Monday, January 31, 2011

Print A Coupon for $2.99 Quizmo's Prime Rib Sub and Get A Few Ideas To Make Subs At Home


Here's a Sweet Deal - Print This coupon for a $2.99 Quizmo's Prime Rib Sandwich (Click Here), Expires 2-07-11
Homemade Subway Sandwiches
Start the new year out right by saving money on lunches. Combine a little of that leftover roast, turkey or ham with a few slices of cheese and almost every fresh vegetable on hand to make a fantastic brown bag special.
Ingredients:
  1. 4 ounces of thinly sliced cooked roast beef, ham or turkey
  2. 2 slices of cheese : American, swiss or pepperjack
  3. 1 (6 inch) french sub roll, sliced lengthwise
  4. Dressing and condiments of choice : Italian dressing, ranch dressing, mustard or mayo
  5. Fresh vegetables of choice (diced, sliced or shredded): lettuce, spinach, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, pickles, olives, cucumbers, carrots, jalepenos
Assembly Directions :
  1. Place the subroll on a cutting board and open it until it lays flat. Place the favorite condiment of choice on the bread first :mustard, mayo, Italian or ranch dressing.
  2. Cut the two slices of cheese in half. layer the four pieces on the bottom half of the sub roll.
  3. Now, starting with the 4 ounces of thinly sliced roast beef, turkey or ham, begin a laying process.
  4. Add favorite fresh vegetables next: lettuce, tomatoes, green bell peppers, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers, onions, olives, carrots, cucumbers, pickles, etc
  5. Sprinkle the sub with additional condiment dressing if desired, either Italian dressing, ranch dressing, mustard or mayo.
  6. Add salt and pepper to taste if desired. Cut the sandwich in half.
  7. Serve on a plate with a pickle spear, olives, favorite chips and a drink.
Healthy Choice Wraps
Feeling guilty about those added holiday pounds? Start the new year off right by making healthy food choices for lunch. Skip the bread and hold the cheese. Choose instead to wrap thinly sliced turkey or roast beef in large lettuce leaves,whole wheat, spinach or low carb tortillas. Add a little Italian dressing,ranch dressing or fat free cream cheese if desired and fill with all the fresh vegetables desired. Choose apple slices, carrot sticks or celery sticks in stead of chips and drink ice water or unsweetened ice tea instead of soda.

More Ways To Use Leftovers
Depending on the food choices, many soups, salads, sandwiches,wrap and casseroles can be created from. Chop fresh veggies and add lettuce and fresh spinach for a fantastic dinner salad. Chopped fresh veggies can also be added to leftover side dishes and meats for great hot soups to be eaten on cold winter days. Let nothing go to waste. So much money was spent during the holidays. These frugal recipes will start the new year off right.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

How I got Free Kraft Singles At Kroger's Today!

This was fun!
I shopped the ads yesterday.
Kroger's has their Mega $5 sale going on.
Buy 10 of a certain item, get $5 off.
Kraft Singles were buy 10 at $.99 each
Then I had 10 coupons for $1 off Kraft Singles
I also bought 1 box of green tea for $2.29.
The bottom price at checkout was $2.19 total!
Kroger took the full $1 off of the $.99, so they ended up owing me $.10,
which was applied to the tea.
How fun is that!
Stay tuned for more coupon stories.
I'm just getting started!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rotating Quarterly Family Menu Plan – 91 Meal Ideas & Recipes

Rotating Quarterly Family Menu Plan – 91 Meal Ideas & Recipes
Someone gave me this idea last year and I ran with it, 91 Meal Ideas.
Serve the same dish only 3 Times a Year!

Feed A Family of 6 for $100 a Week

Feed A Family of 6 for $100 a Week
Ok, this is my goal. For the most part, I meet it each week.
In fact, since I started couponing, stocking up and batch cooking, etc, I've cut that down to half.
$50 this week

Save Money on Family Meals by Cooking in Instead of Eating Out

Save Money on Family Meals by Cooking in Instead of Eating Out
I have fun playing this game. I've got it down almost to a Science. Want pizza? Buy a large cheese pizza at Wal-Mart, Sam's or Little Ceasar's for $5-$7, add your own hamburger( feeds 6), Hamburger night - buy 3 double cheeseburgers at McDonald's or Wendy's, bring them home, break them down into 6 burgers at home with your own buns. I've got more ideas....

Chinese Food at Home Without The Price of Take-Out or Delivery

Chinese Food at Home Without The Price of Take-Out or Delivery
We try to do this once a week and there's 6 of us. Chinese food for the whole family at home for less than $2 a person.
Check it out!

Saving Money on Presents By Earning Free Gifts Online

This year, I am attempting to spend as little as possible and actually increase my bank account and not decrease it. I am sticking to the family budget, making a weekly food menu, planning my grocery shopping by shopping the  weekly ads and combining the sales with grocery coupons available in the Sunday paper and online.

Another thing I'm doing is taking advantage of online deals to earn free gift cards. Websites like Swagbucks and MyPoints have easy ways to earn points throughout the year without spending any money. Look into it. Try to do all your online searching on Swagbucks, ( Fridays are Mega Swagbuck Days), and go to MyPoints once a day and check out the free questionaires for a few points each day. If you'd like to sign up for these and haven't, please let me know and I'll refer you. That way we both win!
Happy Saving!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Invite to LivingSocial

Invite to LivingSocial
My husband received a deal from this on Wednesday for $20 GC from Amazon for $10, I see a Cancune trip for two, all inclusive for $1300 if anyone is interested, Check it out

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Save Money On Groceries By Shopping Weekly Ads & Clipping Coupons

Make the monthly budget stretch farther by shopping the weekly grocery sale ads. Clip, print and use coupons that match the ads to maximize weekly savings.

For most of the nation, weekly grocery ads are released every Wednesday and sales run through the following Tuesdays. These circulars can be found in the grocery store, the local paper and online. Learning how to shop the weekly ads and combine the sales with coupons available will help to maximize savings each week

Learning to Shop The Weekly Store Ads
Almost every store in the nation runs a new sale every seven days. This helps to keep customers coming back for more merchandise. Department stores like Target and Kmart and health & beauty drug stores like CVS and Walgreens run weekly sales Sunday through Saturday. Grocery stores usually run ads Wednesday through Tuesday. To help ensure maximum weekly savings on the things needed, check each of these ads weekly. Almost every nation store chain offers their weekly ad online now. To easily view almost every store ad offered online, check out SundaySaver.com.

Match Store Sales To Coupons Available
The three main coupon manufacturers in the USA are Smart Source, Red Plum and Pillsbury. Their coupon inserts can be found almost every week in the Sunday paper. Each one of these companies also has an online website and ways to print coupons online using the consumers personal computer and printer. There are several websites that are devoted to helping consumers find the best deals and coupons available on the web. A few of these include: Coupon Network.com, Hot Coupon World and A Full Cup.
Spend a little time each week gathering coupons. The best way to start is by buying a Sunday paper. Wal-Mart sales two copies of the same paper, like The Dallas Morning News in a Sunday paper bundle for almost half the price of buying them separately. Consider starting there with the purchase of a paper bundle. Store chains like CVS, Walgreens and Target tend to run sales that match that week's coupon inserts. Start shopping those ads first and match the coupons to the ads. Then when the grocery store ads come out on Wednesday, find the hot sale deals and match to coupons available. This is a good time to check out coupon websites like A Full Cup. These websites save consumers time and money by matching store ads to coupon inserts and coupons online. Simple go to the websites, click on the certain grocery store like Krogers, Food Line, Albertsons or Meijer and the homework has already been done. Print and the match coupons that are available for the upcoming sale.

Plan the Weekly Food Menu Around The Best Deals
Food industries and food manufacturers routinely rotate product sales on a yearly basis depending on what is in high demand during certain times of the year. For example, after New Year's, January is the month to buy soup, chili, diet foods, and frozen meals like Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice. This is also a great time to stock up on toilet paper. Look for the sales each week and find those coupons. It's a great time to by Campbell's soups, Angel Soft and Charmin toilet paper using those coupons as well as products like Wolf Brand Chili and Hot Pockets.
Make a grocery list based on the hot sales, sort and organize coupons and go shopping. Then plan weekly meals around those great buys. Many moms are discovering the joys of coupon shopping and grocery stockpiling for food at places like CVS, Walgreens and Krogers. They come home each week with a weeks worth or more of soup, chili, pasta, cereal, tuna, peanut butter and crackers for little to no money at all.

The Grocery Game
Some consumers will say that weekly grocery shopping is a chore. However the savvy shopper and frugal moms out there who consider grocery shopping to be like a fierce game of Monopoly are learning the joys of saving money and enjoying the good life and good food while keeping the family food budgetin tact.