Family On A Budget

Currently there is a $.75 off of 1 No Yolks Pasta printable coupon. If your store doubles, you can get free noodles for all those budget casseroles.

Plus, right now there is a UPromise eCoupon for $.75 when you buy one package. Since you can stack Upromise eCoupons with manufacturer’s coupons, this will easily become a moneymaker!

Source: cha ching on a shoestring

Beginning on Dec 20th buy a Nivea Body Wash for $5.99 with a $5 ECB.

Coupons.com currently has a $2 off of 1 Nivea Body Wash coupon so you can make money. Print this before it runs out.

Source: STL Mommy.

Here are a few of the deals I noticed coming up for this week.

Libby’s canned vegetables – 20 for $10. You can print a Libby’s coupon for .50 off of 2 making them free after doubling. You can print 2 per computer after loading the Coupon Activator.

Kellogg’s Rice Krispies or Frosted Mini Wheats 4 for 10.00 with an instant additional 2.00 savings on 4. There are printable coupons at coupons.com for

• Save $1 on TWO Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Cereals
• Save $1.50 on your Favorite Store Brand Coffee with you purchase any THREE Kellogg’s Cereals.
• Save $1.00 on Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats
• Save $1.00 Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites

You could buy 4 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats/Little Bites and use 4 – $1.00 coupons from above and get them for $1.00 a box total. Not sure if you can combine this with the $1.50 off of coffee but sometimes they will let you.

My oldest offspring is on her own in college. She is now broke towards the end of the semester and needs some food advice. While not the cheapest, I thought of Italian Roast Beef sandwiches as something she can cook. She doesn’t really know how to cook, has very little time between study breaks and doesn’t have a large supply of staples like spices and extra canned goods so I figured Roast Beef was a good place to start. I have included my comments to her to help any other new cooks or broke college students out there.

Italian Roast Beef

• 2lb to 3lb Chuck or Bottom Round Roast. Find whichever one is the cheapest per lb. Watch for pieces that don’t have a lot of fat. Chuck is more fatty and cooks faster, Bottom round will give you a firmer textured roast beef and takes a bit longer to cook. I like both.
• 1 packet Good Seasons Italian Dressing. It is a dry packet of spices and you will find this in the salad dressing isle.
• Hard Rolls. This probably makes 4-8 sandwiches depending on how large the buns are.