I am a freezer cookin' mama

I am a freezer cookin' mama

Today was Brown rice, lentils, and sweet potatoes 

Yummy Lentils


1 bag Lentils
lots of salt
1 White Onion
4 stalks Celery
2 cloves garlic
EVOO
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese

Cook lentils as package says but add lots of salt to water do not overcook, drain
Saute chopped veggies in oil
Add lentils
Sprinkle on cheese


To freeze place into freezer ziplock bags. Let cool in fridge then lay flat in freezer

Sweet Potatoes

5 sweet potatoes washed
garlic powder
salt
EVOO

combine in baking pan cook at 350 for 45 min to 1 hour. Until you can easily pierce with fork.

To freeze separate into dinner servings in ziplock bags, cool and freeze

Brown rice

1 bag brown rice
salt

cook whole bag as package says

let cool for a bit

Using 1 cup measuring cup divide into sandwich ziplock bags. Place all of those bags into either freezer tuber ware or gallon size freezer bag.

This is easy healthy side for dinner. Defrost in fridge and microwave till warm

Lentils and rice

 Label label label!!!

Coupon Trip!

I love to coupon. Im not the best at it and sometimes I go to the store with(shame) no coupons, but it is fun to save money. I hope all my calculations are correct.

Here is my most recent shopping trip

Savings Summary 
Vendor coupons       20.85
Store coupons          15.59
Special Price savings   81.22


Total savings           117.66




Best bargins 
4 Degree Deodorant @ $2.89 Coupon in Publix flyer for $2.00 off plus manufacture coupon for $1.00= Overage of $0.11 each OR $0.44 towards my other groceries

8 Hummus Sabra @ 3.99 bogo plus $1 each = $8 or $1 each savings of $24!!

4 Kraft Ranch @ $3.31 bogo plus 2-$1.00 off coupons   = $4.62 save $8.62

Newmans Pasta sauce 4 @ 2.69 bogo plus 2-$0.55 off coupons = $4.28 savings of $6.48

Home Improvements

We bought a 55 year old house 1 year ago. I seriously love my house! But with all houses, especially older ones, you have projects.

Today we recaulked the tub and finished the baseboards in the kitchen. Who knows what else Labor day weekend will bring.

Before. Yuck!! 

Hubby starting to scrape off old caulk 

No caulk 

Tada, Nice new caulk Now I need to seriously scrub this tub and get it shinning. 1 draw back is we can't use our only tub/shower for 36 hours!!

Before we retiled and painted 

 

After New baseboard, paint and flooring 

Our Learning Room

I love teaching my children. We have all sorts of teaching materials. But we didnt have an organized space to learn in. So I moved my home office/computer room into my bedroom and created our learning room.


Chalk/dry erase easel for art work and teaching, their computer(I upgraded to a mac) , library book basket

Wire holding art work, CD player, calendar, ikea 1,2,3, sorters,

Montessori type trays. 

Art work hanging up to dry

Ikea Lack side table($7.99) used as kids desk

Map of USA and world

Shelves with labeled bins 

Closet with learning tools, Jacks puzzles on the first shelf, Katie's on the second.