Welcome to deals and mealts 12-18-07 through 12-24-07!!
Time to clean out your coupon systems and get rid of all expired coupons! Look at all deodorants, shampoos, soaps, razors, toothpaste coupons and any that are for 1.00 off and do not say "excludes trial sizes" can be used on the trial size ones at Target and Walmart. This is something I have just recently started doing. I am stocked to the ceiling in these items in the full sizes but before I toss out 1.00 coupons I have started checking out the travel sizes at Walmart and Target and trying to match coupons to products. They are FREE after the 1.00 and I put together bags to donate with them. Just another way to bless someone who is less fortunate and when it is just tax you are paying it is just your time in pulling the coupons and standing for a few moments in the travel isle.
Several things to note. First, since this is a holiday weekend, I do not anticipate any inserts in Sunday's paper. Second, since Christmas is on Tuesday I do not anticipate there to be any grocery circulars in Wednesday's paper. If I am remembering correctly, the grocery stores will either just continue the current sale items or not really have anything on special for the week. Either way we all will probably be up to our eyeballs in leftovers and not interested in doing much shopping or meal planning the day after Christmas. But get ready..... January is historically the BEST month for inserts. They will be thick and hearty if they hold true to years past. If anyone did not get the Sunday only subscription and live in Greensboro, let me know and I can still get you one. This would be the perfect time of year before the January inserts come out.
There are some deals out there to be had this week. If anyone has a need for diapers and wipes there is a deal going on that is awesome. Go to www.afullcup.com and check out the Target coupons. There is a coupon for 3.00 off 2 Huggies items. Target has the soft pack of Huggies wipes for $1.48 each which means FREE wipes when you buy 2 and use the $3.00 coupon. If you need diapers, Target will allow you to stack a Target coupon and a manufacturer's coupon together. I bought 2 packs of diapers and used (1) 3.00 off and (2) 1.00 mfg coupons. The regular price of jumbo(?) pack of diapers was 9.99 so 2 packs cost 7.49 each. I bought 2 packs of diapers, 9 packs of wipes, 3 bottles of baby wash, and a pack of washcloths (1.49) and paid a total of 17.86. Pretty good. I love Target.... just not the Target on Bridford Parkway because they do not like their own coupons and will refuse to take them! Crazy.
Just wanted to put this out there too. Grab a coupon and look at the bar code on the bottom and look at the top next to the expiration date box. Sometimes coupons will say "do not double" or "do not triple". Look again at the bottom bar code. On the far left outside of the bars is a tiny number. It will be a 5 or a 9. If it is a 5, the coupon will double. If the number is a 9, the coupon will not double. Same system will hold true during triple coupons when they roll around again. Figured I would pass that on because for the longest time I would get ready to buy something and see the "do not double" and tell myself that I was not willing to pay that extra amount and was only willing to spend what the product would have cost with the coupon being doubled. Saw this information on another site and it has held true for me everytime.
Another thought, as the end of the years approaches and we all start our resolutions, think about keeping track of your grocery spending and savings. I have been doing this for years but at the end of the year it is awesome to be able to turn to my husband and tell him I saved him thousands this past year and have "proof"! It might be a cool thing to do especially if you have just gotten started in couponing and am curious if this really worth the effort and madness and by the end of next year, you will shout YES!!!!
Have a Merry Christmas,
Genna
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Meals for 12-19-07 thru 12-24-07
Meals for this week, 12-19-07 thru 12-24-07:
Stuffed shells
Chicken in Creamy Pan Sauce
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie
Tasty 2 step Chicken Bake
Quick Chicken and Dumplings
Easy Bacon Pie
Rice Stuffed Peppers
No Cream Creamy Broccoli Soup
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower
Stuffed Shells:
1 box (12 oz) jumbo shells
1 jar Marinara (or spag) sauce
2 eggs
2 containers (15 or ea) Ricotta cheese or the one big one from last week's sale
4 cups (16 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese, divided
1 tbsp dried parsley
Preheat to 350. Cook shells according to package directions and drain. Spray the bottom of a 15 x 10 in or 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish with non-stick spray. Spread 2 cups of the marinara sauce in baking dish. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in ricotta, 3 cups of the mozzarella, 1 cup of the parmesan and the parsley. Fill each cooked shell with ricotta mixture. Arrange the filled shells in baking dish. Top with remaining marinara sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. Bake covered with foil until bubbly, about 60 min. Uncover and continue cooking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. I would serve with salad and steamed broccoli and bread.
Chicken in Creamy Pan Sauce:
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb)
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp oil
3/4 cup fat-free chicken broth
4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz pkg) cream cheese, cubed
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Place the chicken inside a resealable plastic bag, along with the flour and seal bag. Shake to even coat chicken. Set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet on med heat. Add the chicken and cook 5 to 6 min on each side or until it is cooked through. Remove chicken, reserving drippings in the skillet. Cover chicken to keep warm. Add broth to skillet and stir with a wooden spoon to scrape up all those browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Add the cream cheese and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until cream cheese is melted and the sauce starts to thicken, stirring constantly with a wire wisk. Return chicken to the skillet and turn over to coat both sides with the creamy sauce. Cook 2 min or until the chicken is heated through. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter. You can sprinkle with parsley and can top with quartered cherry tomatoes before drizzling with the sauce.
I would serve with rice or a pasta sides dish and vegs.
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie:
1 lb ground beef (I have used turkey)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup bisquick
1 cup milk
2 eggs
Heat to 400. Grease 9 inch pie plate. Cook ground beef and onion until beef is brown and drain. Stir in salt. Spread in pie plate, sprinkle with cheese. Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate. Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. I serve with a salad and soup.
Tasty 2-step Chicken Bake:
4 boneless chicken breast halves
1 can (10 3/4 oz) can of cream of mushroom soup
preheat to 400. Place chicken in a 2 quart shallow baking dish. Spread soup evenly over chicken. Cover. Bake for 25 minute or until chicken is done. I would serve with rice and vegs.
Quick Chicken and Dumplings:
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
1 cup cut up cooked chicken
1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 cup biaquick
1/3 cup milk
paprika
Heat 1 1/2 cups milk, peas, carrots, chicken, and soup to boiling. Stir bisquick and 1/3 cup milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls onto chicken mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Cook uncovered over low heat for 10 minutes. Cover and then cook 10 minutes longer.
Easy Bacon Pie:
12 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded swiss cheese (I hate swiss and used cheddar or sharp)
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup bisquick
1 cup milk
1/8 tsp pepper
2 eggs
Preheat to 400. Grease 9 inch pie plate. Sprinkle bacon, cheese and onion. Stir remaining ingredients together and pour into plate. Bake 35-40 minutes. I would serve with simple soup like chicken noodle or tomato and salad.
Rice-Stuffed Peppers:
8.8 oz pouch microwavable brown rice (I use white)
2 medium onions, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 14oz can diced tomatoes
2 tsp basil
4 red peppers (or green)
1/2 cup veg broth
grated parmesan cheese
Preheat to 400. Prepare an 8,8 oz pouch of microwaveable brown rice according to package instructions. Saute 2 chopped medium onions in a skillet with 1 tbsp olive oil for about 7 minutes. Add a 14 oz can diced tomatoes and simmer about 10 minutes. Stir in cooked rice and 2 tsp dried basil. Slice 4 red bell peppers in half lengthwise; remove seeds and ribbing but leave stems intact. Spoon rice mixture into pepper halves and arrange in a large baking dish. Pour 1/2 cup hot vegetable broth around pappers and bake 30 minutes or until peppers are tender. Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and serve with mixed greens.
No Cream Creamy Broccoli Soup:
1 cup chopped carrots (about 2 medium)
1 cup chopped celery (about 2 stalks)
3/4 cup chopped onions (about 1 med)
3 tbsp oil
2 cans (14.4 ea) fat-free chicken broth
1/2 tsp pepper
4 1/2 cups broccoli florets (about 2 small bunches)
1/2 cup white rice, uncooked
2 cups milk
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Cook and stir carrots, celery, and onions in hot oil in a large saucepan on med-high heat 5 minutes. Add broth and pepper and stir. Bring to boil. Stir in broccoli and rice. Reduce heat to med-low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until vegs are tender, stirring frequently. Add soup, in batches, to blender or food processor; cover. Blend until pureed. Return soup puree to saucepan. Add milk and cheese; cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower:
1 head cauliflower
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup mayo
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Cut cauliflower into 8 to 12 large pieces, discarding core. Place in microwaveable casserole dish. Add water, cover. Microwave on high 10 minutes and drain. Return cauliflower to casserole dish. Mix mayo and mustard. Spread over cauliflower and sprinkle with cheese. Microwave on high 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Stuffed shells
Chicken in Creamy Pan Sauce
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie
Tasty 2 step Chicken Bake
Quick Chicken and Dumplings
Easy Bacon Pie
Rice Stuffed Peppers
No Cream Creamy Broccoli Soup
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower
Stuffed Shells:
1 box (12 oz) jumbo shells
1 jar Marinara (or spag) sauce
2 eggs
2 containers (15 or ea) Ricotta cheese or the one big one from last week's sale
4 cups (16 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese, divided
1 tbsp dried parsley
Preheat to 350. Cook shells according to package directions and drain. Spray the bottom of a 15 x 10 in or 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish with non-stick spray. Spread 2 cups of the marinara sauce in baking dish. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in ricotta, 3 cups of the mozzarella, 1 cup of the parmesan and the parsley. Fill each cooked shell with ricotta mixture. Arrange the filled shells in baking dish. Top with remaining marinara sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. Bake covered with foil until bubbly, about 60 min. Uncover and continue cooking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. I would serve with salad and steamed broccoli and bread.
Chicken in Creamy Pan Sauce:
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb)
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp oil
3/4 cup fat-free chicken broth
4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz pkg) cream cheese, cubed
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Place the chicken inside a resealable plastic bag, along with the flour and seal bag. Shake to even coat chicken. Set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet on med heat. Add the chicken and cook 5 to 6 min on each side or until it is cooked through. Remove chicken, reserving drippings in the skillet. Cover chicken to keep warm. Add broth to skillet and stir with a wooden spoon to scrape up all those browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Add the cream cheese and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until cream cheese is melted and the sauce starts to thicken, stirring constantly with a wire wisk. Return chicken to the skillet and turn over to coat both sides with the creamy sauce. Cook 2 min or until the chicken is heated through. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter. You can sprinkle with parsley and can top with quartered cherry tomatoes before drizzling with the sauce.
I would serve with rice or a pasta sides dish and vegs.
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie:
1 lb ground beef (I have used turkey)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup bisquick
1 cup milk
2 eggs
Heat to 400. Grease 9 inch pie plate. Cook ground beef and onion until beef is brown and drain. Stir in salt. Spread in pie plate, sprinkle with cheese. Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate. Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. I serve with a salad and soup.
Tasty 2-step Chicken Bake:
4 boneless chicken breast halves
1 can (10 3/4 oz) can of cream of mushroom soup
preheat to 400. Place chicken in a 2 quart shallow baking dish. Spread soup evenly over chicken. Cover. Bake for 25 minute or until chicken is done. I would serve with rice and vegs.
Quick Chicken and Dumplings:
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
1 cup cut up cooked chicken
1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 cup biaquick
1/3 cup milk
paprika
Heat 1 1/2 cups milk, peas, carrots, chicken, and soup to boiling. Stir bisquick and 1/3 cup milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls onto chicken mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Cook uncovered over low heat for 10 minutes. Cover and then cook 10 minutes longer.
Easy Bacon Pie:
12 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded swiss cheese (I hate swiss and used cheddar or sharp)
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup bisquick
1 cup milk
1/8 tsp pepper
2 eggs
Preheat to 400. Grease 9 inch pie plate. Sprinkle bacon, cheese and onion. Stir remaining ingredients together and pour into plate. Bake 35-40 minutes. I would serve with simple soup like chicken noodle or tomato and salad.
Rice-Stuffed Peppers:
8.8 oz pouch microwavable brown rice (I use white)
2 medium onions, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 14oz can diced tomatoes
2 tsp basil
4 red peppers (or green)
1/2 cup veg broth
grated parmesan cheese
Preheat to 400. Prepare an 8,8 oz pouch of microwaveable brown rice according to package instructions. Saute 2 chopped medium onions in a skillet with 1 tbsp olive oil for about 7 minutes. Add a 14 oz can diced tomatoes and simmer about 10 minutes. Stir in cooked rice and 2 tsp dried basil. Slice 4 red bell peppers in half lengthwise; remove seeds and ribbing but leave stems intact. Spoon rice mixture into pepper halves and arrange in a large baking dish. Pour 1/2 cup hot vegetable broth around pappers and bake 30 minutes or until peppers are tender. Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and serve with mixed greens.
No Cream Creamy Broccoli Soup:
1 cup chopped carrots (about 2 medium)
1 cup chopped celery (about 2 stalks)
3/4 cup chopped onions (about 1 med)
3 tbsp oil
2 cans (14.4 ea) fat-free chicken broth
1/2 tsp pepper
4 1/2 cups broccoli florets (about 2 small bunches)
1/2 cup white rice, uncooked
2 cups milk
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Cook and stir carrots, celery, and onions in hot oil in a large saucepan on med-high heat 5 minutes. Add broth and pepper and stir. Bring to boil. Stir in broccoli and rice. Reduce heat to med-low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until vegs are tender, stirring frequently. Add soup, in batches, to blender or food processor; cover. Blend until pureed. Return soup puree to saucepan. Add milk and cheese; cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower:
1 head cauliflower
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup mayo
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Cut cauliflower into 8 to 12 large pieces, discarding core. Place in microwaveable casserole dish. Add water, cover. Microwave on high 10 minutes and drain. Return cauliflower to casserole dish. Mix mayo and mustard. Spread over cauliflower and sprinkle with cheese. Microwave on high 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Organization of coupons
Organizing your coupons:
Upfront, organizing your coupons might be a very time consuming task but in the end organization will pay off. If you have your coupons organized somehow they will be easier to find, easier to weed out the expired and will ultimately save you money. I know there are several ways to organize coupons according to experts. The first system is called the binder method. You will need a large binder and lots of the plastic pages with slots that baseball cards go in. In each section you will put like coupons and arrange your pages in the binder by category. Many times the binder will fit in the front of the grocery card and make for easy flipping in the store. The reason I do not have a binder is that I almost always have a child in the front seat of the grocery cart and the binder would end up laying destroyed on the floor of Harris Teeter and I know that it would not work for me. The second method is having a box and having it organized in categories and having the coupons within their proper section. I use this method and am in the lengthy process of organizing each section so that all identical coupons are paperclipped together. I have just crammed my coupons in their sections for years and am tired of having to pull out a jumbled crumpled mess to find that "one" coupon in the stack. I am hoping that this will make filing faster in the end too each week with the new inserts. A third method is to file the inserts by week in a file and then cutting specific coupons when you find those items for sale. The immediate negative for me about filing is that I drag my coupons everywhere in case I see an unadvertised sale (which are usually my biggest deals) and having them in files would lead me on a wild goose chase trying to remember which week a coupon came out. The last method is having your coupons pulled and in a pocket organizer. Again, that will only work if you know exactly what you are planning to buy and do not anticipate finding any unadvertised deals.
When I first started couponing I would put stacks in plastic baggies- frozen, dey, cereal, etc.... but one day a bag fell and poof! the coupons were allover the place and disorganized. I then went to an organized shoebox which I used for years without any problems. Then one day my third child picked up the box and dropped it on the floor at Harris Teeter and I almost fainted and then cried as I crammed them all back into the box and called the shopping trip quits. I now use a box with a snap lock lid. I had one cashier (a teenage boy) actually charge me $5.74 for the thing and it was full of coupons and junk. I had to go back the next day and get a refund on my own coupon box. Sometimes the box and I look ridiculous but I would not trade that thing for the world.
These are the categories that I have in my box (in order):
1. medicine
2. pet
3. cold-cheese
4. cold-meat
5. cold all other
6. frozen-meat
7. frozen-dessert
8. frozen all other
9. dry-coffee
10. dry-bread/cereal/breakfast
11. dry-dinner mixes (rice/pasta)
12. dry-snacks and misc dry
13. bottles/cans
14. shampoo/conditioner
15. soaps (razors,deodorant,lotion included but I need to re-organize)
16. toilet/facial tissue (remaining papers-plates/towels, napkins)
17. laundry
18. multi-purpose cleaners
19. dish cleaning
20. diapers/wipes
21. baby stuff
22. drinks
23. feminine hygiene
24. misc- everything else! air fresheners, plastic wrap, alum foil, trash
bags and junk
Upfront, organizing your coupons might be a very time consuming task but in the end organization will pay off. If you have your coupons organized somehow they will be easier to find, easier to weed out the expired and will ultimately save you money. I know there are several ways to organize coupons according to experts. The first system is called the binder method. You will need a large binder and lots of the plastic pages with slots that baseball cards go in. In each section you will put like coupons and arrange your pages in the binder by category. Many times the binder will fit in the front of the grocery card and make for easy flipping in the store. The reason I do not have a binder is that I almost always have a child in the front seat of the grocery cart and the binder would end up laying destroyed on the floor of Harris Teeter and I know that it would not work for me. The second method is having a box and having it organized in categories and having the coupons within their proper section. I use this method and am in the lengthy process of organizing each section so that all identical coupons are paperclipped together. I have just crammed my coupons in their sections for years and am tired of having to pull out a jumbled crumpled mess to find that "one" coupon in the stack. I am hoping that this will make filing faster in the end too each week with the new inserts. A third method is to file the inserts by week in a file and then cutting specific coupons when you find those items for sale. The immediate negative for me about filing is that I drag my coupons everywhere in case I see an unadvertised sale (which are usually my biggest deals) and having them in files would lead me on a wild goose chase trying to remember which week a coupon came out. The last method is having your coupons pulled and in a pocket organizer. Again, that will only work if you know exactly what you are planning to buy and do not anticipate finding any unadvertised deals.
When I first started couponing I would put stacks in plastic baggies- frozen, dey, cereal, etc.... but one day a bag fell and poof! the coupons were allover the place and disorganized. I then went to an organized shoebox which I used for years without any problems. Then one day my third child picked up the box and dropped it on the floor at Harris Teeter and I almost fainted and then cried as I crammed them all back into the box and called the shopping trip quits. I now use a box with a snap lock lid. I had one cashier (a teenage boy) actually charge me $5.74 for the thing and it was full of coupons and junk. I had to go back the next day and get a refund on my own coupon box. Sometimes the box and I look ridiculous but I would not trade that thing for the world.
These are the categories that I have in my box (in order):
1. medicine
2. pet
3. cold-cheese
4. cold-meat
5. cold all other
6. frozen-meat
7. frozen-dessert
8. frozen all other
9. dry-coffee
10. dry-bread/cereal/breakfast
11. dry-dinner mixes (rice/pasta)
12. dry-snacks and misc dry
13. bottles/cans
14. shampoo/conditioner
15. soaps (razors,deodorant,lotion included but I need to re-organize)
16. toilet/facial tissue (remaining papers-plates/towels, napkins)
17. laundry
18. multi-purpose cleaners
19. dish cleaning
20. diapers/wipes
21. baby stuff
22. drinks
23. feminine hygiene
24. misc- everything else! air fresheners, plastic wrap, alum foil, trash
bags and junk
Coupon Terms
Here is a list of coupon terms you might see:
B1G1 or BoGo
catalina- manufacturer coupons that print out from a little machine at the register, triggered by what you buy
OYNO- on your next order
blinkie- red smartsource machine with a little red blinking light on the machine. The coupons that come out of them are called blinkies.
peelie- coupon found attached to a product- you have to peel it off
hangtag- a coupon that is hanging around the bottle neck of wine- you do not have to buy the wine to use the coupon
c/o- cents off coupon or cash off coupon
cpns
crtc- cash register tape
FAR- free after rebate
TMF- try me free
loss leader- what a store sells-usually on the circular front page- to intice or lure you into the store in the first place. These are usually sold close to or at a loss. Goal to get you in and get you to buy more there.
doubles
triples
GDA/HDA- good deal alert/hot deal alert
YMMV- Your mileage may vary, a generic term for “it worked for me, may not work for you”
B1G1 or BoGo
catalina- manufacturer coupons that print out from a little machine at the register, triggered by what you buy
OYNO- on your next order
blinkie- red smartsource machine with a little red blinking light on the machine. The coupons that come out of them are called blinkies.
peelie- coupon found attached to a product- you have to peel it off
hangtag- a coupon that is hanging around the bottle neck of wine- you do not have to buy the wine to use the coupon
c/o- cents off coupon or cash off coupon
cpns
crtc- cash register tape
FAR- free after rebate
TMF- try me free
loss leader- what a store sells-usually on the circular front page- to intice or lure you into the store in the first place. These are usually sold close to or at a loss. Goal to get you in and get you to buy more there.
doubles
triples
GDA/HDA- good deal alert/hot deal alert
YMMV- Your mileage may vary, a generic term for “it worked for me, may not work for you”
Harris Teeter deals 12-18-07 thru 12-24-07
Harris Teeter deals this week:
** note that some of the Teeters are now taking recently expired coupons***
Minute rice 2/3- .40/1= .70 ea
Mt Olive relish 1.49 BOGO (.75)- .50/1= FREE (donate if you don't want)
Furmano's can tomatoes 28 oz 3/4 (1.33)-.75/3=.83 ea
Kraft salad dressing 2.79 BOGO( 1.40)-.75/2=.65 ea
Ole El Paso taco shells 1.59-.55/2 peelie on box= 1.04 box
Newmans salsa and spag sauces 2/4-.50/1= 1.00 ea
Campbells gravy 4/2-.25/4 or .50/4= .38 or .25 ea
Bistro Deluxe pasta mixes 2/5-.75/1=1.00 ea
Campbells cream soups 4/3- .25/4= .67 ea
Betty Crocker cookie mix 2/3- .50/1= .50 ea
Betty Crocker cake mix 1.69 BOGO= .85
Betty Crocker icing 1.39- .50/1= .39
Ghirardelli brownie mix 2/4- 1.00/1= 1.00 ea
Eagle condensed milk 1.99- .55/1= .89
Ritz Toasted 2/5 -.75/1 peelie= 1.00 ea peelie is found on the Golden Harvest bags
Dawn dish liquid 1.49- .50/1= .49
Joy dish liquid 1.59- .30/1= .99
Mr. Clean wipes 2.24- .50/1= 1.24
Bam cleaner 1.99- ,75/1= .24 bottle
Lysol 2.14 -1.00/1= 1.14
Glass Plus cleaner 2/4- .50/1= 1.00
Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 1.94- .40/1= 1.14 and don't forget to use the coupon for the free soda if you have one- I found mine at Food Lion last week
Jolly Time popcorn 2.39 BOGO (1.20)- .50/2= .70 ea
Chex Mix- Apple Cinnamon flavor closeout 1.84- .50/1= .84 ea
Pictweet Steamers 1.99 BOGO- 1.00/2 from penguin board= .50 ea
Steamfreah vegs 1.89 BOGO- 2.00/4= .45 ea
Sara Lee pies 5.59 BOGO - 1.00/1= 1.80 ea
Sister Shubert rolls 3.99 BOGO- .50/1= 1.00 ea
Smuckers Uncrustable sandwiches 2/4- .50/1= 1.00
International Delight 32 oz coffee creamer 2/5- .55/1= 1.40 ea
Daisy sour cream 1.25- .50/1= .25
Kraft shredded cheeses 2/4 - 1.00/2 from penguin board= 1.50 ea
Bob Evans side dishes (cold section) 2/5 - .35/1= 1.80 ea
Harris Teeter brand 2 liter sodas .69 ea
Pampers mega packs 9.99- 1.50 or 2.00= 8.49 or 7.99 great deal
Make sure you check the frozen food area for the penguin board. This board has a ton of coupons that make for really good deals.
** note that some of the Teeters are now taking recently expired coupons***
Minute rice 2/3- .40/1= .70 ea
Mt Olive relish 1.49 BOGO (.75)- .50/1= FREE (donate if you don't want)
Furmano's can tomatoes 28 oz 3/4 (1.33)-.75/3=.83 ea
Kraft salad dressing 2.79 BOGO( 1.40)-.75/2=.65 ea
Ole El Paso taco shells 1.59-.55/2 peelie on box= 1.04 box
Newmans salsa and spag sauces 2/4-.50/1= 1.00 ea
Campbells gravy 4/2-.25/4 or .50/4= .38 or .25 ea
Bistro Deluxe pasta mixes 2/5-.75/1=1.00 ea
Campbells cream soups 4/3- .25/4= .67 ea
Betty Crocker cookie mix 2/3- .50/1= .50 ea
Betty Crocker cake mix 1.69 BOGO= .85
Betty Crocker icing 1.39- .50/1= .39
Ghirardelli brownie mix 2/4- 1.00/1= 1.00 ea
Eagle condensed milk 1.99- .55/1= .89
Ritz Toasted 2/5 -.75/1 peelie= 1.00 ea peelie is found on the Golden Harvest bags
Dawn dish liquid 1.49- .50/1= .49
Joy dish liquid 1.59- .30/1= .99
Mr. Clean wipes 2.24- .50/1= 1.24
Bam cleaner 1.99- ,75/1= .24 bottle
Lysol 2.14 -1.00/1= 1.14
Glass Plus cleaner 2/4- .50/1= 1.00
Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 1.94- .40/1= 1.14 and don't forget to use the coupon for the free soda if you have one- I found mine at Food Lion last week
Jolly Time popcorn 2.39 BOGO (1.20)- .50/2= .70 ea
Chex Mix- Apple Cinnamon flavor closeout 1.84- .50/1= .84 ea
Pictweet Steamers 1.99 BOGO- 1.00/2 from penguin board= .50 ea
Steamfreah vegs 1.89 BOGO- 2.00/4= .45 ea
Sara Lee pies 5.59 BOGO - 1.00/1= 1.80 ea
Sister Shubert rolls 3.99 BOGO- .50/1= 1.00 ea
Smuckers Uncrustable sandwiches 2/4- .50/1= 1.00
International Delight 32 oz coffee creamer 2/5- .55/1= 1.40 ea
Daisy sour cream 1.25- .50/1= .25
Kraft shredded cheeses 2/4 - 1.00/2 from penguin board= 1.50 ea
Bob Evans side dishes (cold section) 2/5 - .35/1= 1.80 ea
Harris Teeter brand 2 liter sodas .69 ea
Pampers mega packs 9.99- 1.50 or 2.00= 8.49 or 7.99 great deal
Make sure you check the frozen food area for the penguin board. This board has a ton of coupons that make for really good deals.
Lowes Foods deals 12-18-07 thru 12-24-07
Lowes Foods deals this week:
boneless chicken breast 1.99 lb
Plumrose bacon 3.99 BOGO
Oscar Meyer balogna 1.99 BOGO
Lowes brand vanilla wafers 1.49 BOGO
Rotel can tomatoes 5/5- .30/1=.40 ea
Kraft grated Parmesan cheese 2.79-.55/1= 1.69
Minute Rice still 2/3-.40/1=.70
Betty Crocker microwaveable packs of mashed potatoes 5/5-.35/1=.30
Campbells can gravy 5/3-.25/4 or .50/4=1.90/4 or 1.40/4=.48 ea or .35 ea
Swanson broth 5/3-.40/4=.40 ea
Campbells cream soups 4/3 (.75 ea) -.25/4=.63 ea
French's fried onions 2.79-.50/1= 1.79 good deal
Nabisco crackers 2/4- .55/2=1.45 ea
Skippy PB 1.99- .75/1= .49
Armour vienna sausages 2/1.00-1.00/2= FREE (I got 8 to donate for free)
Thai Kitchen spring onion soup .89-.50/1= FREE (again to donate)
Hunts can spaghetti sauce 5/5= 1.00 ea
Barilla pasta shells 4/5= 1.25 ea
Betty Crocker cookie mix pouch 3/4.98 (1.66 ea)-.50/1=.66 ea
Betty Crocker cake mix 1.65 BOGO (.83)
Betty Crocker icing 1.29- .50/1=.29 ea
Northwoods syrup 1.79- .75/1 handtag= .29 ea
Lowes brand cheerios and corn flakes 2/5 BOGO= 1.25 ea
Kelloggs Rice Crispies, Frosted Flakes 1.95 ea
Renuzit subtle effects spray 2/3- .75/1= FREE
Lowes Brand ice cream 4.99 BOGO (2.50)- tastes like breyers
Lowes Brand frozen pie crusts .99 ea
Green Giant frozen box vegs 1.79 BOGO- .50/1 or .25/1= Free with .10 overage or .40
Birds Eye Steamfresh bag vegs 5/5-2.00/4=.50 ea
Birds Eye chopped broccoli 4/3-1.00/2=.50/2 or .25 ea
Pillsbury frozen dinner rolls or biscuits 2.79- .50/1 or .75/1= 1.79 or 1.29
Mrs T pierogies 2/4- 1.00/1 from penguin board= 1.00 ea
Philadelphia cream cheese .99- 1.00/2 from penguin board= .49 ea
Remember to be on the lookout for beer rebate forms (Coors, Miller and Foster's) and for the hangtags on wine bottles. Remember that you do not have to purchase any alcohol in North Carolina to be eligible to submit for their rebates or to use their coupons. I noticed several good wine hangtags this week at Lowes for 2.00 off produce, 2.00 off bread, something off floral to name a few.
boneless chicken breast 1.99 lb
Plumrose bacon 3.99 BOGO
Oscar Meyer balogna 1.99 BOGO
Lowes brand vanilla wafers 1.49 BOGO
Rotel can tomatoes 5/5- .30/1=.40 ea
Kraft grated Parmesan cheese 2.79-.55/1= 1.69
Minute Rice still 2/3-.40/1=.70
Betty Crocker microwaveable packs of mashed potatoes 5/5-.35/1=.30
Campbells can gravy 5/3-.25/4 or .50/4=1.90/4 or 1.40/4=.48 ea or .35 ea
Swanson broth 5/3-.40/4=.40 ea
Campbells cream soups 4/3 (.75 ea) -.25/4=.63 ea
French's fried onions 2.79-.50/1= 1.79 good deal
Nabisco crackers 2/4- .55/2=1.45 ea
Skippy PB 1.99- .75/1= .49
Armour vienna sausages 2/1.00-1.00/2= FREE (I got 8 to donate for free)
Thai Kitchen spring onion soup .89-.50/1= FREE (again to donate)
Hunts can spaghetti sauce 5/5= 1.00 ea
Barilla pasta shells 4/5= 1.25 ea
Betty Crocker cookie mix pouch 3/4.98 (1.66 ea)-.50/1=.66 ea
Betty Crocker cake mix 1.65 BOGO (.83)
Betty Crocker icing 1.29- .50/1=.29 ea
Northwoods syrup 1.79- .75/1 handtag= .29 ea
Lowes brand cheerios and corn flakes 2/5 BOGO= 1.25 ea
Kelloggs Rice Crispies, Frosted Flakes 1.95 ea
Renuzit subtle effects spray 2/3- .75/1= FREE
Lowes Brand ice cream 4.99 BOGO (2.50)- tastes like breyers
Lowes Brand frozen pie crusts .99 ea
Green Giant frozen box vegs 1.79 BOGO- .50/1 or .25/1= Free with .10 overage or .40
Birds Eye Steamfresh bag vegs 5/5-2.00/4=.50 ea
Birds Eye chopped broccoli 4/3-1.00/2=.50/2 or .25 ea
Pillsbury frozen dinner rolls or biscuits 2.79- .50/1 or .75/1= 1.79 or 1.29
Mrs T pierogies 2/4- 1.00/1 from penguin board= 1.00 ea
Philadelphia cream cheese .99- 1.00/2 from penguin board= .49 ea
Remember to be on the lookout for beer rebate forms (Coors, Miller and Foster's) and for the hangtags on wine bottles. Remember that you do not have to purchase any alcohol in North Carolina to be eligible to submit for their rebates or to use their coupons. I noticed several good wine hangtags this week at Lowes for 2.00 off produce, 2.00 off bread, something off floral to name a few.
Food Lion deals 12-18-07 thru 12-24-07
Food Lion deals this week:
Food Lion Cooked Shrimp 14.99 BOGO= each will ring up full price and then next line will take off half
1 lb bag of carrots .99
Green Giant can vegs 4/2 (.50 ea)
Emerald Cashew or Mixed nuts 3.99 BOGO (1.98 ea)- 1.00/1= .98 ea
Philadelphia cream cheese .99- 1.00/2 from penguin board=.44 ea
Heluva Good Dip 4/5 (1.25 ea)-.50/1= .75 ea
There night be some unadvertised deals in store but I have not done a walk-thru. Food Lion is usually the best place to find the rebate forms by the beer companies so if you do go there make sure to look around their displays carefully.
Food Lion Cooked Shrimp 14.99 BOGO= each will ring up full price and then next line will take off half
1 lb bag of carrots .99
Green Giant can vegs 4/2 (.50 ea)
Emerald Cashew or Mixed nuts 3.99 BOGO (1.98 ea)- 1.00/1= .98 ea
Philadelphia cream cheese .99- 1.00/2 from penguin board=.44 ea
Heluva Good Dip 4/5 (1.25 ea)-.50/1= .75 ea
There night be some unadvertised deals in store but I have not done a walk-thru. Food Lion is usually the best place to find the rebate forms by the beer companies so if you do go there make sure to look around their displays carefully.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Welcome to grocery deals and meals 12-15-07
Welcome everyone!!! Things are starting to look good for deals in the grocery store.
If this is your first time here this is my goal: to help you cut your finances by teaching you how to match store sales with coupons to make deals and how to turn those deals into realistic and easy meals. I have been doing this for over 10 years and feel like I have it down pat enough to share to others. I have saved over $28,000 since I got married in 1998 and my monthly grocery budget has gone from $250.00 to $200.00 to the current $150.00. I have 3 kids. Yes we do eat meat and yes I do eat name brands all the time! Included in this monthly budget is all hygiene items and cleaning supplies too. The only thing that I do include in my grocery budget is diapers and wipes. That being said you probably think I am either crazy or super uptight organized. I am neither- just a super strategic shopper and meal planner. I do make mistakes, I lose coupons, I sometimes pay too much and I sometimes walk right past a deal and not even see it. Couponing is an ever changing hobby or whatever you would call it and I am always learning something new. (sometimes I call it survival in the world of $3.00++ a gallon of gas).
I don't know if it is me, but I saw more ways to save money in the grocery store this week than normal. Who-when-what you must be thinking.
There are several rebates that I found that are going to match up with things that are currently on sale. First, at Lowes Foods, Food Lion and at Harris Teeter there are phamplets by Coors (beer). They don't look like a "regular" rebate so you have to look at them to see the rebate that is on the last page of the phamplet. The phamplet says "Super Bowl Party Guide" on the front and has a picture of a group of people watching tv. When you buy $20.00 worth of "Tostitos chips/dips/meat/soup/chili/condiments/or soda" you will get a rebate of $10.00. That is great. You can send in more than one receipt so you will have have to buy 20.00 at once or even at the same store. Save all your receipts and you will save yourself 10.00 that you can put back into your grocery budget. The items are so varied there is no way you can't refuse to do this one. I would suggest that you always make copies of any rebate/receipts you send it and date it so that you remember when you sent it in. If you have problems finding the official phamplet, go to http://www.checkmyrebate.com/ and look under the Coors rebate lists and see if they have put up this Superbowl one yet and then print off the eligibility page and list you NAZ (name-address-zip), add your DOB and SIGN IT and send it off.
Second, there is another rebate for seafood. This one I only found in Food Lion! This one is through Fosters (aka Miller Brewing Co). You buy $13.98 of seafood and get $6.99 back. I will describe on the Teeter page who to make this FREE.
Keep your eyes open. I found a hangtag on a wine bottle at Harris Teeter for a $5.00 rebate on Pointsettias and on another bottle a tag for 1.00 off floral. You could double dip and use the 1.00 off when you initially purchase the pointsettias and then send in and receive the $5.00 rebate. I know the big ones are more than 6.00 but some of the smaller ones I have seen for right around 5.00 so that would be FREE. Take it and give it to a teacher or the school office or the librarian/art teacher/ whomever and make just a random act of niceness for free. Just a thought.
I did a walk through in Food Lion for the first time in months and was shocked. I had written that store off because they do not double my coupons and most of the time I don't find "good deals there". But.... surprise surprise they had both rebates and several unadvertised sales that were great deals (refer to the Food Lion page). Guess I will add them to my weekly walk through....
Genna
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Meals for 12-12-07 through 12-18-07
Now that you have bought the sale items and have saved a ton of money now comes the questions of what to do with everything and how do I make meals out of this stuff??!!
Here are a list of recipes you can use from this week's and last week's good deals.
Wild Rice Soup
French Chicken/Broccoli Casserole
Shrimp Stir Fry with Egg Drop Soup
Quiche Lorraine
Egg Casserole
Easy Lasagna
Deluxe Chocolate Marshmallow Bars
Wild Rice Soup:
1 cup uncooked wild rice
3 cups boiling water
2 strips smoked bacon
1/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup sliced carrots
1 can (14.5 oz) chicken broth
2 cans (10.75 oz ea) cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 soup cans milk
1 can (4 oz) mushrooms, undrained
1 tsp seasoned salt
pepper to taste
Combine rice and boiling water in a large saucepan; simmer, covered 50-60 minutes. Drain off excess liquid, set aside. In a skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon; crumble and set aside. Drain all but 1 tbsp drippings; saute onion, celery and carrots. In a large skillet, combine milk, mushrooms, seasoned salt, pepper, crumbled bacon, sauteed vegs and wild rice. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Serve with quiche??
French Chicken/Broccoli Casserole:
1 lb fresh broccoli, sliced in spears and steamed OR 3 pkgs (10 oz ea) frozen spears, thawed
3 to 4 cups cooked chicken, cut into large pieces
Sauce:
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1/3 cup chicken broth or white wine
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups milk
1 jar (2 oz) diced pimiento
1 pkg (8 oz) sharp cheddar cheese
In a greased 13 x 9-in baking dish, layer the broccoli spears and chicken pieces alternately. Set aside. In a saucepan over med heat, combine melted butter, dissolved cornstarch, broth, seasonings, milk and pimientos. Cook until thickened. Add cheese; stir until melted. Pour warm sauce over top of chicken and broccoli layers. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes or until bubbly.
I would serve mine with bread or rice, salad, vegs.
Shrimp Stir Fry with Egg Drop Soup:
from this weeks' paper!!
2 cups regular or instant rice
1 lb shrimp
1 lb frozen stir-fry vegs such as snow peas, onions and carrots
1/2 cup stir fry sauce (you can get the vegs and sauce combo in a bag together in frozen)
4 cups chicken broth
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Bring water to boil for rice. Bring chicken broth to boil for soup. Add rice to water and cook according to package directions.
Meanwhile, thaw shrimp (if frozen) under cold dripping faucet. Peel. Thaw vegs in micro.
Heat 2 tbsp veg oil in large skillet or wok set over med-high heat. When oil is hot, add shrimp and stir-fry about 1 or 2 minutes or until shrimp is pink and cooked through. Remove from skillet.
Add vegs to skillet and stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through. Return shrimp to skillet and stir in sauce until shrimp and vegs are coated. (or in my case just dump the bag of saucy vegs to skillet and proceed) Remove from heat and cover.
For soup, increase heat of chicken broth to a rolling boil and slowly drizzle in beaten egg. The agitation of the water will creat egg noodles. Season with freshly cracked pepper.
Top rice with shrimp mixture and serve with soup.
Quiche Lorraine:
6-8 pieces Bacon
8 in pie shell
3 large eggs
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 salt
pinch each of butter and nutmeg
1 or 2 tsp butter
Preheat to 375. Slice bacon into 1/4 inch pieces and brown lightly and drain. Spread in bottom of pastry shell. Beat eggs, cream and seasonings and pour into shell. Cut butter into bits and distribute over crea. Bake on upper shelf of oven 25-30 minutes- until quiche has puffed and browned.
Egg Casserole:
8 slices of bread, crust cut off and chopped cruton size
3/4 lb (12 oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
4 large eggs
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp dry mustard
1 1/4 cup milk
1 lb sausage (uncooked)
Layer bread, meat,& cheese in 2 layers in baking dish. Beat eggs til light and fluffy- add salt, mustard, milk and pour over top. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake 1 hour at 350.
Easy Lasagna:
1 lb ground beef
2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 container part skim Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 jar (26 oz) spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
12 lasagna noodles, uncooked
Preheat oven to 350. Brown meat in large skillet on med-high heat.
Meanwhile, mix 1 1/4 cups of the mozzarella cheese, the ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup of the parmesan cheese, the parsley and egg until well blended; set aside.
Drain meat, return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Pour water into empty sauce jar; cover and shake well. Add to skillet; stir until well blended. Adding water to the sauce helps cook traditional noodles while baking so you don't have to cook them beforehand. This saves you 15-20 minutes.
Spread 1 cup of the meat sauce onto the bottom of 13 x 9 in baking dish; top with a layer of 3 uncooked lasagna noodles. Noodles will expand to fit the dish during baking.
Spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup of the meat sauce over noodles. Repeat layers two more times. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle the remaining 1 1/4 cups mozzarella cheese and remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Cover tightly with greased foil. Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil; continue baking 15 min or until heated through. Let stand 15 min before cutting to serve.
I would serve with salad, garlic bread, and probably broccoli.
Deluxe Chocolate Marshmallow Bars:
3/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp baking cocoa
1/2 cups chopped nuts; optional
4 cups mini marshmallows
TOPPING:
1 1/3 cups (8 oz) chocolate chips
3 tbsp butter or marg
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups crisp rice cereal
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts if desired. Spread in a greased 13 x 9 in baking dish. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake; return to oven for 2-3 minutes. Using a knife dipped in wter, spread the melted marshmallows evenly over cake. Cool. For topping, combine chocolate chips,butter and peanut butter in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and well blended. Remove from heat, stir in cereal. Spread over bars. Chill.
Here are a list of recipes you can use from this week's and last week's good deals.
Wild Rice Soup
French Chicken/Broccoli Casserole
Shrimp Stir Fry with Egg Drop Soup
Quiche Lorraine
Egg Casserole
Easy Lasagna
Deluxe Chocolate Marshmallow Bars
Wild Rice Soup:
1 cup uncooked wild rice
3 cups boiling water
2 strips smoked bacon
1/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup sliced carrots
1 can (14.5 oz) chicken broth
2 cans (10.75 oz ea) cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 soup cans milk
1 can (4 oz) mushrooms, undrained
1 tsp seasoned salt
pepper to taste
Combine rice and boiling water in a large saucepan; simmer, covered 50-60 minutes. Drain off excess liquid, set aside. In a skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon; crumble and set aside. Drain all but 1 tbsp drippings; saute onion, celery and carrots. In a large skillet, combine milk, mushrooms, seasoned salt, pepper, crumbled bacon, sauteed vegs and wild rice. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Serve with quiche??
French Chicken/Broccoli Casserole:
1 lb fresh broccoli, sliced in spears and steamed OR 3 pkgs (10 oz ea) frozen spears, thawed
3 to 4 cups cooked chicken, cut into large pieces
Sauce:
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 cup water
1/3 cup chicken broth or white wine
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups milk
1 jar (2 oz) diced pimiento
1 pkg (8 oz) sharp cheddar cheese
In a greased 13 x 9-in baking dish, layer the broccoli spears and chicken pieces alternately. Set aside. In a saucepan over med heat, combine melted butter, dissolved cornstarch, broth, seasonings, milk and pimientos. Cook until thickened. Add cheese; stir until melted. Pour warm sauce over top of chicken and broccoli layers. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes or until bubbly.
I would serve mine with bread or rice, salad, vegs.
Shrimp Stir Fry with Egg Drop Soup:
from this weeks' paper!!
2 cups regular or instant rice
1 lb shrimp
1 lb frozen stir-fry vegs such as snow peas, onions and carrots
1/2 cup stir fry sauce (you can get the vegs and sauce combo in a bag together in frozen)
4 cups chicken broth
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Bring water to boil for rice. Bring chicken broth to boil for soup. Add rice to water and cook according to package directions.
Meanwhile, thaw shrimp (if frozen) under cold dripping faucet. Peel. Thaw vegs in micro.
Heat 2 tbsp veg oil in large skillet or wok set over med-high heat. When oil is hot, add shrimp and stir-fry about 1 or 2 minutes or until shrimp is pink and cooked through. Remove from skillet.
Add vegs to skillet and stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through. Return shrimp to skillet and stir in sauce until shrimp and vegs are coated. (or in my case just dump the bag of saucy vegs to skillet and proceed) Remove from heat and cover.
For soup, increase heat of chicken broth to a rolling boil and slowly drizzle in beaten egg. The agitation of the water will creat egg noodles. Season with freshly cracked pepper.
Top rice with shrimp mixture and serve with soup.
Quiche Lorraine:
6-8 pieces Bacon
8 in pie shell
3 large eggs
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 salt
pinch each of butter and nutmeg
1 or 2 tsp butter
Preheat to 375. Slice bacon into 1/4 inch pieces and brown lightly and drain. Spread in bottom of pastry shell. Beat eggs, cream and seasonings and pour into shell. Cut butter into bits and distribute over crea. Bake on upper shelf of oven 25-30 minutes- until quiche has puffed and browned.
Egg Casserole:
8 slices of bread, crust cut off and chopped cruton size
3/4 lb (12 oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
4 large eggs
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp dry mustard
1 1/4 cup milk
1 lb sausage (uncooked)
Layer bread, meat,& cheese in 2 layers in baking dish. Beat eggs til light and fluffy- add salt, mustard, milk and pour over top. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake 1 hour at 350.
Easy Lasagna:
1 lb ground beef
2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 container part skim Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 jar (26 oz) spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
12 lasagna noodles, uncooked
Preheat oven to 350. Brown meat in large skillet on med-high heat.
Meanwhile, mix 1 1/4 cups of the mozzarella cheese, the ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup of the parmesan cheese, the parsley and egg until well blended; set aside.
Drain meat, return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Pour water into empty sauce jar; cover and shake well. Add to skillet; stir until well blended. Adding water to the sauce helps cook traditional noodles while baking so you don't have to cook them beforehand. This saves you 15-20 minutes.
Spread 1 cup of the meat sauce onto the bottom of 13 x 9 in baking dish; top with a layer of 3 uncooked lasagna noodles. Noodles will expand to fit the dish during baking.
Spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup of the meat sauce over noodles. Repeat layers two more times. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle the remaining 1 1/4 cups mozzarella cheese and remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Cover tightly with greased foil. Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil; continue baking 15 min or until heated through. Let stand 15 min before cutting to serve.
I would serve with salad, garlic bread, and probably broccoli.
Deluxe Chocolate Marshmallow Bars:
3/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp baking cocoa
1/2 cups chopped nuts; optional
4 cups mini marshmallows
TOPPING:
1 1/3 cups (8 oz) chocolate chips
3 tbsp butter or marg
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups crisp rice cereal
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts if desired. Spread in a greased 13 x 9 in baking dish. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake; return to oven for 2-3 minutes. Using a knife dipped in wter, spread the melted marshmallows evenly over cake. Cool. For topping, combine chocolate chips,butter and peanut butter in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and well blended. Remove from heat, stir in cereal. Spread over bars. Chill.
Harris Teeter deals 12-12-07 through 12-18-07
This week's E-Vic offer is save $1.50 off Kellogg’s 17.9oz. Crispix,12oz. Rice Krispies, or 18oz. Unfrosted Mini Wheats. Offer good until Dec 18th. Do this in combination with the recent Sunday coupons for 1.00 off 1 box and it could be a GREAT deal.
REMINDER: You must be signed up for eVIC to get this deal. Sign up here: CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR EVIC I would highly recommend signing up because the weekly offers are sometimes awesome.
Plumrose bacon 4.99 BOGO= 2.50 ea (Lowes cheaper)
cooked shrimp 50% off= 32 oz for 10.99** see below for how I am going to do my rebate
Johnsonville sausage 3.99 BOGO -1.00/2= 1.50 ea
DeliSelect lunch meat 2/5 BOGO= 1.25 ea
Sargento shredded cheeses 2/4-1.00/2=1.50 ea
International coffee creamer 2/5-.55/1=1.40 ea
Polly-O Ricotta Cheese 2/6=3.00 ea (I plan to buy like 4 and freeze for future lasagnas- they hardly EVER EVER go on sale and it has been years since I have seen coupons for it)
Country crock butter 1.85 BOGO-.60/2 (from penguin board)=.33 ea
Nestle refrigerated brownies 3.59 BOGO-.50/1(fom penguin board)=.80 ea
Minute rice 2/3-.40/1=.70ea
HT spaghetti pastas 2/2 BOGO
HT Lasagna noodles 3/3 Good Deal
Folgers coffee bricks 2/4-.50/1=1.00 ea
Kelloggs Special K cereal 3.59 BOGO-1.00/1=.80 a box
Krusteaz pancake mix 2/4-.50/1=1.00
Duncan Hines cake mix 1.70 BOGO (.90)-.75/1 off mix and frosting= .69 for both together
Duncan Hines frosting 1.29
McCormick dry mixes 1.39 BOGO- .25/2=.45 ea
Ritz crackers 3.69 BOGO= .55/1=1.30 ea
Keebler Townhouse crackers 3.79 BOGO-.50/1=.90ea
Green Giant box frozen vegs 1.89 BOGO-.25/1=.45 or .50/2=.45 ea
Birds Eye frozen vegs 2/5 BOGO (1.25)-1.00/2=.75 ea
Pictsweet frozen vegs 1.99 BOGO, 3.19 BOGO, 3.69 BOGO- there might be a coupon on penguin board for 1.00/1- can't remember but do remember that the stir-fry bag is 3.69 BOGO that you can use 1 for the recipe which is good.
Deal: Fosters rebate- you will need the official form that I found at Food Lion but look at Teeter around the seafood section or any beer displays that you see Foster's. It states that you need to purchase 13.98 to get back 6.99. The way the Teeter receipts print up is that the 50% shrimp will ring up full price and then the next line or at the bottom will print a second line that takes off half. In my experience with this type of rebate is that they do not care what the sale price makes it cost in the end. In my experience, they care about the original/pre-sale price so I circle that line and send it in. Who knows? but it has worked for me.
REMINDER: You must be signed up for eVIC to get this deal. Sign up here: CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR EVIC I would highly recommend signing up because the weekly offers are sometimes awesome.
Plumrose bacon 4.99 BOGO= 2.50 ea (Lowes cheaper)
cooked shrimp 50% off= 32 oz for 10.99** see below for how I am going to do my rebate
Johnsonville sausage 3.99 BOGO -1.00/2= 1.50 ea
DeliSelect lunch meat 2/5 BOGO= 1.25 ea
Sargento shredded cheeses 2/4-1.00/2=1.50 ea
International coffee creamer 2/5-.55/1=1.40 ea
Polly-O Ricotta Cheese 2/6=3.00 ea (I plan to buy like 4 and freeze for future lasagnas- they hardly EVER EVER go on sale and it has been years since I have seen coupons for it)
Country crock butter 1.85 BOGO-.60/2 (from penguin board)=.33 ea
Nestle refrigerated brownies 3.59 BOGO-.50/1(fom penguin board)=.80 ea
Minute rice 2/3-.40/1=.70ea
HT spaghetti pastas 2/2 BOGO
HT Lasagna noodles 3/3 Good Deal
Folgers coffee bricks 2/4-.50/1=1.00 ea
Kelloggs Special K cereal 3.59 BOGO-1.00/1=.80 a box
Krusteaz pancake mix 2/4-.50/1=1.00
Duncan Hines cake mix 1.70 BOGO (.90)-.75/1 off mix and frosting= .69 for both together
Duncan Hines frosting 1.29
McCormick dry mixes 1.39 BOGO- .25/2=.45 ea
Ritz crackers 3.69 BOGO= .55/1=1.30 ea
Keebler Townhouse crackers 3.79 BOGO-.50/1=.90ea
Green Giant box frozen vegs 1.89 BOGO-.25/1=.45 or .50/2=.45 ea
Birds Eye frozen vegs 2/5 BOGO (1.25)-1.00/2=.75 ea
Pictsweet frozen vegs 1.99 BOGO, 3.19 BOGO, 3.69 BOGO- there might be a coupon on penguin board for 1.00/1- can't remember but do remember that the stir-fry bag is 3.69 BOGO that you can use 1 for the recipe which is good.
Deal: Fosters rebate- you will need the official form that I found at Food Lion but look at Teeter around the seafood section or any beer displays that you see Foster's. It states that you need to purchase 13.98 to get back 6.99. The way the Teeter receipts print up is that the 50% shrimp will ring up full price and then the next line or at the bottom will print a second line that takes off half. In my experience with this type of rebate is that they do not care what the sale price makes it cost in the end. In my experience, they care about the original/pre-sale price so I circle that line and send it in. Who knows? but it has worked for me.
Lowes Foods deals 12-12-07 through 12-18-07
bunch broccoli 2.49 BOGO- 1.00 target coupon from www.afullcup.com = .24 ea
cauliflower head 2.99 BOGO- 1.00 target coupon from fullcup = .49 ea
Plumrose sliced bacon 3.99 BOGO= 2.00 ea (better than Teeter's sale price)
boneless skinless chicken 1.99 lb
Sargento shredded cheeses 2/4-1.00/2 (from penguin board)-1.50 ea<
Lowes brand vanilla wafers 1.49 BOGO= .75 ea (they taste good so good deal)
Lowes pimientos 4 oz 1.35, 2 oz .75 or .79
VanCamps pork and beans 5/3-.50/5=.40ea
McCormick dry gravy mixes 5/4-.25/3=.60 ea
Armour chili 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Minute Rice 2/3-.40/1=.70 ea (repeat sale)
Kraft Parmesan cheese 2.79-.55/1= 1.69 GOOD DEAL
Swanson broth 5/3-.25/4=.48 ea (ok deal but I have not seen much better lately)
Bisquick 40 oz 2.50-1.00/1=1.50 this deal is better than the 20 oz box for 1.oo b/c coup for 40oz
Borden eagle brand condensed milk 1.99-.55/1=.89 ea (good to get for Christmas baking)
Northwoods syrup (again) 1.79-.75/1-.29
Lowes brand cheerios 2/5 BOGO =1.25 ea
Lowes brand corn flakes 2/5 BOGO=1.25 ea
Lowes brand tp 2.69 BOGO
Glass Plus cleaner 1.99-.50/1=.99 ( I love this stuff better than windex)
Mrs T Pierogies 2/4-1.00/1 (from penguin board)=1.00
Edy's ice cream 5.29 BOGO= 2.64 ea ( I am holding out for coupons, don't like to spend more than 1.50 for Edy's or Breyers)
Pet Ritz frozen pie crusts 2/3-.50/2=1.00 ea
cauliflower head 2.99 BOGO- 1.00 target coupon from fullcup = .49 ea
Plumrose sliced bacon 3.99 BOGO= 2.00 ea (better than Teeter's sale price)
boneless skinless chicken 1.99 lb
Sargento shredded cheeses 2/4-1.00/2 (from penguin board)-1.50 ea<
Lowes brand vanilla wafers 1.49 BOGO= .75 ea (they taste good so good deal)
Lowes pimientos 4 oz 1.35, 2 oz .75 or .79
VanCamps pork and beans 5/3-.50/5=.40ea
McCormick dry gravy mixes 5/4-.25/3=.60 ea
Armour chili 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Minute Rice 2/3-.40/1=.70 ea (repeat sale)
Kraft Parmesan cheese 2.79-.55/1= 1.69 GOOD DEAL
Swanson broth 5/3-.25/4=.48 ea (ok deal but I have not seen much better lately)
Bisquick 40 oz 2.50-1.00/1=1.50 this deal is better than the 20 oz box for 1.oo b/c coup for 40oz
Borden eagle brand condensed milk 1.99-.55/1=.89 ea (good to get for Christmas baking)
Northwoods syrup (again) 1.79-.75/1-.29
Lowes brand cheerios 2/5 BOGO =1.25 ea
Lowes brand corn flakes 2/5 BOGO=1.25 ea
Lowes brand tp 2.69 BOGO
Glass Plus cleaner 1.99-.50/1=.99 ( I love this stuff better than windex)
Mrs T Pierogies 2/4-1.00/1 (from penguin board)=1.00
Edy's ice cream 5.29 BOGO= 2.64 ea ( I am holding out for coupons, don't like to spend more than 1.50 for Edy's or Breyers)
Pet Ritz frozen pie crusts 2/3-.50/2=1.00 ea
Food Lion deals 12-12-07 through 12-18-07
Food Lion 12-12-07 through 12-18-07:
Refer to the Food Lion page for their coupon policy information.
Cheerios & General Mills cereal BOGO - 1.00/2=
Pillsbury Toaster Struedel/Scrambles 2.50 BOGO-.50/1= .75 ea ok deal
Pepperridge Farms garlic toast 2.99 BOGO-.75/1= .75 ea
Unadvertised deals I found walking around!
There are several things I noted when I did a walk through of Food Lion. First was that there were several new rebate forms that must have just been put out. First one was by Coors in which you spend 20.00 in salty snacks/meat/soda/soup,condiments and get 10.00 back. This one is WONDERFUL because you could literally grab any ole receipt within the time frame eligible and send it in. If you cannot find it check http://www.checkmyrebate.com/ and it might be listed under any superbowl promotion. The actual phamplet has the title "Super Bowl Party Guide" on the front. The second rebate I found was by Foster's for 6.99 back on a 13.98 seafood purchase. This one too is wonderful if you use it when you buy your 50% off or BOGO shrimp at Teeter this week for the stir-fry recipe. The third coupon I found on a pad near the micro popcorn was for a free 2 liter when you buy 2 boxes of Orville Redenbacher popcorn. Grab it and save it because I know that it will go on BOGO for the smaller box and you will be able to combine it with future coupons for free popcorn and then free soda.
I noticed several other items dirt cheap that were not advertised:
Kellogg's Shrek cereal .99
Kellogg's Cinnamon Toast cereal .99
Kellogg's Eggo cereal .99
Kelloggs Choco/Vanilla cereal .99 and you can use the recent 1.00/1 to get it FREE
Kellogg's yogo fruit snacks .99 there is some coupon out there but mine got tossed
Kellogg's Backyardigans fruit snacks .99
Refer to the Food Lion page for their coupon policy information.
Cheerios & General Mills cereal BOGO - 1.00/2=
Pillsbury Toaster Struedel/Scrambles 2.50 BOGO-.50/1= .75 ea ok deal
Pepperridge Farms garlic toast 2.99 BOGO-.75/1= .75 ea
Unadvertised deals I found walking around!
There are several things I noted when I did a walk through of Food Lion. First was that there were several new rebate forms that must have just been put out. First one was by Coors in which you spend 20.00 in salty snacks/meat/soda/soup,condiments and get 10.00 back. This one is WONDERFUL because you could literally grab any ole receipt within the time frame eligible and send it in. If you cannot find it check http://www.checkmyrebate.com/ and it might be listed under any superbowl promotion. The actual phamplet has the title "Super Bowl Party Guide" on the front. The second rebate I found was by Foster's for 6.99 back on a 13.98 seafood purchase. This one too is wonderful if you use it when you buy your 50% off or BOGO shrimp at Teeter this week for the stir-fry recipe. The third coupon I found on a pad near the micro popcorn was for a free 2 liter when you buy 2 boxes of Orville Redenbacher popcorn. Grab it and save it because I know that it will go on BOGO for the smaller box and you will be able to combine it with future coupons for free popcorn and then free soda.
I noticed several other items dirt cheap that were not advertised:
Kellogg's Shrek cereal .99
Kellogg's Cinnamon Toast cereal .99
Kellogg's Eggo cereal .99
Kelloggs Choco/Vanilla cereal .99 and you can use the recent 1.00/1 to get it FREE
Kellogg's yogo fruit snacks .99 there is some coupon out there but mine got tossed
Kellogg's Backyardigans fruit snacks .99
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
CVS pharmacy store
CVS deals
CVS is a wonderful wonderful place to shop! Their ExtraCare Bucks program has allowed me to get tons of free stuff. I get tubes of toothpaste, deodorants, soap, soda, snacks, medicines..... FREE all the time. To maximize your savings at CVS you must learn the art of rolling your ECBs from product to product in combination with CVS store and manufacture's coupons. The easiest place to download CVS coupons is at http://www.afullcup.com/. You must get a CVS red card and they will allow one card per family member. That means that your husband can have a separate card too which allows you to save twice as much or get twice as much for free.
If you are just starting out, you will need to make an upfront out of pocket purchase to start generating your ECBs and then from there you will be able to purchase more products that will continue generating more ECBs.
For example:
The hypothetical sale/deal would be "Buy 1 tube of Crest toothpaste and earn $2.00 ECB, limit 5 per card". What this means is that you will buy a tube for 2.99, use a mfg coupon for a hypothetical 1.00 off and pay 1.99 plus tax. That will be your oop=out of pocket cost. You will now have 2.00 to roll over to a new transaction. You can now turn around and buy another tube for 2.99-1.00 mfg-2.00 ECB and pay tax. This is a simple explanation but this is the idea of "rolling" that will help you figure out deals and ways to maximize ECBs and earn more in the same move.
CVS will also allow you to stack a CVS coupon with a mfg coupon.
For example; you have a CVS coupon for 2.00 off Johnson & Johnson's baby product and have a mfg coupon for .35 off J&J baby powder. That means on a 2.99 bottle of powder you can take off the 2.00 CVS coupon and .35 mfg coupon and pay .65! This can sometimes be tricky though. Generally, the computer system does not have a problem with stacking but it does have a problem if you have more coupons that items. I can usually count on being able to use one more coupon than items, meaning if I have 5 items I will be able to use 6 coupons (I am including ECBs that I use for oop in this number). In my experience, it has always benefitted me to figure out my transactions at home and get my coupons clipped together before going to the store. That way I know in advance whether or not I will have more coupons than products and will know if I need to buy a "filler" item like a candy bar to make sure the system will accept all my coupons.
My plan is to let you see each week my CVS transactions to see what I got for free, the scenario on how I got it for free or for little oop, and to see how I have rolled those ExtraCare Bucks into larger amounts so that I can get additional items for free. CVS is a learning process, I am not an expert and I have and will make tons and tons of mistakes but hopefully we can figure this out together and loosen up our budgets.
Genna
CVS is a wonderful wonderful place to shop! Their ExtraCare Bucks program has allowed me to get tons of free stuff. I get tubes of toothpaste, deodorants, soap, soda, snacks, medicines..... FREE all the time. To maximize your savings at CVS you must learn the art of rolling your ECBs from product to product in combination with CVS store and manufacture's coupons. The easiest place to download CVS coupons is at http://www.afullcup.com/. You must get a CVS red card and they will allow one card per family member. That means that your husband can have a separate card too which allows you to save twice as much or get twice as much for free.
If you are just starting out, you will need to make an upfront out of pocket purchase to start generating your ECBs and then from there you will be able to purchase more products that will continue generating more ECBs.
For example:
The hypothetical sale/deal would be "Buy 1 tube of Crest toothpaste and earn $2.00 ECB, limit 5 per card". What this means is that you will buy a tube for 2.99, use a mfg coupon for a hypothetical 1.00 off and pay 1.99 plus tax. That will be your oop=out of pocket cost. You will now have 2.00 to roll over to a new transaction. You can now turn around and buy another tube for 2.99-1.00 mfg-2.00 ECB and pay tax. This is a simple explanation but this is the idea of "rolling" that will help you figure out deals and ways to maximize ECBs and earn more in the same move.
CVS will also allow you to stack a CVS coupon with a mfg coupon.
For example; you have a CVS coupon for 2.00 off Johnson & Johnson's baby product and have a mfg coupon for .35 off J&J baby powder. That means on a 2.99 bottle of powder you can take off the 2.00 CVS coupon and .35 mfg coupon and pay .65! This can sometimes be tricky though. Generally, the computer system does not have a problem with stacking but it does have a problem if you have more coupons that items. I can usually count on being able to use one more coupon than items, meaning if I have 5 items I will be able to use 6 coupons (I am including ECBs that I use for oop in this number). In my experience, it has always benefitted me to figure out my transactions at home and get my coupons clipped together before going to the store. That way I know in advance whether or not I will have more coupons than products and will know if I need to buy a "filler" item like a candy bar to make sure the system will accept all my coupons.
My plan is to let you see each week my CVS transactions to see what I got for free, the scenario on how I got it for free or for little oop, and to see how I have rolled those ExtraCare Bucks into larger amounts so that I can get additional items for free. CVS is a learning process, I am not an expert and I have and will make tons and tons of mistakes but hopefully we can figure this out together and loosen up our budgets.
Genna
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Welcome to Genna's grocery deals and meals 12-12-07!
Hello Everyone. I hope you enjoy this new format for my weekly grocery coupon deals and meals. As everyone knows, the grocery sales run from Wednesday mornings up until Tuesday at midnight. I hope this will help everyone save more money in their grocery store. I have been shopping with coupons for over 10 years, have save thousands upon thousands. As of last month, I have saved over $28,000 with my techniques of sale,coupons and recipe matching. I now feel like I need to pass on to you what I am doing so that it can benefit you too. My goal is to save you money too by identifying good sales, matching coupons to sales and generating recipes that will help you use your grocery deals into meals. My goal will be to post a new weekly deal/meal post by Friday nights. I will update as needed after Sunday coupon inserts come out or I find new deals. Things change all the time in "couponland" and I will do my best to pass on any information I find that will help you save more money. Please share my site with anyone you feel it will help.
I want to post a disclaimer that sometimes when a deal is really good it might be a case of "here today gone tomorrow". If a grocery store realizes that the deal is too good or they are actually paying you to purchase something, they can and will just pull it. On the same note, if you figure out a deal that makes something free or overage and it is not something your family would eat, Please Donate it to the local pantry. If everyone would do that it would make a world of difference in a whole lot of places.
Genna
I want to post a disclaimer that sometimes when a deal is really good it might be a case of "here today gone tomorrow". If a grocery store realizes that the deal is too good or they are actually paying you to purchase something, they can and will just pull it. On the same note, if you figure out a deal that makes something free or overage and it is not something your family would eat, Please Donate it to the local pantry. If everyone would do that it would make a world of difference in a whole lot of places.
Genna
Kmart Comments - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Kmart. Your experiences may be different.
Kmart
I only get the loss leaders on the front page of their ad if it is worth the trip there.
Kmart
I only get the loss leaders on the front page of their ad if it is worth the trip there.
Walmart/Sam's Club Comments/Policies - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Walmart and Sam's Club. Your experiences may be different.
Walmart/Sam's Club
I only get there what they do not make coupons for like milk, lettuce, cheap flour/corn tortillas, eggs, produce, cheap yogurt(Walmart), liquid coffee creamers(walmart) -altough there have been alot more liquid creamer coupons this year and I can usually stock up when it is close to free. Walmart does not take internet coupons. Sams takes no coupons. If I have no coupons for frozen vegs, I will get mine here for .77-1.00 a bag of their brand.
Walmart/Sam's Club
I only get there what they do not make coupons for like milk, lettuce, cheap flour/corn tortillas, eggs, produce, cheap yogurt(Walmart), liquid coffee creamers(walmart) -altough there have been alot more liquid creamer coupons this year and I can usually stock up when it is close to free. Walmart does not take internet coupons. Sams takes no coupons. If I have no coupons for frozen vegs, I will get mine here for .77-1.00 a bag of their brand.
Target Comments/Policies - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Target. Your experiences may be different.
Target
They sell groceries and sometimes they have good deals. Always check the end caps. You can get coupons on afullcup and then stack with a mfg coupon. Stacking means using 2 coupons (store and manufacture’s) on one product. The Target on Bridford is horrible with their own internet coupons….so do not take them there.
Target
They sell groceries and sometimes they have good deals. Always check the end caps. You can get coupons on afullcup and then stack with a mfg coupon. Stacking means using 2 coupons (store and manufacture’s) on one product. The Target on Bridford is horrible with their own internet coupons….so do not take them there.
Food Lion Comments - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Food Lion. Your experiences may be different.
Food Lion
I only get loss leaders and great specials like the free puddings and bogo granola bars.
Food Lion
I only get loss leaders and great specials like the free puddings and bogo granola bars.
Aldi Comments - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Aldi. Your experiences may be different.
Aldi-
Small store, cash only, need 25 cents to get the cart out, good prices on bread, choc chips, can vegs, Kernersville location a lot cleaner and nicer than High Point Road store. Recently learned that the Kernersville location is taking debit cards!
Aldi-
Small store, cash only, need 25 cents to get the cart out, good prices on bread, choc chips, can vegs, Kernersville location a lot cleaner and nicer than High Point Road store. Recently learned that the Kernersville location is taking debit cards!
Lowes Foods Comments/Policies - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Lowes Foods. Your experiences may be different.
Lowes Foods
They changed their coupon policy- store card, doubles up to face value of .99, 20 max, 2-3 internets per order, accepts other store coupons but questionable about doubling but the location on the corner of Guilford College Rd and Piedmont Pkwy stopped taking the target internet coupons, will accept 2 coupons for bogo items, will do overages if the coupon exceeds the greenpoints sale price, seems to be falling into a pattern of doing triples a week or two after Teeter each time, you can get a definite heads up on hotcouponworld - got about 1 and half weeks notice this past time.
Lowes Foods
They changed their coupon policy- store card, doubles up to face value of .99, 20 max, 2-3 internets per order, accepts other store coupons but questionable about doubling but the location on the corner of Guilford College Rd and Piedmont Pkwy stopped taking the target internet coupons, will accept 2 coupons for bogo items, will do overages if the coupon exceeds the greenpoints sale price, seems to be falling into a pattern of doing triples a week or two after Teeter each time, you can get a definite heads up on hotcouponworld - got about 1 and half weeks notice this past time.
Harris Teeter Comments/Policies - November 2007, Greensboro, NC
All stores around here run their sales Wed am through Tues pm/up to midnight. This is what I have experienced in my shopping at Harris Teeter. Your experiences may be different.
Harris Teeter-
need store card, coupon policy doubles face value .99, 20 max., 2 internet printable coupons per order, will allow 2 coupons for bogo items, will do overages if the coupon exceeds the vic price, will triple several times per year with no set pattern but seems to me to be once in the late spring/early summer, sometimes the Aug tax free weekend and once in the fall- you can get a heads up on the web site hotcouponworld under the Harris Teeter forum, has recently begun accepting other store’s coupons (like the kind you can get off fullcup) but it is yet to be determined if they will double those so plan that they won’t , a cashier told me several weeks ago that they are now accepting recently expired coupons-I have no idea if it up to each location/mgr but I have used several expired coupons since then- I read that the stores have up to 60 days to send them into the coupon clearing houses for redemption so use your own discretion- just figured I would pass it on since lots of coupons expired 11-30-07
Harris Teeter-
need store card, coupon policy doubles face value .99, 20 max., 2 internet printable coupons per order, will allow 2 coupons for bogo items, will do overages if the coupon exceeds the vic price, will triple several times per year with no set pattern but seems to me to be once in the late spring/early summer, sometimes the Aug tax free weekend and once in the fall- you can get a heads up on the web site hotcouponworld under the Harris Teeter forum, has recently begun accepting other store’s coupons (like the kind you can get off fullcup) but it is yet to be determined if they will double those so plan that they won’t , a cashier told me several weeks ago that they are now accepting recently expired coupons-I have no idea if it up to each location/mgr but I have used several expired coupons since then- I read that the stores have up to 60 days to send them into the coupon clearing houses for redemption so use your own discretion- just figured I would pass it on since lots of coupons expired 11-30-07
Deals and Meals for 11-28-07 thru 12-4-07
Harris Teeter deals for 11-28-07 thru 12-4-07: remember they double up to .99 so I am only putting the face value of coupon in below.
Viva big roll -2/$3-75c/1=free
Ziploc containers-bogo-75c/1=less than 50 each
Split chicken breast (has bone in) .88lb STOCK UP GREAT PRICE
e-z peel shrimp 21-30 count bogo at $25.98 so I bag is 12.99- there is a Bud
rebate out there if you can find it or have it for 10.00 back on the
purchase of 10 in seafood, buy one bag and your total cost is 2.99 which
might be a cheap treat
hunts can tomatoes 10/10-.25/1=.50 ea
rothbury crutons 1.29 bogo
heinz 57 with lea perrins 3.99 has TMF (try me free) tag around neck of
bottle, use 1.00 coupon and you just made money off it
peelie on the Hidden Valley organic salad dressing for 1.00 off produce but
I am not sure you have to buy the dressing to use the peelie-worth a look
Bruce’s yams .79 were 1.19
Skippy 2lb8oz huge tub 5.49 bogo-.75/2 or .60/1=3.99/2 or 1.55 ea
Ronzoni pasta 3/4- 1.00=.33 a box
No yolks egg noodles 2/3-50 coupon=.50 a bag
Ragu pasta sauce 3/5 aka 1.66 ea-.25/1=1.16 ea
Ham/tuna/chicken helpers 1.79- 50/1 or 50/2=.79 or 1.29 (hold out for bogo)
Ramen noodles super 6 pack 1.19 bogo (cheap to donate)
Ht brand of cream soups 5/3 aka .60 a can, includes chix noodle and tom, I
can almost promise that the campbells will go on sale again before
Christmas and they will be closer to .35 a can with coupons so only
get if you have to have because .60 is still good
krusteaz pancakes, muffin mixes,cake, cookie bars 2/4-.55/1=.90
kelloggs yogos snacks 2/4
quaker grits 2.5lb-the huge bag- 1.29-50 c=.29 (awesome)
8ct rice krispies treats box 2/4-1.00=1.00 box
Capri suns 3.19 bogo
Kelloggs cereal straws 2/4-1.00/1=1.00
Post organic grape nuts 1.94 (was 3.79)
Cheerios-all kinds- 2/5-1.00/2 or 1.00/1=2.00 or 1.50 ea
Betty crocker dry cookie mix 2/3-.50/1=.50 ea STOCK UP FOR CHRISTMAS
Bisquick 2.49-75/1=1.00 a box GOOD DEAL
Gold medal flour 1.99 bogo there is a deal/coupon buy flour and karo and
get.75 off aka 1.50 so here is my math 1 flour .99 + 1 karo 2.29=3.28 –
karo coupon of .35 (.70) and – coupon for flour/karo 1.50= 1.08 for both
GOOD DEAL
Karo syrup 2.29-.35=1.59
Mahatmas rice 2/1-.60/2=FREE
Fast fixins chicken nugget bag (near the sand meat at some teeters) 8.99 bag
There is a peelie for 5 off with mail in rebate. Join their website and
they will mail you coupons and if you will collect upcs they will send
you coupons for free bags. I initially thought they were too expensive
but after they sent me 1.00 coupons and then Lowes will put them on
bogo sales sometimes they were like 5.99 bogo-2 1.00 coupons they
became 2.00 a bag and a good deal… something to think about.
Green giant selected frozen vegs 2/5-.50/1=1.50 ea insert & www.coupons.com
Viola frozen veg meals 4.99 bogo
Coles frozen garlic bread 1.79,2.89 bogo- I can’t find my coupon for this
Pepperidge farm has frozen garlic bread .75/1-should be dirt cheap after cpn
Always do a walk by the fresh breads from the bakery. I get French bread all the time for .29 a loaf because they mark it down. I get bags of rolls to make subs for less than 1.00. If you think the bread is slightly hard, make cheap French toast out of it or that pampered chef recipe where the toast soaks overnight. Cheap eats. Let me know if anyone needs the Pamp Chef recipe scanned and emailed to them.
Cheer detergent 2.99-.35/1
Lowes deals for 11-28-07 thru 12-4-07, remember they double up to .99, I am only putting in the face value of the coupon and remember that the Lowes on Guilford and Piedmont Pkwy corner does not take target internet coupons
**Saw a rebate form at the Lowes on Guilford and Piedmont Pkwy by Miller- you send in one receipt from shopping-min 30.00 purchase and you will get back 10% of how much you spent- you can use the rebate at any store so it might be a good one to hold on and save for a Sam’s shopping trip where you have tons of stuff in your cart- there are some exclusions=tobacco,liquor, pharmacy, electronics, appliances and gift cards but is says nothing about diapers! It was located on a display in front of the ice cream.
Large white eggs 1.39 doz (cheaper than sam’s this week!)
J.L. Kraft Specialty Gourmet Hot cheese dip or spreadable bogo-.75/1=FREE
Borden cheese slices 1.69-.55/1=.59 ea 12oz pk
Ground beef 1.69lb Cheapest in town so far I could find
Perdue boneless chicken 1.79 lb STOCK UP YOUR FREEZER
Gwaltney hotdogs 4/5, cheese 3/3.99 a so-so deal because there are no coupons
Keebler crackers 3.29 bogo-50/1=.65 a box ** Get for Christmas casseroles, parties, and I have a cute cookie recipe I will pass along
Comet rice .99 small box-.55=FREE
Rotel tomatoes 5/5-.30=.40 a can (Good for Chili and casseroles)
Lowes can tomatoes .99 bogo
Wishbone salad dressing 2/4-.60/1=.80 ea
Hungry jack potatoes pouch .99-.30=.39 & mash box 2/3-.30=.90 box
Stove top 2/3-.50 target coupon=1.00 box
Lowes brand BBQ sauce .89
Jack Daniels BBQ sauce 1.99- hangtag on bottle 1.00=.99 bottle
No yolks egg noodles 1.49-50/1=.49 a bag
Barilla pasta (spag,thin,fet,lin,ang hair) 5/4=.80 box
Manicotti,las,shells 4/5 (I would suggest manicotti- I have a recipe for
Mexican manicotti I will pass along)
Lipton new Sides (vegs in them) 2/3-.75=FREE
Lipton reg noodles and rice packets 5/5-60/2=.40 ea
Lowes brand cream soups 5/3 ok if you need them right now but I anticipate
Campbells going back on sale for Christmas and they’ll be closer to .35
Chex 2/5-1.00/2=2.00 ea
Post Honeycomb 3.29 bogo
Quaker Oatmeal to Go bars 2/5-1.00/1=1.50 box (so-so)
Quaker Sweet & Salty gran bars 2/5-.75/1= 1.00 a box
All gummies, Kellogg and betty crocker 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Northwoods syrup (it is good) 1.89-.75 hangtag on bottle=.39 a bottle GREAT
Hungry jack pancake mix 2/3-.55/1=.40 a box
Martha white muffins 4/3-1.00/3 or 1.00/4=1.25 for 3 or 4 @.50 ea
Krusteaz muffins, bars, cake 2/4-.55/1=.90 ea
Jfg coffee 2/5-.60/1=1.30 a brick
Duncan hines cake .99—there is a coupon for .75 off 1 cake and 1 icing so
If it works right, get 1 cake for .99 and 1 icing for 1.79 approx
And use the .75 aka 1.50 off and =approx 1.28 for both
Pictsweet bag vegs 4/5
If you spend 1200 points you can get sandwich bread for .19
Angel soft toilet paper 2.95 bogo-1.00/1=1.95 2 pks
Deal of the week: go to http://www.checkmyrebate.com/ and go under the “coors” rebates, find the rebate for when you purchase a 20.00 gift card you get a 10.00 rebate. Buy a grocery card for either Lowes or Teeter. Save your receipt. Print out the coors rebate details page. Put your name,address, date of birth (they want to make sure you are over 21) and SIGN IT and date it. Make copy for your own records. Send off. Use the 20 gift card on your groceries. A Double play it is called because you are getting 20 worth of groceries for 10 and you will get more than that because you are using coupons on top of that. It would be a triple play if you could buy something else you have a rebate for like the Bud seafood offer or the nugget rebate because then you are getting more money back than the original 10 from the gift card purchase. That is how you can turn a 20.00 cart of groceries into a 5.00 or free deal. Did I lose anyone? Sometimes my math gets me lost and I have to figure out my deals several times to get the best scenario.
Good coupons from http://www.afullcup.com/ are listed by store below.
Target ones: remember don’t use at Bridford location
75 off 10oz kelloggs cereal
75 off kraft cheese
75 off daisy sour cream
50 off stove top
Food Lion ones:
Save 1.00 on produce with 6 campbells products
Free avocado
2 off 5 on produce
2 off 5 in bakery (some are saying that the deli comes under bakery and they are getting 2 off 5 when they buy deli meat)
Possible meals from this week’s deals (I am simple, have picky kids and my meals are simple right now given that I am like the only one who eats them so sorry if I offend the good cooks out there……..)
Baked ziti or spaghetti
Easy chicken parmesan
Garlic shrimp and pasta
Crock pot BBQ chicken
Breakfast for dinner-pancakes or waffles
Chili
Potato Soup
Layered Enchilada Bake
Baked ziti or penne pasta:
I take one box of pasta and dump it into a 9x13 baking dish. I dumped one jar of pasta sauce (I like the cheese ones) into the dish. I then completely fill the sauce jar with water and then dump that into the dish too. Stir everything to make even consistency. Cover with foil. Bake at 375 for 30 min. Uncover and stir to make sure the noodles are tender. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese or Italian pkg cheese on top and cook another 5 min approx or until cheese is melted. Serve with salad and the garlic bread.
Easy Parmesan Chicken:
1 jar spag sauce
6 Tbsp grated parm cheese
6 small boneless breasts (1.5 lbs)
1.5 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
Preheat to 375. Pour sauce into 9x13 baking dish. Stir in 4 Tbsp (=1/4 cup) parm cheese. Add chicken, turning over to coat both sides. Cover with foil. Bake 30 min . Uncover. Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining 2 Tbsp of parm cheese and continue baking 5 min or until the cheese is melted. Serve over/with noodles (my kids won’t eat the chix) the garlic bread, or bread made from Teeter cheap bakery bread, vegs, and or salad.
Garlic Shrimp and pasta:
Boil or steam the shrimp until pink. Shell. Lightly sautee in crushed or minced garlic and butter and serve over linguine or fettuccine noodles.
I would serve with broc spears?
Crock pot BBQ chicken:
Boil 1-2 lbs chick breasts (either the bone in or boneless). I am going to boil the ones with bones and save the broth water to make rice with so I am kinda tricking my kids with the rice that has something nutritional in it if you can call broth that. Back to meal. Pull the meat from the bone and shred or just shred your breast. Dump into the crock pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce. Slow cook for 5-6 hours. Serve on rolls (I like the big teeter ones). Serve with beans or fries or cole slaw, or fruit or applesauce.
Breakfast for dinner:
I like to eat pancakes on Friday nights or on the weekend mornings. Can’t beat a dinner that costs under 1.00 if you get pancake mix and syrup at Lowes!!
Chili (this is my hodge podge recipe—there are others out there like it on http://www.allrecipes.com/)
Brown a 1-2lb of ground beef and drain off grease. (I use more like 1.5-2 because hubbie is a meat and potatoes kind of guy and he wants spoons of meat and not spoons of beans.) Dump into crock pot . Add 2 cans tomato soup, 1 or 2 cans of rinsed kidney beans, 1 can of chili beans ( I do not rinse these), 2 cans of rotel chili tomatoes and water until at consistency you like your chili. Taste. Add red pepper or chili powder to your desired heat. I have thrown in a can of corn to give texture. I have put more cans of tomato soup in too when it looked too “little”. You can do this on the stove top but I would bring to boil, turn down and let simmer until the beans were good and tender. Serve with grilled cheese or hoagies.
Potato Soup from Vicky Hey:
Good to use with all the betty crocker box mash potatoes you might have gotten on sale the week before Thanksgiving at either Teeter or Lowes.
One box of Betty Crocker mashed potatoes
¾ cup of broth
1 Tbsp of butter or margarine
1Tbsp of all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon of salt
Dash pepper
1 cup milk or light cream
Make 2 pouches (2 pouches in 1 box) of mashed potatoes as listed on box. In a med saucepan melt butter. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till slightly thickened and bubbly. Cook 1 minute more. Stir in potato mixture and ¾ cup broth. Cook and stir till heated through. If necessary, stir in additional milk to make of desired consistency. Season to taste. You can add bacon or ham, shredded cheddar and green onions to put on top of soup
Layered Enchilada Bake:
1 lb ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups thick salsa
1 can black beans, rinsed/drained
¼ cup Italian dressing (zesty if have it already but plain is fine)
2 Tbsp taco seasoning mix (from the pouch)
6 flour tortillas 8 inch
1 cup sour cream
1 8 oz pkg of Mexican shredded cheese
Line 9x13 baking dish with foil with ends extending over sides of dish. Set aside. Brown meat with onions in skillet on med-hi heat. Drain grease. Add salsa, beans, dressing, and taco seasoning mix and mix well. Arrange 3 tortillas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Cover with layers of half each of meat mixture, sour cream and cheese. Repeat all layers. Cover with foil. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting to serve. Serve with refried beans, salad, Spanish rice made with chicken broth or white rice and a can of rotel thrown in to make homemade Spanish rice.
There are insert coupons for 1.00 /2 ortega products- taco mix, salsa, refried beans or there are 1.00/ 2 old el paso products from- you might be able to find them also on http://www.coupons.com/
Viva big roll -2/$3-75c/1=free
Ziploc containers-bogo-75c/1=less than 50 each
Split chicken breast (has bone in) .88lb STOCK UP GREAT PRICE
e-z peel shrimp 21-30 count bogo at $25.98 so I bag is 12.99- there is a Bud
rebate out there if you can find it or have it for 10.00 back on the
purchase of 10 in seafood, buy one bag and your total cost is 2.99 which
might be a cheap treat
hunts can tomatoes 10/10-.25/1=.50 ea
rothbury crutons 1.29 bogo
heinz 57 with lea perrins 3.99 has TMF (try me free) tag around neck of
bottle, use 1.00 coupon and you just made money off it
peelie on the Hidden Valley organic salad dressing for 1.00 off produce but
I am not sure you have to buy the dressing to use the peelie-worth a look
Bruce’s yams .79 were 1.19
Skippy 2lb8oz huge tub 5.49 bogo-.75/2 or .60/1=3.99/2 or 1.55 ea
Ronzoni pasta 3/4- 1.00=.33 a box
No yolks egg noodles 2/3-50 coupon=.50 a bag
Ragu pasta sauce 3/5 aka 1.66 ea-.25/1=1.16 ea
Ham/tuna/chicken helpers 1.79- 50/1 or 50/2=.79 or 1.29 (hold out for bogo)
Ramen noodles super 6 pack 1.19 bogo (cheap to donate)
Ht brand of cream soups 5/3 aka .60 a can, includes chix noodle and tom, I
can almost promise that the campbells will go on sale again before
Christmas and they will be closer to .35 a can with coupons so only
get if you have to have because .60 is still good
krusteaz pancakes, muffin mixes,cake, cookie bars 2/4-.55/1=.90
kelloggs yogos snacks 2/4
quaker grits 2.5lb-the huge bag- 1.29-50 c=.29 (awesome)
8ct rice krispies treats box 2/4-1.00=1.00 box
Capri suns 3.19 bogo
Kelloggs cereal straws 2/4-1.00/1=1.00
Post organic grape nuts 1.94 (was 3.79)
Cheerios-all kinds- 2/5-1.00/2 or 1.00/1=2.00 or 1.50 ea
Betty crocker dry cookie mix 2/3-.50/1=.50 ea STOCK UP FOR CHRISTMAS
Bisquick 2.49-75/1=1.00 a box GOOD DEAL
Gold medal flour 1.99 bogo there is a deal/coupon buy flour and karo and
get.75 off aka 1.50 so here is my math 1 flour .99 + 1 karo 2.29=3.28 –
karo coupon of .35 (.70) and – coupon for flour/karo 1.50= 1.08 for both
GOOD DEAL
Karo syrup 2.29-.35=1.59
Mahatmas rice 2/1-.60/2=FREE
Fast fixins chicken nugget bag (near the sand meat at some teeters) 8.99 bag
There is a peelie for 5 off with mail in rebate. Join their website and
they will mail you coupons and if you will collect upcs they will send
you coupons for free bags. I initially thought they were too expensive
but after they sent me 1.00 coupons and then Lowes will put them on
bogo sales sometimes they were like 5.99 bogo-2 1.00 coupons they
became 2.00 a bag and a good deal… something to think about.
Green giant selected frozen vegs 2/5-.50/1=1.50 ea insert & www.coupons.com
Viola frozen veg meals 4.99 bogo
Coles frozen garlic bread 1.79,2.89 bogo- I can’t find my coupon for this
Pepperidge farm has frozen garlic bread .75/1-should be dirt cheap after cpn
Always do a walk by the fresh breads from the bakery. I get French bread all the time for .29 a loaf because they mark it down. I get bags of rolls to make subs for less than 1.00. If you think the bread is slightly hard, make cheap French toast out of it or that pampered chef recipe where the toast soaks overnight. Cheap eats. Let me know if anyone needs the Pamp Chef recipe scanned and emailed to them.
Cheer detergent 2.99-.35/1
Lowes deals for 11-28-07 thru 12-4-07, remember they double up to .99, I am only putting in the face value of the coupon and remember that the Lowes on Guilford and Piedmont Pkwy corner does not take target internet coupons
**Saw a rebate form at the Lowes on Guilford and Piedmont Pkwy by Miller- you send in one receipt from shopping-min 30.00 purchase and you will get back 10% of how much you spent- you can use the rebate at any store so it might be a good one to hold on and save for a Sam’s shopping trip where you have tons of stuff in your cart- there are some exclusions=tobacco,liquor, pharmacy, electronics, appliances and gift cards but is says nothing about diapers! It was located on a display in front of the ice cream.
Large white eggs 1.39 doz (cheaper than sam’s this week!)
J.L. Kraft Specialty Gourmet Hot cheese dip or spreadable bogo-.75/1=FREE
Borden cheese slices 1.69-.55/1=.59 ea 12oz pk
Ground beef 1.69lb Cheapest in town so far I could find
Perdue boneless chicken 1.79 lb STOCK UP YOUR FREEZER
Gwaltney hotdogs 4/5, cheese 3/3.99 a so-so deal because there are no coupons
Keebler crackers 3.29 bogo-50/1=.65 a box ** Get for Christmas casseroles, parties, and I have a cute cookie recipe I will pass along
Comet rice .99 small box-.55=FREE
Rotel tomatoes 5/5-.30=.40 a can (Good for Chili and casseroles)
Lowes can tomatoes .99 bogo
Wishbone salad dressing 2/4-.60/1=.80 ea
Hungry jack potatoes pouch .99-.30=.39 & mash box 2/3-.30=.90 box
Stove top 2/3-.50 target coupon=1.00 box
Lowes brand BBQ sauce .89
Jack Daniels BBQ sauce 1.99- hangtag on bottle 1.00=.99 bottle
No yolks egg noodles 1.49-50/1=.49 a bag
Barilla pasta (spag,thin,fet,lin,ang hair) 5/4=.80 box
Manicotti,las,shells 4/5 (I would suggest manicotti- I have a recipe for
Mexican manicotti I will pass along)
Lipton new Sides (vegs in them) 2/3-.75=FREE
Lipton reg noodles and rice packets 5/5-60/2=.40 ea
Lowes brand cream soups 5/3 ok if you need them right now but I anticipate
Campbells going back on sale for Christmas and they’ll be closer to .35
Chex 2/5-1.00/2=2.00 ea
Post Honeycomb 3.29 bogo
Quaker Oatmeal to Go bars 2/5-1.00/1=1.50 box (so-so)
Quaker Sweet & Salty gran bars 2/5-.75/1= 1.00 a box
All gummies, Kellogg and betty crocker 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Northwoods syrup (it is good) 1.89-.75 hangtag on bottle=.39 a bottle GREAT
Hungry jack pancake mix 2/3-.55/1=.40 a box
Martha white muffins 4/3-1.00/3 or 1.00/4=1.25 for 3 or 4 @.50 ea
Krusteaz muffins, bars, cake 2/4-.55/1=.90 ea
Jfg coffee 2/5-.60/1=1.30 a brick
Duncan hines cake .99—there is a coupon for .75 off 1 cake and 1 icing so
If it works right, get 1 cake for .99 and 1 icing for 1.79 approx
And use the .75 aka 1.50 off and =approx 1.28 for both
Pictsweet bag vegs 4/5
If you spend 1200 points you can get sandwich bread for .19
Angel soft toilet paper 2.95 bogo-1.00/1=1.95 2 pks
Deal of the week: go to http://www.checkmyrebate.com/ and go under the “coors” rebates, find the rebate for when you purchase a 20.00 gift card you get a 10.00 rebate. Buy a grocery card for either Lowes or Teeter. Save your receipt. Print out the coors rebate details page. Put your name,address, date of birth (they want to make sure you are over 21) and SIGN IT and date it. Make copy for your own records. Send off. Use the 20 gift card on your groceries. A Double play it is called because you are getting 20 worth of groceries for 10 and you will get more than that because you are using coupons on top of that. It would be a triple play if you could buy something else you have a rebate for like the Bud seafood offer or the nugget rebate because then you are getting more money back than the original 10 from the gift card purchase. That is how you can turn a 20.00 cart of groceries into a 5.00 or free deal. Did I lose anyone? Sometimes my math gets me lost and I have to figure out my deals several times to get the best scenario.
Good coupons from http://www.afullcup.com/ are listed by store below.
Target ones: remember don’t use at Bridford location
75 off 10oz kelloggs cereal
75 off kraft cheese
75 off daisy sour cream
50 off stove top
Food Lion ones:
Save 1.00 on produce with 6 campbells products
Free avocado
2 off 5 on produce
2 off 5 in bakery (some are saying that the deli comes under bakery and they are getting 2 off 5 when they buy deli meat)
Possible meals from this week’s deals (I am simple, have picky kids and my meals are simple right now given that I am like the only one who eats them so sorry if I offend the good cooks out there……..)
Baked ziti or spaghetti
Easy chicken parmesan
Garlic shrimp and pasta
Crock pot BBQ chicken
Breakfast for dinner-pancakes or waffles
Chili
Potato Soup
Layered Enchilada Bake
Baked ziti or penne pasta:
I take one box of pasta and dump it into a 9x13 baking dish. I dumped one jar of pasta sauce (I like the cheese ones) into the dish. I then completely fill the sauce jar with water and then dump that into the dish too. Stir everything to make even consistency. Cover with foil. Bake at 375 for 30 min. Uncover and stir to make sure the noodles are tender. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese or Italian pkg cheese on top and cook another 5 min approx or until cheese is melted. Serve with salad and the garlic bread.
Easy Parmesan Chicken:
1 jar spag sauce
6 Tbsp grated parm cheese
6 small boneless breasts (1.5 lbs)
1.5 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
Preheat to 375. Pour sauce into 9x13 baking dish. Stir in 4 Tbsp (=1/4 cup) parm cheese. Add chicken, turning over to coat both sides. Cover with foil. Bake 30 min . Uncover. Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining 2 Tbsp of parm cheese and continue baking 5 min or until the cheese is melted. Serve over/with noodles (my kids won’t eat the chix) the garlic bread, or bread made from Teeter cheap bakery bread, vegs, and or salad.
Garlic Shrimp and pasta:
Boil or steam the shrimp until pink. Shell. Lightly sautee in crushed or minced garlic and butter and serve over linguine or fettuccine noodles.
I would serve with broc spears?
Crock pot BBQ chicken:
Boil 1-2 lbs chick breasts (either the bone in or boneless). I am going to boil the ones with bones and save the broth water to make rice with so I am kinda tricking my kids with the rice that has something nutritional in it if you can call broth that. Back to meal. Pull the meat from the bone and shred or just shred your breast. Dump into the crock pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce. Slow cook for 5-6 hours. Serve on rolls (I like the big teeter ones). Serve with beans or fries or cole slaw, or fruit or applesauce.
Breakfast for dinner:
I like to eat pancakes on Friday nights or on the weekend mornings. Can’t beat a dinner that costs under 1.00 if you get pancake mix and syrup at Lowes!!
Chili (this is my hodge podge recipe—there are others out there like it on http://www.allrecipes.com/)
Brown a 1-2lb of ground beef and drain off grease. (I use more like 1.5-2 because hubbie is a meat and potatoes kind of guy and he wants spoons of meat and not spoons of beans.) Dump into crock pot . Add 2 cans tomato soup, 1 or 2 cans of rinsed kidney beans, 1 can of chili beans ( I do not rinse these), 2 cans of rotel chili tomatoes and water until at consistency you like your chili. Taste. Add red pepper or chili powder to your desired heat. I have thrown in a can of corn to give texture. I have put more cans of tomato soup in too when it looked too “little”. You can do this on the stove top but I would bring to boil, turn down and let simmer until the beans were good and tender. Serve with grilled cheese or hoagies.
Potato Soup from Vicky Hey:
Good to use with all the betty crocker box mash potatoes you might have gotten on sale the week before Thanksgiving at either Teeter or Lowes.
One box of Betty Crocker mashed potatoes
¾ cup of broth
1 Tbsp of butter or margarine
1Tbsp of all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon of salt
Dash pepper
1 cup milk or light cream
Make 2 pouches (2 pouches in 1 box) of mashed potatoes as listed on box. In a med saucepan melt butter. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till slightly thickened and bubbly. Cook 1 minute more. Stir in potato mixture and ¾ cup broth. Cook and stir till heated through. If necessary, stir in additional milk to make of desired consistency. Season to taste. You can add bacon or ham, shredded cheddar and green onions to put on top of soup
Layered Enchilada Bake:
1 lb ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups thick salsa
1 can black beans, rinsed/drained
¼ cup Italian dressing (zesty if have it already but plain is fine)
2 Tbsp taco seasoning mix (from the pouch)
6 flour tortillas 8 inch
1 cup sour cream
1 8 oz pkg of Mexican shredded cheese
Line 9x13 baking dish with foil with ends extending over sides of dish. Set aside. Brown meat with onions in skillet on med-hi heat. Drain grease. Add salsa, beans, dressing, and taco seasoning mix and mix well. Arrange 3 tortillas in a single layer on bottom of prepared baking dish. Cover with layers of half each of meat mixture, sour cream and cheese. Repeat all layers. Cover with foil. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting to serve. Serve with refried beans, salad, Spanish rice made with chicken broth or white rice and a can of rotel thrown in to make homemade Spanish rice.
There are insert coupons for 1.00 /2 ortega products- taco mix, salsa, refried beans or there are 1.00/ 2 old el paso products from- you might be able to find them also on http://www.coupons.com/
Deals and Meals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07
**Note all stores sales run from Wed am (6 or 7) and end at midnight of Tuesday
Harris Teeter deals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07: will take Target too and other Internet Printable (IP) but only 2 or 3 per order ( I have been told both numbers so ???)
They will double face value up to .99
**Teeter seems to be changing some of their coupon policies lately. I have been told 3 of the same coupons per order. I have been told one coupon for BOGO which is not correct because their BOGO rings up at half price not full price and .00 for the second. One suggestion is to have 2 orders in your cart and separate the BOGO and coupons. I have done this many times and they don’t care. Most of the time the cashier could care less what you buy and how much but once in a while I run into a cashier with their own rules.
Harris Teeter brand bread .89 for sandwich- cheaper than walmart
Folgers BOGO 3.29 (1.65) and there are .50/1=.65 bag, There are .25/1=1.15 bag
Birds Eye frozen Steamfresh veg bags BOGO 2.50 (1.25) there are 1.00/1=.25
There are .35/1=.55
Sara Lee pies BOGO (I can’t remember price) there is 1.00/2 I will probably get some apples for the holidays if they come out to 3.00 or less each
Sister Schubert rolls BOGO 3-something I think – there are .50/1 so they should come out to 1-something individually which is GREAT
I can’t believe it is butter BOGO (can’t remember price) & there is .40/1= good deal only if less than .50
Daisy sour cream 3/$5=1.66 use target .75 off and =.92
Philadelphia cream cheese .99/1 there are .20/2=.79 each
Pillsbury crescent rolls 2/$3 (1.50) there are .40/1=.70 ea
Betty Crocker specialty potatoes BOGO 1.79 (.90) there are .35/1=.20 a box (I will STOCK up for every coupon I find) There are IP .40/1= .10 a box
Campbells cream soups 4/$3 (.75 ea) there are .40/2=.35 each STOCK UP
Campbells Select soups 8/$10 (1.25 ea) there are .50/2=.75 ea, There are .40/2=.85 ea
Swanson broth 5/$3 (.60 ea) there are .25/4=.47 can (I will hold out for closer to .25 a can)
Cheez-Its BOGO they are 1.00/2 I will get if they come out to 1.20 a box or less
Pop-Secret popcorn BOGO 2.29 ea (I think) (1.15 ea) there are .40/1=.35 a box
Harris Teeter deals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07: will take Target too and other Internet Printable (IP) but only 2 or 3 per order ( I have been told both numbers so ???)
They will double face value up to .99
**Teeter seems to be changing some of their coupon policies lately. I have been told 3 of the same coupons per order. I have been told one coupon for BOGO which is not correct because their BOGO rings up at half price not full price and .00 for the second. One suggestion is to have 2 orders in your cart and separate the BOGO and coupons. I have done this many times and they don’t care. Most of the time the cashier could care less what you buy and how much but once in a while I run into a cashier with their own rules.
Harris Teeter brand bread .89 for sandwich- cheaper than walmart
Folgers BOGO 3.29 (1.65) and there are .50/1=.65 bag, There are .25/1=1.15 bag
Birds Eye frozen Steamfresh veg bags BOGO 2.50 (1.25) there are 1.00/1=.25
There are .35/1=.55
Sara Lee pies BOGO (I can’t remember price) there is 1.00/2 I will probably get some apples for the holidays if they come out to 3.00 or less each
Sister Schubert rolls BOGO 3-something I think – there are .50/1 so they should come out to 1-something individually which is GREAT
I can’t believe it is butter BOGO (can’t remember price) & there is .40/1= good deal only if less than .50
Daisy sour cream 3/$5=1.66 use target .75 off and =.92
Philadelphia cream cheese .99/1 there are .20/2=.79 each
Pillsbury crescent rolls 2/$3 (1.50) there are .40/1=.70 ea
Betty Crocker specialty potatoes BOGO 1.79 (.90) there are .35/1=.20 a box (I will STOCK up for every coupon I find) There are IP .40/1= .10 a box
Campbells cream soups 4/$3 (.75 ea) there are .40/2=.35 each STOCK UP
Campbells Select soups 8/$10 (1.25 ea) there are .50/2=.75 ea, There are .40/2=.85 ea
Swanson broth 5/$3 (.60 ea) there are .25/4=.47 can (I will hold out for closer to .25 a can)
Cheez-Its BOGO they are 1.00/2 I will get if they come out to 1.20 a box or less
Pop-Secret popcorn BOGO 2.29 ea (I think) (1.15 ea) there are .40/1=.35 a box
Lowes deals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07: remember they double up to .99 face value
Go to http://www.afullcup.com/ and print off Target coupons for:
.50 off banana 2lbs+
$1 off fresh vegs (broc,cauliflower,celery)
.50 off Stove Top
.75 off Daisy sour cream
THE STORE ON CORNER OF PIEDMONT PKWY AND GUILFORD COLLEGE WILL NOT TAKE TARGET COUPONS
Celery BOGO 1.79 (will ring up half at .89)- use the Target $1 off fresh veg = FREE
Sweet potatoes .39 lb- good deal- comps out for the overage from the free celery to = food lion sale price
Green Giant frozen boxed vegs BOGO 1.70 (will ring up half at .90) there are .50/1 aka 1.00 off 1= .10 overage
.25/1 aka .50/1= .40 a box
.50/2 aka 1.00/2=.40 a box
Birds Eye frozen bag Steamfresh vegs BOGO 2.50 (1.25 each) there are .35/1 aka .70/1=.55 bag, There are 1.00/1 for singles but will work= .25 bag
Barber Foods chicken cordon bleu frozen BOGO 4.65 (2.33 each) there are 1.00/1=1.33
Kraft Shredded cheeses 8 oz BOGO 3.19 (1.60 ea) there are blinkies for 1.00/3 (you can just buy 3)=1.26 each
Philadelphia cream cheese 8 oz .99 each there are .20/2=.79 each (good deal cheaper than walmart generic)
Daisy sour cream 3 for 4.98 there are .75 from full cup = 1.66-.75=.91
** note other people can get Lowes to double the target coupons but I usually plan for the worst and if they do then it is a surprise
Coffee-Mate liquid creamer 16 oz 2/$4 (2.00) there are .50/1=1.00 a bottle
Rotel can tomatoes 5/$5 (1.00 ea) there are .30/1=.40 a can (I usually get one for every coupon I can get my hands on)
Knorr Lipton sides 5/$5 (1.00 ea) there are .60/2 =.40 a bag
there were some .75/1= .50 overage but I can’t remember if it was limited to new ones with vegs
Campbells cream soups 4/$3 (.75 ea) there are .40/2=.35 a can (I STOCKED up like mad for casseroles) awesome deal
Swanson broth 5/$3 (.60 ea) there are .25/4=.47 each (good but can get better I like closer to .25 a can)
French’s fried onions 6oz 2.99 there is .50/1 so 1.99 and it is 3xs the size of the smaller can so that is like 3 cans for .66 each=good
Quaker Grits 2/$3 (1.50 ea) there are .50/1=.50 a box
Kellogg cereals 1.00 off automatically there are some coupons out there for 1.00 /1, 1.00/2, B2G1 peelies (buy 2 get 1 free) on the front of boxes in some stores- I found them on frosted flakes ** judgement call on how much you will spend on cereal** my genna rule is not to spend more than 1.25 on any box of cereal ever.
Quaker sweet & salty granola bars 2/$5 (2.50) there are .75/1=1.00 a box
Orville Redenbacher popcorn 2/$4 (2.00) there are 1.00/1=1.00 a box (so so deal in my opinion and I would hold out for the BOGO)
Duncan Hines cake mix BOGO 1.75 (.88 ea) there is .75/1 box of cake and 1 icing so the deal is get 1 box of cake and 1 icing which is about 1.59 if I remember right so .88+1.59=2.47-1.5 cpn=.97 for both not bad
Food Lion deals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07:
Sweet potatoes .29 lb—a good deal but I would not go out of my way
Kmart deals for 11-14-07 thru 11-20-07:
Eggs .99 dozen- good deal/cheaper than sam’s by about .50 a dozen
Green Giant vegs 3 cans for 1.00- no coupon/ it has been about a year since anyone beat this deal with a 4/$1, limit 6 and break your orders into 6 , I did 4 consecutive orders of 6 with no problem
Tyson skinless/boneless chicken 1.87 lb- Great deal. Stock up your freezer if you can because this is a good price, there are coupons for $2 off, $1 off and .55 off out there from recent Sun papers. I got 4 packs and had 3 $2 and 1 $1 and it made it more like 1.50 lb.
Possible meals from deals:
Crunchy Onion Chicken
Rippled Coffee Cake
Corn Casserole
Tasty 2 Step Chicken
One Dish Chicken Bake
Paprick Chicken with Sour Cream Gravy
Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake
Herbed Tomatoes, Chicken and Rice
Simple Hollandaise Sauce
Crunchy Onion Chicken
1 1/3 cup French’s Original or Cheddar French Fried Onions
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves(about 1 lb)
1 egg, beaten
1. Place onions into plastic bag. Lightly crush with hands or with rolling pin.
2. Dip chicken into egg; then coat with onion pieces. Place chicken on baking sheet.
3. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until no longer pink in center.
Makes 4 servings.
Cooking tip:
1 cup onions = 1 cup of breadcrumbs, for any recipe!
Rippled Coffee Cake
Prep: 10 min, Bake: 30 min.
1 package (18.25 ounces) yellow cake mix
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
4 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup pecked brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
ICING:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
¼ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
In a mixing bowl, combine dry cake mix, sour cream, eggs, and oil; beat well. Spread half of the batter into a greased 13inx9inx2in baking pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Carefully spread remaining batter on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Combine icing ingredients and drizzle over warm cake. Yield: 16-20 servings.
Corn Casserole
Great complement to your turkey dinner
1 stick margarine
1 can creamed corn
1 can whole kernel corn
2 t. sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 package Jiffy corn muffin mix
1-8 oz. package mozzarella cheese
Original recipe yields 6-8 servings
Serving day instructions
This dish is best when made on the day it is to be served. Melt margarine in 2-quart casserole dish. Stir in all ingredients except half the package of mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes. During the last 15 minutes, add rest of cheese over top. Bake until cheese is melted.
Tasty 2-Step Chicken
PREP/COOK: 20 MIN
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 can (103/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom
Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1/2 cup water
1. Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes or until it's well browned on both sides. Remove the chicken and set aside. Pour off any fat.
2. Stir the soup and water into the skillet. Heat to a boil. Return the chicken to the skillet and reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
Makes 4 servings
One-Dish Chicken Bake
Prep: 10 min. Total: 45 min
1 (6 oz.) pkg. Stove Top Stuffing Mix
1 ½ cups hot water
¼ cup butter
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I !/2 Ib.)
I pkg. (10 oz.) mixed vegetables
I can (10 oz.) condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/3 cup Breakstone's or Knudsen Sour Cream or milk
preheat oven to 375°F.
mix stuffing mix, water and butter and set aside
place chicken breasts in 3 x 9-in. baking dish. Add vegetables. Mix soup and sour cream; pour over chicken.Top with stuffing
bake for 35 min. or until chicken is cooked through. Makes 6 servings.
Paprika Chicken with Sour Cream Gravy
1/2 cup ail-purpose flour
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon each garlic powder, ground black pepper and
ground red pepper
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
4 tablespoons butter
1 can (10.75 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken
Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
2 medium green onions, sliced (about 1/4 cup)1 container (8 ounces) sour cream
1. Mix the flour, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and red pepperon a piate. Coat the chicken with the flour mixture.
2. Heat the butter in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes or until it’s well browned on both sides.Remove the chicken and set aside.
3. Stir the soup and green onions into the skillet. Heat to a boil. Returnthe chicken to the skillet and reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Stir in the sour cream.
Makes 4 servings
Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake
1 can (10.75 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream
of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 1/3 cups water
¾ cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice
½ teaspoon onion powder
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
4 to 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
1. Stir the soup, water, rice, onion powder and black pepper in a 12x8x2-inch shallow baking dish. Top with the chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with additional pepper. Cover the dish with foil.
2. Bake at 375°F. for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.
PREP: 5 MINUTES BAKE: 45 MINUTES
Tip: Stir 2 cups of fresh, canned or frozen vegetables into the soup mixture before topping with chicken.
3. Uncover and sprinkle the cheese over the chicken.
Makes 6 servings
Herbed Tomatoes, Chicken and Rice
This low calorie, low fat meal provides two servings of veggies.
Prep: 5 min. Total: 30 min,
1/4 cup Kraft. Light Done Right/ Italian Reduced Fat Dressing
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about I Ib.)
2 cloves garlic, minced
I can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup water
2 cups Minute Brown Rice, uncooked
I cup Kraft 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat MozzareKa Cheese
1 medium tomato, chopped
2 Tbsp. chopped cifantro
Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat Add chicken and garlic; cover. Cook 5 min. on each side or until chicken is browned. Remove from skillet; set aside.
add canned tomatoes and water to skillet Stir in rice; bring to boil. Reduce heat to tow; simmer, uncovered, 10 min. Return chicken to skillet. Sprinkle with cheese; cover.
cook on low heat 5 min. Top with tomato and cilantro. Makes 4 servings.
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Simple Hollandaise Sauce
Prep: 5 min. i Total: 10 min.
1/2 cup Kraft Mayo Light Mayonnaise
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt 1 tsp. yellow mustard
1 tsp. lemon juice
mix all ingredients in saucepan.
cook on low heat 5 min. or until heated through, stirring constantly.
serve over hot steamed fresh asparagus, sugar snap peas or broccoli.
Makes 1 cup or 8 servings, 2 Tbsp. each.
jazz it up: Serve sauce over vegetables as directed, then garnish with chopped fresh parsley or finely chopped red peppers.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Deals and meals for 12-05-07 thru 12-11-07
Harris Teeter deals for 12-5-07 thru 12-11-07: remember they double up to .99
** Note that if they are out of something, get a raincheck- they are good forever at Teeter and note that several Teeter are accepting recently expired coupons
**Note in the frozen foods section there is a cutout penguin that has tearpad coupons- there are several good ones to get like the Kraft cheese, superpretzel, Sara Lee pie/cheesecakes, International Delight liq coffee creamer, Picsweet vegs
Broccoli 2.49 BOGO-
Cauliflower 2.99 BOGO
Red or White onions .99 lb
note the fresh breads for mark down loaves, rolls
Chuck roast 3.99 lb BOGO- have to buy 2 pkgs, not ringing up at half price
Chuck steak 4.49 lb BOGO- have to buy 2 pkgs, not ringing up at half price
Harris Teeter shredded cheese 2.99 BOGO
Nestle ready to bake cookies 3.59 BOGO .50/1 penquin tearpad coupon=.80 each
Skippy 18 oz. 2.29 BOGO-.60/1= FREE with .06 overage
Skippy is a good money maker if you still have 75c/1 coupons= FREE with .36 overage
PopSecret 4.59 BOGO(2.30) -.40/1=1.50 box, Deal can get better on smaller pkgs
Mt. Olive dill relish reg. 1.99 BOGO–.50/1= FREE
Arnold bread is 3.59 BOGO (1.80) - .75/1=.30 loaf
Mahatma rice mixes – long grain saffron yellow seasonings – 50c = FREE after 50c/2
Minute white rice 2/3-.40/1=.70 box
Lipton rice or pasta sides 5/5-.60/2-.40 ea
Rothbury crutons 1.29 BOGO
Ortega refried beans 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Muellers spaghetti 5/4 (.80 ea)-.55 whole grain=FREE
Ronzoni Smart Taste 3/4 (1.33)-1.00/1=.33 box
Ragu sauce 3/5 (1.66 ea)-
Hunts Fire Roasted tomatoes 5/5-.25/1=.50 ea
Progresso soups 2.39 BOGO (1.20)-.25/1=.70 ea
Chex cereals 3/7 (2.33 ea)-1.00/2=1.83 box, buy in 2' for coupon, ok deal
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes & Raisin Bran 3.69 & 3.49 BOGO-
Life cereal Vanilla Yogurt Crunch, Choc Oat Crunch 2.04 (was 4.19)-1.00/2=1.54 box
Ghirardelli Brownie mix 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Jose Ole Sizzling Chix Fajitas 7.75 BOGO(3.88 ea)-1.00/1=2.88
Marcel toilet paper 1.69 BOGO
Charmin 24 roll pack 4.97-.25/1=4.47 (was almost 10.00)
Arm & Hammer dryer sheets 100 ct 3.69 BOGO
Harris Teeter dryer sheets 80 ct 2.99 BOGO
This week's e-vic offer-Save $3.00 off HT Traders Salsa 16oz #.60-3.00=.69 jar - Any Variety & this will automatically come off when purchased- there is no coupon and it is only good for one jar.
Deal: use the $2.00 off $5.00 in produce from Food Lion to make produce cheaper
Lowes Foods deals for 12-05-07 thru 12-11-07: remember they double up to .99
** note that if Lowes is out of something and you get a raincheck, it will be good for 30 days only
** note that the same Penguin board is in the frozen foods section as Harris Teeter
California navel oranges 4lb bag 4.99 BOGO (2.49 ea)
Dole bag salad 2.99 BOGO (1.49) -.50/1=.49 ea
grape tomatoes pint 3.49 BOGO (1.74 ea)
mushrooms 8 oz 2/4-
baking potatoes .69 lb
always check for their bagged ripe bananas at .29 lb- sometimes they are yellow and great
bone-in pork chops 2.99 lb
Contessa shrimp 4.49 BOGO-1.50/2=1.50 bag, 6.99 BOGO- 1.50/1=2.75 ea
split chicken breast w/bone .99 lb
Ken's 16 oz salad dressing 2.75 BOGO(1.38 ea)-
Lowes black olives 1.19
Reese brand black olives .99
Lowes green olives 1.50
Swanson broth 5/3-.25/1=.10
Campbells chunky/select soups 2/3-.50/4 or .40/2=4/5.00 or 2/2.20
Minute white rice 2/3-.40/1=.70
Success whole grain rice 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Uncle Ben's .99- go to uncle ben's website and get IP for .75/1=FREE
Post cereal (honeycomb3.29,bran 3.15,bunches of oats 3.25) BOGO
Kelloggs fruit snacks 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Norhtwoods pancake syrup 1.79-.75/1 hangtag= .29 bottle
Lowes marshmallows 1.19 BOGO (.60 ea) GREAT DEAL for Christmas casseroles
Lowes Foods bath tissue 2.69 BOGO
Country Crock butter tub 1.29-.65/2 penguin board coupon=buy 2 and 1.28 or .64 ea
JL Kraft spreadable cheeses 2.99 BOGO-.75/1=FREE
Pet ice cream 4.99 BOGO (2.49 ea)- it tastes good- I buy it when have a
coupon
Sara Lee simple sweets pies 2/4-.75/1=.50 ea or penguin board 1.00/1=1.00 ea
Lays potato chips 3.49 BOGO
They pulled the Sara Lee deal that provided overage. I still think that it is a deal at .50 or 1.00 a pie depending on what coupon you have.
Food Lion deals 12-5-07 thru 12-11-07: remember they do not double:
Whole Fryers .69 lb
Whole fryers cut up .89 lb
mushrooms 8 oz 1.49
red seedless grapes 1.99 lb
Doritos 3.49 BOGO
Quaker granola bars 2/4-1.00/2 or .75/1=1.00 or 1.25 box
Possible meals from deals:
Crock roast with potatoes
Mexican Roast Chicken with Salsa
Pan seared pork chops
Saucy Parmesan Chicken
Chicken pot pie
Mexican Manicotti (from last week's sale of ground beef)
French toast
Crock roast with potatoes:
This recipe I totally wing it but we love it. Take your crock pot out. Wash, peel, cut into thick slices or wedges about 1 pound of potatoes and put in bottom of crock pot. Cut 2 med onions into wedges and put over potatoes. You can add other vegs like carrots or celery too but I usually get stuck eating these at our picky house so......Place 1-1.5 lb roast into crock pot. I dump cans of diced tomatoes on top of roast and low cook for approx 6 hours. Add salt and pepper. I have also added galic powder if my diced tomatoes were italian. I serve in bowls with biscuits or rolls and a salad and sliced mushrooms that have been sauteed in butter. I have used leftovers to make a fake french dip or pulled sandwiches the next day.
Mexican Roast Chicken with Salsa:
1 (5 or 6 lb) chicken to roast
2 tsp chili powder (the cheapest place to get spices is Walmar-sorry)
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp garlic salt
3/4 cup each sliced black ripe pitted olives and pimento-stuffed manzanilla olives
1 (11 oz) jar chunky salsa
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Coat chickent with cooking spray; sprinkle evenly with chili powder, cumin and garlic salt. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan (although I did not have one the first time I made this and it was fine in a large pan). Roast 1hour 45 min to 2 hours or until internal temp of breast is 170 degrees. Meanwhile, combine olives, salsa and cilantro and refrigerate until ready to use. Reserve 2/3 cup olive salsa for later. Remove chicken from oven and transfer to a carving board. Tent with foil; let stand 5 to 10 minutes before slicing. Serve chicken with salsa. I have also served with refried beans, salad, mexican rice and for the kid flour tortillas with melted cheese.
Pan seared pork chops:
4 boneless pork chops ( I used bone-in and just watched my initial cooking time for doneness)
1 clove garlic, cut in half
1/2 tsp sea salt or kosher salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 tbsp plus 2 tsp butter, divided
1 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup chicken broth
2 sprigs thyme (my cheap self used dried thyme and it was fine as a "dash")
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp chopped parsley
Pat any excess moisture from the surface of the pork chop. Rub both sides of the chops with the cut garlic. Season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablesppon butter and oil in a large, heavy skillet ove med-high heat. Add the pork chops and sear 3 to 4 minutes per side unti browned (It took me longer with bone-in and just watch to make sure not raw still). Remove pork shops to a plate and cover to keep them warm. Pour off excess fat. Add the chicken broth, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the thye and the crushed garlic clove. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 2 minutes. Add the chops back to the pan and cook 1 to 2 minutes to finish cooking. Remove the chops from the skillet. Remove the garlic and thyme (if used sprigs). Add the remianing 2 tsp butter, tilting the pan and swirling the butter until the sauce is slightly thickened. Spoon the sauce over the chops. Sprinkle with parsley and serve. Total time should be around 30 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes (from 2 weeks ago sales) or rice, steamed vegs or cheesy cauliflower....
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower:
1 head cauliflower
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup mayo
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Cut cauliflower into 8 to 12 large pieces, discarding core. Place in microwaveable dish. Add water and cover. Micro on high for 10 min, drain. Return cauliflower to casserole dish. Mix mayo and mustard and spread over cauliflower. Sprinkle with cheese. Micro on high 1 to 2 min or until cheese is melted.
Saucy Parmesan Chicken:
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb)
1/4 cup Italian or Zesty Italian dressing
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Place all ingredients in a large freezer zip-loc bag. Seal and turn bag over several times to evenly coat chicken with remaining ingredients. Lay flat so chicken does not overlap. Refrigerate 30 minutes to marinate. Preheat to 425. Remove chicken from marinate, discard bag and marinade. Arrange on foil covered baking sheet and bake 20 minutes or until cooked through. Can serve alone or with noodles. Serve with any veg or bread.
Chickent Pot Pie:
2 burrito-sized flour tortillas
1 10oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 cups cooked chicken (leftovers)
1 16 oz pkg frozen vegs for soup, thawed and drained
1 4iz can chopped mild green chilies
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Heat oven to 375. Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate with 1 warmed tortilla. Warm a tortilla-roll them in a damp paper towel and micro on high for about 20 seconds. In a large bowl, mix soup, chicken, and vegs, chilies and cilantro. Spoon into lined pie plate. Top with the other warmed tortilla. Coat with cooking spray. Cover with foil and bake 25 more minutes or until top is golden and filling is hot. Cut into 6 wedges and serve immed. I would serve with refried beans and salad.
Mexican Manicotti
1 lb lean ground beef
1 can 16 oz refried beans
2.5 tsp chilli powder
1.5 tsp dried oregano
1 pkg 8 oz manicotti shells
2.5 cups water
1 jar 16 oz picante sauce
2 cups 16 oz sour cream
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack or Mexican blend cheese
1/4 cup sliced green onions
Sliced ripe olives, optional
In a bowl, combine the uncooked beef, beans, chili powder and oregano. Spoon into uncooked manicotti shells; arrange into a greased 13 x 9 in. baking dish. Combine water and picante sauce, pour over shells. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour. Uncover, spoon sour crean over the top. Sprinkle with the cheese, onions, and olives if desired. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted.
French Toast
1 loaf french bread
6 eggs
1.5 cups milk
4 tbsp granulated sugar, divided
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
Ground cinnamon (optional)
Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Cut bread into 1 inch slices and arrange closely in a single layer in dish. In a bowl, beat eggs and whisk in milk, 3 tbsp sugar, vanilla and salt. Pour over the bread. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat to 400. Sprinkle bread with cinnamon if desired. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Peanut Butter Popcorn Bars:
10 cups popped popcorn
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Place popcorn in a large bowl; set aside. In a saucepan over med heat, bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, mix well. Pour over popcorn and mix until well coated. Press into a buttered 13 x 9-in pan. Cool slightly before cutting.
Mint Thins:
1 pkg (8 squares) Baker's semi-sweet chocolate
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 sleeve Ritz or Keebler crackers (35 crackers)
1 peppermint candy can (6 in) crushed
Micro choc in small bowl as directed on pkg. Stir until completely melted. Blend in extract. Dip crackers in melted choc, completely coating the crackers. Carefully scrape off excess choc. Place on wax paper-covered baking sheets and sprinkle with crushed candy. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until choc is firm.
Can try with peanut butter instead of peppermint by omitting the extract and spreading a thin layer of PB on and then dipping in choc.
** Note that if they are out of something, get a raincheck- they are good forever at Teeter and note that several Teeter are accepting recently expired coupons
**Note in the frozen foods section there is a cutout penguin that has tearpad coupons- there are several good ones to get like the Kraft cheese, superpretzel, Sara Lee pie/cheesecakes, International Delight liq coffee creamer, Picsweet vegs
Broccoli 2.49 BOGO-
Cauliflower 2.99 BOGO
Red or White onions .99 lb
note the fresh breads for mark down loaves, rolls
Chuck roast 3.99 lb BOGO- have to buy 2 pkgs, not ringing up at half price
Chuck steak 4.49 lb BOGO- have to buy 2 pkgs, not ringing up at half price
Harris Teeter shredded cheese 2.99 BOGO
Nestle ready to bake cookies 3.59 BOGO .50/1 penquin tearpad coupon=.80 each
Skippy 18 oz. 2.29 BOGO-.60/1= FREE with .06 overage
Skippy is a good money maker if you still have 75c/1 coupons= FREE with .36 overage
PopSecret 4.59 BOGO(2.30) -.40/1=1.50 box, Deal can get better on smaller pkgs
Mt. Olive dill relish reg. 1.99 BOGO–.50/1= FREE
Arnold bread is 3.59 BOGO (1.80) - .75/1=.30 loaf
Mahatma rice mixes – long grain saffron yellow seasonings – 50c = FREE after 50c/2
Minute white rice 2/3-.40/1=.70 box
Lipton rice or pasta sides 5/5-.60/2-.40 ea
Rothbury crutons 1.29 BOGO
Ortega refried beans 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Muellers spaghetti 5/4 (.80 ea)-.55 whole grain=FREE
Ronzoni Smart Taste 3/4 (1.33)-1.00/1=.33 box
Ragu sauce 3/5 (1.66 ea)-
Hunts Fire Roasted tomatoes 5/5-.25/1=.50 ea
Progresso soups 2.39 BOGO (1.20)-.25/1=.70 ea
Chex cereals 3/7 (2.33 ea)-1.00/2=1.83 box, buy in 2' for coupon, ok deal
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes & Raisin Bran 3.69 & 3.49 BOGO-
Life cereal Vanilla Yogurt Crunch, Choc Oat Crunch 2.04 (was 4.19)-1.00/2=1.54 box
Ghirardelli Brownie mix 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Jose Ole Sizzling Chix Fajitas 7.75 BOGO(3.88 ea)-1.00/1=2.88
Marcel toilet paper 1.69 BOGO
Charmin 24 roll pack 4.97-.25/1=4.47 (was almost 10.00)
Arm & Hammer dryer sheets 100 ct 3.69 BOGO
Harris Teeter dryer sheets 80 ct 2.99 BOGO
This week's e-vic offer-Save $3.00 off HT Traders Salsa 16oz #.60-3.00=.69 jar - Any Variety & this will automatically come off when purchased- there is no coupon and it is only good for one jar.
Deal: use the $2.00 off $5.00 in produce from Food Lion to make produce cheaper
Lowes Foods deals for 12-05-07 thru 12-11-07: remember they double up to .99
** note that if Lowes is out of something and you get a raincheck, it will be good for 30 days only
** note that the same Penguin board is in the frozen foods section as Harris Teeter
California navel oranges 4lb bag 4.99 BOGO (2.49 ea)
Dole bag salad 2.99 BOGO (1.49) -.50/1=.49 ea
grape tomatoes pint 3.49 BOGO (1.74 ea)
mushrooms 8 oz 2/4-
baking potatoes .69 lb
always check for their bagged ripe bananas at .29 lb- sometimes they are yellow and great
bone-in pork chops 2.99 lb
Contessa shrimp 4.49 BOGO-1.50/2=1.50 bag, 6.99 BOGO- 1.50/1=2.75 ea
split chicken breast w/bone .99 lb
Ken's 16 oz salad dressing 2.75 BOGO(1.38 ea)-
Lowes black olives 1.19
Reese brand black olives .99
Lowes green olives 1.50
Swanson broth 5/3-.25/1=.10
Campbells chunky/select soups 2/3-.50/4 or .40/2=4/5.00 or 2/2.20
Minute white rice 2/3-.40/1=.70
Success whole grain rice 5/5-1.00/2=.50 ea
Uncle Ben's .99- go to uncle ben's website and get IP for .75/1=FREE
Post cereal (honeycomb3.29,bran 3.15,bunches of oats 3.25) BOGO
Kelloggs fruit snacks 2/4-.50/1=1.00 box
Norhtwoods pancake syrup 1.79-.75/1 hangtag= .29 bottle
Lowes marshmallows 1.19 BOGO (.60 ea) GREAT DEAL for Christmas casseroles
Lowes Foods bath tissue 2.69 BOGO
Country Crock butter tub 1.29-.65/2 penguin board coupon=buy 2 and 1.28 or .64 ea
JL Kraft spreadable cheeses 2.99 BOGO-.75/1=FREE
Pet ice cream 4.99 BOGO (2.49 ea)- it tastes good- I buy it when have a
coupon
Sara Lee simple sweets pies 2/4-.75/1=.50 ea or penguin board 1.00/1=1.00 ea
Lays potato chips 3.49 BOGO
They pulled the Sara Lee deal that provided overage. I still think that it is a deal at .50 or 1.00 a pie depending on what coupon you have.
Food Lion deals 12-5-07 thru 12-11-07: remember they do not double:
Whole Fryers .69 lb
Whole fryers cut up .89 lb
mushrooms 8 oz 1.49
red seedless grapes 1.99 lb
Doritos 3.49 BOGO
Quaker granola bars 2/4-1.00/2 or .75/1=1.00 or 1.25 box
Possible meals from deals:
Crock roast with potatoes
Mexican Roast Chicken with Salsa
Pan seared pork chops
Saucy Parmesan Chicken
Chicken pot pie
Mexican Manicotti (from last week's sale of ground beef)
French toast
Crock roast with potatoes:
This recipe I totally wing it but we love it. Take your crock pot out. Wash, peel, cut into thick slices or wedges about 1 pound of potatoes and put in bottom of crock pot. Cut 2 med onions into wedges and put over potatoes. You can add other vegs like carrots or celery too but I usually get stuck eating these at our picky house so......Place 1-1.5 lb roast into crock pot. I dump cans of diced tomatoes on top of roast and low cook for approx 6 hours. Add salt and pepper. I have also added galic powder if my diced tomatoes were italian. I serve in bowls with biscuits or rolls and a salad and sliced mushrooms that have been sauteed in butter. I have used leftovers to make a fake french dip or pulled sandwiches the next day.
Mexican Roast Chicken with Salsa:
1 (5 or 6 lb) chicken to roast
2 tsp chili powder (the cheapest place to get spices is Walmar-sorry)
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp garlic salt
3/4 cup each sliced black ripe pitted olives and pimento-stuffed manzanilla olives
1 (11 oz) jar chunky salsa
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Coat chickent with cooking spray; sprinkle evenly with chili powder, cumin and garlic salt. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan (although I did not have one the first time I made this and it was fine in a large pan). Roast 1hour 45 min to 2 hours or until internal temp of breast is 170 degrees. Meanwhile, combine olives, salsa and cilantro and refrigerate until ready to use. Reserve 2/3 cup olive salsa for later. Remove chicken from oven and transfer to a carving board. Tent with foil; let stand 5 to 10 minutes before slicing. Serve chicken with salsa. I have also served with refried beans, salad, mexican rice and for the kid flour tortillas with melted cheese.
Pan seared pork chops:
4 boneless pork chops ( I used bone-in and just watched my initial cooking time for doneness)
1 clove garlic, cut in half
1/2 tsp sea salt or kosher salt
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 tbsp plus 2 tsp butter, divided
1 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup chicken broth
2 sprigs thyme (my cheap self used dried thyme and it was fine as a "dash")
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp chopped parsley
Pat any excess moisture from the surface of the pork chop. Rub both sides of the chops with the cut garlic. Season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablesppon butter and oil in a large, heavy skillet ove med-high heat. Add the pork chops and sear 3 to 4 minutes per side unti browned (It took me longer with bone-in and just watch to make sure not raw still). Remove pork shops to a plate and cover to keep them warm. Pour off excess fat. Add the chicken broth, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the thye and the crushed garlic clove. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 2 minutes. Add the chops back to the pan and cook 1 to 2 minutes to finish cooking. Remove the chops from the skillet. Remove the garlic and thyme (if used sprigs). Add the remianing 2 tsp butter, tilting the pan and swirling the butter until the sauce is slightly thickened. Spoon the sauce over the chops. Sprinkle with parsley and serve. Total time should be around 30 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes (from 2 weeks ago sales) or rice, steamed vegs or cheesy cauliflower....
Easy Cheesy Cauliflower:
1 head cauliflower
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup mayo
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Cut cauliflower into 8 to 12 large pieces, discarding core. Place in microwaveable dish. Add water and cover. Micro on high for 10 min, drain. Return cauliflower to casserole dish. Mix mayo and mustard and spread over cauliflower. Sprinkle with cheese. Micro on high 1 to 2 min or until cheese is melted.
Saucy Parmesan Chicken:
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb)
1/4 cup Italian or Zesty Italian dressing
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Place all ingredients in a large freezer zip-loc bag. Seal and turn bag over several times to evenly coat chicken with remaining ingredients. Lay flat so chicken does not overlap. Refrigerate 30 minutes to marinate. Preheat to 425. Remove chicken from marinate, discard bag and marinade. Arrange on foil covered baking sheet and bake 20 minutes or until cooked through. Can serve alone or with noodles. Serve with any veg or bread.
Chickent Pot Pie:
2 burrito-sized flour tortillas
1 10oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 cups cooked chicken (leftovers)
1 16 oz pkg frozen vegs for soup, thawed and drained
1 4iz can chopped mild green chilies
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Heat oven to 375. Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate with 1 warmed tortilla. Warm a tortilla-roll them in a damp paper towel and micro on high for about 20 seconds. In a large bowl, mix soup, chicken, and vegs, chilies and cilantro. Spoon into lined pie plate. Top with the other warmed tortilla. Coat with cooking spray. Cover with foil and bake 25 more minutes or until top is golden and filling is hot. Cut into 6 wedges and serve immed. I would serve with refried beans and salad.
Mexican Manicotti
1 lb lean ground beef
1 can 16 oz refried beans
2.5 tsp chilli powder
1.5 tsp dried oregano
1 pkg 8 oz manicotti shells
2.5 cups water
1 jar 16 oz picante sauce
2 cups 16 oz sour cream
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack or Mexican blend cheese
1/4 cup sliced green onions
Sliced ripe olives, optional
In a bowl, combine the uncooked beef, beans, chili powder and oregano. Spoon into uncooked manicotti shells; arrange into a greased 13 x 9 in. baking dish. Combine water and picante sauce, pour over shells. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour. Uncover, spoon sour crean over the top. Sprinkle with the cheese, onions, and olives if desired. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted.
French Toast
1 loaf french bread
6 eggs
1.5 cups milk
4 tbsp granulated sugar, divided
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
Ground cinnamon (optional)
Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Cut bread into 1 inch slices and arrange closely in a single layer in dish. In a bowl, beat eggs and whisk in milk, 3 tbsp sugar, vanilla and salt. Pour over the bread. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat to 400. Sprinkle bread with cinnamon if desired. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Peanut Butter Popcorn Bars:
10 cups popped popcorn
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Place popcorn in a large bowl; set aside. In a saucepan over med heat, bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, mix well. Pour over popcorn and mix until well coated. Press into a buttered 13 x 9-in pan. Cool slightly before cutting.
Mint Thins:
1 pkg (8 squares) Baker's semi-sweet chocolate
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 sleeve Ritz or Keebler crackers (35 crackers)
1 peppermint candy can (6 in) crushed
Micro choc in small bowl as directed on pkg. Stir until completely melted. Blend in extract. Dip crackers in melted choc, completely coating the crackers. Carefully scrape off excess choc. Place on wax paper-covered baking sheets and sprinkle with crushed candy. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until choc is firm.
Can try with peanut butter instead of peppermint by omitting the extract and spreading a thin layer of PB on and then dipping in choc.
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