Today I was asking myself the eternal question- what's for dinner? Nothing that I have on hand sounded good. I had a bunch of asparagus that I needed to use, so after a quick search on my favorite recipe website, I found this delicious recipe for Fresh Asparagus Soup (which I modified slightly from the original version):


Ingredients

* 1 pound fresh asparagus
* 3/4 cup chopped onion
* 1/2 cup vegetable broth (I used chicken broth)
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 pinch ground black pepper
* 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth
* 1 cup soy milk (I used fat-free, lactose-free milk)
* 1/2 cup yogurt
* 1 teaspoon lemon juice
* 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Steam Asparagus until tender. I used a ziplock Zip & Steam bag:


2. Reserve a few asparagus tips for garnish. Place remaining vegetable mixture in an electric blender and puree until smooth.



3. Melt butter in the pan that was used for simmering the asparagus and onions. Stir while sprinkling flour, salt, and pepper into the butter. Do not let the flour brown. Allow the mixture to cook only 2 minutes. Stir in remaining 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth and increase the heat. Continue stirring until the mixture comes to a boil.
4. Stir the vegetable puree and milk into the saucepan. Whisk the Parmesan cheese and yogurt into the mixture, followed by lemon juice. Stir until heated through, then ladle into bowls. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and reserved asparagus tips.

Looks like I picked a great week to start couponing again! Walgreens has lots of RR deals and I'll be able to keep my OOP really low, which is great!

WAGS:
Transaction #1:
Vicks Sinex -
$6 - $4 Q (P&G 9/26) = $2
Receive $2 in RR
Clorox disinfecting wipes
2/$5.00
-Q: $1.00/1 x 2
Earn $4 R

Total OOP $5
Earn $2 and $4 RR

Transaction #2:

Emergen-C Orange/Raspberry 10's $3.49

Hylands Cold N Cough Kids 4 oz $4.99
- $1.50/1 Hylands Q
= $7.48
- 4 and 2 RR
= $1.48 OOP
Earn $3.50 and $4.99 RR

Transaction #3:
Fullbar fit P/B Choc Crisp/Fullbar Fit Chewy Brownie 1.76 oz $1.99

Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion 6.8 oz $5.99
Charmin Basic- $2.99
= $10.97
-$3.50 and $4 RR
- .25 Charmin Q
=$3.72 OOP
Earn 5 and 2 RR

Total OOP $10.20
Total Saved $27.25

I may keep rolling the Vaseline RR on more Hylands and EmergenC.

It's been SO long since I've posted here! I have been terrible about couponing this summer! I'm getting back into the swing of things this week though!

Here's my plan for CVS this week. I don't have any ECB's right now so my OOP is going to be a bit high ($36!!) I'm getting a TON of great stuff though, and I'll have ECB's to roll with next week.

CVS:
Transaction #1:
1-Oral-B Vitality floss action
Total: $25.99
-$10 Oral-B
=$13 OOP, earn 13 ECB

Transaction #2
Head & Shoulders x 2 $10
1-Febreze Fabric Refresher $5
1-Febreze Air Effects $3
1 Febreze Noticeable refill $4
Total: $21
-$2 2 x$1 Head & Shoulders
-$3 3x $1 Febreze
-$13 ECBs
=$3 OOP, earn 5 and 3 ECB

Transaction #3:
Revlon Foundation $12
Revlon Eyeshadow $4
Total: $16
- $1 Revlon Q
- 8 ECB
=$5 OOP, earn 6 ECB

Transaction #4:
Tresemme dry shampoo x 2= $11
Charmin $5.49
Total: $16.49
- $2 2x $1 Tresemme Q
- $1 Charmin Q
- 6 ECB
=$7.49 OOP, earn 5 ECB

Transaction #5:
Biore strips- $6.39
Biore cleanser- $6.39
Total: $12.78
-5 ECB
= $7.78, earn 5 ECB

Total OOP- $36.27
Total Saved- $51.00
5 ECB's for next week