Organizing My Coupons

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I don’t know about you, but I just about can’t accomplish anything unless I am organized.  Currently, I have a stack of inserts on my desk piled high that I ordered from a couponing service.  I think its time for a coupon organizer, or at least an organizing session with the coupon organization system I currently have in place.  Either way, my coupons need some attention.

I really do have to stay organized if I am truly going to reap the benefits of coupons though.  You have to know when the sales are, when the coupon inserts are coming out, and be able to match those two things up.  I recently read a tip about using Microsoft Outlook to set up alerts for these things.  Definitely not a bad idea, Google Calendar could also be used.  Anything that will help you to get organized.

Are you with me?  Do you need to organize your coupons?

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Menu Plan Monday – 4/5

Well, as you may have read on here last week. I did some freezer cooking so that’s mainly what we’ll be eating this week. You can read more here and here.

Freezer Cooking: Cooking Day

Today was the day, freezer cooking day, wow was that a marathon.  This is my first time ever to tackle something like this and I think I did pretty well. I wondered if it would indeed take all day.  For me, cooking 11 meals it did not.  I started around 9 am and was finished by noon.  I didn’t really stop though the whole time.

Here is what I prepared:

2 bags of taco meat

1 bag of shredded chicken

1 bag of cubed chicken

2 wild rice chicken casseroles

1 pot of pintos

1 meatloaf

1 pan of meatballs

In fact, I guess that’s not really 12 meals but I still have a roast and some frozen chicken breasts that will become 3-4 more meals.  I’m excited about how this turned out.  It truly has filled my freezer. I don’t think I’ve ever seen my cabinets and fridge so full.  Yesterday I did my shopping I shopped at a local grocery I’ve never been to before, about 20 minutes from home.  They have awesome meat prices so I got all this meat and ingredients for $75.  I was ecstatic over the prices.  Let me know which recipes you’d like and I”ll try and post them.

See the whole process that I Whrrled while I cooked:

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