Chicken Shepherd's Pie w/ Homemade Mash + Harris Teeter Trip.

Shredding chicken in the crock pot is the easiest, yummiest way to make virtually any type of chicken dish.   I really wanted Homemade Mashed Potatoes, so I decided on a pseudo Shepherd's Pie.

You Will Need:

1-1.5 lbs Frozen Chicken

1 cup Chicken Stock

2 cups Frozen Corn

2 tbsp Garlic Powder (if you love it like I do)

2 tbsp Parsley

S&P to taste

8 Small Potatoes

3 tbsp Butter

1.5 cups Milk

1/2 cup Parmesan Shredded Cheese

2 cups Shredded Cheddar

S&P to taste

For the Chicken Part:

Add your Frozen Chicken, Chicken Stock, Garlic Powder, Parsley, and S&P to the crock pot and cook on high for 4-5 hours.  Stir in Frozen Corn in the last 30 minutes or so.

For the Mashed Potatoes:

Peel and dice Potatoes and add to a big pot of water; allow to boil until soft.  After draining your soft Potatoes, add them to a large bowl with your Milk and Butter.  I use a cheap-o hand mixer to get the job done faster and then add the Parmesan and S&P at the end.

Preheat your oven to 350.  Using a large spoon with holes to transfer 1/3 of my Chicken to a baking dish - you don't want it runny, but a little moisture is delish.  Layer 1/3 of the Mashed Potatoes on top of the Chicken and top with 1/3 of the Shredded Cheddar.  Continue until done and pop that baby in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

And then, you nom.

And then you go shopping at Harris Teeter for Triples and get some solid items that'll last a whiiiile.  Like so:

{click on the picture to make it larger - I mean, if you wanna see all the goods better.}

 What You May/May Not See:
3 Cambell's Chicken Chicken Noodle Soup
2 Whole Wheat Penne Noodles
2 Whole Wheat Spaghettie Noodles
2 Rigatoni Noodles
2 Domino Powdered Sugar
4 Campbells Chunky Soup
3 Spaghettio's w/ Franks
3 Cambells 'Great for Cooking' Soups
2 HT Brand Orzo
4 Smart Ones Meals
3 Totinos Pizzas
1 Gallon Vitamin D Milk
1/2 Gallon Almond Breeze Almond Milk
3 Chicken Helper
2 20pk Frozen Burgers (for the games!)
3 Green Giant Frozen Veggies
3 Yoplait Frozen Smoothie
1 4pk Yoplait YoCrunch
6 Yoplait Greek Yogurt
2 6pk Yoplait Kids
2 Pillsbury Grands Biscuits
2 Pillsbury Pizza Crust
2 Pillsbury Crescent Rounds
1 Pillsbury Orange Cinnamon Rolls
1.5 lb Round Steak
4 1-1.5 b Ground Beef
1.5 lb Pork Chops - Country Ribs
1.5 lb Pork Butterfly Chops
2.74 lb Bananas
2.79lb Grapes

Total OOP: $112.26
Total Saved: $92.30 + $58.40 VIC Savings
Over 50% Savings!  WAHOO!

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #4!

This one was a bit more expensive, but I still saved bookoo bucks; 'bookoo' being taken from the French word, 'beaucoup.'  I, friends, am a Google fiend!

What You See:

2 Buitoni Whole Wheat Tortellini

1 McCain Smiles

1 McCain Sweet Potato Fries

1 Snuggle Dryer Sheets

2 Fresh Express Salads

1 Sargento Shredded Cheese

3 Lunchables

4 Babybel Cheese Packs

1 Hormel Compleats Kids

1 4pk Wisp

3 can Green Beans

4 Totinos Frozen Pizzas

1 Texas Toast Garlic Bread

1 Texas Toast Croutons

1 Texas Toast Tortilla Strips

2 Sunny D Orange Juice

2 Wisk Detergent

1 Gallon Milk

1 Kings Hawaiin Rolls

Total OOP: $44.05

Total Saved: $67.42

On this trip, I used many coupons that didn't triple, but took advantage of the sales.  I had Wisk coupons for $2/1 and they were on sale for $4 something, so that was a great deal.  I also had coupons for $1/2 Babybel Cheese (which happen to be my FAV cheese that I never buy due to price) and those were B1G1 at HT last week, so I bought them.  The McCain products were on sale for $3 this week and I had $1/1 coupons as well as $1/1 E-Coupons at Saving Star , so that was a GREAT deal.  The Fresh Express Salads were 2/$6 and both packs I picked had $1 off stickers; I paired that with my $1/1 coupon I got on their Facebook (no longer available) and got a great deal on those.  The Buitoni products were B1G1; I didn't have a coupon, but Little Steven loves these products, so I bought them.  The Lunchables were only $1 and I thought those would be a great snack to take to Lake Anna this weekend...little did I know that Big Steven enjoys them.  HAHA!  But, they were a great price.

This ends my HT Triples trips.  I did notice that the Babybel Cheese is still B1G1 this week and I have more coupons, so I may have to do it.  We will see!

My first CVS trip in a long time is happening today!  I am pretty excited.  I had to use my EBs on Infant Advil and allergy meds, so I am basically starting over today, but the ad this week is AWESOME.

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #3!

This is a horrible picture, but here are the detes:

What You See:

3 Totinos Party Pizza
3 Eggos Strawberry Waffles
1 Dozen Egglands Best Eggs
3 Desitin
6 Yoplait Greek Yogurt
3 Nature Valley Granola Thins
2 International Delights Coffee Creamer
2 Trop 50 Raspberry Lemonade
2.88 lbs Bananas

Total OOP: $19.93
Total Saved: $36.16

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #2.

The other HT by my house had some of the things I couldn't find yesterday, but was still lacking in other areas.  I bought some things without coupons *GASP* and still managed to come out spending a small amount.

What You See:

9 Athenos Greek Yogurt

2.8 lbs Bananas (no Q)

1 Oreos (no Q)

1 Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (no Q)

2 PowerBars

3 Bisquick Easy Pour

1 Wheat Pita Bread (no Q)

1 HT Hummus (no Q)

3 Dozen Eggland Best Eggs

4 Swanson Chicken Breast

4 Keebler Graham Crust

2 Kelloggs Fiber Plus Cereal

3 6 pk Luigi Italian Ice

1 Frenchs Dijon Mustard

1 McCormick Crushed Red Pepper

Total OOP: $33.87

Total Saved: $58.44

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #1

Okay, so that was wildly disappointing.  Since I started couponing, the number of couponers (at least the ones that go to Harris Teeter) seems to have sky-rocketed.  I am very glad people have taken advantage of the great possibilities that couponing brings, but the selfish me wishes they'd take advantage of it AFTER I get to the sales first.  Haha!  ALL of the free stuff was totally wiped out, but I still scored great deals and will still go back tomorrow; I may try a different Harris Teeter that doesn't seem to get as much traffic.

What You See:

1 Gallon Vitamin D Milk

1 Earthbound Greens

1 Kraft TOP Cheese

6 Power Bars (necessary)

1 4 pk Breakstones Cottage Cheese

1 Breakstones Cottage Cheese Combo

2 McCormick Inspirations

1 McCormick Garlic Powder

1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce

3 Eggos Waffles

3 Welches Juices (variety)

2 Texas Toast Garlic Bread

3 Desitin

3 Snuggle Dryer Sheets

6 Totinos Pizzas

TOTAL OOP: $31.39

TOTAL SAVED: $65.91

In Other News...

...I am going grocery shopping.  I know, I know!  I wasn't supposed to shop this month at all, but the wise Big Steve pointed out that, thought he knows my goal was to not shop in May, it makes more sense for me to get things I need when I can get them FREE or CHEAP!  And, I gotta say, he's right.

Harris Teeter is having Triples this week, which means they will triple any coupon up to $.99.  All of the coupons I'm using today are from Red Plum (RP) and Smart Source (SS) inserts from the week end paper with the only exception being a few coupons where I signed up to get free products (why don't YOU do that?) and they mailed them right over and the Athenos Yogurt Coupon can be found here (if you don't also have the B2G1 Free coupon, you'll still get 2 for free).

Here is my plan for the week so far.  My plans never go as planned.

Transaction #1 (today)

3 Frenchs Honey Mustard - FREE
1 Frenchs Worchester Sauce - FREE
3 Mahatma Rice - FREE
1 McCormick Garlic Powder - FREE
2 McCormick Inspirations - FREE
1  Smart Balance Pop Corn - FREE (so yum!)
1 Frenchs Spicy Brown Mustard - FREE
3 Dozen Egglands Best Eggs - $2.25
3 Luigi Italian Ice - $.50
8 Power Bars - $4.00
1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce - $1.24
Milk - $3.29
1 Earthbound Salad - $2.99 (received coupon in the mail)
1 Kraft Touch of Philly Shredded Cheese - FREE (received coupon in the mail)
1 Breakstones Cottage Doubles - FREE (received coupon in the mail)
1 Breakstones 4 pk Cottage Cheese - FREE (received coupon in the mail)

TOTAL: $14.27 + tax

Transaction #2:
2 Special K Crackers/Chips - $1.68
3 Nature Valley Granola Thins - $3.72
2 Texas Toast Croutons - $1.38
3 Bisquick Easy Pour - $3.00
4 Keebler Pie Crusts - $3.00
6 Totinos Pizza - $6.00
3 Eggo Waffles - $3.12 (if I can appropriately use this on regular waffles, they'll be much cheaper; not sure about the specifics of the coupon yet)
4 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $1.40
3 Athenos Greek Yogurt - FREE

TOTAL: $23.30

Transaction #3:

3 Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake and 3 Betty Crocker Frosting - $3.48
3 Welches Juice - 5.22
1 Frenchs  Honey Dijon - $.99
6 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $2.10
2 Desitin $4.48
3 Snuggle Dryer Sheets - $2.22
2 Fiber Plus Cereal - $4.58
2 Texast Toast Garlic Bread - $2.00
3 Athenos Greek Yogurt - FREE

TOTAL: $25.07
Transaction #4:
4 Swanson Chicken Breast Chunk $4.16
3 Texas Toast Garlic Bread - $3.00
2 Best Life Butter - $2.18
3 Welches Jelly - $1.50
1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce - $1.44
1 Smart Balance Cooking Spray - $.94
1 Smart Balance Peanut Butter - $.74
1 McCormick Crushed Red Pepper - $.24
2 Yoplait Greek Yogurt - $.70
1 Bisquick Easy Pour - $1.00
1 French Honey Mustard - FREE
1 Welches Juice - $1.74

TOTAL: $17.64

All of this is assuming my calculations are correct...which is rarely the case!  Often, though, it is less than what I'd anticipated because I always forget my VIC card coupons, so I'm quite looking forward to it!  Yes, I know that's a lot of mustard on there, but it's not overboard and there are so many recipes that use mustard.  Hopefully things don't fly off the shelves like they do during Super Doubles or I think I'll end up missing out on a few really good things :(.

Happy Couponing!