August 7th

Martha came over today. and you guessed it...She made dinner. She made pollo de rojo and arroz. chicken in a chili,peanut,tomato sauce and spanish rice!!! It was OFF THE HOOK!!!! I don't know how she made it. but she out tomatoes,red chilis,red wine vinegar,peanut butter and chicken stock in the sauce and onions with boneless skinless c thighs. All I know is I had chicken thighs set out to BBQ and she made that with stuff I had in my pantry!!!!


So chicken was 7.00
everything was staple items I guess LOL
Rice 1.00

8.00 divided by 6=1.33 a person

August 6th

homemade chicken and ground beef taquitos with wholly guacamole and homemade salsa!


warmed up the corn tortillas in the microwave until soft. put a spoon full of meat inside and rolled them up. fried them in a shallow pan with oil. fry until brown on both sides. I put ground beef in the half moon shaped ones and chicken in the round ones! My sister gave my some chicken to take home from her house the night before.



Ground beef- 3.98
tortillas- free from Martha
carrots that I sauteed with the ground beef - .25
sour cream- staple
radishes-.25
lettuce-.50
home made salsa- free from Martha
wholly guacamole-2.00 I but it from Costco 3 little containers for 6.00 I used one tonight. I keep them in the freezer

Dinner total= 6.98 divided by 5 is 1.39 for dinner!

August 5th

Today was spent cleaning out closets and organizing clothes..UGH It seems like this job is never ending. I AM happy to say that ALL three boys are set until next spring on clothes and I just had to spend a day to do it! Thank you so much Nicole for coming over and helping me. I could not have got it all done with out your help!!! Wayne bbq'd hamburgers and hot dogs for us for dinner. I did not have the energy or the time to take a pic of tonight's dinner LOL

August 4th

COCO's for dinner and swimming... She made chicken salads. Thanks for dinner and thanks for having my crazy bunch over!

August 3rd

Martha and I cleaned the scrapbook room today we worked for 11 hours and NOW I am ready to scrapbook!!! YAY!! Seriously it is so clean in there and ALL organized! I lOVE it! Thankyou Martha for your help today! RAY BBQ's hamburgers for dinner and Martha made salsa for chips. It was a great day!

August 2nd

We ate ate the reception for dinner tonight. Rosie we are glad you are not suffering anymore. You were loved and will be missed by many. We love you Sarah and sorry for your loss!!

Auntie E1 bought a 50 piece of chicken that we brought home and had for dinner.

August 1st

Chicken enchiladas and rice and beans....

I pulled a ziplock of chicken out of my freezer for dinner tonight.


tortillas free
Chicken .49 a pound used 2 pounds
enchilada sauce 1.25 used 2
big bag of cheese from Costco 6.00
onion 1.00
rice 2.00
beans 1 can 1.25


I made 2 big pans of enchiladas 1 big cam of sauce per pan

Tonight was the viewing of Sarah Swan's mother may she rest in peace!!

I invited Moe, Sarah, Ester, and Nikki over for dinner after the viewing!

Dinner total 13.75 divided by 9
1.52 a person YAY!!!!

July 31st

I made carne asada tacos for dinner.... I know you might be thinking you have tacos ALOT!! We actually do! Chicken,steak,ground beef,fish and quesadilas, seriously we LOVE tacos in this house!!!

Tonight I did carne asada.. I bought it from Fresh and Easy! If you haven't been there...GO!!! They have a great clearence section. I got tonight dinner for 3.43.

Steak-3.43
tortillas-free from Martha
tomatoes-3/100 farmers market
avacado-2.00
lettuce-.50
onion- 50
Cheese-staple item

I also made a big pot of spanish rice. 1.00

8.43 divided by 6 we had Karie over for dinner tonight is 1.40 a person....

July 30th TACOS AGAIN!!!!

Today ground beef tacos!

Ground beef
tomatoes
lettuce
green onions
avacado
corn tortillas
grated cheese
sour cream
lime

July 29th Macaroni & Cheese and Spam

LAZY NIGHT! I have done laundry most of the day and I had drive clear across town with both of the younger boys and WAIT and WAIT to get pappy's glasses fixed! When I got home I was tired and HOT! I made 2 boxes of Velveeta Macaroni and cut up one can of spam . MIx together and wa-la Dinner!! Not very healthy ! But pappy and Isaiah both enjoyed dinner!

July 28th Chicken soup and Rice

I had a ziplock in my freezer full of homemade chicken soup. I got it out heated it up and made a pot of calrose rice. DELISH!!

The chicken soup was leftover from a big pot I made while I was pregnant and the rice is a serious staple in the samoan house!

Dinner=FREE

July 27th marinated pork tacos spanish rice and sauteed zucchini

When we arrived home Martha was here. So I came home to a clean house and dinner made.( YAY! I planned to have her clean today on purpose) There is nothing like coming home to a clean house after a long trip!!

She made dinner I have NO idea how and it was delish!

Pork roast 5.50
red dried chili 1.00
rice 1.00
tomato sauce .20
zucchini 2.00
salt and pepper and a little bit of love Dinner was GREAT!!!

9.70 divided by 4 = 2.42 a person

She slow cooked the pork and shredded it.
Then soaked the dried chilis in boiling water and put them in the blender with spices!
poured the mixture over the meat and is was GOOD!

She made spanish rice
sauteed the rice in evoo until brown then added onion and tomatos sauce and water let come to a boil then reduce heat and cover for 20 minutes! 1 cup of rice and 2 cups of water 1 small can of tomato sauce and spices!

She sauteed the zucchini in butter and seasoned it with salt and pepper!

July 26th Peanut butter and Jelly

The boys had peanut butter and jelly (Yes, I always sing this song while making sandwiches LOL), watermelon and cheese its. We had Ribs, sausage, cottage cheese, and chips and salsa!

July 25th

I had a french dip and fries. Ray had the chicken fried steak. Joshua and Isaiah shared a kids Cheeseburger and fries. Mom had a veggie patty and side salad.

It was good food and Mom treated..YAY!!!!

July 24th BBQ Ribs and pineapple sausage

We enjoyed a fun filled day of fishing and camping. Ray came home and BBQ'd Ribs and sausage for dinner. Mom made Kraft Mac and Cheese and that was dinner. We had chips and home made salsa for a snack before dinner. Ray makes really good ribs. They just fall off the bone and are super tender. He uses pork back ribs from Costco and Santa Maria seasoning as a rub. When the ribs are almost done he slathers them in Sweet baby Rays BBQ sauce and they are off the hook GOOD!!!! We just eat them right off the grill with


The ribs were 23.89 for 3 racks
The sausage were 6.00
Sweet baby Ray's BBQ Sauce 10 for$10 Albertsons. I have at least 10 at all times in my pantry!!! 1.00
2 boxes of Mac and Cheese came out of Granny's pantry!! Free

30.89 divided by 5 is 6.19 high for dinner but oh so good and we are campin' gotta have ribs!!!

one penny more than Mcdonalds and We have 2 racks of ribs left and 8 sausage . We will get 2 meals out of this for sure!

July 23rd A Campin' we will go!!!!

Today we packed up the car and headed to Silver Lake, Ca. We left Bakersfield around 3:00 pm. We arrived in Bishop around 7:00pm. We decided to stop at Mickey D's and let the boys play in the play area and I nursed Jr. So no cookin' for Mama tonight! Our dinner total was 24.75 divided by 4 was 6.18 kinda high but the play area was fabulous. Ray and I both had a big mac combo. I had a sweet tea and Ray had diet coke. Joshua had a nugget happy meal and a mcdouble(yes he ate it all) with a milk and Isaiah had a nugget happy meal with apple dippers and apple juice!

July 22nd Fish Tacos

We had Linda, Brett, Jaime, Wayne, Nicole, Caleb, Ray, Pappy, Joshua, Isaiah, Martha and myself over for Martha's famous fish tacos and my fish taco sauce that is so good you can drink it. I know I know I am a crazy lady when stuff goes on sale..I always stock up and tilapia for 1.98 a pound? It is time to stock up I bought 20 pounds gave them 2 twenties and headed home to bag it up!!I put like 10 filets to a quart size ziplock . When we wanna grill fish or have fish tacos I always have it in my freezer..

Fish Tacos

corn tortillas 2.00
1 head shredded cabbage 1.00
salsa- homemade free make friends with some one who makes good salsa LOL
fish taco sauce- follow recipe below
tilapia 1.99 a pound 8 pounds for 16.00
flour 2 cups - staple item
milk 2 cups - staple item
eggs 2 eggs - staple item


mix flour, eggs and milk together to make batter. season fish really well with favorite seasoning we used old bay. Then dip in batter and fry fish until crispy!

2 cups of mayonnaise staple item
1 cup sour cream 1.00
6 avocados 6.00
1 bunch of cilantro .33
1 purple onion .50
1 the juice of 2 limes .20
1/2 serrano pepper IDK like .5
salt to taste staple item

throw it ALL in the blender and YUM-Oh!!!!! This sauce is GOOD!


dinner total 27.08 divided by 12 still a pretty cheap dinner 2.25 a person! and we had plenty left for Ray to take to work and pappy to have leftovers when we are camping!

July 21st Chili Dogs

We had Linda, Brett Jaime, Wayne, Nicole, Caleb, Pappy, Ray, Sarah, Joshua and Isaiah


CHili from my freezer
2 packs of turkey franks-2.00
1 bag of Costco cheese-5.85
24 pack of buns from Costco-2.45
2 onion-free from the side of the road LOL Nicole found a huge bag!
mustard-staple item

dinner total 10.30 divided by 11 = .93 a person WOW!!!!

July 20th Nachos

I made nachos tonight...

I used one bag of already boiled ground beef out of my freezer(Taste just like you fried it. I added taco seasoning to it and warmed it up in a pan)2.00
homemade salsa free from Martha
sour cream 1.25
cheese 2.00
1 can of fat free refried beans 1.25
1 can of olives 1.00
1 bunch green onion .25
1 bag of organic corn chips from Costco 5.00


dinner total 12.75 divided by 6 Jaime had dinner with us tonight! = 2.10 a person

July 19th Ham and Spinach quiche.

Tonight was a very easy dinner.... I pulled 2 home made quiches out of my freezer and put them in the oven for 1hr. I made 6 quiches last month and put them in my freezer. I know that it is busy in the summer and HOT! The last thing I wanna do is cook. I prepare a lot of meals in my freezer for days like this.

I bought 6 pre-made deep dish pie shells at Winco for 1.50 each. 2 bags of pre-washed spinach for 2.00 each. 2 packages of kirkland ham @ Coscto for 6.00. 1 bag of pre-shredded cheese at Costco for 6.00 5 dozen eggs for 5.00 1 bunch of green onions .33
total for 6 quiches=28.33 that 4.72 per pie.

We eat 2 quiches for dinner. There is about 1/2 of one quiche left and we will have it for breakfast in the morning!

total for dinner tonight was 9.44 divided by 5 is 1.88 per person.

This is super simple layer the chopped ham, spinach, green onion and cheese in to the pie dish and then fill with scrambles eggs. Bake @ 350 for about and hour. Take out of oven and either eat or freeze. If you freeze it then you can taket out and basically just defrost and heat back up in the oven .... SO SIMPLE!!!