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Cooking From Your Pantry

Fab FruGALS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Helping you “Become the Master of Your Stockpile.”

Our Ideas this week to help you cook from your pantry!

DINNER:

Smoothies:
Use Yogurt, Ice cream, apples, oranges from this weeks Albertsons sale through Tuesday. Use strawberries from Fred Meyer this week $2.50/lb through Saturday. I like to buy frozen ones at Costco 6lbs for $8.85.

Cross Rib Roast:
Through Tuesday, Paul’s has Beef Cross Rib Roast for $1.99/lb. That is a great price!

Mexican Fiesta:
I overstocked on Jose Ole. I will show you how I used it.

Taco Salad:
Camille shows us how she used tortilla chips from a recent promo. Use your bag salad from Albertsons last week, sour cream from Albertsons this week and get some ground beef for only $1.59/lb at Fred Meyer this week! {stock up price}

Crispy Chicken Strips:
Camille shows us how she used tortilla chips from a recent promo. These look yummy!

LUNCH:
Peanut butter and honey sandwich
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Deli meat sandwich
Tuna Fish Sandwich
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich
Macaroni and Cheese
Can of Soup
Bagel Bites
Quesadillas
leftovers!!!

BREAKFAST:
Cereal
Oatmeal
Yogurt and granola
Pancakes
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Cereal?

Get more ideas from some of our previous weeks!

Do you have recipes ideas from this weeks shopping lists? Send us you recipe and it could be featured here at Fab Frug! Hehe or if you just want to share the love!

Cooking From Your Stockpile

Fab FruGALS — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:17:00 +0000

Helping you “Become the Master of Your Stockpile.”

Our Ideas this week to help you cook from your pantry!
DINNER:

Tex-Mex Casserole: You can still get Dorrito’s from Albertsons until Tue. Rotel will be on sale again starting Wed.

Whole Frying Chicken: Chicken Enchilada’s from reader

Grilled Tuna Fish Cakes: Remember if you still have coupons you can get Tuna free this week! Amber will show you how in her recipe.

Tator Tot Casserole: Get tots for only $1.99 in the Chill Deal this week at Alberstons

Chicken and Biscuits: Use biscuits from this weeks GM promo.

LUNCH:
Peanut butter and honey sandwich
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Deli meat sandwich
Tuna Fish Sandwich
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich
Macaroni and Cheese
Can of Soup
Bagel Bites
Quesadillas
leftovers!!!

BREAKFAST:
Cereal
Oatmeal
Yogurt and granola
Pancakes
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Cereal?

Get more ideas from some of our previous weeks!

Do you have recipes ideas from this weeks shopping lists? Send us you recipe and it could be featured here at Fab Frug! Hehe or if you just want to share the love!
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Cooking From Your Stockpile

Fab FruGALS — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:27:00 +0000

Helping you “Become the Master of Your Stockpile.”

Our Ideas this week to help you cook from your pantry!
DINNER:

Spaghetti: Use your FREE Ronzoni noodles and your .33 Hunts Spaghetti sauce. Or maybe you have some Ragu and Prego in your stockpile like I do! Hopefully you have some ground beef in your freezer too.

Hamburger Tator Tot Casserole click for link to recipe

Taco Night: Use some of the .74 tortillas from last week, ground beef from the freezer, .47 salad from last week, and .29 sour cream. I have shredded cheese in my freezer and salsa in my pantry.

Freschetta Pizza: Did you get one from this weeks sale? These are sooo yummy and nice to have for a quick meal. It is not too late. You can still get one through Tuesday for $3.49. Click here to find out how.

Enchilada’s Extraordinaire: click for link to recipe

BBQ Ribs: Country Style Ribs are on sale this week at Albertsons

Surprise Cupcakes: click for link to recipe

Granola: Super yummy on your free or cheap yogurt!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies click for link to recipe

BREAKFAST:
Cereal
Oatmeal
Yogurt and granola
Pancakes
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Cereal?

Get more ideas from some of our previous weeks!

Do you have recipes ideas from this weeks shopping lists? Send us you recipe and it could be featured here at Fab Frug! Hehe or if you just want to share the love!

Cooking from Your Pantry

Fab FruGALS — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:14:00 +0000

Helping you “Become the Master of Your Stockpile.”

Our Ideas this week to help you cook from your pantry!
DINNER:

Garlic Ranch Chicken Use some of that FREE ranch dressing in your stockpile!

Oatmeal Meat Loaf Gotta start using those OATS!

Tuna Caserole Here are more ways to use Tuna

BREAKFAST:
Cereal
Oatmeal
Yogurt and granola
Pancakes
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Cereal?

Get more ideas from some of our previous weeks!

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4 Steps to Becoming the Master of Your Stockpile

Fab FruGALS — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:44:00 +0000

So what is the whole point of this coupon thing anyway?
Is it just for kicks and giggles?

NO WAY! We are here to teach you how to save money…

by using coupons, waiting for the super fab sale, and stocking up! WHY?

So you can SHOP FROM YOUR PANTRY! You know, your pantry, that place chock full of food you’ve been purchasing? Hopefully you’ve been stocking up (aka: NOT hoarding) when you find an item at a rock bottom price!

Are you using all of those food items you buy???

I have to admit sometimes I forget about some of the food I buy and it sits in the pantry until expiration (guess what, I did this before I started couponing too).

So, let’s answer that question:

“Exactly how DO you menu plan from your pantry?”

STEP 1 – MAKE A LIST
What are the top 20 items you use most frequently from your pantry? Look through your cupboards and closets. What do you have in there? What are you always running out of? Maybe look at your recipes to see what you need the most of.

STEP 2 – DECIDE ON YOUR PERSONAL PRICE POINT
Since these are the items you are using the most, these are the things you want to pay rock bottom prices on. Now, of course, some items you just won’t be able to get on coupon. That’s OK – because you’re saving $ on a whole lot of other items! Feel free to use our personal price point list. We also always try to let you know when we’re stocking up on something. Keep in mind, when it’s SUPER exciting for us, we always place a special order with our stores manager.

STEP 3 – ACQUIRE COUPONS
You can’t stock up at rock bottom prices if you don’t have a coupon for every single item you purchase. That is why I am personally getting 6 copies of the Sunday paper. When there is something I REALLY want a lot of, I’ll go purchase coupons on eBay.

STEP 4 – STOCK UP!
When the item is on sale (a GOOD sale), that is when it’s time to stock up! PLEASE, don’t feel that this means you can go in and clear the shelves at every store near you. When it’s something we use all the time (like Prego), we place an order with the manager. This way they order EXTRA for us and we don’t have to worry about taking product off the shelves. I like to get a 3-12 month supply. Keep in mind EXPIRATION DATES! Don’t get it if you can’t use it before it expires!

Here are a few items on my top 20 list:

Cream of Chicken Soup

Spaghetti Sauce

Pasta

Butter (you can freeze this you know!)

Cheese (look at the expiration dates… they last a long time as long as they are sealed. You can also shred and freeze.)

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (we stock up when they are $1.79/lb or less – see this post for ideas of what we do with a lot of cheap chicken!)

Veggies (frozen or canned)
Salad Dressing
BBQ Sauce
Brownie Mix (a staple in my husbands diet)
Mayonnaise
Chocolate Chips (again, a staple in my husbands diet)

Now you’ve got the stuff, what do you do???

Da-da-Daaah!

The Fab FruGAL’s are here to help!

Each week we’ll post recipes that will use many ingredients from recent sales and your stockpile! You will find each weeks list under “Shop From Your Pantry“.

What is your #1 can’t live with out gotta have it always running out of pantry item?!

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