Last week I saved $9.75 on my grocery shopping for the week and didn't think I would be able to beat that total for awhile. I was only skeptical because HEB has such a tough coupon policy that you can double coupons, truly piggyback, and coupons.com doesn't make coupons for HEB unless they are manufacturer coupons. So this week I started planning ASAP. HEB's weekly ad comes out on Wednesdays so of course there I was scanning the ad plus trying to think of a recipe that could go along with it, which wasn't very easy this week. Since it's only us two, whenever I make dinner we typically have leftovers for the next days lunch and dinner. In essence, I really only make dinner maybe 3 times a week and we go out 1 night or we find odds and ends in the pantry.
For this week, I planned the following and knowing us this will be MORE than enough.
- Steaks with broccoli cheesy rice
- King Ranch Chicken (my style)
- Pasta Bake
I got the New York strip steaks on super sale at $4.75/lb. I had a coupon for the broccoli rice which was buy one bag/get one free so I couldn't pass that up. I buy chicken at SAM's, but Rotel, peas & carrots and the cheese for toppings was on sale too. And last week I had gotten the pasta and pasta sauce on sale (buy pasta/get sauce free) so I just needed to buy mozzarella cheese (on sale too). Basically, the only thing I bought not on sale was tortilla chips for King Ranch Chicken. Of course, we got some other goodies like tamales (sale), Delimex taquitos and Bagel Bites (buy tacos/get bagel bites free) and household items for cleaning that I wrote about in my previous post.
All in all, my grand total savings was $15.74! WOW! Price before sales/coupons was $73.32. Some people turn their nose up at HEB brands like Hill Country Fair, but you'd be amazed that there is NO DIFFERENCE and it's ALWAYS cheaper and on sale more frequently.
Can't wait to post pictures and recipes for everything I cook later this week! Stay Tuned!!
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