Saving on Groceries at Safeway

Happy New Year everyone! To start off the new year why not grab yourself a $5 off coupon when you spend $50 from Safeway. Click this link and sign up for email direct. Already signed up and want the coupon? You can just enter your phone number and not your card numbers(airmiles and safeway) and still get the coupon. You can also just write down the PLU number above(all the coupons PLUs are the same) and give it to the cashier, they should take it, but I have found they like to see it so you may save yourself some hassle by having it printed out. Combine this with 10% off Jan 8 and another $5 when you spend $50 from the entertainment book and you could start the year really saving! Add in any Checkout 51 deals you need and your savings rise more!
For example....spend $50
10% off                     $5
$5 off email direct      $5
$5 entertainment book $5
Total                        $35
Total Savings         30%!!!
To demonstrate the savings a bit further lets say you wanted the Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts that are on for $2.99/lb starting Jan 4th. If you bought 2 boxes you would spend $52.72.
$52.72
-   5.27
-   5.00
-   5.00
$37.45/17.6lb(in 2 boxes)=$2.13/lb for your chicken now!

Cheese Balls

Did you get the Checkout 51 cream cheese? Whether your answer is yes or no, you  get another chance this week! The $4 off when you buy 3 blocks is still on for Dec 20-26. As you can see from my last post I picked mine up at Costco. It works out to $1.63 per 250g brick.Which is wonderful if you have a hankering(yes, I said hankering...fun word!) for cheese ball. We love cheese balls at Christmas time! To buy one in the store(200g size) you usually pay at least $7. To make this homemade version(250+g each) it costs about $4.26 for 2, or $2.13 each! It is so simple, the hardest part is waiting the 2 1/2 hours for it to get more solid!

The original recipe is from my from Linda(thanks Linda!). Of course I modified it so I will provide you with both!
Linda's Cheese Ball
1 lb cream cheese(I used 500g)
8oz sharp cheddar cheese(I used about a 1/2-3/4cup of old)
1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard(didn't have this so left it out)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
pinch of pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans(I used sliced almonds) 

Finely grate the cheese. Add to 2 bricks of room temperature cream cheese in large bowl. Use electric mixer to beat together.

Add mustard, sauce and pepper, beat together. If you like you can add in the  finely ground nuts too, or you can roll the cheese ball in them. Or both!

I plopped the mixture onto wax paper as I did not want that much cream cheese under my nails!  I shaped it with the wax paper all around it. then I sprinkled the almonds on and shaped it again.

 Wrap it in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator 2 1/2 hours or overnight. So, in 2 1/2 hours I will be sitting down to have some cheese ball and crackers! How about you?
I think I will be getting more cream cheese this week, as we love the layered dip this time of year! I will post the recipe soon. 

This Week's Checkout 51 Deals!

This week's Checkout 51 offers are awesome! As Christmas gets closer food prices tend to rise, so don't forget to check out(ha ha) Checkout 51 this week, the discounts are substantial. If you are squeamish about coupons this is the way to go, as you don't have to hand anyone anything, just take a picture of your receipt and upload it. Wanna save even more? Add in a coupon! Need Baby wipes? There is a coupon here for $1 off, plus checkout 51 has a rebate of $3! So, if you were to buy them at Rexall drugs this week, you would make money, they are $3.99 there. 

You can see here that some of the offers have 0 remaining, that means when the offers come out on Thursdays we need to get them soon as there is a limit to how many are available. I was away for the weekend and so I thought I missed out on some badly needed Ketchup! However, I got a wonderful email this morning saying that Beta testers still have access to all the offers all week. This may change in the future.

Here's what I got...
Cheerios 1Kg(Costco) $6.99-$2 cash back=$4.99
Ketchup 2.84L(Costco) $5.94-$2.50 cash back=$3.44
Philly Cream Cheese 3X250g(Costco) $8.89-$4cash back=$4.89
Unico Chickpeas(Walmart)$1.15-.50cash back=$.65
Miss Vickies Chips $3.67(Walmart)-$1.50-$3.67 coupon=$1.50profit
I got the wrong brand cake mix, so be aware, it's easy to get it wrong!
Total Spent $28.03
Total Cash Back $10.50
Coupons used $3.67
Out of pocket total $13.86!!!
I needed the Ketchup and Cream cheese right now, so I was very happy to get this deal! I hope you are able to take advantage of some of these great deals!

 

3 Cheese and Broccoli Lasagna

Years ago I found a recipe for 3 cheese pasta pinwheels. I think it was in a Kraft magazine. We love it. I had all the ingredients on hand, but didn't really feel like doing the work that was involved in the original recipe. So, I wondered if I could skip the work of precooking the noodles and filling it with the filling and then cutting them in half and adding sauce and cheese. So, I did my own little cooking experiment, and it worked out great. 3 cheese and broccoli lasagna was born! We won't call it vegetarian as some people in my family(won't mention any names) get scared when meat is missing! The ingredients are shown above. The assembly, I did as follows.
Your favorite sauce on the bottom of the pan, maybe a 1/3 a jar? Then I layered some lasagna noodles(I love oven ready!). Next I added one egg and some salt and pepper to the container of cottage cheese. I layered the whole container of the cottage cheese mixture on the next layer and topped it with broccoli.  Next another layer of noodles topped with the rest of the sauce and mozzarella cheese.

Cover with foil and bake at 375 for 35-40  minutes. Remove foil and let bake for  5-10 minutes more until nicely browned.

Let sit for 5 minutes.....enjoy!

    

Free Shipping, No Minimum

I wanted to buy a book as a gift the other day, but the shipping was almost as much as the book! Right now at Chapters you can order a book and have it shipped for free! Go here and find the book you want before Wed, Dec 12, and get it shipped for free!

Homemade Condensed Milk

Are you doing some Christmas baking? Do you need condensed milk? You can whip it up  yourself in just a couple of minutes! This recipe is equivalent to a 300 ml can.
1 cup powdered milk
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup boiling water
3 Tbsp melted margarine(or butter)
Blend until smooth! 

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This Week's Sales

Safeway
 7-9 only
 Royale TP double 12 or Mega 9 roll $3.99(there are $1 off coupons from gocoupons)
This is a great deal as the 12s have 290 sheets per roll and that makes it 3480sheets for $2.99 or .000859/roll!
Mandarin oranges 8lbs $5
Pork Side ribs $1.99/lb
All week
Grade A frozen turkeys under 7kg .99/l limit 1
Cheez Whiz 1Kg $4.99
Miracle Whip 1.5L $4.99
Lucerene ice cream 2/$6
They still have the buy 3 Kellogg's cereals get a free milk coupon.

Superstore
7-8 only
Christie Crackers 140-454g $1.77 limit 4(combine with $1.50 checkout 51 coupon to get for .27)
All Week
Spend $250 get a $25 gift card
Frozen utility turkeys .95/lb all sizes
Vine tomatoes .96/lb
Cauliflower $1.96 each
Cook's Ham $1.98/lb
NN English Muffins $1 
Bulk bagels 6/$2(.33 each!)
Campells soups case of 12 $5.97 limit 2
Cracker Barrel Cheese 500g $6.97(use $2 off checkout 51 coupon for $4.97)
PC tortilla chips $1.88

Walmart
Onions, celery and carrots $1
Roma Tomatoes .88/lb
Barilla Pasta 454g $1.27(.75 coupons out there making it .47!)

Save On
Cracker Barrel Cheese 600-700g $7.99(less $2 checkout 51)