Using Up Those Boxes of Cereal

After I got so many good cereal deals, the Fish Sticks were kind of getting tired of the same ole ones.

I had the idea to make rice crispy treats out of the Cocoa and Fruity Pebbles that we had in plenty.

They are more sweet than regular rice crispies but didn't stay around long.

I used the entire box of cereal, the whole bag of marshmallows and 3 Tb. butter.  

Melt the butter and marshmallows in a big bowl in the microwave, add the cereal and stir well.

Press into a 9x13.  That's it - the 5 minutes snack.  I stick my hand in a plastic sandwich bag like a glove to press it into the pan so it won't stick all over me.  Try it!

Yummy Chicken Dish

Sorry it's not the best "food photo."  It tastes better than this photo looks.  :)

Since we are so busy right now with eating on the road or needing meals to be ready when we walk in the door late from a ballgame, I have dreamed of making a cookbook just for busy moms during the sports seasons.  I find myself really having to look thoroughly through recipes to find something that I can cook easily, package well and try to keep it hot (but it still tastes good if it turns lukewarm) to take on the road and eat during this busy season of 2 football teams and cross country.  

I made this last week in the crock pot and love it although I would like to change the name to Taco Chicken because that's more what it tasted like.  It's easy.  It's inexpensive and everyone loved it.  Give it a try!

recipe

Deals & Steals

I took a break from couponing for a few weeks just to limit my running around.  Yesterday I picked it back up and swung by CVS and Walgreens while my daughter had dental work done.  I was pretty happy with the deals that I got.  I didn't separate my photos based on stores like I normally do but I will separate telling you about the deals!

Walgreens:
3 Edge Shaving Gel for $1.25 each
3 Purex detergent for $1.50 each
Nice Water bottles for $2.49 (we use these to take to ball games)
Skittles for 50 cents each (I plan on passing these out to my kids at the football game today and saving from the concession stand)
Softsoap for 99 cents a pump (we were out of soap!  Need to stock up!)
Large Softsoap refill BOGO for $7.79 for both
Dial Foam Soap BOGO for $3.29 for both (this is a larger bottle than the regular pumps and foam usually lasts much longer - trying something new)
3 Capt. Crunch Cereal (a favorite) for $1.76 a box
Cornflakes for $2 a box (saw a recipe for cornflake cookies on Emeals blog this week that I plan on trying.  Only peanut butter, corn syrup, cornflakes and sugar - no bake!)
2 Domino 4 lb. sugar - $1.61 each

CVS:
3 boxes Cheerios for $1.38 each
3 boxes of Truvia for $1 each
Ajax for 49 cents
Charmin for 2 for $9 (we were out of TP!)
Nestle spring water for $2.49

I found these at CVS in the 90% off bin.  They are little cosmetic purses, coin purses, mirrors and notebooks.  I got enough for 8 stockings for girls!  The notebooks were 19 cents each and the bags were 49 cents each.  A steal!!