Davis Family Menu for this Week

I always have tons of fresh fruit and veg I buy every 2 weeks at Food 4 Less. Add whatever vegetables your family likes. I buy broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, asparagus, and all the salad basics and fruit.
Biscuits and Gravy - Yes, its breakfast for dinner Grands and Farmer Johns sausage from last week, crumbles and sauteed with a flour gravy.
Beef and Bean Soup with Grands Biscuits - Onion, carrot and great northern beans, (still have from the Smiths case lot sale,) with beef broth and left over roast. The kids loved it.
Pasta Al Forno - pasta coated with spaghetti sauce, in the bottom of a 9x13 pan top with a white sauce seasoned with a bit of nutmeg (bachamel sauce). Bake for 40 min. With salad and veg.
Pizza Pockets and Warm Delights - Date Night for us, fun cheap food for the kids $1.60 (sounds good.)
Left overs- Pasta al Forno again
Chicken Parmesan- chicken breasts from last week, cut thin or pounded breaded with egg and progresso bread crumbs free at Albertsons, spray with olive oil. Bake at 400.
Fajitas with Pico de Gallo and Chips- chicken or beef marinate in Kens Marinade grill and slice, cut onions into rounds brush with olive oil s & p skewer and grill with meat. Serve with lettuce, cheese smiths last week, serve in tortillas top with sour cream.
Sirloin Steaks, Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus -Sunday Dinner - Steak at Albertsons, Asparagus at Smiths.

Albertsons 2/19

What a fun week to shop at Albertsons!!

Sorry no picture I had to race off to a funeral so I just put everything away quickly!

Total Bill $338.23

Savings $270.36

Spent $67.87

80% Savings

Saturday, February 14, 2009

No Inserts This Weekend

Sorry, ladies... no inserts this weekend. None in your junk mail this past week and none in the Sunday paper on 2/15.
Rule of Thumb - Anytime a holiday falls on a weekend, major coupon publishers (SS, RP & PG) take a break. Sad, but true.
For a complete schedule of 2009 inserts, click HERE.

Good Deals Around Town Feb 4-10

This is a great week to do some stocking up on cereal. Lots of printable General Mills coupons as well as SS. Also a great week to put some meat in the freezer Smiths: whole chickens 59¢/lb, Chuck Roasts $1.79/lb Boneless Pork Sirloin Chops $1.89/lb, Albertsons: Boneless Country Style

Target - had some great deals on their clearance shelves. Cute kid's quilts 50% off $34 instead of $68 (Even the cute plaid one I looked at for Josh's room) 75% off Electronic Dart Boards $3.24 (Great birthday stock up for older kids I bought 5!)

Vons - Gala, Fuji and Red Delicious 50¢/lb (kids lunches) Roma Tomatoes $1/lb, Pop-tarts $1/box, Yogos $1/box, Eating Right baby Carrots $1/1-lb bag, Lunchables (Basic) $1 ea, Fresh Express Shreds $1/8oz bag, Asparagus $1.88/lb, Colgate Toothpaste 6.4 oz 99¢ use SS 1/18 coupon 1/75¢ = 25¢ each, C&W10-16oz Vegetables (I love their petite peas) $2 - Coupon available in printable group A 2/$1 in the GS website = $1.50.

Food Less - Nectarines 97¢/lb, Broccoli 98¢/lb, Sweet Onions 88¢/lb, Pork Sirloin End Roast $1.48/lb, There are usually lots of great produce prices and the quality is surprisingly good.

Meal Ideas Using Jan 28 - Feb 3 Adds

This is the Big Game weekend and the adds are celebrating.

Albertsons Steak Deals - New York or Rib Eye Both just $3.79 marinate in some Kens Lemon Pepper Marinade ($0 @ Albertsons) and throw them on the grill or slather in Kraft BBQ Sauce for 33¢. What to serve along side? Food 4 Less Asperagus only$1.98/lb.and red grapes 97¢. I cant wait till F4L hits the Grocery Smarts website!

There is a **** deal on whole chickens at Albertsons. Check out last weeks chicken ideas.

Ginger-Lime Chicken - Place 8 chicken thighs in a zip lock bag. In a bowl combine, 2 Tbsp honey, 1T fresh grated ginger, juice of 2 limes, 2 T olive oil, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper. Pour over chicken in bag. Marinate 30 min. Grill and serve with rice and veg. of choice.

Do I have a Coupon for that? Go to the the Alphabetical Index in Grocery Smarts website. On the select your store page, click on Alphabetical Index. It will take you to a list of all the current coupons you have stored. Then just flip to the proper insert, clip and save.

Meal Ideas Using Jan 21-27 Adds

These are some things I may make for my family this week using the add specials. Link to Grocery Smarts for sale details.

Sunday Chuck Roast - Ingredients: Chuck Roast (Albertsons $1.99 lb) salt and pepper liberally place in a 9x13 pan add washed and pealed potatoes and carrots at least one for each per family member. Cover with Aluminum Foil. Place in 300F oven for 5 hrs.

What to leave for the kids on Date Night - Tomb Stone Pizza (Smiths $2.49,) Cherry 7 up (Free Sat 24th @ Albertsons) Orville Redenbachers popcorn (99¢ Smith's.) $1 Red Box movie. $4.50 Kids dinner, movie, and popcorn.

Out all day, put it in before you leave - Fauxtissorie Chicken: 1 Chicken (Albertsons 69¢/ lb.) It needs to fit in your slow cooker, Your choice of seasoning; lemon pepper, cajun seasoning, Lawreys, what ever makes your taste buds tingle, salt and pepper,aluminum foil. Instructions: Rub chicken with your choice of seaoning. Make it good this is your flavor. Place three balls of foil on the botton of your slow cooker, Place bird on top of aluminum balls (this is for circulation.) Cover. Cook 8 hrs on low. You decide how to use it. Eat it just as is, use in salad, sandwiches, tacos, etc.

Chicken Again - Hickory Smoked Oven Chicken: Ingredients: 1 large onion sliced, 1 chicken cut up (on sale at Albertsons,) ½ cup catsup (on sale at Smiths), ½ cup maple syrup, ¼ cup vinegar, 2 Tbsp mustard.
Instructions: Put onion slices on bottom of casserole. Top with chicken pieces. Sprinkle with 2 tsp. Spice Island Hickory Smoke, Sprinkle with salt. Pour this sauce over top and bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hour or more.

London Broil - marinate early, then a quick fix. - Mix together 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 clove garlic (garlic salt will do in a pinch, but cut back on the salt,) 2 tsp thyme, 1 tsp salt. Rub on London Broil (Albertsons $1.99 lb,) Place in large zip lock and marinate at least 2 hours. Grill or broil , slice thinly. Serve with rice and Green Valley Giant Fresh Steamers (50¢ @ Smiths.)