Another casual coupon trip and library goodies

There is a new batch of Walgreens deals  this week.  

I pretty much followed Savvy Coupon Shopper’s plan from YouTube 

https://youtu.be/4ycpayaBX5k?si=HgqtY-v1t8xyD8Qy

I only used digital coupons and the 3 paper Walgreens rewards I got on last week’s trip.  

I paid $5.48 cash and earned back $10 in Walgreens rewards and about $7 in Walgreens cash 

My granddaughter was with me and she was pretty surprised when the total was so low.  

She wanted to go the library so that was our next stop.  

We have a very nice public library.

I picked up some free seeds there. 

These are the 2 recipes in that Burpee pamphlet that sound really good to me.  

I’m not sure this one needs a whole cup of olive oil though - what do y’all think? 

I’ve made a little more progress in the backyard garden, but no photos yet.  

This nice spring weather is misleading.  It makes me want to move my tomato plants outside when is 65 or 75 degrees.  But I see we have a hard freeze in the forecast next week.  

So I’ll be waiting until April 15 even though I don’t want to.  

Hope you are well

❤️Rhonda 

Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner

It started raining last night and rained most of today so I didn’t do any yard work today.  

There has been a big turkey in our freezer since before Thanksgiving.  It wasn’t needed for Thanksgiving as our son brought turkeys he cooked. 

We are also out of frozen chicken broth.  

So I thought I would thaw out that turkey and make broth with part of it.  

So I cut it up and have the back, neck and wings cooking in this large crockpot for broth,  

The legs and thighs are in the fridge for now.  

I sealed  the breast in foil and baked it, low and slow- and it turned out so good! 

We had turkey with sides for supper 

And I guess we will be having several more turkey meals but that’s ok with me.  

I’ll probably make more broth with the legs -or  “bone broth” as the cool homemakers call it these days. 

Turkey 🦃 anyone?  

❤️Rhonda 

Progress taking back the garden spot- after working here today and yesterday.

There is still lots to do and that’s only 6 feet 

But there is hope! 

My son made this meatloaf with this recipe-he says  it’s the best turkey meatloaf he’s ever had and they will be eating meatloaf for days.  

The photo he sent doesn’t have the mixing and baking instructions but you all know how to mix and bake meatloaf, right?  

I think meatloaf sandwiches sound very nice.  

❤️ Rhonda 

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Pork cutlets, a livestock show and will we garden?

Hello everyone 

I cooked those bargain $1 pork cutlets and they were delicious!  

I also baked that big pan of sliced carrots, made some mashed potatoes and a mix white gravy.  

Below is my plate 

My husband was very happy with this meal.  

This morning we went to the local junior livestock show at the county fairgrounds.

  Our 2 oldest grandsons were showing their Guernsey dairy cows.  

They are in 6th and 9th grade now.  

This is  what our side garden spot in the back yard currently looks like 😵‍💫🤯😱

Because of physical issues and extended family needs,  we have not really gardened in a couple of years.  

This is what that patch looked like, a few years ago, before the weeds moved in.  

Weeds grow really well in Oklahoma 

We’ve talked about hiring someone to just take it all back to a grass yard.  

But spring has me wanting to garden so I’m going to see how much cleaning up I can do without tearing it all down. 

No photos but I did a bit of clean up today and found a little asparagus coming up and blackberry bushes with lots of green leaves.  

I’m hoping to clean up a little each day and see how it goes.  

So come back and see if I make any progress.  

Hope you are all well. 

It’s a beautiful springlike day for us 

❤️Rhonda 

Seedlings, soup and a good cookie bar recipe

Hello everyone 

I planted these tomato and pepper seeds Feb 5 and it was pretty cold then 

It took a while but they all sprouted and seem to be growing a little everyday 

We really like that cabbage bean soup I wrote about a few days ago. 

This morning I made a double batch of it.  

The photo is not beautiful but the soup is tasty 

I baked a new recipe I saw from Meals with Maria- she has a YouTube channel and a blog 

Oatmeal Cookie Bars

I followed the recipe. She said to add things as desired and I added cinnamon and pecans.  

She said to use a 9x9 baking dish but it looked like a lot of dough to me so used a 9X13 and I’m glad I did.  

It also took a little longer to bake.  

The oatmeal bars are delicious and I plan to keep this recipe.  

I took some soup and cookies to my older relative for lunch and they liked them both very much.  

So did my husband.

Hope you’re all having a good day 

❤️Rhonda