Menu Plan Monday

...err, Tuesday.

Monday:

Cream of Asparagus Soup (from Fix, Freeze, Feast)
Makes about 8 cups.

2 lbs fresh asparagus, cleaned and fibrous ends snapped off
4 cups chicken broth
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 large carrot, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp salt
2 one-quart freezer bags or 1 one-gallon freezer bag

Place asparagus in a large shallow pan with just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil Reduce heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Drain water, reserving 1 cup. Cut asparagus into 2-inch pieces and set aside. Return reserved water to pan. Add broth, onion, and carrot and simmer until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Put broth, vegetables, and asparagus in a blender; blend until smooth (some small chunks of asparagus are okay). Stir in cream, salt, and pepper. Cool. Divide cooled soup evenly between two 1-quart bags, or pour into 1-gallon bag. Seal and freeze. To Enjoy: Completely thaw one bag in the refrigerator. Reheat soup in a medium saucepan over low heat.


Tuesday:

Grilled hamburgers from the freezer with green salad and pears.


Friday:

Crescent-Wrapped Drumsticks (link)
8 chicken drumsticks
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
1 pkg Pillsbury crescent rolls
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tsp grated parmesan cheese
2 tsp Italian seasoning
2 tsp sesame seeds, toasted

Remove and discard skin from drumsticks. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat; stir in the barbecue sauce. Add drumsticks and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 170°, turning occasionally. Remove chicken from pan; cool slightly. Separate crescent dough into eight triangles; place in a lightly greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Brush dough with some of the beaten egg; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning. Place meaty portion of each drumstick at the tip of each triangle , with bony portion extended beyond one long side of triangle. Wrap drumstick in dough; place seam side down. Brush with remaining egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown and a meat thermometer reads 180°.

Rite Aid Coupons for 2/13 and 2/14

Just got some new Rite Aid Coupons in my email today!

There's a $5/$20 purchase, and a $10/$30 purchase.

Oh, the possibilities! Have fun with these this weekend!

$0.06 per diaper!

Yesterday I went to Rite Aid and bought this:

$15.50 Pampers Mega Pack
$1.99 Loreal Trumatch foundation (clearanced) x 7
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 Pampers MFQ (P&G Home Mailer)
-$3 Loreal Foundation MFQ x 7
= $1.98 + $1.85 tax

$0.06 per diaper for size 4's! It was a good day. :)


Total spent for February: -$10.09
Total saved for February: $269.xx

Monday Drugstore Deals

Walgreens

2 Windex Wipes $5.00
-$1.50 MFQ found HERE
-$1.50 MFQ found HERE
= $2.00 + tax (Plus get back $2 in ESR)

Rite Aid
Pampers Mega Pack $15.50
Fructis $2.99
Finesse $2.99
Nivea $2.99
Durex $6.00
Doritos $2.50
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 Pampers MFQ (P&G Home Mailer)
-$0.75 Finesse MFQ (SS 2/8)
-$1.00 Fructis MFQ (RP 1/4, SS 2/8)
-$1.00 Durex MFQ
-$1.00 Nivea MFQ (RP 2/8)
-$20 Gift Certificate (Gift of Savings)
= $2.22 + tax (Plus get back $12.98 SCR)


Total spent for February: -$15.21
Total saved for February: $241.86

Last Week's Drugstore Deals

I didn’t get to Rite Aid until Friday and Saturday last week. It was such a busy week! Here are the details:

6 Contour Meters (to be donated)

2 Ziploc bags

Warm Delight

2 Q-tip travel packs

2 Almay Mascara ($3 SCR)

Johnson & Johnson take along pack

Polka-dot Notebook

Neutrogena Eye Shadow

Spent: $4.46 + $8.47 tax

Will get back: $26 in Rite Aid gift cards/rebates (and 2 free T-shirts)

I basically did 6 transactions, each consisting of a Contour meter and ~$5 worth of other stuff. Then I used the $5/20 coupon valid last Friday/Saturday, and the free Contour meter coupon, in order to have my total as close to zero as possible.

Total Spent for February: -$17.xx (yipee!)

Total Saved for February: $169.xx

I forgot to post my January totals last week:

Total spent for January: $96.xx ($67 of it was on THIS)

Total saved for January: $1352.xx

Menu Plan Monday

Last week was a crazy week, and I'm seeing craziness in the future this week as well. So we're going simple this week. Also, I'm going to cook the meatloaf I didn't get to cook last week due to the aforementioned craziness.

Monday:
Ravioli (frozen from costco, with some Ragu) and salad.

Wednesday:
Baked Potato Soup (Again. Yes, it's that good.) (link)

Friday:
Italian Layered Meat and Potato Loaf (link)

Coupon Class!

I will be teaching another coupon class

next Thursday, February 12th, at 6:30 PM
at my cute friend Jamie's house
in Woods Cross!

This will be a chance for anyone who missed the last class to get in on the fun! If you'd like to learn how to use Slavetosave, this is the place to be. We will be discussing:

-Where/how to get your coupons
-How to organize them
-Coupon basics
-Drugstore rebates
-Deal-finding in general!

The cost is $10 at the door, and we'll have a some fun prize drawings! To RSVP, email me at slavetosave at gmail dot com and I'll send you Jamie's address.

Hope to see you there!