Fiery Moroccan Chicken Stew!

Don't you just LOVE the internet! I got this wonderful, spicy, recipe from my latest Natural Health magazine and I was thinking I would have to type in the whole recipe. Then I searched on their website and it popped up! Yeah! Here is a picture of the final product tonight. I love the the Moroccan spices - kind of like curry.
Fiery Moroccan Chicken Stew!

I finally got one!!!

Yippe- skippy! I've wanted one forever! I've looked on Craigslist forever and now I have a Vitamix! I got one at Costco today and I can't wait to break it out of the box! We are going to be sooo healthy!

This week at Safeway! $12 only!!

I only paid $12 for all of this - whoo-hoo! The nabisco cracker sale I mentioned earlier - then Cherrios were $1.66 a box plus my $.75 off two boxes made it even sweeter! I got my spinach and cabbage for FREE - 4 bags because of store sale of $1 each plus my coupon for $2 off 2! The cabbage will come in handy because we just finally got our VITAMIX!! Yeah! So happy - have wanted one forever!

Free Crackers!!

Thanks to iMommies for this tip! Because of the Nabisco $6 off promo -you can get Cheese Nips for FREE this week until Dec4th! They are 10 for $10 at Safeway right now - buy 6, get $6 off - FREE!! Great for holidays, and great to donate to food banks at this time of year - it won't cost you a thing - just the leg work of getting them - this would be a great project for the kids to use what they CAN do to help others without needing $$.

Books!!!!

I got my first order from Sort Floor Books and it was GREAT!

Today I was at the library and they have a used book room where they sell books - I got all of these for $6.75!! The David Macaulay books were $1 each! I got 4 hardcovers for $.25 each! I even found some Ambleside Online required reading! Happy book find day!

Free New Stuff!!

Love the local kids consignment store! We take our used clothing and toys (still in good condition of course) and get new free stuff! Today I scored with a brand new in box HABA game Smuggler's Island - it's a European company - super well made game - you can see it here

I found DD a Gap sweater for $2.95 and get this - Oilily pants for $9.95! We also bought an Anastasia video my kids have been asking for for a few months - so with my store credit - I paid $15 cash for all of the stuff! Oilily pants retail from $95-$125 a pair! I was so excited!!

Now I'm going to raid the kids closets for more stuff to get rid of so I can go buy a few more cool HABA games!!

Dollar Tree Finds week of Nov. 19th

I found some neat items at Dollar Tree tonight!

HOMESCHOOLING FINDS:
State Facts wheel: very sturdy - you turn it to the state and get the facts for capital, bird, tree and flower!
(They had several others in this same format - dinosaurs, presidents, animal kingdom)

Weekly Scheduling Sheets: I use these to line out our Charlotte Mason lessons

Reynolds Fun Shapes - I bought these to do some holiday baking with the kids - really cute! (these have sold on Ebay recently for $2.99 with $3.99 shipping!)

Strawberry Shortcake Addition Cards


CHRISTMAS PRESENT FINDS:
Klutz Autograph book with Pen - still has sticker on it for $12.99 - I love all Klutz products - my son has one of these books and they love to do them with their friends! This could be your one-stop gift for all the little friends on your kid's Christmas list! Awesome find!

You Can Do It Book - retail $24.99 and it gets 5 stars on Amazon!!


ESSENTIALS:
Carefree Pantiliners 22 count - these retail for $2.99


PRESENT FOR MYSELF:
Family Circle November 2007 issue - I LOVE that DT now has magazines, I treat myself once in a while! (Retail $2.99)

No more internet coupons at Target?

I was told tonight there will be no more coupons taken at Target that were printed online. This is sad to me! Can anyone confirm if this is true? Have they really changed their policy?

It's ONLY 7:30 pm??

Yaaaawn! I can't believe it is only 7:30 pm - I feel like it's the dead of night! I don't know if I can take 3+ months of this early darkness!! I just want to go to sleep. Maybe it's a good thing, I can go to be early and get up early and get things done! I can get up and do my bargain and coupon shopping in the early hours at the grocery store!

While I still can keep my eyes open, I'm going to clip coupons and get ready for my week of bargains! And cooking for Thanksgiving!

Saturday Safeway!

Today was the last day for the in-ad coupons, so I made one more run this morning! Thanks again to Carrie for alerting me to the Nabisco deal! There was a poster up this morning at the store that this $6 promo is good until Jan. 1, 2008 and good on Ritz, Wheat Thins, Red Oval Farms, Triscuit, Honey Maid, Premium and Flavor Originals. My take home loot.....

6 boxes Nabisco crackers reg. price $3.59 ea X 6=$21.54-$11.58 ad sale-$6 promo-$1.32 in-ad coupon=$2.64 or $.44 a box
1 Duncan Hines Brownie reg. price $3.05-$2.05 ad sale=$1.00
1 Safeway Sugar reg. price $3.09-$.59 ad sale-$1.01 in-ad coupon=$1.49
4 Hefty plates reg price $2.49 ea X 4= $9.96-$1.96 ad sale-$4 in-ad coupon-$1.20 man. coupon=$2.80 or $.70 each

Original Total=$37.64
After ad, sale, coupon=$7.93
Savings of $29.71 - approximately an 80% savings!!!

I have a funny story about my Hefty coupons - I was in a Safeway and they had NO Hefty plates - but as I was looking on the bottom shelf, WAAAY in the back, I spied $.40 off coupons for these exact Hefty plates! I was on my hands and knees crawling to the back of the shelf to retrieve as many as I could see!! People around me were giving me some pretty funny looks! The things we will do for coupons and getting the "best" deal! LOL!

Thanksgiving Projects!

I ordered these awesome kits from this great website! They are great! As soon as they arrived the kids set to work on them - they were so excited. They made great handiwork for our Charlotte Mason schooling - here are pictures of the finished products and some of the books we are doing for Thanksgiving reading.

Our little Peanut!

Our beagle, Peanut, is such a good dog - we have had him over a year now. We got him from a family who was moving and could not keep him - and he was a bargain too - FREE!

He has turned out to be a great, loyal, loving dog. He is my walking buddy. He is a lot of company and I talk to him all the time. Because of Peanut, my children overcame their extreme fear of dogs. Now they roll around on the floor with him and love it! We are happy to have him as part of our family!

Tonight's Menu - Chili Stack Ups!

More thanks to Melony for this recipe! It's become a family favorite- the kids eat it up!

Make your standard chili recipe (I use ground turkey in ours) OR even easier, use canned chili

Build your stack as follows bottom to top:

Tortilla chips
Brown rice
Chili
Shredded cheese (I use Sargento's Reduced Fat Mexican Blend)
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Crushed Pineapple (I know it seems weird - but it totally MAKES this recipe!!)

Easy and healthy!

I Love FALL!

I love this time of year - yesterday we got our cord of wood for the winter and I have a roaring fire going. I just took a 30 minute walk with the dog in the brisk air - ahhhh.

One thing I miss about my Wild Wonderful West Virginia is the fall leaves - so beautiful! My dear friend Melony sent me photos today and I just had to share! Enjoy!

Safeway Deals week of November 14!

Check out the great deals Carrie found at Safeway this week! Thanks! I'm loving these!

I also plan to use the in-ad coupons for
Wheat Thins 2 for $2
Safeway Sugar $1.49 (for cookies)
Johnsonville Sausage Links $2 each ($1 coupon in Sunday paper)=$1 final price
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1.75 ($.55 coupons in Sunday paper) =$1.20

The Cinnamon Rolls and sausage will make a cheap breakfast for Thanksgiving guests!

Good article on Eating Healthy On a Budget!

Got this in my email this morning - well, DH actually did and sent it to me - a good one - the 2nd page of the article has great tips!
Read it here!

Good deals at Safeway!

I got this haul today for $82 total - saved $108 - savings of 57%. I really stocked up on Jennie-O turkey products because they were 50% off! I should have well enough to last into the new year! You can't see it too well in the picture, but there are 12 packages there!

The $82 included a major splurge on Bear Naked Granola! It's my fav (only 4 sugars per serving) and it usually sells for $6 a bag- it was on sale for $4 so I picked up 4 - hope it lasts a while! I am just learning to coupon shop, so I have a long way to go, but I am very impressed at my savings already - thanks to the inspiration from Crystal at Money Saving Mom!

My spinach and cole slaw were both $.50 each!
My Quaker Sweet & Salty granola bars were FREE!
Curves Cereal $.40 for one box $.75 for another.
Cherrios $1.13 for larger 14oz. box!!
Glade candles were $3.50 each after coupons - these retail for $10.99 each!
Natural Goodness chicken broth $.40 each.

Trying a new recipe....

Trying to eat out of the pantry this week - I have several cans of black eyed peas, so I'm going to try this new recipe.

Update: It was delicious! Here is the photo of the finished product! So healthy too! I made cornbread to go with it with cornmeal, brown rice flour and oat flour - trying out some new flours so we don't always choose wheat. Also, I used Jennie-O turkey sausage for the meat in the dish in place of pork - big time savings on the fat.

Meeting of a Dear Lady

I titled my blog "She Hath Done What She Could" - and I wanted to post a picture of where I got the inspiration!

When I first became a Christian, my brother gave me an excellent ladies book called "She Hath Done What She Could". I read the book cover to cover and several times through the years. It was written by Jane McWhorter, a special Christian lady and I finally got to meet her this past summer during a trip to Polishing the Pulpit in Alabama. So, my first post is dedicated to Sister McWhorter with thanks for all the great teaching I received via her wonderful book!