Healthy Meals Thursday

Welcome to our Thursday “Healthy Meals with coupons!”.

We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Ingredients:

1. 1 pound medium red potatoes, cut into fourths
2. 1 cup baby-cut carrots
3. 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
4. 2 tablespoons chopped fresh or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary leaves, crumbled
5. 1 teaspoon chopped fresh or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
6. 1 teaspoon of salt
7. 1 teaspoon pepper
8. 3-pound beef boneless chuck roast, trimmed of fat
9. 1 small onion, finely chopped (I use lot’s more because I love onions)
10. 1 1/2 cups beef broth

Arrange potatoes and carrots around edge in 4-5 quart slow cooker.

Mix mustard, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper, spread evenly over beef. Place beef in cooker (it will overlap vegetables slightly). Sprinkle onion over beef. Pour broth evenly over beef and vegetables.

Cover and cook on low setting for 8-9 hours.

Remove beef from cooker; place on cutting board, cut into slices. Remove vegetables from cooker with slotted spoon. To serve, spoon beef juices from cooker over beef and vegetables.

** Not I will often double the mustard/rosemary/thyme  mixture because I like “bold flavors”

Cost Breakdown after coupons:

1. Chuck Roast – $4.50 during Meat BOGO sale
2. Potatoes – $2.00
3. Carrots – $1.00
4. Beef Broth $.50
5. Seasonings & Mustard app. $1.00

Total cost after coupons I’d have to say probably about $9.50. This recipe is usually good for 2-3 meals for the 3 of us! I like to serve this with rolls!

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We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Today’s Healthy Meal Raisin Stuffed Peppers prepared by Bree over at Coupons on Caffeine! Head over to her site to get the recipe! I have a whole veggie drawer full of Green Peppers I need to use up so I may be making this tonight!

Many people believe we couponers eat out of a box because don’t you know coupons are just for “processed foods”….well stop by every Thursday and watch how Rose, Bree and myself dispel that theory with a Healthy Frugal Recipe for you….!

For all the Thursday Healthy Meals with Coupons Recipes go here —>

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We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

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Today’s Healthy Meal is a Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas prepared by Rose over at Rose Knows Coupons! Head over to her site to get the recipe! Sounds yummy!

Many people believe we couponers eat out of a box because don’t you know coupons are just for “processed foods”….well stop by every Thursday and watch how Rose, Michelle, Bree and myself dispel that theory with a Healthy Frugal Recipe for you….!

For all the Thursday Healthy Meals with Coupons Recipes go here —>

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Welcome to our Thursday “Healthy Meals with coupons!”.

We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Okay, this is one of my favorite go-to recipes, it’s fast, simple, inexpensive, delicious and best of all it’s made in a crockpot. I love crockpot cooking because it’s quick, frugal as you’re not heating up the oven and great for Summer weeknight meals when you don’t want to heat up the house! 

Ingredients:

1. 1 1/2 – 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (could use thighs)
2. 1/2 teaspoon salt
3. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
4. 1 med. onion sliced
5. 2 medium bell peppers cut into strips (use green, red or one of each!)
6. 2 cups spaghetti sauce (I used Jewel’s new Essential Everyday Pasta Sauce)
7. 1 package (16 oz) rotini pasta (I used Jewel’s New Essential Everyday Pasta)
8. 1 Cup shredded Mozzerella cheese
9. Italian Seasoning to taste

Cut chicken into medium size pieces and place in bottom of 3 1/2 cup to 6 quart crockpot. Sprinkle with sat & pepper. Top chicken with onion and bell peppers. Add pasta sauce.

Cover and cook on low heat setting 4-6 hours or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.

Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Sprinkle Italian seasonings on top and add mozzarella cheese during last 1/2 of cooking. Once pasta is cooked I just mix into the crockpot before serving, this way I dirty one less dish!

Considering this is “Pizza Chicken” you can get creative with the ingredients if you’d like. Think about what you like on pizza and add to crockpot or top your individual serving: olives, pepperoni, spinach, mushrooms…..anything!

Cost Breakdown after coupons:

1. Chicken Breast - $4.50 during Perdue BOGO sale
2. Pasta Sauce Free from Jewel (but my threshold price is about $1.50)
3. Pasta Free from Jewel (but my threshold price is about $.50)
4. Mozzarella Cheese = $1.00 after coupons
5. Onions & Bell Pepers $1.00

***Jewel has a Buy 2 Boxes of Essential Every Day Pasta Get One Free coupon here —>

Total cost after coupons I’d have to say probably about $6.50 (or $8 if I had paid for the pasta & sauce)

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We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Today’s Healthy Meal is 3-Bean Salad prepared by Bree over at Coupons on Caffeine! Head over to her site to get the recipe! I love Crockpot recipes they are a huge time saver….so I will be trying this recipe!

Many people believe we couponers eat out of a box because don’t you know coupons are just for “processed foods”….well stop by every Thursday and watch how Rose, Bree and myself dispel that theory with a Healthy Frugal Recipe for you….!

For all the Thursday Healthy Meals with Coupons Recipes go here —>

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Welcome to our Thursday “Healthy Meals with coupons!”.

We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

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We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Today’s Healthy Meal is Sweet & Sour Tofu prepared by Bree over at Coupons on Caffeine! Head over to her site to get the recipe! I love Crockpot recipes they are a huge time saver….so I will be trying this recipe!

Many people believe we couponers eat out of a box because don’t you know coupons are just for “processed foods”….well stop by every Thursday and watch how Rose, Bree and myself dispel that theory with a Healthy Frugal Recipe for you….!

For all the Thursday Healthy Meals with Coupons Recipes go here —>

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We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Today’s Healthy Meal is a Hawaiin Chicken Sausage Kabobs prepared by Rose over at Rose Knows Coupons! Head over to her site to get the recipe! Sounds yummy!

Many people believe we couponers eat out of a box because don’t you know coupons are just for “processed foods”….well stop by every Thursday and watch how Rose, Michelle, Bree and myself dispel that theory with a Healthy Frugal Recipe for you….!

For all the Thursday Healthy Meals with Coupons Recipes go here —>

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Welcome to our Thursday “Healthy Meals with coupons!”.

We all know that couponing saves you cash, but now what do you do with that stockpile of food? How do you put it together to make a great meal?

Rose from Rose Knows Coupons & Bree from Coupons on Caffeine, and me Rita feel your pain! We’re here to help each Thursday with a new healthy recipe to add to your repertoire. All meals will cost $9.95 or less, they will ALL be healthy and prepared by one of these frugal bloggers! 

Today’s recipe is Italian Meatball Sanwiches prepared by Mr. Chi-Town Cheapskate!

Motivation: The hubby threw these together a couple weeks ago and they were delicious so I made him make them again and write down what he did this time! He totally destroyed my kitchen in the process as I knew he would!

Ingredients:

1. 2 lbs. 8 oz Ground Italian Turkey (2 packages of Jennie-O)
2. 2  lg. eggs
3. 1 cup petite diced red bell pepper
4. 1 medium onion petite diced
5. 2 cloves of garlic minced (or more if you like garlic, we used 4)
6. 1/4 cup parmesan
7. 1/2 cup italian seasoned bread crumbs
8. 1 Tablespoon spicy italian seasoning (can us Italian Seasoning)
9. salt & pepper to taste
10. Jarred Pasta Sauce (we used Classico) or home made
11. Sandwich Rolls (we used Hoagie style buns)
12. Shredded Mozzerella cheese

Pre-heat oven to 35o. Mix ground turkey and two eggs with a fork until well blended. Then add all other but the bread crumbs, mix with fork. Slowly incorporate bread crumbs and mix with fork.

Use an ice cream scoop to measure out about 20 meatballs. Add 1 tablespoon of olive to a skillet set on medium heat and brown all sides of meatballs. May have to do in batches.

Spread some pasta sauce on bottom of oven-proof  9 x 13 baking dish and add browned meatballs. Spoon some sauce over top of meatballs. Bake uncovered at 350 for 45 minutes or until the meatballs reach an internal temperature of 175 – 180 degrees (we used a digital thermometer to keep track of internal temperature).

Spread garlic butter on hoagie style buns and toast until lightly brown. Add meatballs, spoon small amount of pasta sauce over meatballs, sprinkle with mozzerella cheese return to toaster oven and toast until cheese is melted. We served ours with corn on the cob! Enjoy

Cost Breakdown after coupons:

1. Ground Turkey  - $3.30 for both packages on sale
2. Pasta Sauce = $1.00 after coupons
3. Mozzerella Cheese $1.00 after coupons
4. Rolls = Free after coupons
5. Onion, Garlic & Bell Pepper = $1.50
6. Corn on the Cob (side dish) $.56 cents for 3 ears

Total cost after coupons I’d have to say probably about $8 dollars!

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