Albertsons week of July 2-8

Some winners this weeks at Albertsons!

Produce

Fresh sweet corn .25 each up to 10 (only through 4th)

seedless Green, Red or Black grapes .96 lb (through the 4th)

Dulcinea tuscan cantaloupe .39 lb

Tomatoes on the vine 1.99 lb

Wild Harvest organic whole carrots 2lb for 1.89 (use your $1/1 coupon!)

Pantry

Albertsons Soda 12 pack 1.25 (first 8 through the 4th)

Gatorade 32oz .69

Doritos BOGO

Wild Harvest organic applesauce 3.00 (use 1/1 coupon)

Hersheys syrup B2G1 (equals 1.33 each and use $1/2 coup)

10 for $10

Bush's baked and Grillin' Beans

Kraft BBQ sauce

Frenchs mustard

Hunts Ketchup

Guldens brown mustard

Dole mandarin oranges  11oz can

Puffs facial tissue

Goldfish crackers

Pearl soymilk

Arizona ice teas 42oz

Barilla pasta

Let me know what good deals you've seen at Albertsons!  Also check out the Grocery Gathering for great grocery deals!

Commissary Deals Pac NW

I visited my Commissary yesterday and got some really great deals.  Here are the highlights below;

Pantry

Barilla pastas .99 (some 1.09) (use .50/2 coupon from paper insert)

Muir Glen 28oz whole tomatoes mark down to .50!!  (this is a steal esp with $1/1 coupon)

Hunts ketchup 36oz 1.09 (use .20 coupon from paper)

Snyders pretzel nibblers 2.11 (use $1 coupon from paper)

Zatarains rice/meal boxes 1.29 (recent coupon was .50/2??)

Kraft Mayo big tub 32oz marked down 2.00

Starkist Albacore tuna 1.05 (use 1/2 coupon from recent insert)

Freezer

Breyers Ice Cream marked down to 2.29 (lots of choices)

Eskimo Pie 12 count snack sized ice creams 1.99 (use $1 coupon)

Boca burgers 2.00

Morning Star steak/chicken strips 2.80 (use .75 coupon from paper)

Produce

bananas .59 lb

green beans 1.28 lb

green bell peppers 1.64 lb (appx .55-.60 each)

red grapes 1.36 lb

D Anjou Pears .94 lb

organic peeled carrots small bag 1.28

gala apples 1.50 lb

Also, they do carry the Land O Frost lunch meat, so bring your Free Coupons!

Let me know if you saw any great deals at your Commissary!!

Menu Plan Monday

This week will be a bit crazy like last week.  Still trying to get our house ready to possibly sell if we get this new home.  My daughter is almost crawling and requires me in her sight at all times still, so sweet!  I have not gone to the grocery store in at least a week and a half.  Costco was my last trip and we are just about out of produce....   

Can I just say 'AHHHHHHH!!!'

Monday

Chili

Oranges

maybe Homemade bread??

Tuesday

Veggie Burgers

Broccoli Salad

Wednesday

Baked Potatoes

leftover chili and good toppings

Fruit

Thursday

Pasta of some type

Salad

Bread

Friday

Dinner at the family beach house, potluck style, all vegan food. YUM!

Beer or wine

Lots of good fruit

This menu should be really easy to me.  I am planning on a grocery store trip tomorrow, today I will be trying to do some paint touch up around the house, and of course help my baby grow into a happy, secure and intellectual little girl!

Check out Org Junkie for more super fantastic menus!

Super Sample Sunday!

Just a couple this week, but really good ones!!

Earthbound Farms shopping bag, I love these, this will get used a LOT!!

Betty Crocker warm delights, hoping its yummy at just 150 calories.

Kraft Food and Family magazine, came with a Free salad dressing coupon!

I am happy with these freebies and happy that I didn't get a bunch of junk mail I didn't need or want.  All is good.

I would love to see what you got this week!!

Walgreens this weeks Show and Tell.

The ONLY place I went this week was Walgreens on Monday.  Didnt expect such a busy week or I would have gotten some groceries on the way home!  Oh well, luckily I always keep us stocked up on food so I can go w/out shopping for a good week or so.  

Here, I spent only $4.10 out of pocket, after coupons and rebates.  Not my best trip for Walgreens but I cant complain!

Frugal Friday; quick pantry meals

(picture is attached for my own mental torture only)

This week has been an emotional roller coaster ride for me.  We are trying to purchase a house that had been a bank repossession.  It is a screaming deal, something we would normally not have been able to afford for many, many years.  We were not actually planning to sell our house for quite some time, but my husband just stumbled across this.  The odds are really not with us, but how can I not get my hopes up???  I want it so bad I can taste it! So, for the past couple of days I have been going through things and acting as if we will be putting our house up for sale, meeting w/ our agent and walking through the house over and over.  

Can you imagine what all of this has done to my Weekly Meal Plan Menu?  Yeah, that went out the window.  Still, I refuse to spend money on Take Out, what a waste!  And I have sure not made it to the grocery store yet this week.  That only leaves me with the food we have on hand.  What creative meals have I made from our pantry and freezer supplies?

Spaghetti (thats a no-brainer)

Veggie Curry- potatoes, onion, carrots, frozen peas and rice w/ curry sauce

Pasta Salad- cold pasta, italian dressing and cut fresh or frozen veggies

Black beans and Rice (make cuban black beans w/ cumin, onion, vinegar & oregano)

Mac and Cheese w/ a can of fire roasted tomatoes, peas and fresh chopped basil (just had that tonight, actually very tasty!)

Veggie burgers (I always keep the big freezer full of day old whole wheat buns)

Keys to keeping a quick, cheap pantry meal tasty?  Add extra seasoning, fresh chopped veggies and fresh herbs.

What kind of pantry meals do you create?

Albertsons

Well, there is a very slight chance we will be able to get into a really fabulous house so we are spending every extra second this week preparing ours.  Due to a foreclosure (very sad) a really terrific house that would normally have been out of our price range may be a possibility, so bear with me as my blog posts may be sparse for the next few days.  Im sure we wont be able to get it, sounds like many people are bidding, but its worth a shot.

Albertsons

Albertsons looks really great this week.  I am going to link you to a great post by Sienna to check out the ad this week.  She has done a really great job and Im sure she wont mind the extra traffic.  Check it out here at NW Deal Mama.  Thanks Sienna!

Menu Plan Monday

This week I will try to have 2 vegetable sides with all my dinners.  I want to lose a few pounds in the next month before we go on a vacation!

Monday

Boca Burgers

Veggie tray

Salad

Frozen Fries

Tuesday

Cuban Black beans  (not my normal recipe but very close, except normally I use canned beans, although I do have dry on hand.....)

Rice

Mango Chutney

Broccoli Salad

Wednesday

Stuffed Shells w/ my Tofu Ricotta

Salad

Bread 

Green Beans

Thursday

Bean tacos topped w/ lots of veggies

Corn

chips & salsa

Friday

Pizza night

Veggie Tray

For more great inspirational menus check out Menu Plan Monday!

Super Sample Sunday!

Just a few this week!

Elle Decor magazine ( I actually used to pay for this years ago!!)

Country Home Magazine

Womans Day magazine

Dunkin Donuts coffee

Nature Made vitamins

How'd you do?