It's been a couple weeks since I have posted. Not too much exciting going on here. I made more gummy candy last night, tropical fusion and blackberry fusion... Yum!
Chris and I are starting the Special K Challenge on Monday. I've got to lose some weight, I love Special K cereal and cereal bars, so why not start with that. I don't do well with diets so I'm hoping this will be a step in the right direction. If I lose some weight doing this, then I will (hopefully) be able to convince myself to work harder to lose the baby weight. Special K cereal and cereal bars were on sale at CVS. They were 2 for $5, if you purchased a gallon of milk for $3.19 you get $3 ECB. We didn't need milk so I just bought 2 boxes of cereal and 2 boxes of cereal bars. Imagine my surprise when the cashier handed me my $3 ECB (from the Special K/milk deal) and $9.50 ECB (for my winter spending?). If I would have known that I would get the ECB I would have bought the Special K in 2 separate transactions, but oh well. I went to another CVS to checkout their selection and got 4 more boxes of Special K. Total was $10, used the $9.50 ECB. So I paid $0.50 for 4 boxes of cereal, and got back another $3 ECB! With all the ECB I ended up basically spending $4.50 for 6 boxes of cereal and 2 boxes of cereal bars.
Then we went to Sams to look around and found a 6lb box of pasta for $2.91! There are three 1lb bags of penne and three 1lb bags of fusili in the box, I bought 2 boxes and a 25lb bag of rice ($8). I've never bought so much in bulk but I couldn't resist the price on the pasta (I needed pasta anyway).
I've heard a lot about Angel Food Ministries, but I always forget about it until the ordering deadline for the month has passed. This month I remembered so I decided to give it a shot. The box is supposed to feed a family of 4 (dinner) for a week. We went this morning and picked it up. Every month they include a box of shelf-stable milk. I had no idea what to do with it, I've never used it. When I got home I remembered that Cody was out of pancakes for his breakfasts during the week. I made a double batch of pancakes using the milk, my dad stole a couple and said that they pancakes were great. Yay!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
French Toast Casserole
Today we had a brunch at my house for the mom's group that I am a part of. I decided to make a French Toast Casserole. I had never made one before but I have heard it's really good. Of course, when I googled it, tons of recipes turned up. The one I chose said to refrigerate overnight before baking.
1/2 c butter
1 1/2 c milk
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c brown sugar
15 slices of bread
Melt butter and pour into a 9x13" pan.
Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in one bowl.
Mix together milk, eggs, and vanilla in another bowl.
Place half of the bread into the pan (I cut the crusts off of the bread, but you don't have to).
Pour 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture on top of the bread.
Layer the other 1/2 of the bread on.
Pour the egg/milk mixture all over the bread.
Pour on the other 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Uncover and bake at 350 for another 15 minutes.
It wasn't the prettiest looking thing, but it tasted good. :) I think next time I will cube the bread (just because I think it will look better this way) and I will buy day-old bread to save some money.
1/2 c butter
1 1/2 c milk
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c brown sugar
15 slices of bread
Melt butter and pour into a 9x13" pan.
Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in one bowl.
Mix together milk, eggs, and vanilla in another bowl.
Place half of the bread into the pan (I cut the crusts off of the bread, but you don't have to).
Pour 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture on top of the bread.
Layer the other 1/2 of the bread on.
Pour the egg/milk mixture all over the bread.
Pour on the other 1/2 of the brown sugar mixture.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Uncover and bake at 350 for another 15 minutes.
It wasn't the prettiest looking thing, but it tasted good. :) I think next time I will cube the bread (just because I think it will look better this way) and I will buy day-old bread to save some money.
Homemade Gummy Candy
A mama on DS recently shared a recipe she found for gummy candy so I decided to give it a shot. It was super easy to make...
- 1/3 c. water
- 1 3 oz. package of flavored gelatin
- 2 packages of Knox unflavored gelatin.
In a small saucepan, combine all of the ingredients and let them sit there for about 10 minutes. After they sit, turn on your burner to low and stir until all of the gelatin is dissolved. Let it cool for about a minute (not too long) and pour the mixture into something that's easy to pour from. Then just pour the mixture carefully into the candy molds, you can also use the bottom of a muffin tin. I didn't have either so I just poured mine into 8" pie pans. Put them into the fridge for about 10 minutes. I made 2 batches, 1 pineapple and 1 cherry. They pulled easily out of the pie pans and then I sliced them like a pizza.
They were so good! I ate too much, my stomach started hurting, lol. There are a bunch of different ways to make them. You can make them using sugar-free Jello, fruit juice, etc. I plan to try all the different ways (and flavors!) to figure out which I like the best.
- 1/3 c. water
- 1 3 oz. package of flavored gelatin
- 2 packages of Knox unflavored gelatin.
In a small saucepan, combine all of the ingredients and let them sit there for about 10 minutes. After they sit, turn on your burner to low and stir until all of the gelatin is dissolved. Let it cool for about a minute (not too long) and pour the mixture into something that's easy to pour from. Then just pour the mixture carefully into the candy molds, you can also use the bottom of a muffin tin. I didn't have either so I just poured mine into 8" pie pans. Put them into the fridge for about 10 minutes. I made 2 batches, 1 pineapple and 1 cherry. They pulled easily out of the pie pans and then I sliced them like a pizza.
They were so good! I ate too much, my stomach started hurting, lol. There are a bunch of different ways to make them. You can make them using sugar-free Jello, fruit juice, etc. I plan to try all the different ways (and flavors!) to figure out which I like the best.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Potatoes! OAMC
Yesterday I got a 10lb bag of potatoes at the grocery store. I decided to do OAMC (once a month cooking) with them because I never use all of my potatoes before they go bad. I have been reading this blog for a while
and figured I'd go ahead and give her idea a try.
I ended up with 26 twice-baked potato halves, 26 potato skins and 12 individual servings of mashed potatoes. I made all of those for less than $8!
I also bought 6lb of apples for $3 so I plan to do something with them too. I'm thinking apple butter, but we'll see. :)
and figured I'd go ahead and give her idea a try.
I ended up with 26 twice-baked potato halves, 26 potato skins and 12 individual servings of mashed potatoes. I made all of those for less than $8!
I also bought 6lb of apples for $3 so I plan to do something with them too. I'm thinking apple butter, but we'll see. :)
Monday, April 5, 2010
Diapers are here!
Last week I found 3 BumGenius one size diapers for $28 in great condition on diaperswappers.com, of course I pm'd the mama as soon as I saw the post and paid for them. I have been patiently waiting and today I saw my mail lady pull up and put a package in my mailbox. I ran outside and was so happy when I opened it and saw the diapers!
I ordered 6 from franklingoose.com for FREE! The were running a promotion, I earned $5 for every review I did on items available on their website. The are all back ordered though so I probably wont get them for a few more weeks.
I ordered 6 from franklingoose.com for FREE! The were running a promotion, I earned $5 for every review I did on items available on their website. The are all back ordered though so I probably wont get them for a few more weeks.
Tons of Easter leftovers and Meal Plan 4/5 - 4/10
We had all of our family over for Easter on Saturday. I spent $40 on ham and everyone else brought something. No one wanted to take any leftovers home so we wound up with plenty left! We ate some yesterday for lunch and dinner and there is still plenty for all of us to have tonight for dinner. All of the ham is gone but I have some kielbasa thawing out that I will cook up unless my dad decides to fry the catfish that they caught yesterday. I wouldn't mind just having a vegetable plate but my dad and brother think that a meal is not complete without meat.
4/5 Mon - Kielbasa or catfish, mac & cheese, baked beans, asparagus casserole
The rest of the week, in no particular order:
Chicken (maybe in the crock pot?), mashed potatoes, broccoli & cheese, biscuits
Ribs, mac & cheese, green beans
Chicken, scalloped potatoes, carrots
Pork chops, cauliflower & cheese, rice, biscuits
Roast, potatoes, carrots, biscuits
4/5 Mon - Kielbasa or catfish, mac & cheese, baked beans, asparagus casserole
The rest of the week, in no particular order:
Chicken (maybe in the crock pot?), mashed potatoes, broccoli & cheese, biscuits
Ribs, mac & cheese, green beans
Chicken, scalloped potatoes, carrots
Pork chops, cauliflower & cheese, rice, biscuits
Roast, potatoes, carrots, biscuits
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