Grocery Shopping Savings Tips

Grocery Shopping Savings Tips

I generally shop from Safeway or Raley's (Nob Hill)..Each store has their Loyalty program..Have you heard of Just For You coupons in Safeway? It is the best way to save a lot on your grocery bills..All it takes is 5 minutes of your busy schedule to sign up for these coupons online..All you have to do is just add the coupons  to your card and when you shop next time, you save a lot..Like today, I went to Safeway and bought Milk for $2.85 when it was priced at $4.29...I bought butter for $2.29, when it was priced at $3.29...People think Raley's is expensive, but not if you buy the right stuff at the right time i.e.when they are on sale...Buy meat on sale and freeze them...Raley's also have a program called Something extra, for which you just have to link your card with your email ID and Raley's will send you coupons and free stuff too in your email..Try it, it just takes few minutes to sign up...Enjoy

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Shopping Tips

Everytime I go shopping to the mall, people are like, o my god !...mall....isn't it expensive? Why don't you go to T J Maxx, Marshall's ? etc..etc.....You have to be a smart shopper and try to use coupons whenever possible..If you use coupons, it doesn't make you small in front of your friends ( some people think that way), nor does it make a bad impression about you...I always use coupons whenever I go shopping, even at the mall...Macy's, people say is very expensive..wrong thinking..have you ever tried using coupons at Macy's? It saves you a lot..If you have a Macy's credit card, they keep sending coupons like $10 off $30 or $50 purchase and sometimes you may get extra % off for being a card holder..Just use the coupons wisely..Last time when I went to Macy's, I used a coupon 10 off 30 and my total came up to only 25 for about 5-6 items..i.e.each item were about $5.00 each...I buy branded stuff from Macy's at very cheap prices, when they have a sale..Buy, stuff when they are on sale for the next season/year..Buy one or two size up when buying for kids...Children's place/ Gymboree have Loyalty programs which helps you to earn points and then coupons..Just use the coupons when shopping..I have even bought stuff for $0.99 from Gymboree...Everyone says Gymboree is expensive, but if you shop smart, they are not expensive at all...

Shutki Maach

• 1)Shutki(Any variety)

  Shutki maach choto tukro kore kete nitey hobe..(BTW-I use dried shrimp that you get at any Asian stores)..Prothome thanda jwoley dhuye tarporey gorom jwoley ektu futiye jwol jhoriye rakhtey hobe..Kadai te shorsher tel diye peyaaj kuchi o roshun kuchi diye maach ta diye ditey hobe..shob ek saathey bhaaja hobe..ebar lonkar guro ektu jwoley guley ditey hobe( I also use Thai chillies and Serano chillies as my hubby likes it very spicy)..holud ditey hobe..noon ditey hobe..ektu bhaaja holey jwol diye fotatey hobe..jwol ta shukiye gele ektu bhaaja bhaaja hoye tel beriye ashley, namiye nebey..namanore shomoye ektu kaancha shorsher tel diye namatey hobe..your shutki is ready to eat...

  
  

  
  

  2nd recipe-- Shobji diye shutki

  shutki maach gorom jwole dhuye rakhtey hobe..Sgobji praye shob rokom e deoa jaye jemon begun/kumro/alu/beans/gajore/mulo..shob shobji ketey dhuye rakhtey hobe..ebar koratey tel diye maach bheje tuley rakhtey hobe..tel e ebar peyaaj kuchi o shobji diye bhajtey hobe..besh bhalo kore bhaaja holey, noon, holud, chini, lonkar guro o roshun diye abar nerey cherey olpo jwol diye maach ta diye fotatey hobe..shobji o maach bhalo kore shedhho hobe, ebong jwol komey besh maakha maakha ba bhaaja bhaaja holey namiye nitey hobe...

Jewelry bought from Kolkata ( India)

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Easy Fruit Custard

1 box of Instant Vanilla Pudding Box
1 can Mixed Fruit

Follow the instruction on Vanilla Pudding box and make the pudding. Drain the juice from the canned fruit and keep it aside. When the pudding has been mixed and is thick enough, add the canned fruit and serve chilled .

You can always substitute canned fruits with fresh fruits.

Enjoy

Paurutir Dahi Vada(Bread Dahi Vada)

This recipe is from my MIL's recipe booklet that she specifically wrote for me to make it easier for me..I don't have a picture for this recipe...



Boil potatoes and add some chopped green chillies, chopped cilantro, roasted coriander powder,chopped onions and some bread slices soaked and drained of water. Mix all the above ingredients well. Heat some oil in the kadai..Make small balls with the mixed ingredients and fry them and keep them aside. Now take some yogurt and add some roasted red chillies, roasted jeera powder, salt and sugar and whisk it and keep it aside... Now put the vadas in a serving dish and pour the yogurt mixture on the vadas...Sprinkle with black salt and chopped cilantro and it is ready to serve...Enjoy... 

Maacher Chop ( Fish Croquet)

Ingredients are as follows:

Canned Tuna(drained)
Boiled potato
Chopped Onion
Haldi powder/Holud
Ginger paste/powder
Garlic paste/powder
Shaan Fried Fish masala(as per taste)
Garam Masala powder
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
Egg
Bread crumbs

Drain the canned tuna and keep it aside.Heat oil in a heavy bottom vessel and fry onions till carmelized. Add Garlic and ginger paste and saute for sometime. Add the tuna and add haldi powder, salt and Shaan masala and cook till all the water from tuna has dried up. Then add the garam masala powder, sugar. Mash the potatoes and add it to the fish mixture and saute for some more time and remove from heat. Make round or any shape balls, dip in the egg wash and then the bread crumbs and deep fry them in hot oil. Serve with any dips or sauce(Maggie Hot & Sweet Chilly sauce). 

They were so good that by the time I got my camera to click a picture, they were almost all gone....