel free to comment and share your link. I’m always looking for new ideas and inspiration and will be happy to share a link to your blog if we try your recipe! Check out hundreds of other meal plans at orgjunkie.com!
SUNDAY ~ Creamy Corn Chowder – I found this recipe on Our Best Bites (if you haven’t checked out Our Best Bites yet, you really should because they have some great recipes!)
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. butter (I’m going to use I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter)
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. water
2 1/2 c. milk (I’m going to use skim)
2 regular-sized chicken bouillon cubes, 1 Knorr chicken bouillon cube, or 2 tsp. chicken base
1/2 lb. bacon (optional, I’m going to use crumbled bacon pieces)
1 onion, minced
2 red potatoes, diced into small cubes
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can corn, drained
Salt and pepper to taste (you’ll need a considerable amount of salt–probably at least 1/4 tsp. More about this later – when I made this, we didn’t need any extra salt)
A few dashes of hot sauce (like Tabasco or Cholula)
Fry bacon until crisp. In the meantime, melt butter over low heat in a soup pot. When melted, add flour to make a roux and whisk until it comes together in a little ball. Add water and whisk until completely combined and there are no lumps. Add milk and chicken base or bouillon and bring to a simmer. Add potatoes, onions, and garlic, and simmer (but don’t boil!), stirring very frequently, for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add crumbled bacon and corn and heat through. Add a few drops of hot sauce and then salt to taste.
The reason why I don’t have an exact measurement is that while the soup REALLY needs salt, bacon also really differs in its saltiness, so it can be super easy to make this soup waaaaay too salty. Start with about 1/4 tsp., give it a few minutes, and then add more if you need it.
Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with extra bacon and/or cheese if you want.
WW points – On the Our Best Bites site, it lists this as being 3 points per serving, but when I put all of the ingredients into the Recipe Builder on WW.com, it came out to 8 points per serving (for 4 servings). The bulk of that was from the bacon pieces, so you could cut down the points by cutting that. You would need to add additional points if you add cheese.
MONDAY ~ Golden Chicken & Noodles (slow cooker) – This is another Taste of Home recipe. I haven’t tried it yet, but I have yet to have a bad experience with a Taste of Home recipe, so I’m hoping it wil be good!
Ingredients:
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1-1/2 pounds) – I’m going to use 3 for my family
2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed broccoli cheese soup, undiluted (my husband is not very fond of broccoli, so I’m going to use cream of mushroom and cream of chicken – both 98% fat free – instead)
2 cups milk (I’m going to use skim)
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt, optional
1/2 to 1 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Hot cooked noodles
Cut chicken pieces in half; place in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Combine the soup, milk, onion, salt if desired, basil and pepper; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 5-6 hours longer or until the meat juices run clear. Serve over noodles. Yield: 6 servings.
WW points = 3 points per serving (add 2 points for 1/2 cup noodles and 4 points for 1 cup noodles), serve with green beans and a salad
TUESDAY ~ Shepherd’s Pie (slow cooker) – This recipe comes from the 101 Things to Do With a Slow Cooker cookbook
WW points = 9 per serving (for 4 servings)
Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot. Add Mrs. Dash’s seasoning to taste. Add broth and cream of chicken soup, and Rotel. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred chicken in crock pot.
To serve: (if frozen)
Defrost in refrigerator. Reheat on stove. Serve and top individual bowls with desired toppings (tomatoes, green onions, avocadoes/guacamole, cheese, tortilla chips, sour cream, etc.)
WW points = 3 per serving – this makes a TON of soup (at least 8 servings for my family), the 3 points, of course, does not include any “toppings” such as cheese, sour cream, and chips!
Pound steak to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1/4 inch wide strips. Sprinkle meat with paprika. Let stand. Brown meat in butter. Add garlic and brother. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir in onions and green peppers. Cover and cook 5 minutes. Blend cornstarch, water and soy sauce. Stir into meat mixture. Cook, stirring until clear and thickened, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and stir gently. Serve over beds of fluffy rice.
WW points = 7 points/serving (add an additional 2 points for 1/2 cup rice and 4 points for 1 cup rice), this makes 4 servings.
Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts (shredded) – or 1 can chicken
1 large can red enchilada sauce
corn tortillas
shredded cheese – I use reduced fat
Directions: (this is what I do) – I put my chicken and the enchilada sauce in the crockpot the night before and then shred it when I get up in the morning. If you are using canned chicken, you can just shred it as you are making the casserole. I spread some of the chicken/sauce mixture along the bottom of the casserole dish so it doesn’t stick. Break corn tortillas into four pieces and layer across the bottom of the casserole dish. Spread a layer of the chicken/sauce mixture and cheese. Add another layer of corn tortillas. Continue until you are out of the chicken/sauce mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until the cheese is bubbly.
WW points = 8 points per serving (for 4 servings) – serve w/ green salad and grapes
Ingredients:
1 1/2-2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into bite size pieces)
1-2 T olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 c. apple juice (in the comments section on Recipezaar, some people substituted pineapple juice or orange juice)
1/3 c. light brown sugar
2 T ketchup
1 T cider vinegar (in the comments section on Recipezaar, some people substituted balsamic vinger or did half and half)
1/2 c. water
1/3 c. soy sauce
Directions:
Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned. Remove chicken. Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium heat until well dissolved. Add chicken and bring to a hard boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve over hot rice.
NOTES: On Recipezaar, some people mixed cornstarch and water and added it at the end to thicken the sauce.
WW points = 7 points per serving (for 6 servings), add 2 points for 1/2 cup of rice and 4 points for 1 cup of rice
Serve w/ steamed broccoli or other steamed veggies
Don’t forget about my $10 My Coupon Hunter gift certificate giveaway that ends tomorrow night! It never hurts to enter. I recently entered a giveaway for a $20 HEB gift card thinking there was no way I’d win and I was shocked to find out I DID win!
There are plenty of other great giveaways going on right now across the blogosphere. Here are a few of my favorites:
*Budget Saving Mom is giving away 3 $25 Home Depot gift cards. The giveaway ends on 3/3.
*Jess from It’s All About the Savings is giving away a Mac & Cool. I had never heard of these before, but they look really cool and I think it would really come in handy for my kids! Her giveaway ends on 3/8, so there’s still plenty of time to enter!
*Savor the Savings is giving away a $25 PF Chang’s gift card. The giveaway ends tomorrow night, so hurry and enter!
*Julia at The Frugal Find is giving away 5 $10 Burger King gift cards. She is also giving away 5 $15 Quiznos gift cards and 3 $50 Safeway gift cards. My kids LOVE Burger King, my husband LOVES Quiznos, and I can’t wait to start doing the “Spend $25, get $10 OYNO” deal at my Randalls store, so that $50 gift card would sure come in handy. No matter what, someone in my family would be happy if we won one of these giveaways!
*A Silly Mommy of Two Girls is also giving away a $50 Safeway gift card (can you tell that I REALLY want to win a Safeway gift card?) Her giveaway ends on 3/15.
Do you have a great giveaway to share? Or, did I miss out on a hot giveaway that’s going on? Feel free to link up and share below!
I just got the latest Redbox free rental code in my inbox. The code is RBXLUV4U and can be used once per card through 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night (3/1).
Here are a few other codes that may work if you have not used them before:
BREAKROOM
DVDONME
REDBOX
For use at Walgreens only: DVDATWAG
You can use these codes once per card (you do have to swipe a credit or debit card to “rent” the movie).
To learn more about Redbox (or to find a location, see what’s available, or reserve a selection online), check out their blog here and their site here.
If you are new to using Redbox, Dealseeking Mom has a great tutorial here.
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