Triple Coupons!!!

Matt has been itching to take the big boys fishing....and today was the day. So while he and the older two were out trying to snag some fish, the younger two and I snagged all this for only.....$11.03 Twenty two things we bought....most of which are normal purchases!! :) We saved $48.84 with coupons this morning!

Tuesday Treats....

I am learning from a friend here, and I am going to TRY to share something special about my hubby on Tuesdays here....

This week, I am particularly amazed at my hubby...on Saturday, he got up EXTRA early to help me set up a yard sale, before he rode his bike with some friends. He also has done almost ALL the dishes this week and helped tremendously with the laundry! He is ALWAYS willing to "take one for the team" and help out!

Thanks Candace, for challenging me to do this...even though you may not have realized that you did! (I am just really late doing it) I look forward to sharing what a wonderful hubby I have with you all!!

Strawberry bread

This time of year one of our FAVORITE things is strawberries! We recently got 10lbs really cheap and ended up eating all of them, with the exception of the few I spared to make some yummy strawberry bread!

Strawberry bread-

3 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 c sugar (we use sucanat)
1 1/2 c oil (veggie or coconut)
1 c nuts, finely chopped (we use pecan)
4 eggs well beaten
2 c strawberries mashed with their juice (can use frozen)

Combine dry ingredients. Add eggs, oil, strawberries, and nuts. Stirr until all ingredients are moistened. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake at 325 for one hour.

This recipe along with several others can be found in the cookbook Recipes for Redemption. Our friends the Roberts produced this cookbook as a way to raise funds for the adoption of their precious baby boy, Ezra! I still have some of these books for sale if anyone is interested, just let me know! :)

PLEASE keep praying for Ezra and the Roberts family as they wait to be with their son! It shouldn't be long now :D

Peanut Butter Granola

Our family LOVES this recipe! We eat it like cereal and sometime we mix it in with some vanilla yogurt....YUM! SO EASY and SO good!!

6T oil (we use coconut)
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 c brown sugar
7 cups oats
raisins (optional)

Melt the oil and peanut butter together. Remove from heat and add the sugar. Pour over oats and mix well. Spread into a LARGE cookie sheet, I usually use a couple and bake at 350 for about 18-20 mins. Add raisins, if desired, in the last 5 mins of baking.

We like this SO much I have been known to double and even triple the recipe!

Black Bean Tostados

This is one of our favorites! Again it is taken from the recipe in the Nourishing Traditions cookbook....

Black beans (3-4 cups) cooked
Tortillas
tomatoes
avocado
brown rice
cheese

For this recipe, very VERY simple! When I am making tortillas, we just don't cook them, we fry them in olive oil! Then we top them with brown rice, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and serve with sour cream and salsa!!

YUMMY!

Black Bean Burritos

Here is my Black Bean Burrito recipe, adapted from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook-

I use-
3 cups black beans (that I cook)
3 cups brown rice
1/2 onion finely chopped
green chiles (I usually use one small can)
ground cumin (I just guess about how much of this I use)

I just mix all of this up together, then throw it into some homemade tortillas...Bake it until it is warm all the way through. I serve it with sour cream and salsa! It usually last at least two meals in our house! The night we made these we ended up with a few extra kids for dinner and I wasn't sure about serving them to six kids! (One had a wheat allergy, so it really wasn't an option!) Since I already had them made, we just stuck them in the freezer!

Enjoy!

Trying to Menu Plan

So...I have tried this before, and it usually works very well! Usually only laziness gets me off track! So, here I go trying it again!

26th-Tonight-breakfast burritos-homemade tortillas from the freezer, with eggs, sausage and mushrooms, maybe even some salsa and sour cream.

27th-bfast-brown rice pudding (brown rice with cinnamon and honey, my kids LOVE it)
lunch-corn dog muffins
dinner-pancakes (Church night)

28th-bfast-Breakfast bars (Same recipe, I am just too lazy to make cookies, so I put it in my bar pan!)
lunch-homemade mac-n-cheese
dinner-black bean burritos- from the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook

29th-bfast-cinnamon swirl bread
lunch-pizza pockets
dinner-potato soup

30th-bfast-banana muffins
lunch-homemade pizza
dinner-spaghetti

31st-bfast-oatmeal (likely blueberry)
lunch-turkey sandwiches
dinner-carrot raisin apple muffins with eggs and bacon

1st-bfast-breakfast cake
lunch-mini pizzas
dinner-black bean toastadas from Nourishing Traditions Cookbook

2cnd-bfast-sweet potato muffins
lunch-corn dog muffins
dinner-quesadillas

3rd-bfast-baked oatmeal
lunch-cheesy bread
dinner-Italian roast wraps

4th-bfast-cinnamon apple toast
lunch-pizza pockets
dinner-pancakes

5th-bfast-banana bread
lunch-baked potatoes
dinner-black bean burritos (from left overs put in freezer)

6th-bfast-breakfast bars
lunch-corn dog muffins
dinner-

7th-bfast-oatmeal
lunch-
dinner-chicken nuggets

8th-bfast-cinnamon raisin biscuits
lunch-
dinner-pancakes