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Easy Dinners, Snacks and Free Items All at Kroger

Kroger's best sale items have been matched with recipes and coupons to save your family money on groceries.

Here are four easy, quick and best of all, cheap meals for your family dinners this week. They are based on the sale at .

Read all the way through because there are some great snack and breakfast stock up deals you need to know about as well. Everything is based on the good sale prices and items. Sometimes stores have sales, but just because an item is on sale does not mean it is a great price. These are all great prices. The legwork has been done for you. Follow the directions here and save money on your grocery bill every week. If you have extra money in your grocery budget, stock up a bit on the items that are on sale that you use the most. This will save you money in the long run. 


There are several fresh vegetables on sale this week at Kroger so mix them in with these meals. Broccoli is on sale for $1.28 a pound and cauliflower is $2 each. Asparagus is $1.99 a pound.

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Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken

Kroger Value chicken legs and thighs are on sale for $1.19 a pound. Let these chicken pieces soak in about two cups of barbecue sauce for 30 minutes and toss it all in the crock pot. Turn it on low for 8 hours and it will be perfect. Pair it with the  macaroni and cheese you have been picking up for pennies over the last couple of weeks with the sales and some fresh veggies from Kroger or some of the frozen ones from previous sales. Kraft barbecue sauce is on sale for 69 cents a bottle. 

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Lemon Pepper Pork Chops


Pork chops are on sale for $1.99 a pound. An easy and tasty recipe for this meat can be seen  here. You will also need lemon pepper, butter, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce. This would be nice with some boxed risotto and some fresh vegetables that are on sale at Kroger. 

Macadamia Coconut Mahi Mahi 


This easy dish tastes great. You can see the recipe here. You will also need coconut, macadamia nuts and honey mustard dressing. The dressing is on sale for $1 each if you buy the Kroger brand. This is great with rice and fresh vegetables. 

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce


Kroger ground chuck sold in rolls is on sale for $2.30 a pound. This is easy to freeze in smaller portions. Use some of this for spaghetti meat. Brown it up and mix in with some pasta sauce. Ragu is on sale for $1.45 a jar and there are coupons for further savings in Jan. 30 newspaper.  

Barilla pasta is on sale for $1 as well. Add a side salad from the Ready-Pac sale which prices it between $1.50 and $3 a bag depending on the style you choose and some bread. You may have some Pillsbury rolls in your refrigerator from previous sales but if you do not, the biscuits are on sale for 99 cents and there were coupons in Feb. 13 newspaper for additional savings. 


School is out next week and your house may just need some food for snacks, breakfast and lunch for the kids.


Totinos pizza rolls are on sale for 95 cents. There were coupons in Jan. 30 and Feb. 13 newspapers. Printable coupons can be seen at Totinos website as well as the Betty Crocker website. If you load coupons on your Kroger card, you can double up on this deal because Cellfire has coupons too. Go to www.cellfire.com and type in your Kroger card. you can choose which coupons to load on your Kroger card. You will not need to do anything else, they will automatically be used when you swipe that card at Kroger. The best part ois that you can use these coupons on your card along with paper coupons. 


Ritz crackers are at the stock up price of $2.19. Their Facebook page has a printable coupon for $1 off one. Put some peanut butter on these and they are a treat the kids will love and it is full of protein. 


Pillsbury Ready To Bake cookies are on sale for $2.19. Go to Kroger.com and load an electronic coupon on your Kroger card before you go. Printable coupons for additional savings can be found at www.smartsource.com.


Oscar Meyer lunch meat is also a great price at $2.49. The newspaper on Jan. 23 had coupons for $1 off one.


Manwhich is on sale for 69 cents. Target.com has some printable coupons to make this deal even better. 


General Mills Cereals are on sale for $2.19. Check out Cellfire and Kroger.com for coupons to load on your Kroger card. You also may have coupons from February 13 newspaper. Printable coupons can be found at the Smartsource coupon website. This is a stock up price if you load tour Kroger card with coupons. 


Dannon Yogurt is on sale for $1.88. Load your Kroger card from Cellfire and use your coupons from the newspaper every week in January. 


Here is a freebie for you. Colgate toothpaste or toothbrushes are on sale for 98 cents. There are coupons in Feb. 13 and Jan. 30 newspapers that will make this free. 

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