Holy Smokes Batman! Sausage, Cheese, and those really fancy little strawberry candies that make me think of being 7 years old for some reason..fondly! :) Here's the rest of my Hickory Farms bounty.. sausage anyone? Sausage & Rice, Sausage & crackers (of course), Sausage sliced in cheese crisps (quesadillas), on top of pizza, chunked in soup, diced in eggs, ???? Ideas? Diced on baked potato maybe, but not a meal. I need casserole love here people! I got this tuesday but was too busy to post until now, though I tried!
The red tins are FULL of shortbread type cookies (swirl, choc chip, choc, rasp center, etc.) and will last 4-ever! at least 2-3 days!! No, really! We eat slow around here. And, Uh, about those chocolate fudge bites thingies on top of the cookie tins? Pretend You DON'T see 'em, mmmmmm kay? Thank you so much.
Yay!! Today arrived my 4 boxes of pears (12 in ea box). This was an unapproved by me substitute since I ordered the KING box (2 of them) I need to calculate to see if I got a good deal. I also got one of the gift sets. Lots of sausage & cheese! My daughters are showing it off. The pears are ridiculously juicy and my family thought they taste marvelous! I froze one ham from my hams I previously received. I have been cutting up the other into various slices/dices/pieces to use in recipes this month and next (and freeze).
Tonight I used about 4 slices of ham(there are well over 30 in the ham) to make cabbage soup. I had 3/4 of a head of cabbage, sliced about 7 baby carrots into discs, threw into about 4 cups of water, added a can of chix broth, a sprinkle of frozen diced onions, a 1/2 cup of frozen corn, some pepper, a bay leaf and some lemon pepper (daughter requested) and a dash of salt. I cooked in my pressure cooker on high for 10 minutes and let it rest for 20. It was FABULOUS!!! Yummy and cheap! The girls loved it!
I didn't get all of my order, just my two hams! They arrived in styrofoam coolers and they were icy, but not totally frozen. Here is my oldest Ryan holding one of them. Isn't she cute? Still have lots more coming.
Warmly,
Tracey C.
$1200 budget
$1079.50 left
Oh no! I just made a purchase that basically killed my budget!! Here's what happened... On Refund Cents (www.RefundCents.com) someone posted about a sale at Hickory Farms of 75% off regular prices, PLUS 15% off of your order with code CLIPPER. So over I went. THIS is what happens when you are sick at home, mostly in bed for over 7 days, you get a little crazy for a deal! I ordered the following:
- 2 Preslice Boneless Hams: Net Wt. 5.5 - 6 lb. Serves 16-18. GIFT# 7670 PRICE $45.00 SALE $11.25
- Ham Smokehouse Collection: Net Wt. 2.2 lbs. GIFT# 12825 PRICE $30.00 SALE $7.50
- Turkey Sampler: Net Wt. 1.0 lbs. GIFT# 11877 PRICE $15.00 SALE $3.75
- 2 King Comice Pears: Net Wt. 13 lbs GIFT# 20003 PRICE $50.00 SALE $12.50
Available for delivery October through December (So, will I get this?) - Finest Fudge: Net Wt. 19 oz. GIFT# 7916 PRICE $22.00 SALE $5.50
Cookie Bliss Tin: Net Wt. 4.5 lbs. GIFT# 7322 PRICE $22.00 SALE $5.50- 1 Cheese Trio box: Net Wt. .7 lbs. GIFT# 7174 PRICE $15.00 SALE $3.75
- 1 all day celebration gift box: Net Wt. 6.4 lbs. GIFT# 12711 PRICE $75.00 SALE $18.75
Shipping for all of this was a whopping: $ 20.99 (tax was $2.09 and my discount was $14.66 off my order). I also added a $1 to donate to Share Our Strength. Grand total of $107.18!!! OUCH!!
My husband advised me that since this was food, it obviously had to come out of our budget! I tried to get around it, saying, but it's a gift for our family, or maybe it's under crazy sick lady expenditures.. but none of it would fly! LOL!
Anyway, we are trying to be real here, so this has to be included! Since I was contemplating a $800 budget like Jane4Girls, I guess this makes me a little closer to that! In addition, because I plan to add ebay sales to my budget (only of things I use my budget to buy), I think this allows me some room to get my amount high again. Some may agree, some may not, but this will work for us I hope! Especially since none of our stores double! I plan to cut and portion everything once we get it. I really hope we get the pears! The website says only avail til Dec, so why are they still selling? We shall see.
I will freeze portions for our meals and we can see how far this goes! Sausage for beans and rice, egg mix-ins, pizza toppings, etc. Ham for a billion things, cheese same thing. I even plan to freeze the cookies and portion them out for the family! So, let me know what you think? Was it a total waste or will time tell? Let this be a lesson to you guys! (and let me know if you do the same!) Hopefully out and about tomorrow...
Warmly, Tracey C.
$1200 budget
$1091.22 left in budget
