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Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Paved with good intentions...
I had good intentions, I promise!
While making pretzels I ran out of flour, so I made a mental note to stop by the grocery store right after work, but only for flour. Then I found a Martha Stewart chocolate mousse recipe. Ok, just some cream and the flour. But my shopping list grew even more when I saw an episode of The Cooking Loft where they made a really yummy mac and cheese. Long story short, I bought a LOT more than flour. I got some great lettuce, a few cheeses, a few herbs, eggs, steaks and 2 different yeasts.
But I have plans for all this food. :)Here are a few things I'll be making in the next week:
Steak and onion sandwiches
Fish with an arugala and herb salad
Chicken with dill dumplings
Chocolate Mousse
Hummus and homemade pitas
Homemade bread
Peanut butter cookies
Tonight I settled for a simple dinner of artichokes. 
Normally I just trim the stem, boil and eat, but while looking online for the cooking time I found some suggestions on
adding additional flavor to the artichokes. It demonstrated trimming the tips, which I had never done before, and now after doing so I can't say it was worth it. It is prettier though.
I added a tablespoon of garlic, a tablespoon of lemon juice and a bay leaf to the boiling water.
I made a simple dip of 2/3 part mayo and 1/3 part lemon juice.
It's simple and delicious and well worth the burned fingers I seem to always get!
Shopping Savings!
I just got home from my first shopping trip where I used coupons I've been clipping.
Retail Value: $60.09
Paid: $36.36
Total Savings: $23.73
The best deal was probably the free gum (I had a coupon for a free gum and then I used an Albertson's matching coupong so I got both packs for free).
I was a little annoyed because I had 2 coupons that didn't get scanned, or at least that's what I'm guessing happened, because the savings didn't show up on the coupong. :(
But overall it was a good experience and I can't wait to keep learning more and saving more!
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