Money Saving - Idea #2

Who loves pudding cups for lunch??  I do, sometimes, but my husband would eat three in a day.  I typically don't buy these for us because...
1.  Who KNOWS what's in them to last so long...especially the shelf stable ones!
2.  They're stinking expensive!  I just saw six cups on sale for $2.79!

So, great idea....make your own pudding cups! 
I got two packages of pudding mix ($0.46 for a package at Aldi) and a gallon of milk ($2.69 at Aldi).  Then, I used the little tupperware type snack cups that are about the same size as a pudding cup.  (My mom found about 10 of them at a garage sale with lids for a dollar!)

Mix each flavor separately with just a little less than the two cups of milk the package specifies. 
Layer the flavors in the cups, put on the lid, and refrigerate!

By my math I spent about $1.50 for nine pudding cups...which saved $2.64!  And you can choose the flavors and combinations you want!  Wheeee!  :o) 

What flavors are you going to try??

Week 2 Menu

Alrighty, week two!  We didn't get to the mac & cheese last week (we had a happy hour on friday, yay!), so it's moving to this week.  I did some freezer prep over the weekend.  Made a double batch of pizza dough (enough for four pizzas in the freezer now), double batch of cookie dough (baked some up, portioned the rest), and chopped up some strawberries ($0.99 per pound at Aldi last week and this week).

Monday -
Spaghetti & Venison Meat Sauce (leftover from the lasagna making from last week)

Tuesday -
Steaks (yay for shopping our freezer..finding some good stuff at the bottom) & cheesy potatoes (from church freezer cooking)

Wednesday -
Three Cheese Bacon Mac & Cheese

Thursday -
Pork loin & asparagus

Friday -
Pork Fajitas (with onions & peppers)

Saturday -
Pizza (heard that Sam's has 5lbs of pepperoni for $13...hoping Costco has something similar, this is MUCH better than the $2.50/6oz or so you get on the Hormel stuff)

Sunday -
Roast, potatoes, onions

Items on my grocery list this week:
3# frozen Chicken breasts at Rainbow - $4.99
10 flour tortillas at Aldi - $0.99
1# Shredded Mozz Cheese at Alid - $3.29
Would love to hear your menu for this week...I could use your ideas for my menu next week! 

Cloth Diapering...Let's do it!

Well, I've mentioned it.  About a bazillion times.  I'm addicted.  To cloth diapering.  :o)

So, what do I do?  I start another blog.  You should probably check it out. 
http://bekahsclothbums.blogspot.com/

And here's my goal: post at least three times per week in BOTH bekahsclothbums and RamblingRandomness

That's right.  I know you're pumped.  Tell me what I should write about!  :o)

Here's today's randomness...I've regularly been giving the munchkin a paper towel to play with while I put everything back together after nursing.  Well, today, she put her new teeth to good use and bit a piece off and then ate it.  She made a funny look, and then swallowed it.  OOps.  I guess that's the last time she gets a paper towel!

Week 1 Menu

I'm committing.  I'm going to start meal planning.  To try and keep myself accountable, I'll be posting them here each week. 

Monday -
Hotdogs & Brats on the grill (happy memorial day, and THANK YOU to all our service-people!)

Tuesday -
Rosemary roasted chicken and asparagus edamame

Wednesday -
Homemade Pizza

Thursday -
Chicken Enchiladas (leftover chicken from Tuesday)

Friday -
3 cheese bacon macaroni

Saturday -
Fried egg sandwiches

Sunday -
Venison Lasagna

Do you plan your meals out?  Share your plan for this week!  I know we can all use the inspiration of other's ideas!