Living Large on a Small Budget

Gluten Freedom and Loving It!

2013-06-24T11:59:00.002-07:00

A lot has changed

2013-01-18T20:52:00.000-08:00

A lot has changed since I first started this blog. Now we are a Gluten Free family and I will share tips on how we are saving money eating Gluten Free. There have been a lot of changes with the diet and now I think we have a GREAT grasp on the changes.

Black Friday Ads

2011-10-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

I LOVE to save money especially on Christmas items for our family. The below site shares all the black friday ads that the companies will permit and they also post deals that are HOT!

Keep your eye out on this website for HOT deals and I will be posting them here on my blog as well!

Black Friday Ads

6pm.com FREE shipping HOT

2011-10-17T07:38:00.000-07:00

These infant boots are $11.10 AWESOME deal and FREE shipping!

Woman's Muk Luks $18 plus FREE shipping very nice deal!

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Coach Hobo Bag on Sale HOT!

2011-10-17T07:28:00.000-07:00

This is one HOT deal this bag is on sale NOW through Sunday October 23rd for $149 HOT deal this is 50% off from the original price.

Restaraunt Style Breakfast for a lot less!

2011-10-17T07:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Tina this recipe is not only simple and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients for pancake:

1 egg
1Tbs flour
3Tbs milk

Directions for pancake:

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl and heat up a skillet. Pour a small amount on the pan and brown on one side and flip and cook on the 2nd side until cooked but not too brown.

Ingredients for Filling:

1-12oz package of frozen unsweetened strawberries
Agave nectar

Directions for Filling:

Place the strawberries in a pan on the stove on Medium-High heat and drizzle agave over the strawberries until lightly coated. Bring the strawberries to a boil and you will see a syrup and you can continue to boil until reduced to how thin or thick you want your filling.

After pancakes are cooked place filling in the middle of the pancake and fold in half. You can drizzle more on top or sprinkle powdered sugar on the top.

These go great with eggs over easy, scrabbled eggs with cheese and bacon.

Very simple meal and is great quality for a lot less $$

Beef Jerky Home Made and Costs Less

2011-10-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

The cost of beef jerky at Wal-Mart is $9.98 for 5oz's for a family of 5 this can get pretty expensive and doesn't last long at all. Cost of a 3.85lb round rump roast is $18.21. Round rump roast less fat and cooks a lot faster using your oven a lot less and making the cost of the beef jerky go down.

For the meat:
Round Rump Roast

For the marinade:
1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce
3 tablespoons light honey (such as clover)
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Have the butcher slice your round rump roast thinly and let them know you are using the meat for beef jerky. In the event your butcher is unable to slice the round rump roast thinly follow the below steps.

Place the meat in the freezer for 30 minutes (to make it easier to slice). Remove the steak from the freezer and slice into 1/4-inch thick slices. Place the meat slices in a large baking dish (such as 11×7-inch). Whisk tamari/soy sauce, honey/agave, garlic, ginger, and black pepper in a small bowl. Pour sauce over meat, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.

Preheat oven to 200ºF and adjust rack to middle position. Set 2 cooling racks on top of 2 large, rimmed baking sheets. Remove the beef from marinade and pat dry. Arrange the beef on the racks, leaving 1/4-inch between slices. Bake for about 1hour 15 minutes, until jerky is firm and almost completely dry but still chewy. Cool completely. Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

This recipe was modified from the original version provided by http://deliciouslyorganic.net/homemade-beef-jerky-recipe/.

Happy Beef Jerky Making and Enjoy the cost savings!

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2011-10-13T09:06:00.001-07:00

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$10 Target Gift Card on Plum District

2011-10-12T06:31:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! $10 Target GiftCard with $40 Purchase

Who doesn’t love shopping at Target?! At Plum District we aim to delight, so please accept our gift of a $10 Target GiftCard® when you make one purchase of $40 or more Wednesday through Sunday. All you have to do is find a deal with a purchase price of $40 and up, enter the promo code plum10, fill out your address, and we will send you your $10 GiftCard in 20 business days

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* Promotion available Wednesday 10/12/11 12:00am PDT through Sunday 10/16/11 11:59pm PDT only
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* Deals cannot be put on hold during offer period. All sales are final.
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Dyson on Sale on Woot

2011-10-12T06:26:00.000-07:00

This Dyson Vacuum cleaner is on sale for $179.99 plus $5 shipping HECK of a deal!

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Amazon Lightening Cookware Deal

2011-10-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

List Price: ~~$245.00~~

Amazon's Price: $149.99

Gold Box Discount: - $25.00

Deal Price: $124.99 (49% off)

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FREE Personalized Card

2011-10-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

Awesome cards available on this site! FREE shipping to recipient and FREE card for the first 20,000 using code FBFREE better hurry this won't last long!

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Cuisine Art 7 Cup Food Processor on Amazon

2011-09-12T08:05:00.000-07:00

WOW heck of a deal $69.99 for this food processor and free shipping since it is over $25. Free shipping if you have an Amazon Prime membership. The original price was $250.00 a savings of 72%!

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Vera Bradley Bags 50% off 24-hrs only

2011-09-10T21:38:00.000-07:00

WOW what a sale that is already LIVE! This item above was $60 now $30 50% off

Terms & Conditions: Offer valid only at verabradley.com beginning at 12:00:01 am EST on September 10, 2011, and ending at 11:59:59 pm EST September 11, 2011 (“offer period”). During the offer period, receive 50% off any Making Waves or Criss Cross item. Shipping is $5.95.

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Arby's HOT Deal

2011-09-07T10:36:00.000-07:00

Free Mushroom and Swiss with the purchase of a small fry and small drink. Heck of a deal in our area the total was $3.52 and the sandwich by itself is $3.79 the meal deal is $5.79.

You can print out multiple coupons just change the name at the top it is one per customer. Can be used 9/7-9/13.

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HOT Deals at Coborn's

2011-09-05T09:30:00.000-07:00

HUGE Savings at Coborn's

Heck of a deal at Coborn's sale ends today! You purchase 5 boxes at $2.20 each and Coborn's has a coupon in store only for $3.00 off of 5 boxes making these $1.60 per box!

You can purchase crackers, Oreo cookies, Wheat Thins and some other items. These are 4/$11 and with $3.00 off in store only coupon making these $2.00 each. The Ritz crackers are $2.50 at Wal-Mart and the cookies are about $2.90 a container. Savings of $2.80.

WOW HUGE savings on Cheese especially when you compare to Wal-Mart. The generic brand at Wal-Mart is $2.32 per 8oz block or shredded cheese. Food Club brand of cheese at Coborn's is 3/$5 on sale through today we purchased 24-8oz packages saving us $15.68 over Wal-Mart generic cheese.

Target Beauty Sample

2011-08-28T08:23:00.000-07:00

Target has their beauty sample going and it was AWESOME last time! Get yours now by completing a short survey.

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Thank you Jean!

Back to Coborn's for 2nd trip

2011-08-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

WOW this was a HECK of a deal! All coupons were on www.coupons.com. Kashi has $1.00 off 1 box coupon and Minute Maid juice has $1.00 off coupon.

LOVING Coborn's here in Mitchell they DOUBLED my coupons. So instead of paying $20.05 I paid $10.05 for EVERYTHING shown in this picture.

Here's the breakdown per item:

Kashi crackers on sale for $2.89 per box with coupon I paid $0.89.
Minute Maid juice $3.99 per 10 pack with coupon I paid $1.99.
Marshmallows were $1.19 each.

These high dollar coupons won't last long Click Here for Coupons!

Double Coupons at Coborn's

2011-08-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

This was a GREAT trip to Coborn's on Saturday as they DOUBLE your coupon's up to $2.00. What does this mean and how does it work? How it works is you have a coupon that says $1.00 off 1 item and Coborn's will give you $2.00 for that coupon instead of the face value of $1.00!

The Silk milk is $3.69 and I had 5 coupons for $1.00 off each. This makes each Silk Milk $1.69 each FANTASTIC deal!

The TLC crackers there is a coupon for $1.00 off on www.coupons.com and these boxes of crackers are on sale for $2.89 making these crackers $0.89 a box heck of a deal!

Yoplait yogurt is on sale for 3/$3.22 and have a coupon for $0.50 off 8 Coborn's DOUBLES this so it is $1.00 of 8 making these $0.51 each.

Watermelon was on sale as well for $3.99 for the HUGE watermelon that our sons are holding in the back.

The Mott's applesauce is on sale for $1.99 and cream cheese was on sale for $1.69 both are less than Wal-Mart generic brands.

Total of all groceries BEFORE coupons was $42.94 and AFTER all coupons and Coborn's DOUBLING the coupons I paid $29.94.

Double Coupons

2011-08-22T07:55:00.000-07:00

Another dose of DOUBLE coupons at our local grocery store. I had a $1.00 off on Silk Milk from paper 2 weeks ago and $1.00 off on Who Nu cookies from www.coupons.com.

Total off $4.00 total spent $3.55!

Groceries and Double Coupons

2011-08-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

Thank goodness for Coborn's and their DOUBLE coupons on Saturdays in our town. What they do is if you have a coupon up to $1.00 they double it making the coupon worth $2.00!

They also had a deal going on the cereal where if you purchase 10 boxes of cereal from General Mills you receive $5.00 off making each box of cereal $1.50 each!

Minute Maid has a coupon on www.coupons.com for $1.00 off 10 pack of juice and when this was doubled made the juice $1.99 for 10. Making each juice $0.20 each.

Atheno's Feta Cheese there was a $1.00 off coupon on Atheno's facebook page and when this was doubled at the grocery store the feta cheese was $1.49 each.

Salad was $2/4 and the Salad kit was an in store manager special for $1.99.

Cream cheese was on sale for 2/$3 which saved us $0.22 each from Wal-Marts generic cream cheese price.

$13.00 in coupons since they were DOUBLED WOW nice deal!

Grand total was $33.05 great deal for everything that was purchased.

Nice Christmas Gift on 1 Sale A Day

2011-08-19T05:09:00.000-07:00

Ensemble Collection Japan Quartz Movement Watch, Dual-Power Calculator, Ballpoint Pen Men's Gift Set!

This is a HECK of a deal for $9.99 was $240 saving you 97%

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1 Sale A Day Blackberry Phone

2011-08-19T05:04:00.000-07:00

Blackberry Pearl 8230 Unlocked CDMA Flip Phone With Dual Screens, Multimedia Player, Bluetooth & More!

This item is New In Package for $19.99 was $280.00 saving you 94%!

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Jewlery on 1 Sale A Day

2011-08-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

5 Carat - Garnet, Citrine, Amethyst, Peridot, White Topaz, Smoky T & Blue Topaz 7 Stud Set in Sterling Silver!

Nice deal $9.99 price cut from $170.00 saving you 95%

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1 Sale A Day for the Art Lover in your Family

2011-08-18T09:27:00.000-07:00

Heck of a deal 68 piece Art Set for $9.99!

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