Good Deals this Week

Lay Chips 1.88 at Harmons
Gala Apples 1.00 ib at Harmons
16 oz marshmallows $.69 at Maceys
General Mills Asst. Cereals/Fruit Snacks 1.50 with in ad coupon
Assort Fruit 15 oz Healthy Kids $.50 a can at Big Lots (If anyone goes there and gets it let me know because I am wondering if it is good fruit.)

***Walmart does price match

Pumpkin Stew

This recipe is not necessarily cheap, but it is fun to make on Halloween.

Pumpkin Stew
8-10 servings
2 lbs. beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch pieces
3 Tbsp. cooking oil, divided
1 C. water
3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
4 medium carrots, sliced ( I use baby carrots)
1 large green pepper, cut into ½ inch pieces
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tsp. salt
½ tsp pepper
2 Tbsp. instant bouillon granules
1 can (14-1/2oz) tomatoes, undrained, cut up
1 pumpkin (10-12 pounds)

In a large pot, brown meat in 2Tbsp. oil. Add water, potatoes, carrots, green pepper, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 2 hours.

Stir in bouillon and tomatoes.

Wash pumpkin; cut a 6 to 8 inch circle around top stem. Remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loose fibers from inside.

Place pumpkin in a shallow sturdy baking pan. Spoon stew into pumpkin and replace the top. Brush outside of pumpkin with remaining oil.

Bake at 325 for 2 hours or until the pumpkin is tender. DO NOT OVERBAKE.


*You can simmer the first part and add the bouillon and tomatoes, the night before and then refrigerate it overnight. Just heat it up on the stove on Halloween and put it in the pumpkin and bake it.
* It is great in bread bowls!!!

Red Box Deals

Redbox distributes a code every Monday that you can use for 1 free rental. The code expires tonight at midnight.
The code for today is: 93NCA5
To use the code, do the following: on the first screen select "Rent With Promo, enter the code, choose your movie and swipe your debit or credit card (this is in case you don't bring the movie back. They will put a $1 charge on your card to hold the movie, but if you return the movie by 9 pm the next day, the charge will be removed).You can use 1 code for each debit/credit card that you have, so to rent multiple movies, just do the above process with each card.
This blog address has lots of great deals:
http://frugalisfab.blogspot.com/

Pot Pie

Pot Pie

Maire Calendars Frozen Pie Shell (It comes with two shells..one for the top one for the bottom)

1-2 Chicken Breasts, cooked and chopped

1/4 lb baby carrots, chopped

2 stalks celery, chopped

3-4 potatoes, peeled and chopped

onion to taste

Frozen peas

Let pie shells thaw for 20 minutes. Cook carrots, celery, potatoes, and onions in two cups chicken broth until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Mix one can cream of chicken soup and milk (less than 1/4 cup) to desired consistency. Combine soup, veggies, chicken, and frozen peas, and place in bottom of pie shell. Remove top shell from pie dish and place on top of pie. Pinch the edges together. Put fork hole in top and bake at 415 degrees for 30 minutes.