Tuesday was another of my busy days, so I put together a largely heat n' eat meal when I got home. Jack Daniels Sliced Beef Brisket in BBQ Sauce (heat n' eat entree), packaged buttered noodles, and a combination of leftover veggies from the fridge. Nothing to write home about, but everyone was satisfied...plus there was Italian Love Cake for dessert.
Tuesday Totals:
$3 - beef brisket (rain check for BOGO)
.04 - Knorr/Lipton Buttered Noodles (after triple coupons)
.20 - butter and milk for noodles
free - leftover veggies
$3.24 for dinner for 3
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Wednesday also turned out to be a busy day. The Kid was out of school (along with the rest of GCS students), so we took advantage of the free day and got a lot of shopping and errands out of the way (including a rather expensive trip to Michael's for social studies & science project supplies). A quick grocery trip to pick up a few essentials netted me some great meat markdowns (including ground beef), so I picked up buns and frozen fries for a Cheeseburger & Fries meal.
Totals:
$1.25 - ground beef
$1 - buns (1/2 package)
$1 - fries (1/2 package)
.30 - cheese
$3.55 for dinner for 3
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Make friends with the employees at your local grocery store, especially Harris Teeter. These people are invaluable for helping you get the best deals and special finds.
Case in point: This week I was browsing the imported/specialty cheese counter at a local Harris Teeter. I struck up a conversation with the employee behind the counter. She pointed to a basket with 2 large wedges of cheese in it and told me to always look in that basket for "Manager's Specials" - code for markdowns. I looked over the contents and remarked that $5 was still too expensive for me. She said, "Let me see the dates on those....how about $2 apiece?" I agreed, and she marked them down on the spot. Keep in mind these would have been $8 - $10 apiece at full price. So now we have some exceptional snacking cheese in the house for less than a package of store-brand American would have cost.
A Harris Teeter deli manager sold me a food-service sized bag of chipotle mayo at less than his cost after I commented on how much I loved it but couldn't find a comparable product on their shelves.
I offered to buy several marked down seafood items if the seafood manager could go a little lower on the price. He agreed because he'd rather see it sold than thrown away.
I got several good meat & seafood markdowns yesterday, but two were really exceptional deals: .50 for a nice piece of smoked salmon (regularly $4.99), and $4.25 for a $17+ boneless leg of lamb. The lamb went into the freezer and the salmon is going to be a snack with cream cheese and crackers this evening.
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