1 Tablespoon olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
3 cups sliced carrots (4 medium-large)
1 cup water
3 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped, fresh parsley

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, paprika, cumin, and coriander; cook; stirring until fragrant but not browned, about 20 seconds. Add carrots, water, lemon juice, and salt. Bring to a simmer.
Reduce heat to low, cove and cook until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
Uncover and simmer, stirring often, until the carrots are just tender and the liquid is syrupy, 2-4 minutes.
Stir in the parsley.
Serve hot or at room temperature

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1/2 cup olive oil
4 carrots, thinly sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 head cabbage, shredded
5 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes

Do not add liquid. The cabbage and potatoes release enough

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the carrots and onion in the hot oil about 5 minutes. Stir in the salt, pepper, cumin, turmeric, and cabbage and cook another 15-20 minutes. Add the potatoes and cover.
Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until potatoes are soft, 20-30 minutes.

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8 oz penne pasta
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2-3 green onion, sliced
3 cups chopped tomatoes
1-10oz box frozen spinach
2 Tablespoons fresh basil, or 2 teaspoons dried basil
pepper to taste

Cook pasta according to box. Drain, save 1 cup pasta water
In a 2 quart pot saute' onion in oil until translucent
Defrost spinach, squeeze out the water
Add tomatoes, basil, pepper, and spinach to the onions and saute' only until heated through

Combine pasta with sauteed vegetables. Add cheese and continue to cook over low heat for a minute or two until the cheese is melted.

Add a little pasta water if it seems dry

Serve with crusty bread and a salad.

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3/4 cup brown lentils
4 cups water
3/4 cup uncooked long grain rice
1 cup elbow macaroni
2 tablespoons oil
2 large onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 (15.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1.)Cook the lentils and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 25 minutes. Add the rice to the lentils,and continue to simmer for an additional 20 minutes, or until rice is tender.

2.) Fill a separate saucepan with lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain

3.) Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned. Pour in the tomatoes and season with red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Simmer over medium heat for 10-20 minutes

4.) In a large serving dish, stir together the lentils, rice, and macaroni. Mix in the tomato sauce until evenly coated.

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3/4 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cracked wheat or fine bulgur
1/2 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup minced mint leaves (I often leave this out)
1/2 cup finely chopped green onion
1 tomato, diced
1 cucumber, diced
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon sea salt
Pepper to taste
Pinch allspice

Pour boiling water over the cracked wheat, cover, and let stand for 20 minutes until wheat is tender and water is absorbed. Add the chopped vegetables and toss to mix. Combine oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and all spice. Add to wheat mixture and mix well.

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Lemon Dressing

1/4 c oil
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Salad

7 oz spinach torn into bite sized pieces (5 cups)
1 head Boston lettuce (4 cups) I plan to use romaine
1 4oz package feta
4 medium green onions, sliced
24 pitted olives
3 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 medium cucumber, sliced

In tightly covered container, shake all dressing ingredients.

In large bowl, toss salad ingredients and dressing, serve immediately

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I kind of enjoyed my shopping trip this week since I had just added the new Cellfire coupons to my Kroger card. You can read about how to do that in my post here. I know it is hard to tell from the picture, but I did get quite a bit. I only spent $52.26 which included diapers, toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, and razors. I was well stocked on veggies, so I could splurge on some other things

Still not as good as Crystal would have done, but not to bad considering I only started hard core coupon shopping a couple of months ago. I really try not to buy too much box food, but sometimes a deal is too good to pass up. I know I can always give it to the food drive at church. We have been challenged to bring something every week.

Here is what I got...

1 4pk Cottonelle

Cellfire cottonelle $.50/1

Total $.49

8 oz beef
On sale for $1.99

2 packs of Trident
Used one BOGO
$.55/1 doubled to $1
Total for 2 $.59

3 cod fillets
On sale 4/$5

Herbal Essence Shampoo
Herbal Essence Conditioner
eSaver Herbal Essence $2/2

Coupon $3/2
Total for both $1

1 pk Huggies
Cellfire Huggies $1/1
Coupon $1/1
Total $7.99 I thought it would be $2 less, but my eSaver did not come through

Box Active Lifestyle instant oatmeal
Cellfire FREE Active Lifestyle oatmeal

1 pk Kotex
Cellfire Kotex $1/1
Coupon $1/1
Total $1

12 oz shredded cheese

Mach 3 disposable razors
eSaver Gillette $3/1

Coupon $2/1
Total $1.61

Beef roast

8 oz sandwich meat

1 pack Goldfish crackers
Cellfire Goldfish $.50/1
Total $.50

1.35 lbs organic bananas

8 oz cream cheese

2 Pure Protein bars
Used $1.50/2
Total for 2 $.50

3 cans mandarin oranges

2 cans of peaches

1 can green beans

1 bottle Naturally Preferred water
Cellfire Free bottle Naturally Preferred H2O water
Total FREE

1 jar peanut butter for church food drive

1 jar natural peanut butter

1 onion

vanilla extract

2 bags frozen bell peppers and onion mix

$.25 refund for using my own bags. (Don't forget your bags. It can add up)

Total before coupons $81.90
Total saved with coupons and sales $29.64
Total spent $52.26

I am getting there. I hope to get it down to $50 a week. I still needed milk after this grocery run. Now that the baby is off of formula I can not get away with just a 1/2 gallon a week.

If you are wondering which inserts I got my coupons from check out Hot Coupon World and you can use their coupon database to find out.

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