Frugal Beefy Tomato Soup

Good Morning dear readers, I found a quick and easy recipe that I altered and it tastes so yummy.  It's one of those 5 ingredients or less type recipes.  Those are my favorite type to cook no fuss no muss.  It's also one you can change up and get a little different flavor i.e. change from original Ragu to one with chopped veggies in it. This is also one you can freeze for later.  So here's the break down and what you'll need.

2 lbs Ground Beef

1 can Tomato Soup

5 cups water

1 jar Ragu (24 oz)

1 Tbs, Italian Seasoning

1 cup Cheddar Cheese

After browning the meat in a dutch oven you can add everything except the cheese.  Let boil stirring frequently.  Turn down to simmer and stir in Cheddar Cheese and let cook for 15 minutes.  Serve and you can add cheese to garnish.  Bon appetite.

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Small Trip to CVS

Good Morning dear readers,  I was also able to make a small trip to CVS yesterday.  This was mostly a snack run and to get some more ecb's.  Oh make sure you check for your quarterly rewards.  Sometimes they don't send the reminder email.  Here's the breakdown on what I got.

3-Cases of  Soda did the 7up deal  @ 3/$10 deal

3-General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch @ 3/$8  used $1/3 coupon

3-Hershey Candy Bags @  3/$9  used  $1/3

2-Lays Chips @ 2/$5

1-Lays Dip @ 2/$5 

1-Best Foods May  @ $3

Total before coupons/sales/discounts $63.57                   After coupons/sales O.O.P.  $38.97

                                                       Savings of   39%    earned $5 in ecb's

January Meat and Breakfast Sale at Savemart

Good Morning dear readers,  its finally winding down after the holidays and Conor is back in school.  My older son Kyle and I hit the meat sale at Save mart yesterday(sorry didn't post last night).  They were also having a sale on Breakfast items so we pick up some good deals on cereal, poptarts and waffles.  Save mart still is one of the few stores that carry the saucesensations Friskies cat food, so Frankie got his favorite food.  So here's the break down:

13 Packages of the $5 meat packages:

2-Foster Foster Prepared Chicken strips and Popcorn Chicken

1-Package of Shrimp (1lb)

2-Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Packages

2-Packages of Ground Beef

4-Packages of Various Pork Cuts

1-Foster Farms Oven Roasted Turkey Lunch Meat (2 lb)

1-Package Ribeye Steak Boneless

2-Packages of Totino Pizza Rolls @ 2/$5

Kellogg's Breakfast deal @ 5/$10:

3-cereals and 2 poptarts (12 count)

2-Banquet Sausage Links @ $1 each

2-Kellogg's Waffles @ $2 each

3-Friskies Canned Cat Food @ $.55 each

1-Package Simplot Hash browns @ $2.49

Total before coupons/discounts/sales    $139.60                After Savings O.O.P.  $90.27

                                                   Total Savings   35%

new art page create, enjoy and explore

Good Evening dear readers,  finally finished a new page in my art journal.  I'm trying new techniques for me.  I actually did a doodled background using colored pencils.  I had a lot of fun coloring it in and would you believe this helps cut down on stress.  The level of concentration needed to create this takes your mind off of things.  You should give it a try.  What would one of my pages be without paw prints representing Frankie my Siamese.  I rubber stamped roses in the corners using those filled ink pens for stamps in red and green ink. Then colored the roses with red oil pastels crayon.  Then wrote the words in black acrylic paint marker.  This one was a lot of fun.  I think I will try zen tangles and see how those go any suggestions.  

One way to repurpose a coke bottle

Good Afternoon dear readers,  we are taking part in a challenge to re-purpose our coke bottles.  I've been wanting to do another re-purposing project for a while and this one was perfect.  I actually saw this idea on one of those not well known channels on TV called the Live Well Network.  You will take a small coke bottle and poke a hole toward the top of the bottle beneath the label.  Then cut all the way around the bottle.  Separate top from bottom and remove label.  Take a bag of rice, chocolate chips or anything that comes in a bag. Twist open bag end and pull through bottle top and fold down. Then place lid on your bottle.  This keeps mess to a minimum in pouring these items.  Your being green reusing your coke bottle.  What are you re-purposing today?

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It's still the all time Favorite-Perfect Fall Chili Recipe

Good Afternoon dear readers, well according to the stats everyone still loves this recipe. It's still the top post two years running. It's actually perfect for winter and it tastes so yummy.  It's also versatile so here's the link to mine and yours favorite perfect fall chili.

http://lorrainesresources.blogspot.com/2013/09/perfect-fall-chili-recipe.html

Frankies Corner-Exercising your Human

Good Morning dear readers, sorry for the belated post you know how human boys are when it comes to the puter.  It makes it hard for a feline to do blog post.  I'm trying to help mom be more active, but its to cold outside to go for a leash walk.  Mom has this human leash with loops on it and I'm trying to get her to put it on like my leash.  But she keeps putting it on her feet and raising her legs in the air and she calls this exercise Humans!!

                                                  Too cold outside.

                                                      What! I want to lay down.

                                                        Time to work on the blog

                                         Oh this is my moms human leash but she puts it on her feet. What's                                                       with that?