Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Caiti's Back... ALRIGHT!!!

Oh look. I haven't even taken a look at this thing since March 13, 2014. Call me crazy but I have a hard time posting about our day-to-day... We aren't exciting enough for that. Even though I don't want this to be all about food 100% of the time, it's looking and sounding like that's where people want me to focus. I'll try to balance it all out... You know, post equally about my kids, dog, cats, husband and food. Lol. 

Jessica and I have created a shareable Pinterest food board {if you don't follow Jessica, you should. She created the board!}. We'd LOVE for you to share your food pins with us too. I generally always use a recipe as a guide and change it as needed, or as I want to {especially when it comes to garlic. How dare someone create something without it!!!!} I'll use those pins in my weekly posts. Caution: we love salads. Hope you like salad ;). That's the only thing I don't try to change up every week. Feel free to eat them 3-5 nights a week with us, or make your own damn list ;). We aren't always exciting in our food lives. 

My goal is to, once again, share my weekly menu plans and we can all make our lists from there. We don't all have the same sized family nor do you need all of the things that I need to feed two small kids, a husaband and myself daily... We eat a LOT... :). 

I always use Hy-Vee's weekly ad. Here are a few great 'how to' articles about grocery ads. If you aren't as OCD as I am and don't ever pay attention to ,or work for, your grocery store's "regular" prices, you won't always be able to point out a true sale. These tips should help you more than I can :)... 



I also take the Fuel Saver ad into consideration when purchasing groceries as well. James' store just so happens to have almost, or so it feels, everything on their fuel saver program. I bought 8 gallons of gas for $.08 the other day... EIGHT CENTS!!! It's worth it people, so worth it!! Pay attention though. That $.02 off/gallon C&H sugar could still end up costing you more than the store brand. Do the math. Extra seconds save you money. And I suck at math. I promise... YOU CAN DO IT!!! ... Especially if you have a calculator on your phone. Lol 


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