Great shopping trip today!

I love pinchingyourpennies.com! They are the best. They compile all the best deals at the grocery stores and match up all the coupons to go with the sales. This week was an excpetional week at Albertsons. So many things were on sale.
I got 4 gogurts, 2lbs butter, 1 doz eggs, 4 ricotta cheeses, 3 boxes toaster strudel, 1 bag green giant veggies with sauce, 8 pasta ronis, 8 rice a ronis, 12 muffin mixes, 8 pancake mixes, 6 boxes of organic cereal, 1 package of razor cartridges, 6 packs of easy ups, and 4 boxes of potatoes. Regular retail price $277. I paid $134.00 and recieved $85.00 in catalina coupons to use like cash on future purchases. What a deal! At QFC they had Campbells Select Harvest soup for $1.25, I had $1 off coupons for them along with coupons for the other soup. So 21 cans of soup for $8.50!

Menu Plan Monday 1/8-1/14

Monday~Mexican lasagna, cilantro lime rice, green salad with tomatoes and avocados.


Tuesday-Teriyaki chicken rolls, california rolls, salad with japanese dressing,


Wednesday~Trout with lemon pepper, home fries, peas and carrots


Thursday~ Hawaiian haystacks with Kalua pork, peas, pineapple, gravy, chow mein noodles,


Friday~Hot dog boats and sliders, standing salad


Saturday~leftovers


Sunday~ Creamy italian chicken, rice, steamed broccoli, tomato salad

Freezer inventory

I bought some chicken on Friday and when I came home I couldn't find room for it in the freezer, it was time to clean it out and find out what was in there. I only found two mystery items that promptly were thrown away, along with the last few popsicles leftover from this summer. My dear DH has made a bargain with a fisherman client~ 250 lbs of fish will soon be coming~! I need to make room in the freezer pronto! I will be making my menus for the next few weeks from what I all ready have in there.

Monday~chili with the works
Tuesday~Clam Chowder, chopped salad
Wednesday~Rotini pasta, caesar salad, steamed broccoli
Thursday~Sweet and sour pork with rice, steamed edamame, and stir fried snap peas
Friday~Enchiladas, refried beans, spanish style rice, corn
Saturday~leftovers
Sunday~ Lamb roast, roasted potatoes, peas and carrots


Frozen Meals
3 Eggplant caponata
2 trout
2 lbs peas
2 strawberry jams
8 chimichangas
8 packages ground turkey
2 lbs sweet corn
1 peach jam
1 clam chowder
3 packages lean gr beef
30 bags steamers
1 bag cranberry sauce
1 creamy veggie soup
1 lamb shoulder roast
7 butters
1 beef enchiladas
10 rolls jimmy dean sausage
3 8 oz bags mozzarella
2 chili
2 bags shredded turkey
1 8 oz bag cheddar
1 turkey enchiladas
4 lbs bacon
2 rolls cinnamon twists
1 chili verde enchiladas
5 packages hot dogs
1 mexican lasagna
12 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 rotini pasta
2 taco soup
2 creamy potato soup
1 chili mole
3 broccoli soup
1 gazpacho
1 bag kalua pork
2 bags cooked pork loin
1 rotisserie chicken
1 bag refried beans
1 tray chicken enchiladas

Menu plan monday 12/8-12/14

This is going to be a clean out the fridge week. I want the fridge to be cleaned out before we leave for our trip to China.
Breakfasts~Oatmeal
raspberry, banana, and peach smoothies
frozen waffles
pancakes
sausage and biscuits
toast and jam
asst fruit

Lunches
Quesadillas
taquitos
mac and cheese and hot dogs
crackers and cheese, summer sausage

Dinners
squash chili mole
curried honey dijon roasted chicken with roasted potatoes
polynesian pork roast with rice and macaroni salad
Christmas party
Breakfast for dinner

Forks part II

La Push
Hannah was not having fun. she was very scared of the huge waves!

The weather was so terrible at La Push. We could hardly see anything.

FORKS

Views of the river

I thought that this looked like the view from the movie, when Edward and Bella are up in the tree.

We went over to Forks today! The kids had the day off from Chinese school,and the weather was ok, so off we went.

It is quite a drove over there, about a 440 mile round trip from our house. The kids watched movies while we drove, and I listened to Twilight on my Ipod. The scenery is just breathtaking! I thought that it would be much the same as my area, but with all the water it is really different.

Menu plan monday 12/1-12/7

Breakfasts
waffles
smoothies
toast and jam
cereal
oatmeal
berries, bananas.

Lunches
pb & j
tuna salad
quesadillas

Dinners
taco lasagna
beef and broccoli and rice
cranberry apricot pork loin with orzo
potato soup with rolls
baked potato and salad bar