February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 Recap

Hello again, savvy savers! So, for Day 2 I challenged you all to come up with a list of a list of meals, with all of the staples being comprised of your freezer, deep freeze, stockpile, and pantry items. We needed to come up with:

• 13 Breakfasts
• 13 Lunches
• 13 Snacks
• 13 Dinner Options
• 13 Desserts

So, here is what I came up with:

Breakfasts (using frozen eggs, bacon, cheese, Homemade Greek Yogurt, and stockpiled cereal): 

• Homemade Greek Yogurt Parfaits x 9
• Cereal x 13
• Bacon, Eggs, and Toast x 4

Lunches (using frozen cold cuts, Thanksgiving pulled turkey slices, and frozen grilled chicken breasts):

• Almonds, Cheese Crackers, Cheese rounds, with celery, and Crystal Light x 10
• Tossed Salad with Turkey, light vinaigrette, and Crystal Light x 8
• Chicken Salad, and Crystal Light x 8

Snacks (using frozen fruit and cheese):

• String Cheese and grapes x 7
• Almonds and Gala Apple Slices x 7
• Strawberries and String Cheese x 7
• Blueberries and Walnuts x 5

Dinners (made from stockpile and freezer):

• Crockpot Chicken Curry, steamed peas, and crystal light x 4
• Crockpot Barbecue Pulled Pork Sliders, Steamed Green Beans, and Crystal Light x 4
• Crockpot Orange Chicken with Almonds, Steamed Peas, and crystal light x 4
• Taco Tuesday Roll-ups; in lieu of taco shells I use Romaine Lettuce Sheets x 3
• Grilled Turkey Burger Patties, sweet Potato Fries, with Crystal Light x 4
• Crockpot Salisbury Steak Recipe, with mashed potatoes and green beans, with Crystal Light x 3
• Punxsutawney Meatless Monday Crockpot Chili, with Crystal Light x 3
• Cleverly Couponed Crawfish Etouffee for Mardi Gras x 1

Desserts (made from pantry items): 

• Jello-o Sugar-Free Dulce de Leche Cups x 7
• Gluten-Free Brownies x 7
• Brownie flurries with leftover brownies x 7
• Diet Coca-Cola Slushies x 5

As well today, I was also able to accomplish:

1. I woke up at 6:30, walked my fur babies, showered, & dressed to my shoes, (just sans shoes indoors, as we’re a no-shoes indoor household!) (Thanks, Flylady!)
2. Worked on my daily Motivated Moms Planner.
3. I finished one days work of work-week, clerking assignments.
4. I worked on my lesson plan for my new project, teaching couponing/savings classes at my local community college for an hour.
5. I read part of a new review book.
6. I finished today’s Day 2 No-Spend Challenge!
7. I enjoyed a Free Chik-fil-a- frozen latte!
8. I cooked from my pantry, three times.
9. I mailed off a package of coupons for Coups For Troops.
10. I worked on ten product reviews.
11. I finished all of my daily blog posts on time!
12. Read my daily devotional.
13. I rented two free Redbox movies, which I will enjoy tonight!
14. I cleaned out my kitchen drawers as part of today’s Monday Deep Cleaning Project! (Thanks, MoneySavingMom)

So today I saved:

• I was able to subscribe to a new, free magazine subscription, which will have a combined savings of $12.00.
• I completed 2 surveys online via Ipsos-iSay, and earned a $1.00 towards my next Amazon gift code.
• I submitted ten receipts to Receipt Hog, (if you wish to join please use code drog2894 when signing up) which earned by $175 coins, or $0.40. 
• I eat at home three times today, saving our family $8.91. .
• I pre-packed a weeks worth of lunch meals for my family, which saved us $6.89.
• I recycled, upcycled, and composted one bins of deluge from today’s deep clean challenge, and saved $0.25, the cost of 1 trash bag. 
• I rented two free Redbox movies, a savings of $2.48.
• I enjoyed a free Chik-fil-a frozen latte, for free!
• I received $19.34 worth of product review items, which can be placed in my home gift closet!
• I also did not watch cable tv, and saved $3.68 by doing so.

So, overall today my family saved: $58.94

This months savings goal remaining: $808.41

Now that’s a full day! Stay tuned for the Day 3 Challenge tomorrow!

Here’s to saving,

Challenge Links:

• The 31 Day No Spend Month Challenge!
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 (Commitment & Pantry Organization)
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 Recap
• February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 (Menu Ideas)