Healthy v.s Budget friendly = Yummy Alpha Sprouts

Alpha Sprouts are great in salads, stir-fry's, and in sandwiches. Their nutritional content is also something to be excited about! High in Vitamin K, Calcium, Vitamin C, and so many other nutrients. They also have a low caloric content vs. the amount you can eat.

My family is always looking for ways to incorporate healthy options into our meals and for prices that are reasonable.
We recently purchased the Sprout Master so we could start growing our own Alpha Sprouts, which we all love in this household!



Sprout Master - $44.95  
Mum's Alpha Sprouting Seeds - $4.29
Both were purchased from the Earth's General Store.


The Sprout Master will pay itself off way before we make our way through the first bag and the options for different seeds are awesome.
Check out the Mum's Sprouting Seeds website to see your seed choices, which can also be purchased at the Earth's General Store.

**Alternatively, if you are looking to make this budget friendly endeavor even more budget friendly, you can use a glass jar to grow your sprouts instead**

The amount of effort it takes to grow sprouts is not extensive. All you need to do it water/rinse the sprouts morning and evening and wait the necessary germination period to process. (depending on the sprout it is 5 to 7 days)

And then WALA you have got your sprouts!


**If you are worried about bacteria, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and "toast" them in the oven for 1-2 minutes this could kill some of the bacteria.  Take them out BEFORE they start to brown. This will give them a little more of a crunchy texture, but you can still use them whichever way you want to**

**Pregnant ladies and those with weakened immune systems should consider not eating these or use caution as the little heads can house E-Coli, which could be of great risk** 

What have you grown or made lately that is budget friendly? We would love for you to share. 

The Rock Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits Groupon deal *UPDATED*

If you are looking for a place to have a family meal, check out The Rock Wood Fire Pizza deal through Groupon!

Earlier this week I received an email from Groupon advertising this deal and quickly purchased one (there are four to choose from)

The cost - $33.

I have been to The Rock several times before so I know that they have great service and tasty wood fired pizza, but we have never been there with the kids.

This deal included:

• One large pizza ($27.99 value)
• One large caesar salad ($11.99 value)
• One cookie skillet ($6.99 value)
• Two beer samplers ($15.98 value)

Our server (who was awesome) brought us our drinks and both of my kids were excited to have juice boxes. My hubby and I were also able to enjoy some of the tasty selection of beer that they have there.

Juice boxes instead of cups that can spill 

Beer samplers 

The server quickly brought us out the family size caesar salad and our pizza soon followed.
(The pizza is cooked in a wood fire oven which is approximately 600 degrees)
There was plenty of food, and we even came home with some leftovers.

Family size caesar salad

Large pizza

 Lastly we enjoyed a cookie skillet which is cooked in their wood fire stove as well, and it was so yummy!

Cookie skillet

Groupon has this deal on for 2 more days and it is definitely worth the money!
Click here to purchase this or the other awesome options.
If you happen to miss this deal, still go and check them out, especially the pizza buffet lunch during the week.

**As always remember to tip for good service and to the price before the discount**

Until next time! Thanks for reading. 

~Christine~ 

Come on Christine just try the soup....

I need to start this post off with first saying that I am not a usually a huge fan of dishes with curry. 

I don't own curry.  It scares me. The taste..not for me. And all I can think of is that one scene in Along Came Polly where Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston were out for Indian Food and Ben Stiller was sweating and inevitably in the bathroom.... 

So last week when my office mate offered me soup at lunch I declined because of that one scary ingredient.
After some coaxing I agreed to try a spoon full. And then I fell in love with this soup!

And now I want to share this recipe with you, because I really loved the soup- and no- no reactions like the clip above (Phew) 

So here it is:

Lynn’s Triple C Soup

In a pot add:

4 cups of Chicken Stock

2 cups of water

3 large carrots (chopped)

6 cups of roasted zucchini (You will need to do this before hand)

1 head of ginger- minced into pieces

1/3 of REAL coconut

Directions:

Cook until it can easily be blended and pureed in the pot.

Take off heat and cover pot with lid

Prepare your chicken

In a pan add:

2 chicken breasts cubed into pieces (whatever size you prefer for your soup)

1 whole onion chopped

A little oil 

5 minced garlic cloves

Directions:

Brown the chicken

Sprinkle on 4 table spoons of curry powder (more or less depending on what you want)

Add 1 can of coconut milk in with the chicken.

Simmer until the chicken has taken on all the spices.

Pour chicken mix into the blended soup.

Add half a tub of Greek yogurt (or cream)

2 table spoon of Garam Masala

       

(You can garnish the soup with some of the Greek Yogurt for a more presentable look)

Do you have any recipes you want to share? 

Maybe something mild like this, that has Curry in it? I am feeling a little brave now.. 

Until next time, have a great day!!  

~Christine~