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Saturday, March 31st

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Market Basket Deals and Coupon Match-Ups (3/28-4/3)

PRODUCE

$2.99 Russet POTATOES (10 lb bag)

.60 Mangoes (Try my recipe for Avocado Mango Salad)

.77 Leaf LETTUCE

.33/lb CABBAGE

MEAT & SEAFOOD

$1.19/lb Sirloin End PORK CHOPS (Bone-In) (check ad for additional purchase requirements-Limit 2 packages)

$1.79/lb Boneless Skinless CHICKEN BREAST (check ad for additional purchase requirements-Limit 2 packages)

$2.69/lb Boneless CHUCK ROAST

$1.49/lb Whole Boneless PORK PICNIC

$2.50 Manda SMOKED SAUSAGE (12 oz)

$1.39/lb CATFISH NUGGETS (Frozen)

$1 Hillshire Farms Deli Selects LUNCHMEAT (5 oz)

$1 Farmland Bacon Wrapped PORK FILLETS (4 oz)

$1 Oscar Mayer TURKEY BOLOGNA, SALAMI or Bun Length FRANKS (16 oz)

$1 Jimmy Dean Heat n Serve BREAKFAST SAUSAGE LINKS

REFRIGERATED & FROZEN

$1.50 Borden CHEESE SINGLES (check ad for additional purchase requirements-Limit 2 packages)

$1.25 Milk or Dark Chocolate Philly Indulgence SPREAD

($1/1 or .75/1 or .70/1 SS 2/26)=ALA .25

$1 Gold N’ Soft MARGARINE SPREAD

$1 Reser’s Diced POTATOES or HASHBROWNS

$1 Pictsweet VEGETABLES

$1 Parade SOUR CREAM (16 oz)

PANTRY

$2 Vlasic PICKLES 

(.55/1 or .75/1 SS 1/29)=ALA $1.45

$3.50 Folgers COFFEE 

($1/2 RP 3/25)=ALA $3

$1 Del Monte KETCHUP

$1 Round Top BREAD

$1 Pillsbury BROWNIE MIX

$1 Parade Long Grain RICE (2 lbs)=.50/lb

$1 Vlasic RELISH

$1 Parade CEREALS (Corn Flakes, Crispy Rice or Honey Nut Toasted Oats) (13-18 oz)

(Market Basket Doubles & Triples coupons-see details in store)

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Pasta isn't just for cooking with-especially when it's super cheap!

La Moderna Pasta is on sale right now at La Morenita for 33 cents per 7 oz bag. 

I always stock up on this pasta when it goes on sale because it comes in so many fun shapes and is definitely not just for cooking!

Cooking Uses:

Soups

Pasta salads

Quick lunches for children

Casseroles

Non-Traditional Uses:

Sorting 

Art projects

For making musical instruments

For stamping

For painting and collages

For impromptu math lessons and family fun

First and foremost, I do cook with it, because it's great in soups, nice for a little quick side dish garnished with a little butter and cheese, or a quick pasta salad. My daughter loves the shapes and knows that when I bring alphabet pasta home, it's time to make alphabet soup. 

Since this type of pasta is so affordable and comes in so many varieties it is a frugal art supply as well. Think: construction paper, yarn, paint and pasta-it all makes for a great collage. You can even have fun creating pasta "people" out of the shapes (it's possible-I promise!) 

These little pasta shapes also serve nicely as stamps for play-doh, they glue well and take paint well for art projects so the possibilities are limited only by imagination and the shapes are perfectly sized to be manipulated by preschool hands.

It can even be fun for the littlest ones. You can put some of the pasta into a tightly closed play-doh canister and let a young toddler use it as a shake toy or musical "instrument".

How about letting the children have a little fun counting and sorting the shapes or spelling with the alphabet pasta? My suggestion is to reserve a jar of pasta shapes designated just for un-cooking reasons. 

Sometimes it's nice to think outside of the box.

La Morenita Meat Market Deals (3/28-4/3)

La Morenita Meat Market Deals

412 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy

Scott, LA

$3.19/lb BEEF STEW MEAT

.69/lb CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS

.99/lb Marinated LEG QUARTERS

$1.29/lb PORK STEW MEAT (Bone-In)

$2.49/lb TILAPIA FILLETS

$1.89/lb TURKEY HAM

4/.99 Small AVOCADO

.59 Red BELL PEPPERS

.69 LETTUCE 

8/.99 Small ORANGES 

.59/lb TOMATILLOS

.33 Mexican ONIONS (Green Onions with a larger white onion bulb than traditional green onions)

.49/lb JICAMA (like an apple and potato mixed together-good in salads)

.33 La Moderna PASTA (7 oz) (small pasta shapes-stars, elbow macaroni, shells, alphabet, vermicelli, "melon seed", small wheels)
(See my post about how you can use this pasta in many different ways)

.33 CILANTRO

3/$1 Small APPLES 

Taffi's Avocado Mango Salad Recipe

This is a great healthy meal to add to your weekly menu plan when avocados and mangos are on sale!

Taffi's Avocado Mango Salad

2 Mangos (medium dice)

1 Large Avocado (medium dice)

2 Medium Tomatoes (diced)

¼ Red Onion (minced)

4 Sprigs cilantro (stems removed, leaves torn into small pieces)

Juice of ½ Lime (or more to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all of the ingredients together and then put the salad into the refrigerator for about half an hour to let the flavors develop. 

This salad is very refreshing, and the flavors work so well together. It's one of my favorite light meals!

Makes 3 large servings, with about 215 calories per serving.

  

• Feel free to share my recipe, but please link back to my blog...Thank you!

Rouses Deals and Coupon Match-Ups (3/28-4/3)

PRODUCE

.50 BELL PEPPERS or CUCUMBERS

$1 CELERY

$1.19/lb Bartlett PEARS

$1.29/lb Snap BEANS

.79 Altauflo MANGOES 

These mangoes have a lighter taste than a regular mango-and will be great in this recipe... Taffi's Avocado-Mango Salad

Try it out! 

MEAT & SEAFOOD

$2.98/lb Rouses Homemade SAUSAGE

$5.97/lb T-BONE STEAKS

REFRIGERATED & FROZEN

$2 Bailey’s COFFEE CREAMER (16 oz)

($1/2 blinkie coupons or $1/2 SS 3/4)=ALA $1.50

$2.89 Kraft Milk Bites

($1/1 printable HERE or .75/1 or $1/1 SS 2/26)=ALA $1.89

$1 OIKOS GREEK YOGURT

(.50/2 or $1/3 SS 3/4)=ALA .67

PANTRY

$1.98 Gold Medal FLOUR (5 lbs)

.99 Duncan Hines CAKE MIX

.59 Kraft BBQ SAUCE (Limit 3)

$2.49 Blue Plate MAYONAISSE (32 oz)

(.35/1 tearpad coupons)=ALA $2.14

.89 Red Gold KETCHUP

$1 Blue Runner BEANS

$2.99 Rouses RICE (5 lb bag)=.60/lb

Adrien's Deals and Coupon Match-Ups (3/28-4/3)

PRODUCE

$2.88 Best Choice Russet POTATOES (10 lb bag)=.29/lb

.99/lb Red Delicious or Golden Delicious APPLES

$1.25 CANTALOUPES

$2.99 Navel ORANGES (4 lb bag)=.75/lb

$2.50 Personal Size SEEDLESS WATERMELONS

$1.99 ROMAINE HEARTS (3 ct)

$1.99 Baby Peeled CARROTS (2 lb bag)=.99/lb

$2.99 Red or Gold Delicious, Jonathan or Rome APPLES (3 lb bag)=$1/lb

$1.99 Fresh BROCCOLI (14 ct)

.33/lb CABBAGE

$1 ONIONS (3 lbs)

$1 Whole MUSHROOMS (8 oz)

$1 CELERY

$1/lb TOMATOES

$1 LETTUCE

$1 RADISHES (16 oz)

MEAT & SEAFOOD

$1.48/lb Quarterloin PORK CHOPS (Value pack-Limit 3 Packs)

$1.48/lb Boneless Skinless CHICKEN BREASTS (Value pack-Limit 3 packs)

$1.50 Carolina Pride PORK SAUSAGE (16 oz)

REFRIGERATED & FROZEN

$1.50 Best Choice CHEESE (6-8 oz)

$2 Eggland’s Best Large or Extra Large EGGS

(.35/1 SS 3/18 or .50/1 SS 3/18 or SS 1/29, or .55/1 SS 11/13)=ALA $1.45

$2.50 Eggland’s Best Cage Free Large EGGS

(.50/1 SS 3/18 or .55/1 SS 11/13 or .75/1 SS 1/29)=ALA $1.75

.88 Westpac Frozen VEGETABLES (Selected Varieties)

$1.50 Best Choice ICE CREAM

$1 Best Choice SOUR CREAM (16 oz)

$1 Imperial MARGARINE Quarters (16 oz)

$1 Grands! BISCUITS (16.3-17.3 oz)

(.40/3 or $1/3 SS 3/11 or $1/3 GM 1/8 or 2/5)=ALA .67

$1 Birdseye VEGETABLES (10-16 oz)

$1 Pictsweet soup or gumbo VEGETABLES (16 oz)

 

PANTRY

$1 Allen’s Canned SEASONED GREENS (27 oz)

(.50/3 SS 3/25)=ALA .83

$1 Idahoan POTATOES (4-4.1 oz)

$1 Kraft SALAD DRESSING (8 oz)

Super 1 Foods Deals and Coupon Match-Ups (3/28-4/3)

PRODUCE

$1.25 Russet POTATOES (3 lb bag)=.42/lb

.50 Hass Avocados

$1.25 Red Or Green Seedless Grapes

MEAT & SEAFOOD

$5 Pilgrim's Pride Boneless Skinless CHICKEN BREASTS (3 lb bag)=$1.67/lb

$1.57 Country Style PORK RIBS (Super Pack)

$2.97/lb Boneless CHUCK ROAST or CHUCK STEAK (Super Pack)

$2.50 Bar-S BACON (12 oz) or Oscar Mayer LUNCHMEAT (16 oz)

$1.25 John Morrell Smoked Sausage (12 oz)

$2.47 Tony Chachere’s Smoked Sausage (14 oz)

REFRIGERATED & FROZEN

$2.50 Kraft CHEESE (7-12 oz) 

(.50/2 printable HERE)=ALA $2.25

$2.50 Yoplait GREEK YOGURT (4 ct) 

(.75/1 SS 3/11 or .50/2 SS 3/25)=ALA $1.75

$3.39 Bird's Eye Voila! MEALS (21 oz)  

($1/1 blinkie coupons)=ALA $2.39

$3.97 Gorton’s FISH FILLETS Or Sticks Or Shrimp Poppers (18.2-24.5 oz)  

($1/2 printable HERE or .50/1 or $1/2 SS 1/1 or 3/18)=ALA $3.47

$1 Green Giant VEGETABLES (7-10 oz) 

($1/2 SS 3/18)=ALA .50

PANTRY

$1.68 Mission TORTILLAS (Corn -30 Ct Or Flour - 10 Ct)

(.75/1 SS 2/5)=ALA .93

(See my post about how Tortillas Saved the Day)

$2 Kellogg’s CEREAL, Cereal Bars, Pop Tarts Or Fruit Snacks 

(Cereal-$1/3 R 3/4, Pop Tarts $1/3 RP 3/4)=ALA $1.67

.98 Food Club Canned FRUIT

$1 Duncan Hines CAKE MIX

(.35/1 or $1/2 SS 2/5)=ALA .50

$1.99 Food Club CORN MEAL or FLOUR (5 Lbs)

.99 Pet Fat Free EVAPORATED MILK (12 oz)

Find more printable coupons for groceries HERE.

Great Deal at the Smoothie Factory with Valpak Coupon!

Here's my recommendation for a frugal and healthy treat!

Find the Smoothie Factory coupon in the Valpak and go get a smoothie from the Smoothie Factory on Arnould at Johnston...

125 Arnould Blvd.

Lafayette, LA 70506

Phone: 337.989.7001

There are a few Smoothie Factory coupons to choose from, but my favorite is the Buy One Smoothie, Get One Smoothie Free coupon. It is valid on any size!

If you didn't get your Valpak in the mail, then you can: 

Print the Valpak coupons for the Smoothie Factory

Use the Valpak mobile app to redeem the mobile coupon in-store. 

I took my five year old daughter in with me and I ordered a small Pina Colada Smoothie for myself and a small Strawberry Patch Smoothie for her and used the coupon which took care of the cost of one smoothie so my total ended up being around $4.50 for both!

At first, I was having a little trouble deciding which smoothie to choose, but when I described that I wanted something light and not too sweet, the gentleman who helped me recommended that I have the Pina Colada. I must say it was delicious and was exactly what I wanted.

My daughter really loved her Strawberry Patch smoothie, although she couldn't finish it right away. We put the rest in the refrigerator when we got home and she enjoyed the rest a little later that day.  When I ordered her smoothie, I asked that one item be omitted from the recipe and they were more than willing to customize her smoothie for me.

Now, I do need to tell you that another reason why I find the buy one get one free coupon to be a great deal is that not only can you get two smoothies for under $5, but the small size in my opinion is not a traditional small at all! For me, the small size was more like a large, and very filling. So you can imagine that their medium and large sizes are quite generous!

So, my recommendation for a frugal and healthy treat this week would be to take your Smoothie Factory coupons and try out one of their delicious smoothies.

The staff was very friendly and helpful, and I will be back soon!

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