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SavingDinner.com is officially ELEVEN YEARS OLD as of next week! I’ve been a longtime satisfied customer of Leanne’s and she’s holding her her third annual virtual clearance sale this week.

From now until midnight on December 31st (that’s New Year’s Eve day), you can get 3 different Super Bundles of her menus all for over HALF OFF:

Here they are.

Super Bundle 1 – You Get:

10 for the Freezer Volume 3 (Chicken and Beef)
20 for the Freezer Gluten Free Volume 2
20 for the Freezer Grilling Volume 1
10 for the Freezer Side Dishes
Saving Breakfast Volume 3

Not $67, but just $27 that’s a 60% savings!!

Super Bundle 2- You Get:

Casserole to Soup Volume 2
Cook Once Eat Twice Seafood
Cook Once Eat Twice Pork
Cook Once Eat Twice Beef
Cook Once Eat Twice Chicken
Now and Later Volumes 3 and 4

Not $70 but just $27 – that’s a savings of 61%!!

Super Bundle #3 – You Get:

5 Ingredient ebook
Working Woman’s ebook
One Recipe Two Ways ebook
Manner Minders
Conversation Starters Volumes 1 and 2

Not $79 but just $27 that’s a savings of 66%!!

Now, if you REALLY want to take advantage of this sale, you’ll want the Whole Enchilada; all THREE of the bundles rolled together for $77 (regularly $216). That is a savings of over 60%!

If you get the Whole Enchilada for more than SIXTY PERCENT OFF, you’ll also get FIVE gifts that you will absolutely love:
Bonus 1: CrockCooker e-cookbook Volume 1
with over 200 crockpot-friendly recipes, plans and shopping lists, too!

Bonus 2: Pressure Cooker e-cookbook
with 48 recipes with shopping lists helping you prepare dinner in a fraction of the time!

Bonus 3: Batch Cooking for the Freezer e-cookbook
12 recipes to help you get your freezer stocked with healthy meal starters right at your fingertips!

Bonus 4: Get Your Game On! Party Menu
over 25 recipes to help you entertain with ease on the big game day!

Bonus 5: Celebration for the Freezer e-cookbook we’ve got you covered with freezer menus, shopping lists, instructions and timelines for every holiday from Easter to Christmas!

That’s a lot of goodies…and you get them all FREE when you get the Whole Enchilada for $77.

Go here right now and claim your bundles before they’re all gone!

P.S. This special sale ends at midnight December 31st. If you want to get these amazing bundles and save over 50%, then go here  now.

This week’s menu…

Breakfast

Fruit Smoothies and homemade breakfast sandwich (just egg and biscuit)

Buckwheat pancakes with added flax and wheat germ thrown in (family LOVEs these)

7 grain cereal and boiled eggs

French toast in the oven, fruit

Fruit Smoothies and muffins (batter is in the freezer)

Cereal, boiled eggs, fruit

Lunch

A little of this and little of that. Alternate between PB& J and crackers with cheese and fruit. Always fruit with lunch.

Dinner

Leftovers

Crabcakes (with some alterations), mashed potatoes, and coleslaw

Homemade pasta with meatballs and pesto sauce (this has become a thing with Sweet Peanut so we make the pasta together). Salad

Crock Pot beef stew with fruit on the side

Baked catfish, wild rice blend, green beans

Tacos with all the fixin’s

I’m all about easy cooking, but it has to taste good. Many Sunday’s a month we cook dinner and invite our extended family over for a meal and fellowship after church. Since we are part of the support system in our church (I’m one of the pianists etc..) we are there early and leave later than most. So making dinners that don’t take all day to cook (unless I’m using the crockpot) are key.

Usually fish is the fare of choice. Salmon to be more precise. It’s a tasty item that cooks up well and quick. But we like to change things up a bit. You may have seen my post about Chuck Roast in Foil. That is a delicious keeper that we make up regularly but recently we decided to cook another dish that I make for the regular family meals. It’s easy and is actually in the healthy, low fat section of one of my older cookbooks.

It’s from Sunset Casserole Cooking, 1980.

Baked Turkey Legs and Vegetables

Serves 4

Bake time 2 hours

Prep time about 15-20 minutes

4 Turkey drumsticks for 2 drumsticks and 2 thighs (3-3.5 lbs total)

1/2 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup white whine (I use apple juice here)

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 tablespoon oil

1 clove minced garlic

1 large onion sliced into rings

2 large carrots cut into 1/4 inch thick slices

2 stalks celery cut into  1/4 inch thick slices

1 large potato ( I use more like 2 or 3)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the turkey pieces into a shallow casserole  or 9×13 inch dish. You are supposed to remove the skin but I never do.

In a small bowl mix together your chicken stock, juice/wine,  pepper, paprika, salt, and cornstarch.

Heat oil in a pan and saute your onion, carrots, and celery. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add garlic and just when you smell it (about 15 seconds or less) gradually add your broth mix.  Continue cooking the mixture until it boils and is slightly thickened.

Pour your cooked broth/veggie mix over the turkey legs and cover with foil. You can refrigerate this until the next day or bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Meanwhile dice the potato and place in cold water until you’re ready to add to the casserole. After an hour pull it out of the oven, add diced potato, recover and bake another hour until done (or meat near the bone is no longer pink.

We serve this with a cooked veggie. Or you can omit the potato and serve over rice which is what we do for Sunday dinner.

Enjoy!

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Thanks Money Saving Mom

Save from 10% to 50% on most everything at the Saving Dinner Shop this weekend (except Menu-Mailers, Clubs, and Gift Certificates).

If you’ve been wanting to try Saving Dinners delicious menu planning recipes now’s the time to pick up some at a savings.

Leanne has a deal going. Pick a coupon code…any code…and the savings will be anything from 10% off to %50 off but she’s not telling which coupon code is for which discount.

So go pack your Saving Dinner online shopping cart with the menus of your choice and enter any one of the following codes  to see how much you can save.

Coupon Codes:

turkey

gravy

stuffing

cranberry

hotrolls

Find Menus on…

Freezer Menus: Delicious recipes for the freezer using your chosen meat. In the 10 for the Freezer ebook pick Beef & Chicken, Chicken and Fish, or Chicken and Beef part two (Vol. 3). Much, much more.

Morphing Menus : These are now and later menus. Cook one now for dinner tonight and prepare another for the freezer.

Weight Loss : If you’re trying to lose weight  I highly recommend go the route of Leanne. There’s the Detoxing Plan, Losing it With Leanne, Gluten Free Volumes (plural), and so much more.

Ebooks

Find much more to tempt your palate at Saving Dinner

If you have been thinking about signing up for Plan to Eat and simplifying your cooking, shopping and life, but couldn’t justify the cost — this is a great time to start!

Save 50% OFF sale this weekend only (Friday 25th – Monday 28th) for all yearly subscriptions. That’s only $19 (or $1.58 a month) for a whole year!

Whew! The meal is over, and can you believe the kitchen is also cleaned up too??!!!  Everyone pitched in this year. It was great! Sweet Peanut fell asleep from the wonderful turkey tryptophan properties. And there was a cold or two threatening to ruin someone’s fun. But it was a great time had by all and off to bed after a time of giving thanks.

But what does tomorrow hold? And how will I proceed?

To be sure there are a few homemaking worthy Black Friday sales deals to be had. Such as…

1.  Christine at Menu Planning Central has 90% off her Holiday Bundle. 12 Holiday resources for only $10.

Oh! She’s also selling her Lifetime Menu Planning memberships for only $50 instead of $199.97

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3.   MomAgenda is offering 20% off site-wide PLUS free shipping! Woo wee! Get those gorgeous planners now!  Use Code: 20MOM

And…AND if you want an extra 10% off all orders over $65!  Use Code: MOM10OFF65. This one ends next Wednesday on the 30th.

OR an extra 10% off orders over $75 Use Code: MOM10OFF75 which also expires on Wednesday the 30th.

and…

4.   Now is the time to get your 2012 calendars. Save up to %60 off site-wide at Calendars.com and free shipping with every order. This weekend only.

But really what I am concerned about is….

What am I going to do with all those leftovers??!!!!

Well luckily Tawra over at Living on a Dime has us covered.

Using those Thanksgiving Leftovers and 

More Creative Ways to Use Thanksgiving Leftovers

Whew! I’m glad for that because I was getting a little stressed.

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As we do whenever preparing to have guests over for dinner my husband and I make out a to-do list with his chores and then mine. As Sweet Peanut gets older she usually pitches in with one parent (mostly daddy).  As the countdown for Thanksgiving is here I thought you might like to see our list. Just a note: each guest is contributing to the dinner. Our dinner is about 3:30 or 4pm on Thanksgiving Day.

Wednesday (Hubby is at work here)

Me

1. Pick up last minute items
2. Scrub down kitchen (I’ll usually have Peanut underfoot here)
3. Make cornbread for stuffing (Peanut will want to help here)
4. Work on some nice Thanksgiving craft with Peanut
5. Brine Turkey (Peanut helps with this)

It’s time to at least start thinking about getting ready for Thanksgiving and Fred Meyer is starting you off with their spend $150 and get a free turkey deal. This is on a Private Selection brand Premium frozen turkey only so if you buy the fresh, free range, organic (like we do) turkey you’re out of luck.

Find more great deals this week at your Fred Meyer at Frugal Chic Living

F8926E7NCFUZ   Image by Sifu Renka via Flickr Top Sirloin has been on sale at our local organic grocery so I stocked up to make a few tasty meals. One that has been a real winner both in the original meal and the leftovers Teriyaki Marinated Steak the first night and then The original recipe calls for grilling the steak but I seared and then oven roasted/baked what have you. I also have to use pseudo soy sauce (my own homemade) as I’m allergic to soy.

Pseudo Soy Sauce

• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup beef stock
• Put in a pan and bring to a boil. Simmer until reduced by half. Add salt and/or ginger. Refrigerate.

Teriyaki Sirloin Steak

• 1/ cup pseudo soy sauce (or regular soy sauce)
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil of choice
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• two boneless beef sirloin steaks 1 to 1 1/2 pounds  each

Combine all ingredients in a bag and marinated beef overnight or all day. When ready to cook preheat oven to 450 and then add a tiny dash of oil in cast iron skillet. Sear beef on both sides then place in the oven. Bake until your preferred doneness (internal temp: Medium Rare-145, Medium-160, Well Done- 170).  Serve one steak with potatoes and veggies.

Steak Tortillas

The next night (or whenever you choose to serve the next meal) slice the beef thinly.  Sautee some onions and peppers. Add beef and heat through. Serve on warmed flour tortillas with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. Yum!