McGavin's Bread 10 for $10

All this for $10!
McGavin's Bread Basket on Harvey and Spall is having their 10 loaves for $10. I was in yesterday and the  employee said it would be over Monday. This is such a fantastic deal for bagels, bread, garlic bread, panini bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns and pita bread. The selection varies day to day. I popped all of it in the freezer. I hope you can get some!

Whole Wheat Bread Bowls With Hamburger Soup

This is the best supper ever....really. Hamburger soup inside of whole wheat bread bowls!
Don't be intimidated by the bread making. I always have a little talk with myself before making bread. "Now, Sue, remember, bread making isn't hard(especially with my Kitchenaid mixer, thanks mom and dad), it just takes time to rise." Really....
Here is the time break down. 
1. It takes 5-10minutes to let the yeast ferment. 
2. 10 minutes of kneading 
3. and then a total of 2 hours rising.
 4. Baking time says 45 minutes, but that is too long in my oven. I went with 35 minutes and still they were a little bit burnt browner than I wanted! 
The idea came when I was menu planning. One of my favorite cooking blogs, How Sweet It Is, had this recipe. When I menu plan, I take into account the weather of the week as well as our schedule. It was to be rainy on Tuesday, or so the weather guesser  man said. So, I thought, I have lots of whole wheat flour, we love hamburger soup, why not try this recipe?  The hamburger soup recipe is here.   I served it with a caesar salad, but be forewarned, it is sooooo filling all by itself! I taught the kids their cooking lesson, using this as our menu. Our goal is that they will each cook a supper, per week, eventually. ;)

Deals around Town

I thought I'd share some of the deals I found today. I stopped in at Shoppers to buy one Gillette  product as there is a coupon for 3000 points. You can find it here .You don't see my Gillette product pictured as I left it at the store(it's been one of those days) they are holding it for me. So, for a $3.49 purchase, I got 3000 points. 3000 points on a Mega redemption day are worth $7.89! The Orchard Park Mall Shoppers seems to always have great clearance in the food section. I needed whip cream for tomorrow and these small ones had $2 off coupons each. The regular price is $3.49, so with $2 off it's was $1.49. 1L at Costco $3.15, so this was a bit more savings. The Activia yogurt(8X100g) was $4.99 with a $2 off store coupon and I had a $1 off coupon, making it $1.99.

These yummy Europe's Best veggies are on for $2.99(at Shoppers), and there are these recent coupons for $2 off make these .99! By the way, rumour has it there is a 20X the points event this Saturday.

I used the coupon from the Entertainment book I got for $5 . It lets you buy 3 breads at McGavins discount bakery from the  discount  section, they are $1.49, each and get 3 free! All this bread was $4.47!!! There are 2 other coupons for McGavins bakery good for 2 free discount breads. So, so far my $5 book has saved me $2.98, $2.98, $4.47 in free bread, so $10.43!

Thanks to Jenelle and Jacob over at  Extreme Coupon Canada(you can see their video here)
I was brave and did some coupon stacking at Save On Foods. The Orchard Plaza Save On Foods  does coupon stacking, but not price matching. They are similar to Safeway in that if something is 2/$7 you can just buy one for $3.50. So, I had a $1.50 and a $1 off coupon(they had different bar codes) and I got this Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, which was $3.50. I  took it to the till and I must admit I was a bit nervous...the teller acted like it happens all the time and gave me my dressing for $1!

Costco has the frozen fruit salad 2.25kg for $6.99.

Dark Chocolate Acai & Blueberry are also on sale at Costco for $7.19 for 850g.  This is just dangerous for me! These are sooooo good! So, now I must justify why I needed to buy them. Well, it was a great deal does that count???? Let me justify further by showing you what a great deal it was! At Costco's price, $7.19 for 850g, they are $8.46/Kg.
The picture below is at Shoppers where they are $3.99 for 200g making them $19.95/Kg!!!! So, I am feeling quite justified in my purchase(beside the fact my husband says he NEEDS these)!

These are the same Acai Blueberries, "on sale",  at Shoppers for $3.99. The bag is 200g.

200g bag

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Easy Cuban Bread

I have said it before, I'll say it again, I l have learned a lot from the Tightwad Gazette! I own the big huge, all 3 editions plus the bonus edition, which I bought for $19.95 years ago, and then I also have all the editions separately, which I have bought at garage sales or thrift stores. Why all these extra ones? I lend them out all the time! It makes me so happy to slide one of those books into some one's unsuspecting hands! It is full of simple recipes made from ingredients you actually have!!!!
This is Cuban Bread modified. I thought I'd add a little goodness to it. This is a great bread to use for dipping, with soups or stews. The key is it's fast. From start to finish it takes only 1 hour and 15 minutes, that's with rising time! The thing to remember with this recipe?? Start with a cold oven! This is the hardest part for me to remember, so I put it in bold for you!
Cuban Bread
5-6 cups all-purpose flour(you can substitute up to 1/2 the flour with whole wheat, what I did was a substituted a cup of flour for ground flax and wheatgerm)
2 Tbsp dry yeast
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 cup hot water
1 Tbsp sesame or poppy seeds or oats
Mix 4 cups of the flour with the yeast, sugar, and salt. Pour in hot water and beat 100 strokes, or 3 minutes with a mixer. Stir in the remaining flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Knead 8 minutes. Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with damp towel. Let rise 15 minutes.Punch down. Divide into 2 pieces, shape into 2 round loaves and place on baking sheet. Cut an X 1/2 inch deep on top with sharp knife. Brush with water and sprinkle with seeds or oats.(I actually didn't do this this time) Place on the middle shelf of a cold oven. Place a cake pan of hot water on the lowest shelf. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Bake 40-50 minutes until deep golden brown.