Good Deals

For some reason there have been super deals on cereal the last couple of weeks.  Like deals I have not seen in FOREVER!!  When cereal is under $2 a box, snag a bunch!

Walgreens was a bit hit yesterday.  I got Chex Mix (6 bags - perfect snack for football games) at 75 cents a bag.  Nivea face cleaner and shave gel for $1 each.  GM cereals were $1.67 and I had a coupon that brought it down to $1.33 a box.  I got 9 boxes.  Even without the coupon, it's a great deal!  Oscar Meyer hotdogs were BIGI with a free pack of buns so 2 hot dogs with 1 pack of buns totaled $3.49 - another great meal for football games.  Scope mouthwash and Crest toothpaste both came to 49 cents each and Charmin toilet paper was $3.14.

I plan to go to CVS today.  There is another cereal deal there.  Time to stock up!

Great deals!

Homemade Swiffer

How you do like my Swiffer?  It cleans the floors great and even burns calories.  I think I have a patent in my future.

Doing the Pin

We altered tee shirts this summer from a pin on Pinterest. My girls love them. What a cute alternative to the plain ole tee. 

Be Daring

Have you eaten a terrific dish at a restaurant and wished you knew how to make it?  I do all the time and love to come home, google it and try to prepare it myself. Sometimes it tastes perfect, sometimes it needs tweaking and sometimes it sends me back to google. 

Thai Green Curry is one of those dishes. International foods at Kroger help so much with jars of sauces and packets of mixes, many of them coming with recipes. 

Be daring and try your hand at creating your favorite restaurant dish!

More Meal Plans

I know August is almost over and I'm just now posting our meal plan, but I wanted to show you what I did this summer.  I have loved my meal calendar so much!  I wanted to add recipe cards to the system that are tried and true that I use over and over.  It led me to the site, where I have shared before, that has a monthly meal plan for Aldi grocery store, another one for Aldi in the fall and a last one of all Crock Pot meals.  I cut and pasted from the www.momadvice.com site and put into a document.  I made small cards for my calendar for each meal, using the guides that the web site gives for side dishes.  I tried my best to color code them based on the cardstock I had.  It didn't take me too long and I'm so glad I did it. 

For August I planned for us to eat 1 week from each new menu.  I left a week open for leftovers, breakfasts meals and meals on the run.  These are tried and true recipes that my family has loved for years.  It was well worth the effort.

Now that school is in full swing, our schedule is looking a bit crazy.  Beginning next week we will have a cross country meet every Monday, a middle school football game every Thursday and a high school football game every Friday.  That means 3 days a week we will either eat really late dinners or dinners that I need to pack on the go - otherwise we could have some huge eating-out expenses.  I'm hoping to go through my recipe files and find great recipes that I could pack for the games.  I plan on making a list of these recipes and then filing them together for On-The-Go menus.  It requires that I stay on top of my game, but it's essential to get us through the  next 10 weeks....until wrestling & basketball.  :)

Recipe cards

August  meal plan

A Toy Worth Buying

There are only a few toys that I would recommend to other moms. Toys that stand the test of time. Toys that invite creativity. Toys that include a wide age range. Toys that don't break the budget. Toys that don't break either. Toys that even the parents enjoy. Here's one we have loved. 

The Go To Dish

Do you have a recipe that is your go to when you bless others with a meal or when you host company?  One of my favorites is Creamy Chicken Burritos. Add a bag of blue tortilla chips, salsa, sour cream, maybe taco sauce and a salsa. Yummy and easy. Guess what's for dinner tonight?