Deal Alert

Happy National Flip Flop Day! In celebration of this holiday hop on over to Tropical Smoothie to get a FREE 24 oz Jetty Smoothie. The first 500 customers who enter wearing flip flops will get a free Jetty Punch smoothie. I have not called ahead to verify our T.S. is participating- but they did last year!

Kroger Deals

Below are the deals that stick out to me as I glance through the weekly flyer:

Sanderson Farms Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts or Tenders on sale for $1.77/lb
Time to stock up!

Red Bell Peppers on sale for $0.99 each

Fresh Blueberries only $1.49

Bounty Single Roll Paper Towels on sale $1
Use $0.25 off 1 from 6/7 PG
Final Price: $0.50

Kool-Aid Drink Mix on sale 10 packages for $1
Use $0.50 off 10 from coupons.com sidebar
Final Price: 10 packages for FREEEEE

McCormick Grill Mates or Grinders on sale for $1
I am confident there are $0.50 off 1 coupons I just couldn't find them
Final Price: FREE

Suave Deodorants on sale for $1
Use $0.50 off 1 from 5/17 RP
Final Price: FREE

Washington Cameo Apples for $0.99/lb

Walgreens deal alerts

Here are my favorite Walgreens deals for the week:

Maxwell House Coffee 11 oz on sale 2 for $5
Use $2 off 2 from coupons.com sidebar
Final Price: $3 for 2

Cottenelle Fresh Wipes on sale for $1.99 with Walgreens Flyer coupon
Use $0.50 off 1 from June ALL YOU magazine
Final Price: $1.49 (can you say "wet wipes for adults" I don't think this sounds pleasent at all but if you have wanted to give em a try- now would be a good time to buy!)

Right Guard or Dry Idea on sale for $0.99 with Walgreens Flyer coupon
go to coupons.com sidebar to print a $2 off 1 for Dry Idea
(make sure to hand in manufactuerer coupon before walgreens coupon!)
Final Price: FREE to $1 in overages

Bryer Ice Cream for $3.99, buy ice cream and get FREE 2 L of A&W Rootbeer or Sunkist
Use $1 off 1 Bryer Ice Cream coupon from 5/17 RP

Final Price: $2.99 for ice cream and root beer

Schick Quattro Razor for Men, on sale B1G1 FREE at $9.49
Use 2 $4 off 1 from 6/14 SS
Final Price: $1.49 for 2


REGISTER REWARDS

St. Ives Bodywash at $2.99, Get a $2.99 RR when you buy 1
Final Price: FREE

Select Unilever Products: Buy 6 get $4 RR, Buy 8 get $8 RR

• Ragu/Skippy 2 for $4
• Hellmann's Mayo 2 for $7
• Lipton Tea 2 for $5

Best Scenario with thanks to Thrifty Mama:
Buy 4 Ragu and 4 Skippy PB
Use 2 $1 off 2 Ragu coupons here AND 2 $1 off 2 Skippy coupons from 4/5 RP
Final Price: $4 for 8 items!

Purex 3 in 1 for $5.99, Earn a $2 RR when you buy 1
Use $2 off 1 from 6/14 SS
Final Price: $1.99 after coupon and RR

Johnson's and Johnsons Baby Powder 1.5 oz for 2 for $2, Get a $1 RR when you buy 2
Use 2, $1 off 1 from 3/8 or 4/26 RP
Final Price: FREE plus $1 in overage

Thrifty Thursday

Hi Ladies- boy will I be glad when next week is over and I can stop feeling so guilty about these sorry posts. I have always lived by my Dad's saying "If you can't do something right, don't do it at all" and here lately I don't feel I have it in me to "do it right." I do have your Walgreens and Kroger deals ready to post but I am going to ask you to head on over to nwadeals.net for your Target deals. While there check out her Walmart deals. As always I would looooove to hear about any deals you have run across!

Zone 4- Office and Playroom

Day 1- Tuesday

• Dust Playroom Furniture
• Sanitize Toys
• Clean Playroom Windows and Fan

Day 2- Wednesday

• Organize Craft Closet
• Playroom Baseboards and Floors
• Office Baseboards and Floors

Day 3 - Thursday

• Dust office Furniture
• Organize Desk
• Organize Cedar Chest

Day 4- Friday

• Clean Office Window
• Organize Coupon Center
• Organize Window Seat

Day 5- Saturday

• Dust Computer and other Electronics
• Sort Magazines and File
• Organize and Update all Files

Tidy Tuesday

Well thank goodness for the air conditioner man. He was my motivation for getting my house in livable order yesterday. As soon as DH told me that someone was coming over to look at our air conditioner I kicked it into high gear and spent most of the morning cleaning all the rooms that lead up to the air conditioning unit. Maybe we can schedule the bug man next week......
I'm ready to move!!!

For the rest of you Donna Wannabes- your zone posts soon!

Annual Budget Countdown-updates

Wow, I think it has been 4 weeks since I last did my annual budget countdown!

So here are the results of my spending from week 21-24 of 2009!

Week 21
Kroger Spent: $72.23
Kroger Saved: $27.44

Week 22
Kroger Spent: $78.91
Kroger Saved: $46.21

Week 23
Kroger Spent: $67.89
Kroger Saved: $31.93

Week 24
Kroger Spent: $72.15
Kroger Saved: $48.41

Totals for weeks 21-24
Total Spent: $291.28
Total Saved: $153.99

Total for 2009:
Total Spent: $2142.52
Total Saved: $1624.84
Total Left for year: $2857.48

Taco Roll

Here's a Family Favorite!!! Go here to see a step by step illustration from a past mealtime Monday post.

Taco Roll

2 cans of Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Sirloin
Taco Seasoning
2% Mexican Blend Shredded Cheese
Shredded Lettuce
Salsa or Diced Tomatoes
Jalapeno Peppers (optional)
Fat Free Sour Cream (optional)

Brown beef, rinse and drain. Add taco seasoning. Unroll crescent rolls into triangles and then position triangles in a ring around a pizza pan. Pointy end of triangles sticking out of the ring. (This is where the pictures will come in handy- huh!) Spread seasoned beef around the ring. Wrap the pointy end of the crescent rolls up and over the beef. Bake in oven according to crescent roll package instructions and rolls are golden. Serve topped with shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and if desired jalapeno peppers and/or fat free sour cream.

Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 triangle
Meal Plan: Calories: 155; 1 starch; 1.5 lean meats

I will serve this with Black Beans.

Tilapia Puttanesca

What in the world is Puttanesca? I don't know but it sure sounds yummy! And oh so healthy, might I add. This meal is bursting with monounsaturated fat- your heart is gonna love it!!!

Visit here for the recipe.

Tilapia Puttanesca

Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1/4th of recipe
Meal Plan: 182 Calories, 3 oz meat, 1.5 vegetable, 1/2 fat

I am going to serve this with rice and maybe a side salad.

Stuffed Green Peppers

I think it was Mary who gave me the idea of adding Stuffed Green Peppers to my June Menu- so thank you Mary!!! I gotta believe that allrecipes.com did something wrong on the nutritional analysis because there is no way a vegetarian green pepper could have over 700 Calories! Is there? Just in case I made some modifications to the recipe.

Go here to see the original 700+ Calorie Recipe!!!

Stuffed Green Peppers
Recipe Modifications: I used 1 cup brown rice, I used about 1/4th cup 2% shredded Mexican Blend cheese in each stuffed pepper instead of the swiss cheese.

Nutrition Information: based on my modifications
Serving Size: 1 stuffed pepper
Meal Plan: 250 Calories, 2 meats, 1.5 Starches, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 fat

Yum, Yum

Lemon Garlic Chicken- crockpot

Got to tell ya- I have never been a lemon chicken fan. BUT for some reason this recipe looked good to me. I did not love that the recipe actually required precooking before the crockpot- but really it wasn't that bad!

Go here for the recipe.

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1/6th of recipe
Meal Plan: 193 Calories, 4 meats, 1/2 fat

I am going to serve this with rice and green beans

Mealtime Mondays

This week's meals only took 1 hour and 10 minutes to prepare:

• Tilapia Puttanesca x 2
• Taco Rings x 2
• Stuffed Green Peppers
• Crockpot Lemon Garlic Chicken

And at least that long to clean up- partly because I started cooking with a messy kitchen (trust me, it's bad around here!) I did not prep for the steak dinner because I want to get by the local meat market to pick up some really good steaks for Father's Day. Following is the prep/storage/eat schedule for the week.

Monday- Taco Ring- I prepped up until final baking. I stored ring in fridge covered with aluminum foil. Tonight I will take out of fridge and bake.

Tuesday- Stuffed Green Peppers- Peppers are fully stuffed and sitting pretty in fridge (covered with foil) ready for final baking.

Wednesday- Crockpot Lemon, Garlic Chicken- I followed directions according to recipe and browned chicken before placing in ziplock storage bag. I added liquid to storage bag and then stored in fridge. Wednesday morning I will transfer contents of ziplock into crockpot and cook on low all day.

Thursday- Tilapia Puttanseca- To prep for this dish I simply dumped all the sauce ingredients into a freezer ziplock and stored in freezer. Thursday morning I will transfer sauce from freezer to fridge to begin thawing. I will then cook fish/sauce according to recipe Thursday Night.

Friday and Saturday- Pantry Challenge (I am going to try to not go out to eat for the rest of the month)

Sunday- Steak Dinner. Saturday night I will marinate steaks and store in fridge until time to grill Sunday afternoon. Happy Fathers Day!!!

Steak

I have not decided how I am going to prepare our steaks for Father's Day. More then likely I will just marinate in Worcestershire Sauce and sprinkle some of our favorite spices on the meat. The nutrition information will vary according to the steak you choose but the leaner cuts are gonna be the sirloin or the fillet! What a treat!!!