Never stop trying to save money on your grocery bills. When you think there is no way to save more money on groceries you find another way. Trust me I have time and time again.😊

One thing that helps me save money on groceries is making a menu and then write it down on another list. Be sure to write down every single ingredient you need for each meal. My thoughts would be even if you think you might have that item write it down anyway because if you are like me you might forget to check. Then you come home from the grocery store you look for that item and you don't have it.

New recipe

Jalapeno Popper Cheeseball

1 package of cheeseball

1 tablespoon of sour cream

1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon of onion powder

1/8 of black pepper

1 cup of shredded cheese

1/3 cup of bacon pieces or 5 slices of bacon crumbled

1 jalapeno diced

1/2 cup of onion diced

This is what it should like once its all mixed in.

Bon Appetit!

 

 Don't feel ashamed to serve leftovers to your family. You can always serve other stuff along with your leftovers as well. It saves money. I love leftovers!

"Baking Powder Biscuits"

Here's the recipe I told you I would share.  

"This blog post is for you if...."

 you or your spouse work outside of the home and if your children attend school. Prepare meals ahead of time for lunches. It's something I'm learning to do. But it saves a lot of money. For instance this week I have been having the creamy chicken recipe I shared on Wednesday along with bake beans. It has been delicious and I have been enjoying it. Caleb's lunches are a different story. He doesn't like to have to wait in the long lines at work to use a microwave so he will take seasoned crackers, chips, sandwiches, wraps or something leftover that doesn't require a microwave. I feel like how everybody does lunches will be a different way but this is something that works for us. Preparing meals ahead of time is a task that will take a while at first. Learning the process of how much you need and then finding a day that you can prepare them ahead of time.

"2 Meals"

"Beef Roast Meal"

2-2.5 pound roast browned in a frying pan with vegetable oil and flour rubbed into the unthawed roast. Then once that is done add your roast to a crock pot that already has aluminum foil and water in it. Lastly add 1/4-1/2 bottle of country bob's on it and a packet of onion soup mix. Serve with corn and homemade biscuits.

Roast $14.28 (usually I get it cheaper than this)

Country Bob's $1.31

Onion soup mix $0.29

Corn $0.39

Biscuits $0

Total: $15.88

The ingredients with the homemade biscuits you should already have at home. I will share that recipe sometime. 

"Beef Roast sandwiches"

Using leftover roast from the meal above. Add it to a crock pot or cook it on the stove and add a bottle of BBQ sauce to it. Serve with Mack n Cheese or Chips.

Roast $0

BBQ sauce $1.97

Hamburger buns $0.44

Slice Cheese $0.36

Chips $0.41

Total: $3.18

Recipe.

 Creamy Chicken

1 pound of chicken (already cooked).

1 can of cream of chicken.

1 can of the small biscuits.

I usually cook my chicken in the crock pot for several hours. 

Once that is done. You will shred the chicken and layer it in a 9x13 pan. Add the cream of chicken soup on top of the chicken. Lastly add the can of small biscuits on top. Bake at 350 until your desire. 

Serve with corn and/or bake beans.

Price's...

Chicken $1.98

Cream of Chicken soup $0.50

Little Biscuits $0.48

Corn $0.39

Bake Beans $0.50

Total: 3.85

"Grocery Budget"

Something I've been trying to do is...buying only what I need but also keeping one in the pantry if it is food that won't expire soon. Now don't get me wrong I'm not perfect so their is times I buy more stuff than I need.

Just food for thought! 

garlic bread...

1/2 tablespoon of garlic powder

1/2 tablespoon of parsley flakes

1/4 black pepper 

Mix the garlic, parsley and black pepper together.

1 stick of butter (Room temperature)

Mix the butter with the first mixture.

On a cookie sheet lay out six slices of bread. 

Use a butter knife and spread out the above mixture on the bread. 

Before putting the garlic bread in the oven spread some shredded cheese on the top of the bread. 

Bake at 350 for the desire of your texture of garlic bread. 

Ingredients Needed....

Garlic Powder

Parsley Flakes

Black Pepper

Butter

Bread

Shredded Cheese

"Recipe to Try...Part One..."

2 Chicken Breast (One Pound)

1/2 package of Spaghetti noodles

1 package (8 ounces) of Velveeta shreds

1 can of cream of chicken soup

1 can of chicken broth

Cook spaghetti and chicken.

Combine all ingredients in crock pot.

Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours. 

Add milk if needed.   

Recipe from Marcellea Flint (My Aunt Marcee's Friend).

I changed a few things on it. So this is my updated version. lol.

 

"TACO SALAD"

Defrost a pound of hamburger. Brown it. Drain the grease. Add taco seasoning and however much water the package says. Cook for ten minutes. While that is cooking for ten minutes you can start on the other ingredients. Cut however much lettuce you desire and add it to a big bowl. One package (2 cups) of shredded cheese to the bowl. Add however much french salad dressing (our favorite kind of dressing is from save-a-lot here in town) you desire. Add half a bag of crushed Doritos. By now your hamburger should be done. After several times of making taco salad I realized that a whole pound of hamburger was too much for us. We couldn't eat it all. So add a 1/2 pound of hamburger in the bowl and mix it all together and it should be ready to eat. It's delicious. 

How much does this meal cost????

Hamburger-$1.48

Taco Seasoning-$0.44

Shredded Cheese-$1.98

French Salad Dressing-$0.43

Doritos-$1.49

Lettuce-$0.46

Total: $6.28

"Corn on the Cob"

I'm about to tell you about the best corn on the cob you will ever tasted. Grill it with the husk still on them for 15 minutes. Take them off of the grill after 15 minutes. Take the husk off, butter the corn, then add salt and pepper to the corn. Eat and enjoy.  

I don't know about where you live but this week I got a dozen ears of corn for $1.20 at Walmart and its the best ones we've had yet.