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Friday, April 23, 2010

$25 Grocery Challenge

Turns out Hastings is cutting her top front teeth (so an emergency bottle of infant pain reliever put me over my $25 this week) Here's how it went down today:
(1) package Mission flour tortillas
(1) gallon Publix milk
(1) can peas and carrots
(4) lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cutlets
(2) Del Monte Strawberry Fruit Chiller (popsicle things..yum!)
(1) box Nature Valley granola bars
(1) bag Snyders organic pretzels
(1) bottle Publix dijon mustard
(1) bottle Publix parmesan cheese
(8) Gerber 2nd foods 2 packs
(1) box Scotties tissues
(3) bags Cascadian Farms organic frozen strawberries/rasberries
(2) white onions
(4) green peppers
(1) infant Tylenol

Total BEFORE sales and coupons: $70.23
Total AFTER sales and coupons: $31.72


On the menu:
Black Bean enchilada casserole
Jaimes easy chicken with mashed potatoes
Honey mustard pork chops and a salad

3 comments:

  1. where are the Del Monte chillers? Are they by the popsicles? Couldn't find them and then forgot to ask someone later...

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  2. Where did you get the chicken???
    -Ruthie

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  3. Ruthie - the 2 lb bags of frozen Publix chicken cutlets were on sale last week for $5 each (normally $6.99) you can find them in the frozen meats section

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