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Green Chili Chowder

The original recipe came from my sister-in-law Andrea. This is a very to your taste kind of recipe so below is the way I make it.


5 small-medium white potatoes
3 Tbsp Chicken Bouillon
2 cans Evaporated Milk (or 1 can + 1 pt cream or half and half)
1-2 Chicken Breasts - sprinkle with seasoned salt before cooking and then shred or cubed
6-7 whole Green Chiles diced or to taste: add 3-4 for mild, 5-7 medium-hot
*can used 1 or 2 4-oz cans diced green chili

optional: serve with shredded cheddar cheese

I cook the chicken in the crock-pot with 1/4-1/2 C. water. Sprinkle the chicken generously with seasoned salt and cook on low 5-6 hours and then shred.

Scrub and cube potatoes, leaving skin on and place in large pot on stove. Put enough water in to barely cover potatoes and simmer until tender about 20-25 minutes.

Add bouillon 3 Tbsp. or more to taste, evaporated milk, cooked chicken, and green chili.

green chiles- for more heat leave the seeds and membranes with the green chili, remove completely for a milder soup.

variations: add 3 celery stalks sliced, boil with the potatoes

Cheese-Stuffed Jalapeno's

These jalapenos are from my garden. When I am not making salsa or have enough of a harvest to pickle and can the jalapenos--I love to make these tasty appetizers.

12 medium jalapeno peppers

4 oz cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (Cheddar or Colby Jack)

additional shredded cheese to sprinkle on top of filling
3/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

bacon cooked and crumbled

(I use Kirkland bacon bits, but can cook and crumble 2 bacon strips)

Wear disposable gloves and cut jalapenos lengthwise to make a shell. The cheese filling stays in better if you cut a small part of the pepper to make a shell, instead of cutting it into equal halves. I will save the jalapeno tops and put some filling on top for the chef to taste after baking!

Place peppers in boiling water for 7-10 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside. The longer the peppers boil the milder they become.

In a small mixing bowl, beat cheeses and Worcestershire sauce until mixed.

Spoon filling into each jalapeno shell, remember the cheese will melt-so don't overfill or it will melt off jalapeno when warmed. Add a small amount of shredded cheese on top of cheese filling. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake 400 degrees 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon. Serve warm.

Dinner Menu July #2

I am trying something new with menu planning. I am going to change to a week by week plan trying to use items on sale or items I bought on sale and already have at home.

What to make for dinner using this weeks sale items!
KS = King Soopers
SW=Safeway
Alb= Albertson's

Potatoes (KS $2.99/10lbs) click here for all main and side dish recipes
Corn (SW 6 for $1.00) would be an excellent side dish to most dinners

Milk is cheap at $1.58 a gallon, so I like to make my own yogurt click here to learn how.

Wednesday: Recipe posted click on title below.
Green Chili Chowder
(Potatoes KS 10 lbs $2.99),

Thursday:Will post this recipe soon!
Sweet Pork Burritos (Already have pork loin frozen)

Friday:
Hamburgers with potato side dish (ground beef KS $1.99/lb 93% lean)

Saturday:
Use left over Sweet Pork- burritos , on Hamburger buns, or delicious over a baked potato. Freeze any leftover buns.

Sunday:
Flank Steak (already in Freezer) serve with rice, homemade rolls, corn on cob
dessert: brownies and ice cream

Monday:
Thai Beef Salad (use leftover Flank Steak)
dessert: cookies

Tuesday:
Chicken dish with classic baked potato

Wednesday:
Pasta dish? Parmesan Chicken or Baked Ziti

Other Dinner Suggestions: Will Post Recipes Soon!
I will purchase 2 roasts and an extra few pounds of ground beef to freeze to make these dinners another week. (I freeze my ground beef to 1 lb per bag. I love to use my Handi Vac to help keep the meat from getting freezer burn.)

French Dip
(Albertson's chuck roast $1.99/lb)

Sunday Roast
(Potatoes KS $2.99, Carrots ALB $.99/2lbs, Roast ALB $1.99/lb)

Mexican Stuffed Pasta Shells (ground beef KS $1.99/lb 93% lean)
Taco Soup
Taco Salad
Lasagna
Meatballs
Sloppy Joes

Weekly Deals July 29-August 4th

It is not on sale if it doesn't fit into your budget. There will always be another sale!

*okay deal (similar price to Wal-mart/Costco)
**good deal
***great deal

Wal-mart price matches, but remember to bring the ads with you.

Deals are okay, good or great before using any coupons. If you use coupons it’s a bonus! King Soopers and Safeway will double coupons up to $1.00. Not all Safeway stores will double coupons, so check ahead before you shop.

Coupon Codes; MC=Manufacture Coupon and will have the following codes to help you find the coupon:
SS date = Smart Source and date found in the newspaper
RP date = Red Plum and date found in the newspaper
PG date = Procter and Gamble and date found in newspaper

Coupons.com= see coupon bar on left side to print coupon (click on the arrows to find the coupons you want to print.) You can print two of each coupon. You may have to exit blog and come back to print 2nd coupon.

Multi Grain Cheerios $.75 - if Albertson's will allow you to stack in-store and MC coupons

King Soopers	Price (before coupons)	Coupon
Black Grapes	$.97/lb**
Raspberries 6oz	$.97 ea.***	buy extra to freeze
93% lean ground beef	$1.99/lb**
Milk - gallon	$1.58*
Gatorade 32 oz	$.79**
Betty Crocker Skillet Helpers (Hamburger Helper)	$1.00*	$.75 SS 6-5 (expires 8-1)
Kroger Delux Ice Cream 48 oz	$1.88**
Russet Potatoes 10 lbs	$2.99**	Click here for potato recipes
Speed Stick/Lady Speed Stick	$.88**	$.75 buy 2 SS 7-26
Kroger Tomato Sauce 8 oz	$.34**	Stock up price!
Healthy Ones tub lunchmeat 8 oz	$2.50**	$.55 SS 7-19 & 6-7

THURSDAY only select Kellogg's and Keebler Brands 50% off.
If you shop Thursday leave a comment about the prices. I will try to check it out Thursday morning as well. Check out the Kellogg's $10.00 rebate offer. See http://www2.kelloggs.com/FamilyFocus/contentcta.aspx?id=1320
You must be purchase all 10 products on one transaction. FYI...Internet rumor that there should be some good Kellogg's coupons in this Sunday's paper!

Kellogg's Pop tarts $0.55 RP 7-Jun
Kellogg's Special K or Special K bliss cereal bars $1.00 RP 12-Jul

Buy 4 participating P&G products get $4.00 off
Prices listed after $4.00 off - not all items are listed check ad for more items, be careful some items sale prices are higher than Wal-mart prices!

Tide 20-32 load liquid $4.88
$1.00 PG 7-5

Cascade Dish Detergent 75 oz or action pacs 20 ct $2.99
$1.00 PG 7-5

Pampers Baby Wipes 300-385 ct $7.99
$.50 PG 7-5 exp 7-31

Albertson's (Colorado)	Price	Coupon
Red Grapes seedless	$.88/lb**
Gatorade 32 oz	$.79**	buy 10 Gatorade get 5 propel 24 oz free!
milk	$1.58*
Chuck Roast	$1.99/lb***	make French Dip Sandwiches
Carrots 2 lbs	$.99**

Albertson's has some in-store coupons in there ad, however I need to check if you can stack them with a mc. Safeway allows stacking with their in-store coupons.

I am only listing coupons that I think a good deals. -must have coupon to get price, coupons have limits per transaction

General Mills Cereal
Cheerios, MultiGrain Cheerios, Kix, Trix, Wheaties Cocoa Puffs 8.7 oz-11.8 oz limit 4 $1.47
if you can stack coupons use, $1.00 buy 2 SS 7-19

Smucker's Concord Grape Jam limit 2 32 $.97
if you can stack coupons use, $1.00 buy 2 RP 5-3 expires 7-31

Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables 12 oz, limit 4 $.87

Pillsbury ready to serve Frosting 15-16 oz, limit 2 $.97

Pillsbury Supreme Cake mix or Brownie Classics, limit 4 $.77

Safeway	Price	Coupon
Corn-Yellow or Bi Color	6 for $1.00**
Broccoli Crowns	$.99/lb**
milk - gallon	$1.58*
Rosarita Refried Beans	$.79**
Green seedless Grapes 4lbs	$3.99**

Safeway does have some in-ad coupons available-you must have a minimum purchase of $20.00

School Lunch List Ideas

My friend Jane created this list a couple of years ago, and I think it is brilliant!

Sometimes I will refer to this list for "new ideas" when I pack my hubby's lunch for work.

Watch for sales and begin stocking up now for school lunches, go to nabiscoworld.com to get a $55.00 booklet of savings through the mail. $15.00 in coupons for Kraft favorites like Nabisco, Planters, Capri Suns, Ritz Bitz, and Easy Cheese Along with 2 $20.00 rebates. If you are going to be buying the food anyways....you might has well save money doing it!

What to pack in a school lunch? (print it out in table form click here!)
by Jane R.

Breads/starches
Bagel with cream cheese
Bread sticks
Chips
Crackers
English muffins
Fortune cookies
Fruit newtons
Graham crackers
Granola bars
Hawaiian bread
Macaroni salad
Mini-bagels
Mini-muffins
Muffins
Pasta/pasta salad
Pita bread
pizza
Plain sliced bread
Popcorn
Pretzels (to dip in PB)
Rice cakes
Rolls
Salsa and chips
Silly pasta salads
Sourdough
Tortilla chips with salsa
Tortilla wraps
Whole grain crackers
Whole grain rolls
Whole wheat bread

Proteins
Bologna
Cheese slices or cubes
Chicken nuggets
Cold cuts w/ toothpick
Cubes of ham or turkey
Hard boiled egg
Hot dogs and ketchup
Meat and cheese kabobs
Nuts
Peanut butter and jelly
Pudding
Shredded mozzarella
String cheese
Sunflower kernels
Trail mix
Tuna fish
Turkey
Yogurt (frozen in a bag)

Fruits/Vegetables
Applesauce (w/ straw)
Broccoli trees
Carrots
Celery sticks & PB
Cereal/fruit bar
Cucumber
Dried fruit
Fresh fruit (w/ yogurt dip)
Fruit cocktail
Fruit kabobs
Fruit leather
Green beans
Kiwi
Lettuce
Melon
Orange
Pear
Pickles
Pineapple
Salad
Seedless grapes
Sliced apple
Vegetable sticks and dip

Dippers
Salsa, ranch dressing, barbecue sauce, ketchup, honey mustard, or pizza sauce.

Variety
Send a sandwich cut out with a cookie cutter.
Create "wraps" with regular bread. Roll up the bread tightly. Cut wraps pinwheel style.

Shopping Trip 13

I had an awesome vacation last week and now I am ready to get back into the swing of things and find some great deals!

I heard Old Navy is doing the %50 of clearance price sale until Wednesday. I haven't checked it out yet, but this is one of my favorite times to buy shorts/shirts for my kids for the next summer.

I used my Milk coupons that I got last week at Albertson's. They gave me the full value of both coupons $4.50 or $9.00 even though the milk was $1.58!

For a total of $3.68 I bought:
2 gallons of milk
5 pears
a pineapple
a bunch of bananas
6 yogurt cups
dozen eggs

Free Chocolate

Love Chocolate?--then check this out!

Mars is giving away free chocolate every Friday through September. The coupons will be mailed to you in six weeks and they can be used for M&Ms, Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way or Dove. There are 250,000 coupons available on a first come basis, so if you miss it this week try again next week. The coupons will be available starting at 9:oo am EST. Just click here or visit https://secure.realchocolate.com/ to sign up. Limit 4 coupons per household throughout the entire promotion.

Free Samples

Click here to get to get the following samples from Wal-marts website.

GoodNites - can choose boy/girl and size
Playtex Sport Tampons
Stayfree Pads
Viva Paper towels
Bodycology
Parent's Choice Infant Formula

Weekly Deals July 22-28

I am unable to do a weekly deals this week. Use the price point sheet and the coupon list and you can still find great deals with this weeks grocery ads.

Coupons

The coupon list will be update sometime next week!

Shopping Trip 12

Albertson's cereal and milk sale: 3 General Mills cereal and a gallon of milk for $3.17

Strawberries have been delicious and only $1.00 for each 1 lb container! Blueberries are in my freezer I will use them to make blueberry muffins, or throw a few in when I make a smoothie.

When you buy 3 participating General Mills product you get a coupon for free milk! My milk coupon expires July 29th.

I got a coupon for $1.50 off when you buy 3 General Mills Cereal from the printer when I was checking out. I was able to use this coupon with the current purchase. With coupon I got 3 boxes of cereal and a gallon of milk for $3.17

Zucchini

I have been making these yummy recipes using the zucchini from my garden!

Zucchini on the side

Zucchini Bread

Weekly Deals July 15-21

*okay deal (similar price to Wal-mart/Costco)
**good deal
***great deal

Wal-mart price matches, but remember to bring the ads with you.

Deals are okay, good or great before using any coupons. If you use coupons it’s a bonus! King Soopers and Safeway will double coupons up to $1.00. Not all Safeway stores will double coupons, so check ahead before you shop.

Coupon Codes; MC=Manufacture Coupon and will have the following codes to help you find the coupon:
SS date = Smart Source and date found in the newspaper
RP date = Red Plum and date found in the newspaper
PG date = Procter and Gamble and date found in newspaper

Coupons.com= see coupon bar on left side to print coupon (click on the arrows to find the coupons you want to print.) You can print two of each coupon. You may have to exit blog and come back to print 2nd coupon.

Cheerios $.55 (see Albertson's and KingSoopers)
Bryers Ice Cream $1.00 buy 2 (Albertson's)

King Soopers	Price (before coupons)	Coupon
Kroger/King Soopers yogurt	$.33 ea.**
General Mills Cereal 24-25 oz	$2.99 ea**	$1.00 buy 2 SS 6-28
Strawberries 4lbs	$4.77 ea**
Milk - gallon	$1.58**
King Soopers Eggs 18 ct	$1.27**
Pampers Diapers jumbo pks	$8.99*	$1.00 PG 7-5
Kroger Frozen Orange juice 12 oz	$1.25**
Russet Potatoes 10 lbs	$2.99**	Click here for potato recipes
Huggies Jumbo pack diapers	$8.99	$1.50 SS 6-21

Buy 10 participating items get $5.00 off
Prices listed after $5.00 off - not all items are listed check ad for more items.

Arrowhead 3 liter water- $.49
(great for water storage-you should have 14 gallons per person for an emergency)

Philadelphia Cream Cheese 8 oz $.79

Brawny Paper Towels 6 big rolls = 8 $5.49
$.50 RP 6-21

Kellogg's Cereal $1.99 ($10.00 rebate when you buy 10 see click here)
$1.00 RP 6-7

Kleenex facial tissue $.99
$.50 buy 3 SS 7-12

Albertson's (Colorado)	Price	Coupon
milk - gallon	free	free on next purchase-buy 3 General Mill items
General Mill Items	$1.50**	see below for list and coupon match up
Bryer's	$1.99**	$1.00 buy 2 Internet coupon
Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless	$1.88/lb**
Blueberries 11 oz limit 5	$1.00***	Freeze blueberries for later use
Strawberries 1lb limit 5	$1.00***	Time to make Strawberry Freezer Jam
Ground Beef 93% lean	$1.99/lb**
Potatoes 10lb bag	$2.99 ea.**

General Mills buy 3 participating items free milk on your next purchase
General Mills Cereal 9-12 oz $1.50
$1.00 buy 2 SS 6-28
$1.00 buy 3 SS 6-14

Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, by the foot, Gushers
$.50 SS 6-14 and 7-12

Yoplait Go gurt 8 ct
$.75 buy 2 SS 7-12
$.35 SS 7-12

Safeway	Price	Coupon
Sweet Northwest Cherries	$1.37/lb**
Red or Black plums	$.98/lb**
milk - gallon	$1.58**
Chicken breasts, boneless, skinless	$1.77/lb**
Cheetos or Fritos	$1.29**	mix and match buy 5 sale

In-ad coupons- *must have a minimum $20.00 purchase.
Most coupons say limit 1, but the fine print says limit 1 item per coupon. I have used multiple coupons for the same product. Just get the extra ads in the front of the store before you shop.

Knorr Lipton Rice or Pasta sides $.88
$.75 buy 2 RP 5-17

Minute Maid or Florida's Natural Orange Juice $1.99

2 liter Dr. Pepper $.49

Recipe Ideas using items on sale this week: (just click on the recipe)

My All-Time Favorite Potato Salad recipe

Chicken Pillows

Strawberry Pie

Blueberry Muffins

Shopping Trip 11

Safeway clean up & save sale!

I just updated the Costco price list. I put Costco prices in red to show off what I great deal I got! (You can get a great deal too even without coupons!)

To compare prices I always break it down to a single unit. i.e. Toilet Paper one package is 12 big rolls = to 24 single rolls and the package I am comparing to is 30 mega rolls = 75 single rolls. I use the 24 and 75 single rolls to compare prices.

For Paper towels I had the total sq. foot of each package to compare prices.

Tide liquid detergent 32 load - $3.99 ea. or .125 a load compare to Costco $.20 a load!
($4.99 without coupon, $.156 a load, or use coupon $1.00 PG 7-5)

Charmin Toilet Paper 12 mega rolls = 24 single rolls - $4.49 ea. or .187 a roll compare to Costco $.262 a roll!($4.99 without coupon, $.208 a roll, or use $.25 PG 7-5) My Safeway doubles which made the coupon worth $.50)

Bounty Paper towels - I got a rain check! 6 big rolls= 8 rolls, without coupon $0.016/sq ft., with $.25 PG 7-5 (My Safeway doubles coupons) $4.49 ea. or .014/sq ft. and Costco $.02/sq. ft.

Huggies Diapers and Wipes

Costco Coupon $9.00 off when you buy Huggies diapers and Huggies Wipes - I think until August 3rd, but I lost my coupon book!

Diapers $42.79 Baby Wipes (.024 ea.) 1000 ct $23.99 = $66.78 - $9.00 coupon = $57.78
after coupon Baby Wipes $.02 ea.
after coupon price per diaper

Size 3- 224ct ($.171 ea)
Size 4- 200ct ($.192 ea)
Size 5-176 ct ($.218 ea)
Size 6 -144 ct ($.226 ea)

click here to see how many diapers come in a Huggies Jumbo pack (each size is different) coupons $1.50 SS 6-21, expires July 18!

Enter to win a cute bag!

Check out the Sproutz blog to learn more of the Quiltville giveaway. You can enter to win a really cute bag. A picture of the bag is posted on their blog! Good Luck if you enter!

Check out this out!

My friend Natalie has an awesome website that makes it easy to find cute and modest clothes.


Also, my friend Valerie often posts fun ideas and activities you can do with kids. Click here to see the last art project she did!

Free Arby's Roast Burger!

With a purchase of a drink you can get a free Arby's Bacon Cheddar Roast Burger (or substitute it for another Roast Burger). Click here for coupon or visit http://www.arbys.com/coupon/ Coupon is good until July 12th.

You may also like these:

Free Chocolate

Free Samples

Free Paint

Weekly Deals July 8th - 14th

*okay deal (similar price to Wal-mart/Costco)
**good deal
***great deal

Wal-mart price matches, but remember to bring the ads with you.

Deals are okay, good or great before using any coupons. If you use coupons it’s a bonus! King Soopers and Safeway will double coupons up to $1.00. Not all Safeway stores will double coupons, so check ahead before you shop.

Coupon Codes; MC=Manufacture Coupon and will have the following codes to help you find the coupon:
SS date = Smart Source and date found in the newspaper
RP date = Red Plum and date found in the newspaper
PG date = Procter and Gamble and date found in newspaper

Coupons.com= see coupon bar on left side to print coupon (click on the arrows to find the coupons you want to print.) You can print two of each coupon. You may have to exit blog and come back to print 2nd coupon.

King Soopers	Price (before coupons)	Coupon
Strawberries 1lb	$1.50 ea.**
Strawberries 2lbs	$2.88 ea**
Strawberries 4lbs	$4.77 ea**
Milk - gallon	$1.58**
King Soopers Eggs 18 ct	$1.27**
Pampers Diapers jumbo pks	$8.99*	$1.00 PG 7-5
Kroger Frozen Orange juice 12 oz	$1.25**
Russet Potatoes 10 lbs	$2.99**	Click here for potato recipes

Albertson's (Colorado)	Price	Coupon
milk - half gallon	$.88*
Kellogg's Cereal must buy 4 to get this price, limit 1 reward per transaction	$1.25	$1.50 RP 6-7
sour cream 16 oz	$1.00*
Pop Secret Pop Corn 3 ct	$1.00*	$.50 buy 2 SS 6-14
Hunt's ketchup 24 oz	$1.00**
Peaches	$1.50 lb*
Pineapple, Broccoli Crowns, Cauliflower, Squash	$1.00/lb*
Cantaloupe, Cucumbers, Yellow or Orange peppers, mini carrots	$1.00 ea.**

Safeway	Price	Coupon
Strawberries 2 lbs	$2.97**
Zucchini or yellow squash	$.98/lb**
eggs, 18 ct	$.99*** limit 1	must use in ad coupon
Hamburger buns, safeway brand 8 ct	$.89**
Hamburger Buns Oroweat 8 ct	$1.99**
Betty Crocker Brownies	$.79 limit 1	must use in ad coupon

Safeway Clean Up & Save sale products are $4.99 each when you buy at least three products in the same transaction.

There are more products on the sale, but these are the ones that I thought had the best prices. Check the ad for other items and you can check for coupons on the coupon list on the menu bar.

Tide 32 loads liquid detergent $1.00 pg 7-5 after coupon it is $1.25 a load

Charmin 12 big rolls - equal 24 single rolls $.25 PG 7-5

(remember $.22 for single $.40 double is my stock up price.) after coupon $.395 a roll or $.374 a roll if your Safeway doubles coupons.

Bounty 6 big rolls = 8 rolls $.25 PG 7-5

(for name brand paper towels $.75 single is a stock up price for me.) after coupon $.592 "single roll" or $.561 if your Safeway doubles coupons

72 Hour Sale Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

$.99 Kellogg's Coca Krispies - limit 1

$1.49 Ground Beef 73 % lean ground beef

Free Samples

To get a free sample of Fiber One Honey Cluster cereal and one Fiber One Oat and Chocolate bar and receive $5.00 worth of coupons click here . A great find thanks Freebies4moms

I just checked Walmart for samples yesterday and there we no new ones. I am glad I checked out beingfrugalisfabulous today because they have new ones available! I love getting these samples in the mail. Many of the samples I have received have been perfect to stick in the car or in our emergency packs.

Click or cut and paste this website to sign up for these free samples.
http://walmart.triaddigital.com/In-Stores-Now-free-samples.aspx

Playtex Gentle Glide tampons
Viva Paper towels (perfect for the car, I already used the last sample as "just in case incident" int the car.)

Nivea Body wash - This was not on the Walmart website, but I was able to link to it through beingfrualisfab website. It is a Walmart-offered sample

Sweet and Sour Chicken

I saved the pineapple juice to use in a marinade for flank steak that we will have Sunday.


Also, I used the leftover chicken broth as part of the water for the rice. I also cooked more rice than needed to make fried rice this weekend.



This makes 4-6 servings, depending on the amount of chicken. This is a good left over lunch recipe--just keep the chicken and rice separated, reheat separate and then combine.







Sweet and Sour Chicken

1 lb to 1.5 lbs Chicken breasts or tenders, cut into chunks
1 egg beaten
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
6 Tbsp. flour

8 oz canned pineapple chunks
(I usually have the 15 oz cans, so I serve the leftovers to my kids.)
1 red pepper, cut into pieces (tonight I used 1/2 red and 1/2 of an orange pepper.)

sauce:
3/4 C. sugar
1/2 C. white distilled vinegar
1/2 C. chicken broth
3 1/2 Tbsp. ketchup
1 Tbsp. soy sauce

Combine flour, garlic salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Take chicken pieces and mix with beaten egg, and then mix with flour mixture to cover pieces. Brown chicken in a fry pan with hot oil on medium-high heat. Place in 9 x 13 baking dish. Add 1/2 can of pineapple (reserve juice and freeze for another meal if desired.)

Heat all sauce ingredients and pour over chicken and pineapple. Cook uncovered 350 degrees 45 minutes. Add peppers last 15 minutes of bake time. Serve with rice.

Flank Steak Marinade

I love to use leftovers to make a Thai Beef Salad the next day. I will post pictures after I make this Sunday and the Thai Beef Salad on Monday.

Flank Steak Marinade
(Brooks' recipe)

equal parts (usually 1 cup each)
pineapple juice
brown sugar
soy sauce

mix together and marinate flank steak over night in the refrigerator. (at least 4 hours not more than 24 hours.) Turn flank steak over at least once, so all sides are well marinated.

Place on hot grill to sear on both sides, reduce heat and grill to taste.
Slice at an angle. Serve with rice and sauce.

Sauce:
Mix equal parts pineapple juice, brown sugar, and soy sauce in a sauce pan. Take out 1/4 c.-1/2 c. of sauce and add 2 Tbs. or more cornstarch and mix well. Bring to a boil saucepan to a boil and then add cornstarch/marinade mixture and mix well. Boil until thickened.

Thai Beef Salad

Thai Beef Salad
Shaina Miller

I usually make this with leftover flank steak or other steak. If using left overs you will want to reheat the meat so it is not refrigerator cold; just about room temperature.

If you want to start with fresh steak do this:
1 lb sirloin steak cut into strips
mix:
3 Tbs. soy sauce
3 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs. water
Pour marinade over meat. Marinate at least 30 minutes, no more than 24 hours.

Brown beef over high heat. Set aside.

Mix dressing:
1/4 C. soy sauce
1 Tbs. brown sugar
4 Tbs. rice vinegar
2 Tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. sesame oil
1-2 garlic cloves-minced
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

Cook linguine according to package directions
Lettuce - washed and torn into pieces
(desired amount--do you want this to be a lettuce salad with some linguine noodles or a noodle bowl with lots of linguine noodles and less lettuce? Excellent both ways!)

carrots washed and coarsely chopped
green onions thinly sliced

Combine beef, linguine, and lettuce, onion and carrots. Pour dressing on top and toss to coat. (You will not use all of the dressing.)

Updated coupons and Safeway Sale: July5- July 14

The coupon list is updated! I only got PG coupons in the paper today. I do feel lucky though because I got three copies of the insert. I am most excited about the Tide coupon $1.00 off any one.

Safeway has the 32 load tide on sale for $4.99* until July 14. After coupon ($1.00 PG 7-5) it will be $3.99 or $.125 a load.

Also on the $4.99* sale: (*You have to buy at least three participating products to get the $4.99 price.)

Charmin 12 big rolls - equal 24 single rolls(remember $.22 for single $.40 double is my stock up price.)
Use coupon $.25 PG 7-5
after coupon $.395 a roll or $.374 a roll if your Safeway doubles coupons.

Bounty 6 big rolls = 8 rolls
$.25 PG 7-5 (for name brand paper towels $.75 single is a stock up price for me.)
after coupon $.592 "single roll" or $.561 if your Safeway doubles coupons

Shopping Trip 10

King Soopers mix and match 10 items and get $3.00 off sale:

King Soopers doubles coupons, so all coupons were a $1.00 value except Kraft BBQ sauce was doubled to $.99 which is the store sale price before $3.00 off.

This is what I bought on last Friday:
The sale prices include the $3.00 when you buy 10.

1. Ragu Spaghetti Sauce sale price $1.35 - $1.00 coupon = final price $.35

2. Ragu Spaghetti Sauce sale price and final price $1.35

3. Kraft BBQ sauce sale price $.69 - $.99 coupon = final price $.30 credit

4. Cheetos sale price and final price $1.38

5. Cheetos sale price and final price $1.38

6. Fritos sale price and final price $1.38

7. and 8. Dial Soap $2.69 - $1.00 off buy 2 = final price $2.19 ea.

9. Poptarts 12 ct. sale price and final price $2.20 (same as Wal-mart price)

10. Velveeta cheese 32 oz sale price and final price $4.19

Possibly a free Movie Rental this weekend!

To celebrate Redbox now having their kiosks in H-E-B grocery stores, they released a promo code: 7HE79B

it was reported to be working at different locations- try it out. It may be a free movie for you.

There will be a free movie code on Monday, July 6

Internet Coupons

There are some Yoplait yogurt coupons available on the coupon bar, look at the left sidebar.

$.60 buy 3 any flavor Thick & Creamy Yogurt (I love the key-lime pie!)
$.50 buy 6 any variety Yoplait yogurt cups.

I like to buy my yogurt at Wal-mart, it has been $.40 ea. With the coupons it makes them $.32 each or $.20 for the Thick & Creamy.

Zucchini Bread

makes 3 loaves

4 Eggs

1 cup Oil

3 cups Sugar

4 cups Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1 tsp. Salt

3 tsp. cinnamon

3 cups Zucchini, grated

3 tsp. Vanilla

1 cup chopped nuts

Beat together eggs, oil and sugar. Mix dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients, mix well. Add zucchini, nuts, and vanilla; mix. Bake in greased bread pans at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes. If you don't want nuts in all loaves just leave out and then mix in 1/3 cup nuts into each desired bread pan.

For other recipes using zucchini click here

Zucchini-on the side

1 zucchini-medium cut into chunks

Drizzle olive oil in a frying pan and turn burner to medium heat

add:

garlic powder - 1/8 tsp

salt

mix in zucchini

add:

sesame seed oil - 1 tsp add more/less to taste

red pepper flakes - 1/4 tsp more/less to taste

toss to coat and cook

cook until tender 10-12 minutes (I think mine took more like 15 min.)

Dinner Menu July

For a more detail plan of how I plan breakfast, lunches, and dinners click here

We love to grill in the summer-keeping the cooking outside helps to keep the house cool.

1. Chicken Pot Pie
2. Bleu Cheese Hamburgers with Onion Strings (4th July BBQ)
3 . Cheese Tortellini with Foccia bread dipped in olive oil, cut up veggies and dip
4. Egg Rolls with Fried Rice
5. Sweet n' Sour Chicken
6. Mexican Lime Soup
7. Mexican Skillet Chicken and Spanish Rice
8. Buttermilk Chicken
9. French Dip with cheese & green chili
10. Chicken Kabobs and Baked Beans

Sides, Snacks and Desserts: Pasta Salad, Green Salad, Fresh Fruit and vegetables, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies, Popcorn, Brownies, Popsicles

Weekly Deals July 1-4th and July 1-7th

Most fruit and vegetables don't seem to be at a good price at the grocery stores this week. I am planning a Costco trip before Saturday to purchase most of my produce for the next week. The exception is cherries they are at the best price for the season, so if you like them now is the time to enjoy them!

Costco coupons...they do have some good coupon deals this week. I love to use the Electrasol tabs in my dishwasher until July 5, they are B1G1 free, which makes it canister of 100 about $7.50...tabs are a great price at $0.10 ea. so this would make them $0.075. Limit 4, but I am stocking up!

*okay deal (similar price to Wal-mart/Costco)
**good deal
***great deal

Wal-mart price matches, but remember to bring the ads with you.

Deals are okay, good or great before using any coupons. If you use coupons it’s a bonus! King Soopers and Safeway will double coupons up to $1.00. Not all Safeway stores will double coupons, so check ahead before you shop.

Albetson's will double, triple or quadruple coupons this week (up to $1.00 see store ad for more info.)

Coupon Codes; MC=Manufacture Coupon and will have the following codes to help you find the coupon:
SS date = Smart Source and date found in the newspaper
RP date = Red Plum and date found in the newspaper
PG date = Procter and Gamble and date found in newspaper

Coupons.com= see coupon bar on left side to print coupon (click on the arrows to find the coupons you want to print.) You can print two of each coupon. You may have to exit blog and come back to print 2nd coupon.

King Soopers	Price (before coupons)	Coupon
Sweet Red Cherries	$1.38/lb ea.***
Lay's Potato Chips	$1.88*	$1.00 buy chips and dip 6-28 SS
Kroger Cheese 8 oz bars or shreds	$1.50**
Kraft Mayo	$2.50*	$.75 SS 6-21 (Safeway $1.99 with in-ad coupon)
Pepperidge Farm Gold Fish Crackers	$.99**
Kroger Deluxe Ice Cream 48 oz	$1.99*
Coca-Cola, Pepsi or 7-up 12 pks	5 for $11.00 ($2.20 ea. must buy 5)	Soda Price only good until July 4th..soda less at Albertson's $10.77 for 5 sale good July 7
Ribeye Steak, bone in	$4.99/lb
Lean Ground Beef 80%	$1.99/lb
McCormick Grill Mates Spices or Grinders	$1.00	$.50 RP 4-19, 5-3
Bar-S Jumbo Meat or Turkey Franks 16 oz	$.55 limit 4	$1.00 RP 5-10
King Soopers Hot dog or Hamburger buns	$1.00**
Sweet Corn	3 for $1.00
Milk - gallon	$1.58
Challenge Butter 1 lb	$1.99	Last time I bought butter there were coupons inside..using those coupons I will pay $.99/lb I have 7 coupons :)
Huggies Diapers Jumbo pk	$8.99	$1.50 SS 6-21 & (Wed.)6-24 (4 coupons total)

King Soopers Mix and Match buy 10 participating items get $3.00 off. See add to see all items to mix and match. The ad did not say there was a limit for reward, so be sure to ask if you buy more than 10. Price listed is after the $3.00 off.

Kraft BBQ Sauce $.69***
$.50 SS 6-14 (remember KS doubles so this would be a free item with coupon! Last time I had an item less than a dollar and had a coupon the store on doubled to the item price.)


Kellogg's Poptarts 12 ct $2.20
$.55 RP 6-14

Gatorade Sports Drink $.70**
(Wal-mart price $.88-$1.00)

Fritos or Cheetos $1.38**
(Wal-mart $1.50)

Ragu Pasta Sauce $1.35**
$.30 RP 5-17
(I don't have the Wal-mart price, but remember being surprised how much Wal-mart was trying to charge for 1 jar.)

Dial body wash $2.69**
$1.00 buy 2 SS 3-8 & 5-17

Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix $1.69
$.50 buy 2 SS 5-10

There are more items on this sale than listed in the ad. If you spot a good deal for this sale leave a comment and let me know!

Albertson's (Colorado)	Price	Coupon
Ribeye, bone in	$4.77/lb**
bing Cherries	$1.49**	Wal-mart/Costco $1.88 ea.
Pepsi or Coca-Cola, 12 pks	5 for $10.77 ($2.154 ea.) must buy 5	limit 1 reward per transaction
Heinz Ketchup 40 oz	$1.88**
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish	$1.00**
Nabisco Cheese Nips 11.75-12 oz	$1.00**
Dryers Ice Cream 1.5 qt	$2.27** limit 2
Challenge Butter	$2.00	I have some Internet coupons and other coupons not from Sunday paper so I will pay $1.00/lb
Lay's Potato chips	$1.50**	$1.00 buy chips and dip 6-28 SS

Safeway-watch some prices are only good until the 4th!	Price	Coupon
Lay's Potato chips	$1.88*(Albertson's and Wal-mart are $1.50	Price good until July 4th $1.00 chips and dip 6-28 SS
Heinz Ketchup 40 oz	$1.76**	Price good until July 4th
Nabisco Snack Crackers 7-10 oz	$1.69**	Price good until July 4th
Sweet Northwest Cherries	$1.88/lb*
Corn on the cob	$4 for .$99**	$.50 buy 2 SS 6-14
Safeway hotdog or hamburger buns 8 ct	$.79*
Ball Park Meat Franks 16 oz	$.99	$1.00 6-7, 6-28 RP
Coca-cola, Pepsi, 7-up 12 pk	$1.99 ea. must buy 5 and use in -ad coupon
Kraft Mayonnaise	$1.99** with in ad coupon	$.75 6-21 SS
Kraft Singles 12 oz	$.99* with in-ad coupon	limit 2
Kraft Salad Dressing 16 oz	$1.50*	$1.00 6-21 SS
French's Mustard 12-20 oz	$1.50*	$.75/$.50 5-10 or 6-21 SS
Kraft BBQ Sauce 18 oz	$.99*	$.50 6-14 SS
Duracell Batteries AA/AAA 8 ct C/D 4ct 9-v 2ct	$3.99** with in ad coupon	$.50 6-28 SS
Kraft Singles 12 oz	$.99* with in-ad coupon	limit 2