slow Cooker Orange Chicken-YUM

Oh, I am so trying this Recipe. It looks so good.
Friday night dinner. all i have to buy is the frozen
OJ. I'll let you know how it goes. We LOOVEE
a little panda at our house, so this could be a
way cheaper version.

done a lot of cooking lately...

just keep forgetting to post anything about it.

this pic was prepped food for our camping trip

last weekend.

I made homemade mac n cheese, a crockpot full

of chicken for sandwiches and such and a pasta

salad.

I've decided a bag of chicken with salt, pepper,

and 1 can of chicken broth is a great idea. I put

it in tupperware, and when I get hungry and nothing

sounds good, I have myself a chick sammy. and my

HUBBY lOvEs them...yay for me!

cookin', roastin' and chillin' this summer.

I'm sorry there are no pics. my camera is OUT OF ORDER.
I have been cooking like crazy this summer. New recipes galore.
It's been interesting and so fun.
I posted some of these new recipes onto my friends' new
recipe blog. You should go check it out.
Last night, I made a new breaded chicken tender recipe, and
everyone gobbled it up, even my picky 9 YO. (she even asked
for seconds. lol) I've posted that one on the blog too...

We've also been roastin'! I mean, man, is it hot this summer.
and chillin' by the pool. and we've also been chillin' with our
homemade popsicles and sno cones.
go get yourself a sno cone maker. You can probably find them on
clearance just about now at your target or walmart. This is the summer
clearance season, you know.
good luck, and have a great REST of the summer.

Chocolate Chip Orange Zuchini cookies, say what? ;)

my cool BFF has a new recipe website. you gotta go check it out. we have been slowly uploading our favorite recipes to share, and then we have them all in one spot.
So, Go! check it out...
www.mommiesrecipebook.blogspot.com
you're gonna love these cookies.
sorry there's no picture. I have no camera at the moment.
they are very light and fluffy in looks and color. so yummy.
thanks for sharing Julie.

what do YOU freeze?

this morning on a small trip to Henry's I bought
canteloupe..2 of them, which is A lot for me.
My 2YO and I are the only ones in the fam that
will eat them. (they were 2/1$)
so I came home and started cutting them up...
wow! but it was too much canteloupe.
so I wondered, could I FREEZE canteloupe?
I always freeze grapes, chives, peppers, onions,
strawberries, celery, broccoli,
and even bananas, so, looked it up...and there
you have it! You can freeze canteloupe. I'm so excited
to find other fruits and veggies to freeze.
That way I can stockpile on more fresh produce when
it's super cheap.

I'm really interested...
*What do you freeze?

SIDE NOTE: I wash and prep (cut)
the fruits and veggies before freezing.
2nd SIDE NOTE:
today I cut 5 onions, 4 green peppers and
2 canteloupe. also, freezing 2lbs red grapes.

a new name for us....

penny Stretchers!

These are ways i stretch my pennies...

I know they aren't grand, but they are mine!

* we eat left overs

* i clip, print and use coupons

* if we eat out, it's usually off the $ menu or

kids eat free nights.

*we carpool with Daddy to save 1 car payment, car ins. and

registration, though this does make our gas bill a

little higher

* we turn off lights when not in use

*turn off air most mornings at the house

*up'd my text plan, so I wouldn't go over anymore

*stockpile on main ingredients and snacks for my

fam so I won't have to buy them at regular prices,

very often...sometimes I miscalculate

* don't rent movies unless they are FREE at redbox

* swap babysitting with a friend, so we don't pay for a sitter

* all my boys get HOME haircuts all the time

* turn off water while brushing teeth

***And MOST Importantly***

*Get all the FREE stuff I can get that my family

will actually use, ...cuz it's FREE!

What do you do that's not on the list? I'd love to

do more to stretch pennies....Help me, please?

Lovin' VONS this week

this is the second and third time I did these deals...
some Cereals-coco puffs, lucky charms and honey
nut cheerios are 4/6$ with vons Coupon- added
my own 1$ off/3 from 5/31 Paper making them
4/5$
Nature Valley Granola 4/6$ with vons coupon
used 2 .75ent off coupons from 5/31 paper
totalling 4/4.25$
also 3rd time for Pepsi/doritos Deal
buy 1 doritos at 2.99 get 2 20oz Pepsi for FREE
+ 1$ off. no coupon necessary. just swipe your
vons card.
all this for 9.45
love it.
gonna go do it again later...
go grab your goodies, before they're GONE

****SIDE NOTE****
you gotta try these new doritos.
LATE NIGHT TACOS
they are SOOO good.
Tastes like you're eating
yummy taco salad all wrapped
up in ONE chip...