Meal Plan Monday

Here's my menu for this week. I'm still working on using up things from my freezer. Hopefully by the end of the first week of May, there will be a much more reasonable amount of food in this house!

Monday - Turkey Macaroni Bake

Tuesday - beef stew, biscuits

Wednesday - Italian sausage, pasta, garlic bread, salad

Thursday - tacos, Spanish rice

Friday - pizza or leftovers

Saturday - chicken, fire roasted veggies mix

Sunday - @ in laws

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Jewel Deals 4/9-4/15

Jewel is offering several ways to get free eggs this week. In addition to what's in the ad, there are apparently other deals advertised in store. Here are the deals from the ad:

2 Tropicana orange juice $6 for 2
4 Pillsbury crescent or cinnamon rolls $8 for 4
coupons in 4/5, 3/15, 2/8, and 1/25 inserts
2 packages Sargento shredded cheese $4 for 2
coupons for "natural" and "artisan" blends in 1/25 inserts
2 Palmolive dish liquid (20-25 oz) $5 for 2
coupon in 3/29 insert, $0.75/1 Printable
2 Kraft Miracle Whip or mayonnaise (32 oz) $5.98 for 2
coupon in 3/29 insert
2 Betty Crocker cookie pouches $4 for 2
coupon in 4/5 insert, $0.50 printable, $0.50 printable, $0.50 printable
3 Kelloggs Pop Tarts (12 ct) $7 for 3
coupons in 2/22, 4/5 inserts
2 Kraft grated Parmesan $9.98 for 2
2 Lipton Tea (gallons) $6 for 2
2 Langers Pomegranate cocktails $6 for 2

Other deals for the week:

Save $7 on any ham when you spend an additional $30 (coupon in ad required)

Sweet Potatoes $0.38/lb
Asparagus $1.48/lb
Pineapple $1.99 (limit 3)
Jewel Brown and Serve rolls $0.99
Kraft dressing 3/$5 -- use the $1.50/1 coupon from 3/29 insert to get dressing for $0.17!

Have a blessed Easter!

Jewel Bargain Meal of the Week 4/9 - 4/15

Jewel has a few great deals on holiday meats this week, but not much for normal dinner meats. So this week, breakfast for dinner is a great, inexpensive option! My family loves to have eggs for dinner. Jewel is offering several ways to get eggs free when you buy other items. I've chosen the orange juice because it goes nicely with breakfast for dinner, but you should choose whatever makes the most sense for your family.

Buy: 2 pounds Farmland bacon ($5.99), 2 cartons Tropicana orange juice ($6), 20 ct Jewel hash browns ($4), loaf of Sun Maid raisin bread ($2.50), and 1 dozen eggs (free with orange juice purchase). Pay $18.49 plus tax.

Use these for Breakfast for Dinner:

1/2 carton Tropicana orange juice $1.50
Eggs $0.00
1/2 pound Farmland bacon $1.50
4 Jewel hash browns $0.80
1/2 loaf Sun Maid Raisin bread $1.25

Total for meal: $5.05

Menu Plan Monday

Holy Week is here -- I'm so excited for Easter! We'll be busy with church activities this week, but I've got some easy meals planned to keep us out of the restaurants! Also, Monday is opening day, which at our house means hot dogs! We're not brave enough to be out at the game (too cold! ), but we like to celebrate at home.

Monday - hot dogs, french fries, applesauce
Tuesday - Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Chicken , rice
Wednesday - frozen pizza (or leftovers)
Holy Thursday - tacos, Spanish rice
Good Friday - Pinto Beans and Rice, cornbread
Holy Saturday - Turkey Macaroni Bake, peas
Easter Sunday - brunch @ in-laws

I went through my cereal stockpile and found several boxes that expire in the next month or two, so I'll be looking for some recipes to use them up. I also have quite a few eggs to use -- I planned to color eggs with DS, but my MIL brought some over yesterday, so now I have 18 colored eggs and 2 dozen raw eggs!

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Super Savings Saturday

Sunday I stopped at Jewel to pick up a couple of things - a 3 lb bag of apples, 2 containers of caramel apple dip, and 2 lbs of bacon for a total of $13.20. I picked up 2 packages of biscuits, 2 packages of blackberries (marked down), and a bunch of bananas for a total of $4.30.


I was back at Jewel on Wednesday for some great deals. I got 5 boxes Post cereal, 2 dozen eggs, and 2 Ronzoni meals for $6.80. And, the best part was I got a $5 cat back for the cereal! Also pictured is a pound of butter I got at a local market for $1.50.

I was planning to go to Walgreens, CVS, and Target this week as well. I haven't spent much time getting organized for this, as I have been cleaning out toys for a resale and trying to catch up on housework. Perhaps I will still get some shopping done today and edit my post later!

Check out Money Saving Mom to see how the rest of the blogosphere did this week!

A Savings Challenge

April is here! This is my favorite month -- spring weather, baseball, and (oh, yeah) my birthday! I'm challenging myself this month to keep my grocery budget under $150. I've planned dinners from my (much too large) stockpile. I'm also going to try to make as many breakfasts and lunches from the stockpile. I want to master baking bread and even plan to try to make my own English muffins.

Here's my grocery plan for the month:

5 gallons milk $10
4 dozen eggs $10
fresh produce $60

The rest will be for those needs that pop up and to buy the great deals that come up in order to keep a decent stockpile going. I love having a stockpile, but it got out of hand the past few months and I want to get it back under control. What I save in groceries this month ($150, if I keep to my planned budget) will go towards paying down our credit card debt.

Anyone else up for the challenge? How much can you shave off your normal grocery budget this month? What will you use the extra money for?

Menu Plan Monday

Gotta keep at the freezer clean out! I'm excited about a couple of meals this week -- like the chicken roll we got from Market Day and our final Lenten soup supper. (I'm hoping to convince the Ladies Auxiliary to do meals the first Friday of each month to keep up the community atmosphere!) I'm also posting breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas because our the rest of our stockpile needs some cleaning out too!

Breakfasts
oatmeal, cold cereal, waffles, Jumbo Breakfast Cookies

Lunches
healthy choice fresh mixers, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, leftovers

Snacks
hard boiled eggs, crackers, granola bars, smoothies (w/ frozen fruit)

Dinners
Monday - chicken roll, biscuits, carrots, apples w/ caramel sauce
Tuesday - Easy Pasta Casserole, salad
Wednesday - chicken and stuffing (leftovers), green beans, apple crisp
Thursday - pizza or leftovers
Friday - soup supper @ church -- take blueberry pie from Angel Food Ministries
Saturday - burgers, fries, carrots
Sunday - @ in laws

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