Cooking the Deals of August 28 - September 3

Five new recipes to try out, including one dessert! I love smoothies! 

I find it easier to plan ahead, than try to play catch-up. My suggestion would be that you can do your grocery shopping for the next week. But of course, if you see something you just have to try then why wait until next week? Cook it up tonight for dinner!

Keep in mind, that I do assume that you will have some of the staples stock-piled and on hand to make your meal cheaper. When you're starting off you may not have some of these things stock-piled, but as you go you will!

A "*" denotes items I have on hand that I have gotten for free.

Rainbow Shoppers (that's me!)... check out the list of deals this week at Rainbow.

And for those without a near-by Rainbow... check out the list of deals at Cub.

Something to keep in mind... Much of the produce I have listed could be found cheaper at Aldi Foods (or even cheaper if you have it growing in your garden!)

This meal plan is linked up at OrgJunkie. 

Meal #1: Peanut Butter Noodles & Chicken 
Roundy's Frozen Chicken Breasts $4.99 @ Rainbow
Skippy Peanut Butter $0.64 @ Rainbow
Ronzoni Pasta Free @ Rainbow
Peppers $1.50 ea. @ Cub

Meal #2: Salsa Chicken

Roundy's Frozen Chicken Breasts $4.99 @ Rainbow

McCormick's Seasoning 33% off @ Rainbow

Chi-Chi's Salsa $2.00 @ Rainbow

- or - Ortega Salsa 25% off @ Rainbow

Butter Kernel Corn $0.69 @ Cub

Meal #3: Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken

Roundy's Frozen Chicken Breasts $4.99 @ Rainbow
Philadelphia Cream Cheese $1.50 @ Rainbow
Cub Bacon $4.49 @ Cub

Meal #4: White Chicken Chili

Roundy's Frozen Chicken Breasts $4.99 @ Rainbow

McCormick's Seasoning 33% off @ Rainbow

Roundy's Sour Cream $1.00 @ Rainbow 

Meal #5: Sloppy Joes

Cub Ground Beef $1.99/lb @ Cub ($5.97 for 3 lb chub)

Heinz Ketchup $0.99 @ Rainbow ($0.50 off 1 in 8-21 Smart Source)

Dessert: Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Smucker's Chocolate Ice Cream Topping $1.00 @ Rainbow ($1 off 2 in the 5-15 Red Plum)

Skippy Peanut Butter $0.64 @ Rainbow

Roundy's Milk $2.29/ gal @ Rainbow