Here’s another thrift shopper special, this time of the pasta variety. Sure, there are plenty of monthly expenses you can cut corners and save money on like drinking tap water instead of bottled, watching movies at home instead of the theater, getting half off for the pregnant hooker instead of the one who just started out and only has a few stds, but when you start cutting corners on food, you had better be careful! Did I make a wise purchase? Let’s find out.
I do a lot of my thrift shopping at Family Dollar. These bargain stores are everywhere around here. I buy their store brand stuff to save money. Sometimes I don’t like what I saved money on, sometimes I do. In this instance, I do like what I saved money on and really, really enjoyed this chicken bacon pasta salad concoction. This pasta salad only cost a dollar! I added a can of Picket Fence brand chicken ($2.50) and a nice plop of reduced fat mayonnaise (pennies). The pasta cooked up just right and the flavor packet offered a nice helping of dehydrated vegies, herbs and spices.
This stuff is awesome!
I saw Gourmet Selects Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad
at my local Dollar Tree(everything in Dollar Tree is $1)
I got, Gourmet Selects Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad(only $1)
I got, A pack of Sunflower Seeds made by Gourmet Selects($1)
I got, A can of Diced Tomatoes($1)
The Tomatoes and Sunflower seeds really kicked it up a few notches.
Its so good that i go to the dollar store just to get this. LOL
I cant find it anywhere else.
Yesterday i went to Dollar Tree to get more Gourmet Selects but they were out of it.
Although They did have a NAME BRAND Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad available.
And since i took the drive,I got the name brand figuring it would be just as good, if not better.
It wasn’t… it didn’t even come close to tasting as good as Gourmet Selects.(which really surprised me)
At first I got it JUST cause it was a buck…
Now, its a Favorite of mine.
I’m glad i decided to try it that day.