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Welcome to my blog. This blog will be about the good and bad of living on a budget that will vary from low to even lower. I will also share my struggles with grocery shopping and staying with in my budget. I will also share some of the yummy recipes i will feeding my family, good and bad. Enjoy.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Menu Monday

Well we did make it to the end of the week and still have money left but then i went grocery shopping on Sunday and bam spent almost $200. I stocked up a bit and bought another turkey as they were on sale for .96 cents a pound .
Here is the menu for this week:( it is going to be a busy week as hubbies and my birthday both are this week)
Sunday:( hubbys birthday) homemade biscuits, scrambled eggs and hashbrowns
( this was more of a brunch as we slept in)
ribs, homemade potatoe salad and pinneapple upside down
cake
Monday: Honey hoisen chicken rice, broccoli
Tuesday: cheese burgers and fries
Wednesday: ham with brown sugar sauce, potatoes and carrots
Thursday: ( kids are home from school) lunch- chicken nuggets and maca and cheese
Supper: chicken tettrazini and faccocia bread and i am making my self a birthday cake lol
Friday( kids home): soup and faccacia bread for lunch
homemade pizza for supper

Saturday: breakfast_ pancakes
Lunch- hotdogs and fries
Supper- tater tot casserole
Snacks for this week: banana belguim choco chip cookies, brownies,

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Honey Garlic Chicken




This is very yummy and was a hit with all 4 of my kids.( i forgot to add the pinneapple in at the end but still had the juice from them)

10to 12 boneless & skinless chicken thighs, or 6 chicken breasts with bone in but skinless

1 20-oz can pineapple tidbits
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
3 Tbsp ketchup
3 to 4 gloves crushed garlic

Put chicken in slow cooker. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Mix pineapple juice, soy sauce, honey, ketchup and garlic in bowl. Pour over chicken.

Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-7 hours. Stir in pineapple tidbits before serving. For the bone in i cooked it on high for 5 hours so low would be 7 to 8

There is a lot of sauce left over to if you wanted you could probably up your chicken pieces a bit( 1 to 2 more should be fine)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Menu Monday

welcome to another week of yummy food( well i think so anyways)
I will try 1 new thing a week, every week
The kids are also in school this week so will only list suppers except weekends of course
Sunday
Breakfast- homemade cinnimon buns
Lunch- hot dogs
Supper- kids- chicken dipits and mexi fries
hubbie and i - chicken fajitas( hubbie works weekend evenings )
Monday- steak with mushrooms and some type of potatoes lol, honey cinnamon carrots, cake for dessert with strawberries( this is our anniversary, hubbie is on call so cant go and eat out)
Tuesday-Honey garlic chicken in slow cooker and homemade mac and cheese, broccoli
Wednesday- St.Patricks day- homemade cloverleaf buns, pasta.
Thursday- 50's primtime meatloaf fried potatoes
Firday - homemade pizza, first time making homemade pizza crust hope it turns out well
Saturday- Breakfast - homemade pancakes
Lunch- chicken dipits and noodles
supper- cheeseburgers and fries
I will also be making banana breas( made last night), belguim chocolate chip cookies( made last night), green cupcakes for St.Pat's day I might also make some biscuits for the kids for one day for breakfast during the week