Quick and easy Apple Dumplings!

APPLE DUMPLINGS!

(I found this recipe over at Making a House a Home and Oh my Goodness is it ever so delish!) I believe she said she got it from Pioneer women where ever she got it Thank you we loved it lol!

2 Granny Smith apples

2 cans crescent rolls

2 sticks butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoons vanilla

cinnamon

1 small can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

The face behind the blogger and then some...

Me and the Hubs on vacay at the Beach! (Not the best pic lol no makeup been out on the beach all day lol)

The Princess of the family!


The baby boy Prince Jaxon!

Me and my bestie (Hubs cousins wife) we all did vacation together lol on the dolphin tour boat!

Sorry for all the random size pics lol! I am not sure how to fix them all to the same size lol!

Free 6 pack of biscuit holes

Click the link below to get a free 6-pack of Cinnamon Sugar Biscuit Holes after coupon with the purchase of any breakfast combo

http://www.hardees.com/promotions/coupon/free-6-pack-biscuit-holes-with-the-purchase-of-any-breakfast-combo/

(thanks saving everyday to letting us know about this coupon!)

Free stuff at the Walmart!

At some Walmarts, the Nestle Pure Life 6 pack of water is priced at just $1.00. Use the $1.00 off of any Nestle multi pack coupon to get these for free. (This coupon can be printed off twice.)
If your local Kmart is doubling coupons, these are priced at Kmart for $2. Use this coupon, and when doubled, you have free water at Kmart as well. Not all Walmarts and Kmart's have the same deals so I would suggest calling or just seeing how much these are at your local store! Click the link below to get your coupons!

http://www.everydayeating.com/specialoffers/default.aspx

Also in the July issue of All You there is a .50 off coupon making these only .50 for a 6 pack! Free is best but .50 cents is not to shabby either lol!

At my Walmart and others the Quart (22 ct.) and gallon (17 ct.) sized bags have been priced at $1.00 and when paired with the $1.00/1 coupon this makes for free zip lock bags! I wanted to try this deal out myself before I posted and at my Walmart in Kentucky both deals worked for sure resulting in me now having 6 of the six pack waters and 10 boxes of zip lock bags which I gave away to family and friends as well lol!

Tyson give away

The mom buzz is hosting a contest on her blog for a Tyson give away go on over there and check it out!

http://www.themombuzz.com/2009/07/tyson-skillet-creations-review-give.html?showComment=1247899672676#c576599072419982599


Tyson homepage
http://www.tyson.com/

My 3 trips summary

Okay this is a summary of my 3 shopping trips! I wont bore you with all the details since I have no camera due to waiting on a new battery to come in! (Stinks as my baby's have been so cute and I have no camera to take pics of their cute little behinds!) Any who on to the summary! (Order from least savings to best savings!)

Walmart: Total before coupons $119. 96 after coupons $74.53 for a savings of: $45.43 (Not the best but still pretty good!) I got a lot of free stuff on this trip and then cheap stuff and then stuff we still had to have too that we did not have coupons for!

Target: Total before coupons $78.83 after coupons $33.13 BUT I got a $5 gift card back for buying 10 Sobe Life waters so like I paid $28.13! For a savings of $45.70 or if you take of the gift card $40.70 For that price I got a box of Pampers 2 packs of pampers 3 packs of pampers refill wipes bounty paper towels 2 soft soaps 8 powerades 10 sobe life waters and a Lisa Frank note book for my daughter! Not to bad for all that stuff especially the diapers which originally would have cost far more than $28 dollars lol!

Kroger: (My BEST trip of the night) Total before coupons $83.89 after coupons (drum rolll please...) $9.85! For a savings of $73.54

NOW I have two rebates to fill out one is for the Kellogg's deal for $10 back when you buy 10 participating items and one is the Tyson Rebate offer which I will get back $7.59 so that's like paying $2.26 at Kroger and $64.53 so total for the night after I send off for my rebates it will be like I have spent: $94.92! (That's taking off my gift card I got back and my two rebates I am getting ready to send off!) Our grocery budget (which does not include diapers wipes ect strictly food and cleaning supplies) is $100 per week and I spent less then that! Thank you wonderful coupons!!!

What time is it?? Free Chocolate Fridays

Click the link for your free chocolates!

https://secure.realchocolate.com/

Free Ashley Tisdale "Guilty Pleasures Party Pack"

FREE Ashley Tisdale “Guilty Pleasures” Party Pack to celebrate her new release.
Each pack comes with 5 Ashley Berry Lip Glosses, 15-20 Guilty Pleasure posters, 5 sticker packs, 1 Guilty Pleasure CD, and 1 Note from Ashley!

http://www.ashleytisdale.com/throw-guilty-pleasure-release-party

( I did sign up for this but was never told wether I would get it or not... I just figured it would not hurt to try lol and if it does not come I only wasted 30 seconds of my time trying to get it lol!)

Free Arbys Wendsday

Get a FREE Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase TODAY 7/15/09.

No coupon necessary!

Every Wednesday this summer, Arby’s will be giving away a FREE item with purchase.

There is NO coupon necessary as long as your Arby's is participating.

I suggest checking with your local Arby's before you go since not all Arby's are participating in this offer.

Don't forget to Join Arby's Extras as they frequently send out great coupons!

Arby’s Wednesday Freebies Calendar
JULY1 – Free Regular Beef ‘n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

8 – Free Orange Cream Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase

15 – Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

22 – Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase

29 – Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

AUGUST5 – Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

12 – Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase

19 – Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchas

e26 – Free Regular Beef ‘n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

Free Honey Nut Cheerios

The Honey Nut Cheerios snack cups are on sale for $1.00 this week. Use this $1.00/1 coupon below click one of the links to get these free. Remember you can print two per computer just by hitting the back button.

http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=qgigdeo39387499&bt=vi&o=57191%7E57193&ci=1&c=GM&p=8zHPOfCI (IE)

http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=qgigdeo39387499&bt=vg&o=57191%7E57193&ci=1&c=GM&p=8zHPOfCI (FF)

Me and my kids love love snacking on these lol!

FREE Fish Taco today!

Long John Silver's is Offerring a New Taco for Free on July 14!

Click the link below for details!

http://www.ljsilvers.com/

Something new to do with your sqaush from the garden yumm-o!

Squash cake (like potato cakes)

1 cup all purpose flour (although I used self rising and they turned out fan freakin tastic lol)

1/2 cup corn meal

1 tsp sugar ( I like mine a little sweeter) so I used about 2.5 tsp

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup milk

1 egg

1/4 cup. veg. oil

3 Cups grated squash

1 finely chopped onion

Combine flour sugar salt egg and oil. Beat well. Add squash and onion. Stir well. Drop mixture onto a hot greased skillet. Cook until golden Brown turning once. Drain on paper towels. Butter while hot!These were a HUGE hit tonight! The freakin bomb lol! I don't care to much for squash but I love these!!

$10.50 in Beechnut savings!

Click the link below and it will take you to another blog where you can print up to $10.50 in beechnut baby and toddler food coupons! The coupons you can print or below! The expiration date for the ones I printed just now were 11\09\2009!

$1 on any 10 Jars of Beech-Nut® Baby Food
$2 on any 20 Jars of Beech-Nut Baby Food
$1 on any 8 Good Morning™ or Good Evening™ Stage 2® Jars
$1 on any Beech-Nut Let’s Grow! 7 Grain Nibbles
$1 on any Beech-Nut Let’s Grow! Yogurt Nibbles
$1 on any Beech-Nut Let’s Grow!™ Fruit Nibbles
$1 on any 2 Beech-Nut Cereals

$1 on any 6 DHA plus+™ Jars
75¢ on any Beech-Nut Juice Blend
75¢ on any Beech-Nut Let’s Grow!™ Biter Biscuits or Cookies

http://www.abundantfoodsavings.com/Baby-Deals/1050-in-beech-nut-baby-food-coupons.html

Learning Curve Christmas in July sale

http://shop.learningcurve.com/category/Great+Deals/Christmas+in+July+SALE/p1?navState=01

GREAT TO STOCK UP FOR CHRISTMAS BIRTHDAYS OR BABY SHOWERS WHATEVER! TONS OF BABY STUFF! TONS OF THOMAS THE TRAIN DIEGO BOB THE BUILDER AND SO MUCH MORE! WORTH CHECKING OUT!

Don't forget Free Mocha Monday's!

From Monday, 7/13, through Monday, 8/3, McDonalds is giving away a FREE 8-oz. McCafe Mocha or 7-oz. Iced Mocha between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.! No coupon needed!My husband loves these!

Two of my favorite cookbooks!

I love cook books! I collect cook books! I have a ton of cookbooks I cant even count them all lol and that is with me scaling down and getting rid of some lol but out of all of mine these two are my absolute favorites other then my community school and church ones too lol!

This is one of my most favorite cookbooks and I thought I would share it with you! It has 365 different recipes and I have found so many great meals to make from this!

365 EASY MEALS
QUICK, SIMPLE, DELICIOUS MEALS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

Another favorite book of mine is the one below!

By: Sheila Ellison & Judith Gray

I have made many meals out of this that both my children and husband and I all love! I think I will use these books forever lol! I of course also love all my little community church cook books too but wanted to share these in case you needed some cookbooks to add to your collection lol!

TYSON Skillet Rebate offer

Tyson is offering a Try Me Free rebate offer on their Skillet Creations. Purchase any one Tyson Skillet Creations meal kit between 7/10/09 and 10/31/09 to qualify and get up to $4.99 back.I personally love the Grilled Chicken Fajitas!Here are few coupons to make the deal even better:

$1.00/1 Tyson Skillet Creations printable (click the link below)

http://embracedinner.com/SpecialOffers.aspx

$1.00/1 Tyson Skillet Creations Meal Kit SS 06/07/09

$1.00/1 Tyson Skillet Creations All You magazine June Issue

$1.00/1 Tyson Skillet Creations All You magazine April Issue

Click the link below to get your rebate:

http://embracedinner.com/

Menu Planning for this week!

Monday- Meatballs with Mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, and Squash Patties. (My MIL just made the squash patty cakes today and OMG they are wonderful! Funny thing I don't even like squash that much lol!)

Recipe for the meatballs with mushroom gravy (very frugal meal)
http://frugallyfrugalicious.blogspot.com/2009/03/meatballs-with-mushroom-gravy.html#comments


Tuesday- Sloppy Joe Rotini

Wednesday- Chicken Alfredo pot pie

Thursday- Simple Beef Stroganoff and Creamy cheesy corn

Friday- Potato Beef Bake and Jalapeno bites

Saturday- Pizza Turnovers

Sunday- NOTHING! My mil usually cooks for us after church lol!

I found it so much easier and better for my budget to meal plan this way I can go and see what is in my cabinets and then make a list for the store to get only what I need and that only no impulse buying!