Saving money Honey!!!

I am trying to budget, save money, eat better, use less chemicals, do the splits.....just checking to see if you're still there! :) Actually, I am trying to do the splits! It was my new years resolution!


I am also trying to save money on groceries. There are SOOOOO many pins about it! I am not a coupon fan, I actually usually spend more money when I try to use coupons. It's mostly because I buy things a. that I would never ever ever actually need/want and b. I buy the brand names instead of generic and spend the same or more!

So I looked at the advertised specials for my local store. I just went straight to their website before I went to the store. I found out they were having a sale on some things we eat often, so I stocked up! Boxes of mac and cheese are in high demand here! So I got 15 of them for $10!!!!! Same thing with tuna cans! And spaghetti o's! Now I know, not the healthiest, but my 4 and 6 year old would starve if I didn't serve mac and cheese!

My initial bill was pretty hefty. Like heftier than my usually already hefty grocery store bill! But, my next 2 grocery store trips ended up being slightly cheaper than usual!

The other major task I hit up was homemade spaghetti sauce, meat, and pizza sauce!

I bought huge things of ground beef, divided into what looked like 1 lb sections, added chopped green peppers and onions, browned it, put it in a baggie in the freezer!

I put 1 onion and 23 tomatoes in a food processor. Then they spent the night in the crockpot on low along with some garlic and italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Divided into baggies 3 cups for pasta sauce, 1 cup for pizza sauce and popped them in the freezer!

Now on spaghetti night I thaw a baggie of meat and a baggie of sauce and then simmer them while the pasta cooks. Voila! Super quick and easy meal!

*I LOVE the way this turned out for pizza sauce. Super yummy! But for me this was a little thin, runny, watery for my spaghetti. I found this recipe through pinterest and I think I will try it for next time.

I made pizza. I am not a pizza fan. This was so super yummy! I think the hubs finally has a pizza partner, but only if I make it!

I used this pizza dough recipe.
Then I topped the kids with pepperoni and cheese. I topped mine and the hubs with pepperoni and pepperoncinis and cheese. Baked for 15-20 minutes, I think mine was 17! Super delish!