As if this place isn’t cheap enough, get ready to save more this upcoming weekend.

Since I didn’t post a thrify recipe for you last week, I owe you two this week. This one is a quick and easy one using Bisquick. Bisquick is on sale at Albertson’s through Tuesday. It is included in the spend $10, save $4 instantly promotion The final price after coupons and store savings is $.90 for an entire box. If you haven’t made your Albertson’s run yet this week, pick some up and try this yummy dish.

Makes Its Own Crust Quiche

4 eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup Bisquick
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups cheese (I like Ham and Green Onions)
your choice of meat and veggies

In a blender, blend the eggs, milk, Bisquick, onion powder, salt & pepper for 1 minute. Place cheese, vegetables and meat in the bottom of a greased pie pan. Pour egg minture over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

My cost breakdown:
eggs $.33
milk $.25
Bisqick $.10
cheese $.50 (from a Kraft promotion a while back where I got 2 pounds for $1.80)
seasonings $.05 (from my food storage)
Meat free (leftover from Easter and saved in the freezer)
Veggies free (I used green onions from my garden)

Total $1.23 plus some fresh fruit to round off the meal.

Another tip for your Bisquick: mix up a big batch of pancake batter and make a few dozen pancakes. Lay them in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Stick them in the freezer for an hour or two and then re-package in a big ziplock bag. Now, your kids can have pancakes for breakfast. Just pull a few out and heat them in the microwave for a few seconds. Your kids are happy AND you saved lots of money by NOT buying frozen pancakes or waffles.

Here is a great recipe that is one of my family’s FAVORITES! Even my husband and kids love this soup. It is healthy and a fun soup to make all year round. I hope you all enjoy!

Chicken Tortilla Soup

28 oz can crushed tomatoes
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups chicken broth
2 Tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon oregano
4 oz can diced green chiles
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed

Combine all ingredients in a large pot and simmer 30 minutes.

Top with shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro and tortilla chips, if desired.

Note: This soup freezes well and feeds my family of 4 for two meals.

This is a great meal to make at the last minute using items in your pantry. Here is my price breakdown:

crushed tomatoes free (Using Muir Glen coupon)
tomato sauce $.20 for two (From a deal a while back. I am sorry I can’t remember when.)
Chicken Broth $.50 total (From a deal a while back. I am sorry I can’t remember when.)
Chicken $1.88 (on sale at Albertson’s through Tuesday for $1.88 a pound)
Green Chiles $.99 (I paid full price for this…dang it!)
Chips for topping $1.58 (Santitas were on sale at Albertsons last week for $1.58 a bag. If you hide the bag from your family you can stretch it for two meals…)
Cheese for topping (about 4 oz) $.25 (from a kraft promotion a few weeks back where I got 2 lbs for $1.80)
All other ingredients are from my food storage so let’s estimate $.50 for all of them (I think that is too high)

GRAND TOTAL: $5.90 and remember this feeds my family for two meals so it is really $2.95 a meal. Add a salad and maybe some quesadillas for the kids and you have a yummy meal for a bargain!

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Ok you discount queens, I have had a few people ask about how I did my Albertsons trip on Friday night, so here is the breakdown. (sorry it’s not a very good picture and you can’t see everything, but I will try my best to explain!)

Most of what I bought was stuff I could put in my freezer for those “in need” moments.

1st transaction:

4 boxes of bagelfuls (my hubby loves these to take for bfast): $4 off $10 + (4) $1/1 coupon for each = 4/$2

2nd transaction:

2 boxes of bagelfuls/4 bags of Valley Fresh Steamers vegetables

$4/ off $10 + (2) $1/1 coupon for bagelfuls, (2) .60/1 coupon for veggies

3rd transaction:

3 boxes of Kashi pizza: $3/$15 automatically. (3) $3.00 off coupons (I got these a couple of months ago on a tearpad at Albies…I have one left if anyone is interested. I won’t use it.)

= $3/3 boxes of pizza

4th transaction:

3 boxes of Crystal Light on-the-go packs: $4/$10 + (1) buy one, get one free coupon, (1) get .50/2 coupon (these are on a tearpad at the product)

2 digornio flatbread pizzas (2) $1/1 coupons

5th transaction:

3 boxes Crystal Light on the go packs: $4/$10 + (1) B1G1, .50/2 coupon (tearpad)

2 california kitchen pizza flatbreads (2) $2/1 coupons

6th transaction: spend $25 get $10 for next transaction

6 Healthy Choice Frozen meals: (6) coupons, some were $1/1 some $1/2

3 egg beaters (3) coupons $1/1

2 Hebrew National Hotdogs: (2) $1/1

5 Albertsons recycleable bags .59/ea = 3.20ish

Ok, so basically, I didn’t do 6 separate transactions. That’s just how I broke them down in my mind. I did 1 transaction since I only had 1 $10 back from spending $25. (Otherwise I would have had to do a separate transaction to get my other $10 back.) The computer automatically took off the other amounts in the other promos doing it in one transaction.

I also had a 10% off $50 and a $7/$75 which I was able to use both.

Total before coupons: $141.70

- 10% = $9.20

- $7/$75 = $7

-$42.00 Manu. coupons

-$18.66 store coupons

Total savings: $122.97

OOP: $18.73

Received $20.00 back. Here’s how: (2) $5 catalinas from ConAgra Promo and (2) “we value your opinion”, fill out this survey and get $5.00 back

Pretty sweet huh? THEN: I’m getting the car and the hubby calls and tells me to pick up stuff for smores that night, so back into the store I went and came across this deal:

Buy 3 Capri Suns, get a Nabisco multi pack for FREE. These coupons are peelies on the Nabisco product.

I wasn’t lucky enough to double my capri sun coupons last week, so I still had them. I also found a tearpad coupon next to some capri suns (they weren’t in the juice isle, they were on an end cap towards the dog food) for $1 off Nabisco snacks when you purchase 2 capri suns. Cha-ching!!

So I bought 3 capri suns, (3) $1/1 coupons and a multi pack of Oreo cookies (FREE) for $3.50! Saweet!

I also got my smores ingredients with a $5 catalina from the previous transaction. So my total OOP for the night was $21.43 with my $15 back.

Any questions???

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These scissors are from Costco and are $.88 – shipping included. Go HERE to order. You will need a Costco membership # to order. Not sure how long the deal lasts, so hurry and order today!!!