Marinade for beef

Slice about a pound of beef in very thin strips (you can also use pork). In a bowl or plastic ziplock bag, mix together 6 T good-quality soy sauce, 3 T sesame oil, 3 T water or rice cooking wine, and 2-3T sugar. You can also slice thin several green onions and dice 2-3 cloves of garlic and add this to the marinade. Marinate the meat in this (in fridge) for at least an hour (2 or 3 would be better). Then, remove from marinade and broil until meat is cooked through.

This is a Korean recipe, so you want to serve this with a good quality white rice and, if you like it, kimchi. It is also good with a green salad on the side.

Kellogg's coupon booklet

At Cub Foods (and possibly other grocery stores) there is a Kellogg's display shaped like a school bus. On the side of the display are free coupon booklets which would be good matched with some of the other Kellogg's coupons out there. There is a coupon for $2.00 off milk wyb 2 Keebler graham crackers or graham crackers sandwich bites, $2 off milk wyb 2 Keebler cookies and/or Gripz, $2 off fresh fruit wyb 2 Eggo waffles, $2 off store brand coffee wyb 2 Nutrigrain bars packages, $2 off IOcean Spray cranberry juice wyb 2 Frosted Mini-wheats or Raisin Bran, $2 off bread wyb 2 Yogos or Kellogg's fruit snacks, $2 off milk wyb 2 packages of Keebler or Sunshine Right Bites snacks, $2 off bread wyb 2 pkgs rice krispies treats, $2 off store brand 12-24 pack bottled water wyb 1 Special K cereal and 1 Special K protein products (4 ct or lgr), $2 off Sprite wyb 2 Cheez-its, $2 off fruit wyb 2 pkgs Kebbler or Austin sandwich crackers, and $2 off 2 Dannon Danimals crush-cup 4-packs or smoothie 6 packs wyb 2 packages of select Kellogg's cereals. If you plan to buy any of the above products you might pick up a coupon booklet and make the deal a little better. The coupons are good until 9/30/09. Of course, if you haven't yet submitted a $10 Kellogg's rebate, these items could count toward that as well (there is a rebate form in the booklet).

Target Toy Clearance

I was reading on Hip2Save last night that Target is having a toy clearance sale. I needed to finish my teenaged daughter's birthday shopping anyway so while at Target I decided to check out the toy section and see if it is true.

I am very happy to report that, yes!! Target is having an awesome toy clearance sale. A great many of the toys are marked 75% off. I picked up quite a few items for my younger children and plan to set them aside for Christmas. Toys that were normally $14.99 were marked down to $3.74. I will check my receipts against the original prices and tally up the totals later, but I paid about $75 for probably close to $400 worth of toys. They are not all summer toy items either---there are Star Wars/Terminator action figures, dolls, Schleich figures (they make knights, Indians, and Elves and normally are quite pricey), games, etc. If you have children you are buying for, you might want to check out the sale and set some stuff aside for Christmas and birthdays. (I know we larger families do this out of necessity! But it's a good idea anyway because you really do save money.)

It's Hip to Save!: Walgreens: .06 Starbucks Drinks + Toy Clearance

It's Hip to Save!: Walgreens: .06 Starbucks Drinks + Toy Clearance

If you plan to head to Walgreens either today or tomorrow, check out the above link to find out how you could score really cheap Starbucks frappuccinos!

Spaghetti sauce

(If you have time to let this simmer a long time, the flavor improves)

1/2 eggplant, cut up (peeled if desired)
1 zucchini, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, diced, or garlic powder
1T or more basil or oregano, or 1 bay leaf
2 cans diced tomatoes

Saute the eggplant, zucchini, onion and garlic until tender. Add the spices and the tomatoes and let simmer. If you like a thicker sauce, add a small can of tomato paste. Serve this over hot cooked pasta. (Alternatively, rather than using canned tomatoes and tomato sauce, you can use a jar of pasta sauce)

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand." (Romans 5:1)

Kellogg's $5 coupon booklets

There are $5 coupon booklets in select, specially marked packages of Kellogg's cereal. There are three different coupon booklets available. I picked up a box of Corn Pops (no, it wasn't on sale, and no, I did not have a coupon, but my daughters really wanted it and I figured I'd get it, since there were coupons inside...). The booklet I got had $1/1 Rice Krispies or Crispix, $1/1 Special K, $1/2 Nutrigrain bars, $1/1 All-Bran, and $1/2 Morningstar Farms products. I used the first 3 coupons on Kroger's 50% off Kellogg's sale and plan to hold the other 2 for a sale. Hopefully someone will put the specially marked boxes on sale soon so we can snag lots of coupons!!