I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted! I am such a slacker, or not, I'm just very busy! I've had some pretty good shopping trips lately but I am very much looking forward to the big Smith's trip I have planned tomorrow morning! Smith's has some really great deals on their mega ten event this week! More FREE pasta! BBQ sauce (it is almost summer time), FREE body wash and toothbrushes, cheap almond milk and mayo. For a full listing visit www.grocerysmarts.com passport g84aab. I love shopping and this helps me feel like I can buy what I want and need and not spend a lot of money on the items I get. Want to go shopping with me and see how I do it? Just let me know and we can arrange a time. Happy shopping!

New coupon lists!

So I have decided that I will start to type up a list of all the coupons in the different inserts each week. This will help me, and you, be able to find and know if you have certain coupons in those inserts. There have been a few times now that I gone to someone's coupon blog and it lists a coupon that is a really great deal paired with a sale, but when I go to find it, I can't find it. So instead of flipping through the whole booklet over and over again to try to find a certain coupon, I can now just pull out the paper in the front and see if it's on the list. How excited are you?

Now this list will only contain coupons from the Ogden Standard Examiner, which is the paper I get, so unless I happen to get a Salt Lake Tribune or Deseret Morning News, there may be a few missing, but you can always write the missing coupons on the bottom.

Coupons will be in alphabetical order so they will be easy to find on the list to see if you have it. I will also list the coupons from the insert that are restraunt coupons. You CAN save money while going out to eat and other things around town as well.

....so I tried to insert this, but could not figure out how, I'm still blogger dumb. So if you would like to get this each week, please leave your email address, or just email me at abunnell81@gmail.com with the subject "coupon list" I will get it to you as an attachment that you can print. Hope you are all excited about this!

Love my mail!

Look what I got in the mail today! Covergirl products and coupons from Bzz Agent (I'm a Bzz Agent) and then some samples of wisk, secret clinical, coffee creamer, biscoti, and gum tools, plus coupons, as well as coupons for Enfamil. Lots of fun, love free samples, they usually come with coupons to use with sales to get things for way cheap!

Tenders taco casserole

For all those out there that like fish, like our family does, here is a yummy fish recipe. Even if you don't like fish, try it, you really can't taste the fish.

Tenders taco casserole

8-10 frozen fish tenders
1 15oz can chili beans, drained
1 8oz can tomato sauce
2 TBS taco sauce
3 tsp chili powder
1 tsp garlic salt
2cups coarsely broken tortilla chips
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sliced green onions with tops
1 med. Tomato, chopped
1 cup or more shredded cheese
Shredded lettuce (opt.)
Chili peppers (opt.)
Taco sauce (opt.)

Preheat oven to 375*. In a saucepan, heat frozen tenders, beans, tomTo sauce, taco sauce, chili powder and garlic salt to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Place chips in ungreased 9X13 dish. Pour tender mix over chips. Spread with sour cream. Sprinkle with onions,
tomato and cheese. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes. Serve with shredded lettuce, chili peppers and taco sauce if desired.

Now I don't drain my chili beans. I just cook it all together. It makes in have more sauce. This time I used Tabasco sauce for the taco sauce. It was quite spicy and very strong so I wouldn't recommend that, but I have used a Louisiana hot sauce and it was really yummy. Let me know what you think of this one.

Smith's mega coupon deals!

Went to Smith's yesterday and got a few things. We love the Fiber One granola bars. They are low in calories, high in fiber and are a great quick snack. Through today Smith's has had General Mills gereals and granola bars on sale. 4/$10. Then you get a $5 gift card back to use on your next purchase, so it's like paying 4/$5! Pair that with coupons and you have a killer deal! So we are not big fans of Natur Valley granola bars, we don't care for the crunchy kind, but they have a new one that is called a granola thin. There was a coupon in Sunday's paper for 75 cents off 1 box. I decided to see if they were part of the sale. I was very pleased when they were. I also got Nestle chocolte chips 2/$4, but had a $1.50 off 2 coupon, plus they were supposed to print a $3 catalina on four. For some reason I didn't get the $3 catalia I got two $1 catalinas. I knew I should have gotten the $3 catalina so I mentioned it to the cashier and she ended up giving me cash back and then let me have the catalina's as well. It was a great deal!

So I paid $14.22 (with tax) for 12 boxes of granola bars, 8 bags cocolate chips and 2 dozen eggs! Really great shopping trip!

I also took my friend and we went to Walmart last night. In Sunday's Johnson and Johnson Smart Source, there were two coupons for Reach toothpaste or floss. Right inside the first page, one is $1 off 1, the other is $2.50 off 2, take them to Walmart and get better than free dental floss. The smaller floss at Walmart is 88 cents, so use the overage on the coupons to help pay for something else, like milk that is ways to expensive!

Italiano Soup

1 lb. ground turkey
onion
12 cups beef broth
2 cans Italian tomatoes
2 cups uncooked macaroni noodles

brown and crumble ground turkey with chopped onion in pot. Add beef broth and tomatoes. Bring to a boil and add macaroni noodles. Boil until noodles are done, about 10 minutes. Can serve with some parmesan cheese.

We loved this soup! I tweeked a recipe that I had to come up with this. Really quick and easy and a good way to use some of the many boxes of pasta from the sale a few weeks ago! The only thing we would do different next time is add Italian ground turkey instead of plain, it has more of a spicy flavor like sausage.

It's been a fun few days. I got a new toy this week! For a long time now I have wanted to get a laptop so I could sit anywhere and write stories or play games or be on the Internet. Well then I discovered Apple! Mike has an iPhone that he likes and the kids like to play games on it as well as myself, and he can do the Internet and all sorts of other things from which is great. Well in still wanting to get a laptop, I decided an iPad would better suit my needs. I started looking and found a really great deal on a refurbished first generation. I absolutely love it! I've had so much fun adding new apps and being able to do anything on the Internet! I even have the scriptures now plus lots of books, lots of fun! it will be great when I travel next month.

So anyway, we were able to go on a little vacation this last weekend for spring break. Mike gets hotel points and we are able to stay in hotels for free. We decided to go to Holiday Inn express in west valley city. They have a little water park in it with a big water slide. The kids had so much fun. We came home Saturday to water in our basement, due to the excess ground water. We have been trying to dry it out since then, I hate water! Saturday was a great day for soup! We stopped at Macey's to get some produce and I decided potato leek soup sounded good. I looked up a few recipes and decided to make up my own. Here it is:

Potato Leek Soup

About 5 med potatoes chunked
3 med size leeks
10 cups chicken broth
1/2 lb. Bacon cooked and crumbled
1 tsp. Marjoram
Salt and pepper to taste
4 TBS butter
Bay leaf

In large pot melt butter. Cut leeks lengthwise twice and chop. Add the butter and sautee until limp, about 5-7 mins. Add potatoes, chicken broth and spices and cook until potatoes are tender. Add bacon. Serve hot. Can add red pepper flakes for spice.

Very easy and nice and warm for those cold spring/winter days.