A Scary Surprise!

 

My 7 year old son was working on something in the kitchen that I was not suppose to see. 

You know how that goes, right? Now he needs scissors. Okay, no problem. 

Now he's asking for something pokey. Hmmm. I'm starting to worry. 

He says "Everything is fine, Mom. Don't look."

He then come running excitely into the room and yells "Surprise" 

He has cut the coupons out of the back of his Cheez-Its box!

He has caught on to the saving money thing! Yeah!! 

What's better?

He then asks me "Mom, do you have a coupon to double it?"  Yes, Yes I do!

Last Day of Albertson's Cereal SALE!!

Guess how much I saved on this??

I did this in 3 transactions, with 3 sets of Albertson's doublers. Not pictured are 4 boxes of Crispix that I also paid for - along with 3 catalina coupons each for a gallon of milk. So in all there are 9 boxes of Kelloggs cereal, 6 boxes of Poptarts, 6 boxes of Cheez-its, 5 gallons of milk, 2 bags of m&m's and a container of  cottage cheese.
 

Full Retail price for all of this - $ 108.21
(not that I would EVER pay that much!) LOL

My total paid today? $24.63                  SAVINGS TOTAL $83.58

Woohooo!!! This is worth couponing!

Tuscan Sausage Ragu --- 5 STARS!!!

You're going to love this! My husband and I both rated this at 5 stars - it is so good!

I picked up the Johnsonville Sweet Italian sausage from the Trading company store. It's on sale  plus there's a coupon you can print too!

Shopping List for Tuscan Sausage Ragu

Johnsonville Sweet Italian Sausage
(Sale - 1 pound - $2.50 at Trading Company Stores)

$1.00 off printable coupon http://www.johnsonville.com/coupon.html

Pasta - I used bowtie 

Tomato Sauce or Minced Tomatoes

*Also will need minced garlic, cream, diced onion & celery.

* If desired, you can also add sun dried tomatoes.

With this sausage sale and all the great deals on pasta and sauce we've gotten lately - this is a super inexpensive meal! Love it!!!

Tuscan Sausage Ragu Recipe 

Step 1 - Cook sausage in a large skillet.

Step 2 - Add 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 1/4 cup diced celery, 1/2 cup diced onion. Cook until onions become translucent. I also added 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes.

Step 3 - Add about 2 cups of tomato sauce. Canned diced tomatoes will work great too.Simmer for about 15 minutes. 

Step 4 - Boil you pasta while sauce is simmering.

Step 5  - Add 1 cup cream to sauce and continue to simmer for 5 more minutes. When pasta is ready, drain and add to sauce and stir thoroughly while making sure pasta does not break.

(Remember to cook pasta Al Dente!)

I paired this with the fresh veggie tray on the side! Double yummy!!!

Don't forget - today is the last day for the ALBERTSON'S CEREAL AND MILK SALE!

Oh - and those Albertson's doublers coupons!!!

Here's the deal explained by The Krazy Coupon Lady if you haven't heard about it....

http://thekrazycouponlady.com/2011/03/30/albertsons-coupon-deals-week-of-330/

Cereal for dinner this week? At these prices - maybe!!