I still like the convenience of this product. It would be great to take on a trip or when going to a restaurant, but I rarely travel and we almost never eat out. I did buy another bottle of Apriva this week because Kroger had it on sale but that will probably be the last one I'll buy. A large bottle of Sweetzfree goes a lot farther for the money, I think.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Apriva sweetener update
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Great price on fish today
Friday, October 11, 2013
Liquid Splenda at Kroger
I have no idea how accurate my squirts were but I found that I needed to use a lot less than I thought I would. I like my coffee VERY sweet and I usually put in 5-6 drops of Sweetzfree, which is supposedly the equivalent of nearly 1/4 cup of sugar! Obviously that can't be right so I think that Sweetzfree's conversion chart is off quite a bit. Anyway, I only needed about 3 squirts of Apriva per mug of coffee or the equivalent of about 3 teaspoons of sugar. That seems a lot more reasonable than 1/4 cup worth of Sweetzfree, doesn't it? It could be my imagination but the sweetness seemed different than Sweetzfree somehow. I'm not sure if it's a flavor thing or just the kind of sweetness. Maybe I was tasting the preservatives they put in Apriva. It tasted fine, just slightly different.
Walmart used to sell a similar product called Sucralose To Go but they've recently stopped selling it in favor of the Skinny Girl brand of sweeteners. I looked at those yesterday and wasn't impressed with the choices. They're expensive and they don't have a sucralose version; only monk fruit, stevia and agave. I did notice recently that HEB has Sucralose To Go but I can get Kroger's version cheaper with my senior discount. Kroger's is $2.99 so I paid $2.69 for it. I just went to the Sucralose To Go site and they're still listing Walmart as the only place to buy it. I really did see it at HEB about a week or two ago so I guess they just need to update their site since you can't buy it at Walmart any longer and it's obviously available elsewhere.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Tuesday Bargains - Meat Bonanza
Pork & Mushroom Stir-Fry |
I don't know if it was a good price but I needed to stock up on garlic anyway. I paid 81-cents for both heads. The 8-ounce containers of mushrooms were on sale for only 89-cents each. Those are both going into my pork dish.
HEB had Land O Lakes butter for $2.00 with a store coupon so I bought two pounds. They also have ribeye steaks on sale for $3.97 pound so I splurged on a package of three huge steaks. The heavy cream was the usual $3.56.
No luck today but I'm still keeping an eye out for a sale on eggplant so that I can make Eggplant Lasagna. They did have a pretty good supply of it for change though. I don't know when eggplant season is but I suspect it might be in the fall. They were selling them by the pound today and they would have cost a fortune at $1.79lb. When they have them on sale, they're usually 2/$1.00.
Tomorrow is our 31st wedding anniversary and we're planning to go out to eat somewhere. I'm not sure where yet but I've got a couple of ideas. I always enjoy the fajitas at Chili's but I was thinking of trying P.F. Chang's. I've never been there and hopefully they've got something that's not too outrageously carby if I omit the rice/noodles. I know that they're loaded with sugar but I'd really like to try their Chicken Lettuce Wraps, minus the rice sticks, and the Kung Pao Chicken sounds good. Can anyone recommend some good options to try there?
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Thursday Shopping
I didn't get any outstanding deals today but Kroger does have a few nice sales this week. If you spend $10, you can get a dozen large eggs for 99-cents. They've also got 16-ounce packages of Kroger brand cheese for $2.99 and 3.5-ounce Hormel giant pepperoni for a dollar. I like to snack on them or layer them in a pizza/lasagna type casserole. I also use them when I make submarine sandwiches for the guys. Family packs of bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs are .99lb this week too.
I needed some heavy cream and Walmart was out of it, which is pretty typical. I always see it there when I've got plenty at home but, when I need it, they're almost always out. Anyway, now that they're putting milk in theirs like everyone else, I decided that I might as well buy Kroger cream today. I've always avoided buying it there because of the skim milk they put in it. With my 10% senior discount, I paid pretty close to the same amount I'd pay at either Walmart or HEB for a quart of cream. It was on sale for $3.99 this week which works out to $3.59 with my discount.
Most stores around here now sell liquid Splenda and now Kroger has their own store brand; Apriva. It comes in the same little squirt bottle as the Sucralose-to-Go that they sell at Walmart. I don't recall how much it costs at Walmart but Kroger's is $2.99.
While I was at Walmart this morning, I saw that they sell those big 24-ounce bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee like I got on clearance at Kroger last week. They want $13.78 for it and $7.28 for the 12-ounce bag. So, I did get a super deal on the big bag at $7.99.
When I got back from shopping, I got my cooking done for the day. I made Spinach Lasagna again but made my variation this time which has Italian sausage added and extra cheese.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
More new duds...
Just popping in to show you what I got for $16.00 at the charity shop today. I've bought more new clothes for myself in the past few months than I normally buy in several years. The funny thing is that so far I haven't even spent $100. I think I spent around $20 on my first visit there, then $40 last time and $16 this time.