I love black beans, they are one of my favorite beans to eat and I often add them to tacos, chili and other soups. Tonight I made this Black Bean Soup. It as delicious and it will now be on the rotation. Of course I originally found the recipe on Pinterest.
Of course I never follow a recipe exactly and I did a few things different. I never buy canned beans. They really are not hard to make. I just made a pot of them yesterday when I was cooking dinner and put them in the frig until this morning. I also did not use canned chicken broth. I always have some in the freezer that I have made myself to use in place of canned. One other thing I did is leave out the cayenne pepper. Kid # 5 doesn't really like alot of spice and every time I add cayenne to things she says it is to spicy. ( Not that she likes hardly anything we have for dinner anyway but one can hope )
Anyway we will be having this one again. I am a little behind in posting my weekly Pinterest recipes. I hope to be caught up before the end of the month :) Stay tuned!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week
1. Bought my hubs a used Wii game for Valentines Day. He loves it and could care less that the game is used
2. I found new to us living room furniture on one of the Facebook yard sale groups in my area for a great price. Woohoo!
3. Bought a few things to do a couple of projects with gift cards I received for Christmas
4. For Valentines Day we went to lunch instead of dinner. Saving some money and missing all the crowds
5. Returned some purchases I had made a Christmas time which ended up not being the items I wanted. Got my money back and avoided the after Christmas return crowd :)
2. I found new to us living room furniture on one of the Facebook yard sale groups in my area for a great price. Woohoo!
3. Bought a few things to do a couple of projects with gift cards I received for Christmas
4. For Valentines Day we went to lunch instead of dinner. Saving some money and missing all the crowds
5. Returned some purchases I had made a Christmas time which ended up not being the items I wanted. Got my money back and avoided the after Christmas return crowd :)
Monday, February 11, 2013
Love Sign
Here is my first completed project of the year! This is a sign I made from an old cabinet door I bought at a garage sale. I painted it white, bought the letters, painted them black and glued them on. Easy Peasy!
I love how it turned out and I love the black letters on the white. I found inspiration from Pottery Barn, here and and this pin on Pinterest here. I love Pottery Barn, but I do not love their prices!
I love how it turned out and I love the black letters on the white. I found inspiration from Pottery Barn, here and and this pin on Pinterest here. I love Pottery Barn, but I do not love their prices!
Friday, February 8, 2013
5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week
1. I got to work 5 days this week. That is 2 extra days I took on which I don't normally get.
2. I got most of the grocery shopping done and I believe I am way under budget! Ya for meal planning!
3. Stuck to my meal plan
4. Did a Pottery Barn inspired/knock off project which cost me nothing to make because I had most of it and the $6 I did spend I used a gift card for. I will post about it soon.
5. Ate leftovers for dinner one night and sent several leftovers for my hubby's lunches this week
2. I got most of the grocery shopping done and I believe I am way under budget! Ya for meal planning!
3. Stuck to my meal plan
4. Did a Pottery Barn inspired/knock off project which cost me nothing to make because I had most of it and the $6 I did spend I used a gift card for. I will post about it soon.
5. Ate leftovers for dinner one night and sent several leftovers for my hubby's lunches this week
Sunday, February 3, 2013
January Grocery Budget and Spending
My grocery budget in the past has always been $400 a month. This year I am hoping to cut that by at least a $100 a month. We will see if that happens or not. Either way it is a challenge I am gonna try to reach.
For the month of January I spent $411.13. $11.13 over my normal budget :( After further looking over my receipts I come to realize I spent $160.88 stocking up on good sale prices I saw through out the month.
For February we should do much better with the budget. I plan to do my grocery shopping this week for most of the month.
We just had a Costco open up 7 blocks from our house. My biggest obstacle in keeping my grocery budget low will be keeping my husband out of that store. He is fascinated with shopping there :(
In January I did not take my grocery money out in cash to spend. This month I have already withdrawn half of the cash from our account and I plan to withdrawal the rest this week. Whatever is left in cash at the end of the month I will deposit into our car fund.
I am really hoping that my meal planning has helped to pay off. Now I just need to be weary of buying to many sale items even if they are at a good stock up price.
For the month of January I spent $411.13. $11.13 over my normal budget :( After further looking over my receipts I come to realize I spent $160.88 stocking up on good sale prices I saw through out the month.
For February we should do much better with the budget. I plan to do my grocery shopping this week for most of the month.
We just had a Costco open up 7 blocks from our house. My biggest obstacle in keeping my grocery budget low will be keeping my husband out of that store. He is fascinated with shopping there :(
In January I did not take my grocery money out in cash to spend. This month I have already withdrawn half of the cash from our account and I plan to withdrawal the rest this week. Whatever is left in cash at the end of the month I will deposit into our car fund.
I am really hoping that my meal planning has helped to pay off. Now I just need to be weary of buying to many sale items even if they are at a good stock up price.
Friday, February 1, 2013
5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week
1. One of the days I worked this week, I ate lunch at work for free :)
2. I had 2 stay at home days
3. I cleaned the bathroom using homemade cleaner
4. I planned our menu for the whole month of February. Now I just need to do the grocery shopping
5. Cooked our meals and we ate at home
2. I had 2 stay at home days
3. I cleaned the bathroom using homemade cleaner
4. I planned our menu for the whole month of February. Now I just need to do the grocery shopping
5. Cooked our meals and we ate at home
Goodwill Find
Last week on my "5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week ", I posted about how I found something at Goodwill that I had almost bought online. Well here it is
ya I know it is nothing fancy but I was in need of one and could not find it anywhere around here. I was going to order one online and it was going to cost me about $20 with shipping. I talked myself out of it and then the every next day found this at Goodwill for $1.99 or actually $2.15 when tax was added. Sometimes it pays to be patient and keep looking. Not always my strong suit :)
ya I know it is nothing fancy but I was in need of one and could not find it anywhere around here. I was going to order one online and it was going to cost me about $20 with shipping. I talked myself out of it and then the every next day found this at Goodwill for $1.99 or actually $2.15 when tax was added. Sometimes it pays to be patient and keep looking. Not always my strong suit :)
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