Flipp Summer Food Challenge!
Summer is in full force and along with the sunny skies and mostly pretty awesome weather comes delicious food. Often times summer meals and BBQ’s can get pricey! Being able to put wholesome, delicious and affordable meals on the table can be a challenge–but, it doesn’t have to be!
When it comes to feeding our family, I prefer to make real food and I make sure to find the best deals so that I can get the best prices. One of the best tools that I’ve used to date is an absolutely FREE circular app called Flipp that helps you find the best deals at your favorite stores, clip coupons and make your shopping list. Did I mention it was FREE?
Browse, Clip, SAVE.
If you are new to the app or you’re a veteran and have been using it for a while. You know that it will help you save every week, all year-long. The free location-based app delivers the latest flyers from your favourite stores right to your pocket.
Challenge Accepted!
So, you’ll get notifications that will alert you to savings. Plus, with Flipp’s in-app shopping list and coupon matching features, shoppers can quickly and easily find the very best deals on whatever they need, and receive instant savings at checkout! It really doesn’t get better than that!
Back to the challenge, we decided to use the app to find the best deals on groceries. I find where most of our dollars go to is protein since we grill as much as we can all summer long. With a $100 budget, I was challenged to save as much as I can while staying within it.
What I love the most about the app is that you can make your own list within the app and cross off as you go. So, shopping was even easier when I didn’t have to fiddle with a paper and pen. Not to mention, say if you add ‘pasta’ to your list, you can click on it and it will show you flyers and coupons for each item. Savings, galore!
Using Flipp, I was able to find a great deal for chicken breasts and chicken thighs for $3.99 a pound. I stocked up and put them in the freezer. I also found pasta for 99¢ a bag and bought a couple of those to stock the pantry with. I bought spicy Italian sausage that was on sale for $3.99 instead of $5.99. To me, those are great foundations for amazing meals already!
I also found great deals on our favorite fruit like blueberries for $5.99 for a 2 lb pack and $3.99 for watermelon. We picked up everything else we normally get as well and found the best price.
- 2 1/2 cups of penne
- 3 1/2 cups of pasta sauce
- 1 tbsp of margarine
- 1/2 cup of sour cream
- 1 pound of Italian Sausage
- 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 3 tbsp of oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon of parsley
- 1 frying pan
- 1 large pot
- 1 knife
- 1 stirring spoon
- 1 cutting board
- 1 cast iron
- Boil water. add salt and add pasta.
- Cook pasta to taste.
- Drain, add margarine to pasta and stir.
- Cut sausage in 1-inch slices.
- Chop garlic and onion finely.
- Add oil to frying pan and lightly brown the sausage.
- Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper.
- In a separate pot, heat pasta sauce, add sour cream and salt and pepper.
- Stir in mozzarella cheese until fully melted.
- Add pasta and 3/4 of cooked sausage to sauce and mix until fully combined.
- Top with remaining 1/4 of sausage and cheese and place in oven in 350 degrees until cheese is melted.
- Enjoy!
Your Turn!
The best part of Flipp is that everyone can use it, if you have a phone, you’re set! You can start saving right away, load your reward cards right on the app to have everything all in one place. Plus, all the awesome features that I already mentioned above. It’s fast and easy to download Flipp and it’s user-friendly too.
If you’re ready to save 20% to 70% on groceries and other items every week, you gotta flip over Flipp! I know I have!
You can download the app here:
For more information, head over to Flipp’s website and make sure to follow Flipp on Facebook , YouTube and Twitter.
Do you use any apps to help you with your shopping?
Let me know, til then–cheers m’deres!
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