Shaws Adventures

So tonight I head to Shaws for the last day of this week's sale.  Or so I thought.  Last Saturday I got a great deal on Jennie-O ground turkey and stocked up.  Grant it, I still have 2 in my freezer, but I knew that I was going to need a bunch for this weekend.  I'm making the Cincinnati Chili (without the spaghetti) for Sunday's Woodbury Christmas (Jarrod's mom's side of the family) and Football later that afternoon.  I get to Shaws and there's ONE package.  The deal last Saturday was buy 1 get 1 free... so if I bought this last one, I didn't have any free.  I was discouraged and left the meat aisle.  I then wandered over to the organic frozen section, and was tempted to buy some vita tops.  I haven't bought them before but Hungry Girl says they're amazing.  I pulled them out, looked at the nutrition, was about to put them in my cart, scanned back at the price, and did a "whaaaaaat"(think Dispicable Me) and put them back in the freezer.  I am not paying $5 for 4 muffin tops, 100 calories or not, I can make my own.  Ok, I don't enjoy making my own (i'm not a baker if you haven't noticed... not one baked recipe this year, and one last year that was banana bread, how easy is banana bread?).  So I was discouraged again, and headed to the baking aisle to see if I could find some agave nectar.  No luck once again.  However, I headed down the canned fruit aisle and found small fruit cups of peaches and pears with no sugar added on sale, that have only 25 or 40 calories each!  :)  So, that's all I bought at Shaws today. 

I also stopped at Kohls tonight to look for a Yankee Swap gift, but didn't find anything that I liked that was in the price range.  But I did find a new hair dryer that was priced at 19.99 and some Gloria Jeans Butter Toffee K Cups for 9.99....  when I went to the register, they asked if I had a Kohls card (I don't, but I tell them I do, so I dont get the schpeel) and they took 30% off my entire order (that's $9 off, people!).  So, Kohl's made me happy, I was just sad that I hadn't picked up the item that was a little more than the price range for the yankee swap, with 30% off, it would have been within the price range.  Oh well.

Today, I have luckily stayed within my calories!!!  :)  Two meals of pasta is not easy on a girl trying to lose weight!  But my pasta was pretty healthy... still trying to get through all the regular pasta so I can buy some whole wheat kinds.  Here's what I made tonight...

Sausage, Tomato, and Olive Small Shell Pasta!

3 cups uncooked small shell pasta, cooked to package directions
4 italian sausage links, cut into pieces and fried
2 cans of diced tomatoes
25 green olives
5 tbsp pesto
1 tbsp italian seasoning
1 tsp basil
4 tbsp parmesan
salt and pepper

Simple, yet yummilicious!!!

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