Couponing = saving big $$.

Christmas is coming up!! 62 days!

Since I've been couponing, I've had a lot of extra items soooo... Matt and I wanted to do something fun this Christmas season. We're planning on making up some baskets full of goodies for people that aren't as fortunate.

We love doing fun stuff together like this. We are so perfect for eachother it's crazy.  :):)

Here was my shopping trip last week:

Total cost after taxes= $332.24
Total after coupons and taxes= $ -23.12

Yes, Walmart owed me 23.12.


I received my Jamieson Vitamins contest pack last week! They were giving away 10 prize packs of vegetarian vitamins. I didn't think they were going to send me as much as they did, so it was a nice surprise. I'll still use them, even if I'm not a vegetarian.

Today's going to be one of those crazy busy days for me. Happy Wednesday! :)

Best homemade tomato soup!

I love making homemade food, and I've been on the search for a good tomato soup recipe. I was getting tired of the high sodium tomato soup from campbells, so I decided to make my own! This recipe is wonderful, it's cheap to make and tastes great! I doubled mine, as the origional recipe didn't make much.

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min
Ready in: 40 min

Ingredients

8c chopped fresh tomatoes
1 sliced onion
4 whole garlic cloves

4c chicken broth (no sodium added)

4 tbsp butter

4 tbsp all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

2 tsp white sugar, or to taste

 

In a large pot, over medium heat, combine tomatoes, onion, garlic and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, and boil for roughly 20 mintues to blend the flavors. Remove from heat and run the mixture through the blender.

 

In the now empty pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour. Now, whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest. Season with sugar and salt, and to adjust to taste.

 

Bon appétit!

 

 I got this recipe from allrecipes.com, please see the origional recipe here:  http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garden-Fresh-Tomato-Soup/

What you can expect to read here.

After many months of wanting to create a blog, I finally did. In my blog I will be posting recipes that I've tried, crafts I make, my many couponing shopping hauls, info about my daily life, great deals I find, and so on! Happy Tuesday!!