Healthy and Easy, Street Stand Potato Tacos with white sauce and avocado.

March 15, 2013 By 62 Comments
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There is a little taco stand here in San Diego called Pedro's Tacos. They only have 4 locations and they are the ultimate fast and cheap Mexican food joint. Being a vegetarian I get a little tired of the old bean and cheese burrito and I got daring one day and tried a potato taco. I fell in love. The only problem is that they can be a bit high in calories with deep fried hash brown wedges, white sauce and tortilla. I knew I could make a really good replica that was a whole lot healthier. And I did! These are so easy to make and taste fantastic. When I shared on my Facebook Page that we were having "Potato Tacos" for dinner I got lots of "what are those" comments and I knew I needed to share these with you all right away! How to make these awesome tacos: I started with some low-carb tortillas that were warmed in the oven... just till they got a bit soft. While your tortilla is warming up place frozen hash brown wedges onto a baking sheet. Spray the sheet and the wedges with … [Read more...]

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More Reasons To Love Whole Foods! Del Mar store now OPEN!!!

March 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
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On Monday night Pete and I had the honor of attending a sneak peek preview party at Whole Foods Del Mar! If you follow me on Twitter you know that I'm super excited about this new store opening! It's only 5 minutes from our office right off the 5 freeway in the Flower Hill Shopping Center! Even more importantly it's HUGE and really beautiful! We started the evening "sampling" some of the local products they carry. The orange slice above was from Escondido and totally delicious! As I move towards a more natural lifestyle knowing where my food comes from is very important. At Whole Foods they believe this is important too and add labels to all the local items to help shoppers make more informed buying disition. I love how open this store is. I've been in quite a few stores before and this one reminds me of the Las Vegas store for it's openness and bright but mellow feel. The traditional juice and Gelato bar is front and center and easy to get to so you can get a quick … [Read more...]

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January 23rd Boost Your Pantry Giveaway {$25/week grocery spending report}

January 23, 2012 By 1 Comment

This week went really well! I focused again on using what I had and only bought a few things I really needed. Tuesday I needed to get a prescription filled. I called around and Albertson's had a deal for a $25 Albertson's gift card when you transfer a new prescriptions. I filled my prescription and paid my $10 copay and received the $25 gift card. … [Read more...]

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Pantry Challenge and a Better You too!

January 9, 2012 By 4 Comments
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First week update and I did pretty darn good! I didn't do much shopping this week and what I did buy was either a great deal or was a necessity. I ran into Fresh & Easy to buy a loaf of bread... and you can tell by this picture that I left without my bread, but not empty handed! I always peak into the discounted fridge area where they put all of the stuff that expires the next day. Fresh & Easy always has a great marked down section because their products have no preservatives aka their stuff has short sell by dates. Squished in the back {aka hidden} were these 3 pizza's. Normally they are $3.50 each and they were marked down to $1.93. We do pizza night once a week so I froze these as soon as I got home and they will make for some super cheap meals, I'll just pull the pepperoni off and we'll be good to go! I also found these chopped onions for $.50. This is my favorite convenience food, well, after sliced bread that is. I love to just grab these and add them to chili or … [Read more...]

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Oh What A Beautiful Morning, Oh What A Beautiful Day!

December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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    I have this wonderful feeling everything's going my way... Do you remember that song by Richard Rodgers? Did you know it was  from 1943 {who knew it was so old?} … [Read more...]

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Albertsons Stock Up Deals { And A Must Read}

August 17, 2011 By 3 Comments

Hi Coupon Friends! Albertsons has a great sale going on right now. It actually started today! There are 3 "super stockup deals" you have to buy these 10 at a time, but you can mix and match. Today I bought 10 ragu and I paid $4.90 or $.49 each! Ragu Pasta Sauce $0.99 x $10= $9.90 - (5) $1/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce (07/31 RP) =$4.90/10 Here are the other awesome deals: Wish-Bone Salad Dressing or Spritzers $0.99 - $1/1 Wish-Bone or Western Dressings (07/31 RP) =FREE Skippy Peanut Butter $1.49 -$1/1 Skippy Peanut Butter (07/31RP) = $.49 I didn't get the above coupons locally so I ordered them. These are great pantry stockers {get it, like stocking stuffers} and the peanut butter is perfect for back to school {lunches}. *** Public Service Announcement! For my "Coupon Friends" outside the San Diego area, I was in the Temecula area today and that is where I bought the Ragu. I made a point to ask if they had the new points program. The answer was yes and no... If you signed up for the new … [Read more...]

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Quick Grocery Trip Today! Cheap Gain {laundry and dish}

August 17, 2011 By 2 Comments

First stop was at Albertsons. 8 Progresso lentil Soup @ $1= $8 {my oldest loves it, bleh!, I mean yum!} - (2) $1/4 Progresso Soup {GM 8/7} One Doubled =$5 2 Totino’s Pizza Rolls @ $1= $2 - (2).35/1 Totino’s Rolls Snack (GM 8/7) = $1.30 carrots $1.99 -free item coupon received on last trip Total was $6.30-$5 catalina= $1.30 for it all! Next stop was at Vons: Kleenex Facial Tissue w/in-ad coupon - $0.79 for the first and $1 for the other 2= $2.79 -$0.50/3 off Kleenex Facial Tissue (SS 08/14) Doubled =.59/each 1 Gain Powder Detergent @ $5.99 2 Gain Dish Soap @ $0.99 = $1.98 =$7.97 -$2.00/1 Gain Detergent Q (7/17 SS) -(2) $0.50/1 Gain Dish Soap Q (8/14 RP) 1 will double = $4.47 (Get a $3 Catalina) So I'll end up paying $1.47 for all of it! Pillsbury Cookie Dough - $1.99 w in-ad Q $1/2 Pillsbury Sweet Moments Refrigerated Desserts 8/7/2011 GM = $1.49/each 4 Vons Pizza's @$4 each= $16 -$5/15 frozen in ad Q = $2.75 each for a pizza that's normally $6 4 croissants/Cinnamon … [Read more...]

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Don’t throw away your Von’s Ad

August 3, 2011 By 1 Comment

I was doing a really quick look through next weeks grocery ads and I stumbled upon 2 good deals at Vons.First, we are 100% organic milk here and there is an in ad coupon for O Organic milk, 64oz for $2.99.Secondly, and the best deal is that there is a Q in the ad for $5 off any $15 frozen food purchase.Vons has run this coupon before and I know that I was able to buy $15 in frozen foods, and then use manufacture coupons and the in ad one for really cheap/free food. The trick is to find good frozen food coupons and use one like coupon per transaction so that each one doubles.I'll see what I can dig up deal wise and keep you all posted... but for now make sure you save this ad! … [Read more...]

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Free Granola Thins @ Alby’s

July 2, 2011 By 5 Comments

I did this deal last week and I got free milk for every 4 boxes I bought... but the deal is still going on for free Nature's Valley Granola Thins {just no free milk}.Buy 4 boxes @ $2.50= $10-(4) .75/1 Q {6/26 SS} =$7Get a $5 and a $2 catalina coupon to use on your next trip.The boxes I got don't expire for awhile so these will be used for the next school year!Yep, I'm already thinking of the next school year. I'm getting excited about all of the back to school deals that will start very soon!PS. The fiber one was free too last week and I actually like the taste/texture of these!PSS. Don't eat more than one at a time.PSSS. No, I will not tell you why I know this. … [Read more...]

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New Catalina Alert! Pepperidge Farm Buy $10 Get $3

December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Out popped this catalina when I last went shopping at Albertsons!Details: Offer Valid 12/15/2010-12/25/2010 Save $3 on a future shopping trip when you buy $10 worth of all Pepperidge Farm cookies or crackers. Excludes all Goldfish crackers and any single serve cookies and crackers. Coupon generated at checkout to be used on your next shopping trip.Hmm. What deals can we get with this pretty little offer? … [Read more...]

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