New recipes to come!!

Today I will post new recipes for Oven Baked BBQ Ribs, Baked Chicken Breasts, Award Winning Chili, Baked Penne Pasta, and the best mashed potatoes EVER. These are all of the recipes of the week that you can save on when you price match at Wal Mart. If you have any questions about price matching feel free to ask me anything. I would love to help you learn. I hope this is beneficial to all of you. Thanks for following my blog and have a wonderful rest of the week!!

How to save BIG on your groceries!

A few of you might already know that Wal Mart matches the prices of other local grocery store ads. Each week the Penny Power comes I search through the ads and make my weekly menu according to what is on sale. Then I write down the store name and the item sale price to tell the cashier at Wal-Mart the prices to match. This week a few of the meals on the menu include BBQ Ribs with Fried Potatoes, Chili Cheese Nachos, Baked Penne Pasta with Garlic Bread and Baked Chicken Breasts with Mashed Potatoes. Here are a few examples of how I saved:

Ads for January 18th through 24th                              Wal-Mart's Price                                                 

Save A Lot-
Ground Beef   $1.99 lb.                                                       $3.19 lb.
Pork Ribs         $1.79 lb.                                                     $3.99 lb.

Country Fresh-
Can Tomatoes   2/$1.00                                                       $.89

Price-Cutter-
Hiland Butter    $1.99                                                           $2.99

ALDI-
Yukon Gold Potatoes $.99 5lb. bag                                      $3.98 5lb. bag

HyVee-
Kidney beans 2/$1.00                                                          $.89
Chili beans 2/$1.00                                                              $.99
Chili Seasoning $.44                                                             $.89

Dillon's-
Split Chicken Breasts $.99 lb.                                               $1.76 lb.
 16 oz. shredded cheese $2.99                                              $4.19  
Barilla Pasta 16oz. Box $1.00                                               $1.29
French Bread/Bakery $1.00                                                  $1.68                                    
              
Other items I saved on:
HyVee
Large eggs $1.28                                                              $1.88
 Lunchables $1.00                                                            $1.58-$2.00


Dillons
Fresh Pineapple $1.99                                                    $2.98


Aldi
16 oz baby carrots $.49                                                  $1.25
Dillons
1/2 gallon Milk 2/$3                                                         $3.89 gallon

Cashew or Sweet and Sour Chicken

Who needs take out when it's always better when you make it from scratch at home? The feeling of accomplishment from trying a new recipe and your family cleaning their plates is priceless. My husband prefers Sweet and Sour Chicken and the kids and I prefer Cashew Chicken.  So it's easy to please everyone by making a little of each of the sauces because the chicken is prepared the same for both.


4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
3 eggs beaten
1/2 cup canola oil

Cut the chicken breasts into chunks. In large bowl add flour, baking soda, cornstarch, salt and pepper. In a separate bowl beat eggs. Heat oil on medium-high. Dip chicken into flour, then eggs, then flour again. Fry in oil for 2-3 minutes then turn the chicken to the other side and fry for an additional 3 minutes until cooked through. Put paper towels on a plate to soak up excess oil off of the cooked chicken.

Cashew sauce-

2 cups chicken broth
2 Tbsp. oyster sauce
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/4 cup cold water
4 Tbsp. corn starch

Heat chicken broth to boil. Add oyster sauce, sugar and soy sauce. In a small cup add 1/4 cup cold water to cornstarch. Slowly add it into the broth mixture to thicken. Cook on med./ low for 5 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken. Top with cashews and green onion and serve with rice if desired.

Sweet and sour sauce-

!/4 c. ketchup
1 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. vinegar
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic powder

Cook on stovetop on medium to thicken for 10 minutes then pour over chicken. Serve with rice.

Fried Potatoes

I think I could eat fried potatoes everyday. I find myself making them several times a month as a side dish because it's so easy and always turns out so good. My daughter Bailey loves any type of potato dish. We always joke around with her about what her wedding reception dinner will be when she gets married. Baked potatoes, fried potatoes, mashed potatoes, twice-baked potatoes, new potatoes with garlic butter, potato skins with bacon and cheese, baked potato soup, and scalloped potatoes. She actually likes the idea.

3 lbs. potatoes
2 sticks butter
Salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp. garlic herb blend

Melt butter in a skillet on medium-high heat. Rinse the potatoes and slice thin. Place potatoes in skillet and season. Cover the pan and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring every 3-4 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.

Macaroni and Cheese

An all time favorite "comfort food". Macaroni and Cheese..... YUM!! Once you try this, you won't want the boxed macaroni and cheese again. It just doesn't even compare.

Macaroni and Cheese

16 ounce box macaroni
1 stick butter
1/2 cup flour
4 cups milk
1 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
2 cups shredded chedder (set 1/4 cup to side for top)
8 oz velveeta shreds

Boil and drain macaroni and rinse with cool water. In saucepan melt butter and add flour cook on medium-high for 2 minutes. Add milk and salt and pepper and boil for 2 minutes while constantly stirring. Lower temp. to low and continue to stir for 10 minutes. Slowly add cheese until melted then add cooked macaroni. Mix well and sprinkle with additional cheese.

Poppyseed Chicken

This is an amazing pasta dish I have been making for about 14 years. My best friend from High School shared it with me and we have loved it since the first time we had it.


Poppyseed Chicken

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
12 Ounces Sour Cream
1 Large Can of Cream of Chicken Soup
1/4 Cup Milk
1 Box Bow Tie Pasta
1 Package Ritz Crackers
1/2 Cup Butter
2 Tbsp. Poppyseed
1 tsp. Garlic Powder


Boil Chicken for about 10 minutes or until cooked through. Remove chicken from water and add pasta to the same boiling pot and boil for about 15 minutes. Chop the cooked chicken and add it to a large bowl and mix in soup, milk, and sour cream. Set aside. Place the crackers in a ziploc bag and crumble them up. In a different bowl, melt butter and add the cracker crumbs and poppyseed and garlic powder. Mix together and set aside. Drain Pasta and then add it to the bottom of a glass casserole dish. Pour the chicken and sauce mixture to the top of the pasta and top it with the crumbs. Bake on 350 for 20 minutes. Serve

Oven Baked Steak Kabobs

One of the things I do for my Catering business is offer hot meals to busy families 3 days a week. So on Monday I wanted to make some Steak and Veggie Kabobs on the grill  but it was to cold and windy so I decided to try it in the oven. They turned out amazing and it was so easy. I loved not having to mess with the grill plus steak was on sale this week so that was an added bonus.  You can also pick up a pack of 100 skewers at Wal Mart for $1.00. For my family I usually just use the steak and bell peppers but you have the option to use other veggies like mushrooms and onion but I like to keep it simple.

Oven Baked Steak and Veggie Kabobs


12-14 Skewers
1/2 stick melted butter
3/4 cup soy sauce
1 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 Tablespoon Garlic Herb Seasoning (Garlic powder will work as well)
2 lbs. Steak (Chuck or Sirloin)
3 Bell Peppers (Any color)


Soak wooden skewers in water (I soak them in the sink) while you prep your marinade. In a large bowl, mix together the butter, soy sauce,  and olive oil. Cut peppers into bite size pieces and add to the bowl of marinade. Poke the steak all over with a fork and cut it into 1 inch cubes. Add the meat to marinade with veggies. Mix together. Take skewers out of water and begin adding the steak and peppers in any pattern you like.

Place Kabobs on a baking dish and Bake @ 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes then turn the kabobs over and bake 5-7 minutes longer. If you like your steak well done just keep the kabobs in for a few extra minutes until the meat is cooked through and the peppers are tender. Enjoy