Oven roasted broccoli -2 thumbs up!

Have you seen the Pinterest reviews for oven roasted broccoli?  Comments about are things like "it is so good, it should be illegal" and "I could eat the whole pan myself"  

Well,  I like broccoli but I was not sure about this recipe.  The cooking time is long and I thought the broccoli would get mushy and overdone.  But nope, the recipe is just about as good as the comments say.  My husband is not a broccoli fan at all and he ate a huge helping.

You just cut on the fresh broccoli and I cut mine pretty small.  Put it in a big bag or bowl and mix/shake with 2 T olive oil.  Then spread it on a baking sheet and sprinkle with chopped fresh garlic and salt and pepper.  

(I used just a bit of garlic salt and pepper)

Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.  When done,  the broccoli be be browning and crunchy.  Or you can search on Pinterest if you want even more directions.  

It is really is delicious and easy too.  

This weeks shopping

a coupon trip to Walmart- the shaving cream was free as I used the $6 off 3 coupon that was in our Sunday's newspaper. The Bic pens were free with $1 coupons and the cupcake papers were also free with a $1 coupon.  I used $2 internet coupons on the Right Guard and it was about $1.50 after the coupons.
I also went to Walmart to get cough suppressant from husband.  His summer cold is over but he still has coughing spells in the night,  any one have any advice for him?

Then to Food Pyramid for a few double coupons.  After coupons,  this detergent and Spam was about $3.
The Spam is not my favorite but my husband will enjoy it.  On the rare occasions that he might need to fix his own meal,  he will be happy frying up a Spam sandwich.


Then,  I went to the brand new Aldi in our town.  It is so nice and big and very close to our home.  I really think it will make grocery shopping much easier and cheaper for us.
I am so happy about it- I think lottery winners might kind of feel like this!

I got all this for about $22-  because it is grand opening,  they are passing out $5 off $25 coupons for Aldi. I've already got 2 of those coupons in the mail, 1 in the newpaper, and 3 at the store.  They don't expire for almost 2 weeks so I may be making several $25 or so visits to Aldi to stock up.

fruit squeeze pouches my grands love

saltine, milk, 3 orange juice, window cleaner, bleach, pork rinds, jarred fruit, flatbread wraps for sandwiches

ranch style beans

red grapes, jicama, pineapple, cantaloupe, 2 lemons and fancy artisan lettuce

Another trip to Aldis- this was just a bit over $25 before the grand opening coupon was subtracted.

Dollar Tree -50 cent coupons from the Sunday papers on the Palmolive

$1/2 Internet printable on the Dial soap

$4 plus tax for all

Then at CVS, I had a $20 ECB. I looked ahead at the sales on slickdeals.net and did not see anything in future sales that we needed. In my email yesterday, they sent me a coupon for 25% off my total purchase of none sale items. 

I prefer to roll ECBs into sales where more ECBs are offered but without any sales I like coming up, I decided to burn it on a giant box of Pampers, 2 eye shadows and 2 cough drops for husband. I used coupons on the Pampers and Cover Girl and spent about $5.

Yes, that was a lot of shopping this week. I don't expect I will be doing this kind of multi store shopping for awhile. But I had fun doing it and am happy with our little stockpiles.  

Especially for the near future, I will be doing any needed shopping at the new Aldi. 

Gifts from afar (well, 300 miles afar)

My professor brother came for a short visit this week. He was here for a few hours but I did not actually visit with him much as 4 of my grandchildren were here and those busy little ones kept us entertained and busy.

After he left, I looked at the good things he brought....

Squash, eggplant, cukes, peppers and a giant zucchini all home grown by our electrician brother

A peck of Arkansas peaches- so delicious!  They are really big peaches too. We are eating some and some will get sliced and frozen. I was happy to find a container of Fruit Fresh in my pantry to use on them, peaches will turn an unappetizing brown in the freezer without it.

And a stack of coupons from my mom. 

Thank you Mom and brothers. 

Life changing hair brush

I have thin fine longish hair that tangles like crazy, especially after shampooing, no matter how well I condition it or what kind of pick or wide toothed comb I used. My daughter and her daughter have the same tangly hair. 

Daughter in law Sheena is a hairdresser and she knew just how to solve this. She got them "The Wet Brush" 

The Wet Brush goes through wet or dry hair with ease, as if there were no tangles. It does not pull out hair and just makes the combing out a speedy pleasure instead of a long difficult task to be dreaded.  My hair even stays smoother all day after using The Wet Brush. 

Sheena gets The Wet Brush from a beauty supply distributor.  She sells them at her salon and I am guessing many other salons also sell them. 

I got mine from Amazon, they have different sizes and colors and sell for about $8.

Hair seems to either be the tangling kind or the non tangling kind. If you have the tangling kind, you ought to look into these.  I don't have enough words to describe how much easier my hair routine is because of this new brush.  

According to the package, these brushes are made in England.  No, I am not a paid spokesperson, just a big fan. 

a mistake that turned out to be for the best...

We eat salad about 6 nights every week.  I usually make it in a big bowl and each batch lasts about 2 nights.  I like salad and my husband really really likes salad,  he eats his serving in a 1 quart vegetable bowl.

I usually grate the carrots with a Salad Shooter. I was going to use the slicing attachment on the Salad Shooter for them but I goofed, and ran the radishes through on the same shred attachment that I use for carrots.

It turned out for the best.  This batch of radishes was extra hot so the small shred made them a little more gentle to eat.  

This salad is romaine, bell peppers, red onion and shredded radishes. Picture was taken before the carrots and tomatoes were added.