Welcome to the NEW Tuesday’s Trips Blog Hop hosted by The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz! Instead of a shopping trip linky we’ve decided to change over to a traditional blog hop.

Each week we will be visiting a new social network. Make sure you check back each week to see where we’ll be!

• Follow your hostesses in the #1 and #2 spots
• Leave a comment, so we can follow you back
• Only link up to the network we are visiting for the week
• It’s always appreciated that if someone follows you, you follow them back (we all love to find new friends!)

Please link to your Facebook page only

I didn’t get too many goodies in the way of free samples and coupons, but I had a few more items for review/giveaways arrive this past week!

-Glad trash bag with coupon from Target
-Your Life Vitamin sample and coupon
-Garnier Coupon
-Pampers Wipes coupon
-Forbes Magazine
-Disney holiday gift tags

Ballerina Umbrella & Raincoat from Kidorable & Iron-Eagle Helicopter from My Web RC (bad picture)

Christmas Gift Basket from Gourmet Gift Baskets – notice it didn’t make it for me to take a picture 🙂 

If you’ve been trying to get my updates via Google Friend Connect, you may have noticed that the last post was before my move to wordpress.  Unfortunately, correcting this problem has proved to be difficult.  I apologize for the inconvenience!  I’d suggest subscribing via RSS feed or by email feed.  Make sure you verify your email address if subscribing via email.  

Thanks for your understanding!

Just a reminder that Shop from the Heart at MacArthur Center in Norfolk is tonight!  Support CHKD while getting discounts for your holiday shopping.

This has absolutely nothing to do with saving money, but a lot of my readers are moms (or dads).  It’s gross, but part of being a parent.  I had my first experience with a child getting sick in public last night!  We went to get Mexican food for dinner.  After eating Monkeyboy looked over at me and said his belly hurt.  Just as I’m asking if he was going to be sick, he was.  Eventually Derrick was able to get him out the door, while I took care of the “damage.”  All this in the midst of a very crowded restaurant.

He’s been fine ever since!

Hoping I’m not alone here…

Welcome to the 19th Surfin’ Saturdays hosted by Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Two Monkeys & a Washtub, And Then There Were Four and  The Coupon Challenge! Each week we will be surfin’ a different social network. You will have to check back every Saturday to see where we will be! One week it may be a facebook hop and then the next an email hop! It will be lots of fun and you will get to meet new people and see old friends as well!

We kindly ask that you follow these simple requests

1. Follow the hostesses in the first four spots (We will follow you back! Just please leave a comment letting us know that you are following us!)
2. Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week.
3. No spam please. These will be removed. 
4. It would be wonderful if you are linking up this week if you could add our button to your sidebar or in a post to help spread the word! 🙂 The more people that join, the more fun it will be! (Plus if you add our button to your sidebar you can grab 5 extra entries into any ONE giveaway!)
5. If someone follows you please feel free to follow them back! If you follow me and leave a comment you are guaranteed a follow back!

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I know, it’s week 3 and I’m only on part 3.

How to save on meal part 1 & part 2 both dealt with saving money at the grocery store.  I also wanted to talk about ways to save on meat in the kitchen.

– Use larger cuts: Buy the largest package of meat when it’s on sale to yield the most meals from one package.

•  Pork tenderloin: Eat 1 night marinated and use the rest of the meat in stir fry the next night
•  Whole Chicken: Purchase a whole chicken for $6 to yield multiple meals instead of 1 package for $3 and only get 1 meal

–Meatless Meals: Consider having 1 meatless meal per week.  Serve soup and a sandwich, garden salad and baked potato or use beans for protein in lieu of meat.

–Leftover night: Consider having 1 leftover night per week.   In addition to avoiding  another package of meat, you have the added benefit of reducing waste.  A mid week leftover night works well for us depending on our schedule and menu plan.

–Try ground turkey:  I started substituting ground turkey for ground beef a few years ago.  Ground turkey is healthier, and I can usually find better deals on Butterball ground turkey versus a package of ground beef.

–Add fillers: Use fillers (breadcrumbs or oatmeal)  in foods such as burgers and meatloaf.  You can use less meat, make the dish more filling and it seems to help hold everything together.

Read Part 4 of How to Save on Meat – we finish up saving on meat in the kitchen.

What are your tips for saving on meat and produce? Comments left that are not on my notes, will be added in a separate post at the end of the series.

This post is linked to Madame Deals and My Coupon Teacher