34 Kroger Buy 5, Save $5 + $25 Gift Card Giveaway!

Do you have a Kroger grocery store in your neighborhood?

If you do, you're in luck!

From October 14-24th, if you purchase 5 participating General Mills products, you will receive a $5 coupon for your next shopping order! (coupon printed at checkout)

Look for your favorite GM products like Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Betty Crocker cake and brownie mixes, Yoplait, and many more ... buy 5 in one shopping visit, and save $5 towards your next visit to Kroger!

This is a great deal, so mark your calenders for this event!

Want to win a $25 gift card to use at a Kroger store?  Here's how...
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Giveaway ends Oct. 15, 2012, with winner selected by Random.org via Rafflecopter.
Open to US readers only.

Promotion varies in different locations so please be sure to check your local Kroger Co. Family of Stores*** for specific deals and offers which include: Kroger, Ralphs, King Scoopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Fred Meyer, Pay Less Supermarkets and Scott’s Food & Pharmacy




Gift card, information, and additional sample have been provided by Kroger and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.  Opinions are 100% my own.

33 New! Double Box of Cheerios®

Do you shop at Costco, Sam's Club or BJ's?

If you buy cereal there, it most likely comes in a double bag, single box.  Once you open that bag, there is no way, no how, you can get that bag to fit back in the box!  You have to put it in another container or keep it in the bag with a tie of sorts....which results in crushed cereal.

Take a peek at the NEW boxes of Cheerios® ...

They come in two taped boxes, much like Siamese twins, waiting to be separated at birth.

This makes the boxes MUCH easier to use, store and pour!

Did you know Cheerios® has reduced the amount of AIR in each bag?  You now get more cereal for your buck, 10% more.  This uses less packaging and waste.

Each box contains MORE cereal, and overall packaging has been reduced over 200,000 pounds, which makes buying cereal in this form more eco friendly.

So, next time you go to Costco, Sam's Club or BJ's, look for the double box of Cheerios® cereal!

 GIVEAWAY!

How would YOU like 2 of these boxes (four total!) to be delivered to your front door? That's over 4 pounds of crunchy, oaty goodness for you and your family!

All you need to do is use the RAFFLECOPTER and answer this question in the comments below:

How will the new 2 box Cheerios® packaging benefit you and your family?



Cheerios® cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. Open to USA readers only.

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62 Walmart Gift Card Giveaway! ***CLOSED***

It's back to school time!

What do you need to buy for your kids?  Clothes?  A new backpack?  Lunch snacks?

Speaking of lunch snacks, remember these?

Yup, they're still around!  You can find up to 70 participating products at Walmart that have these Box Tops for Education.

How does it work?

It's simple.  Just clip these box tops off and donate them to your local school.  In turn, your school of choice earns CASH to use for their school.  It's not just pocket change, folks.  Last year, schools got $49 million from Box Tops!  If you shop online, you can earn eBox Tops for your school.

Did you know if you join the online Box Tops program, you can enter to earn BONUS box tops for your school, get coupons for your favorite products and find recipes that use Box Top products?

It's FREE.

It's EASY.

It's REWARDING.

And to get you started, you can win a $25 gift card to Walmart!!

All you need to do is leave a comment telling me what your child needs for school...

For extra entries, leave a comment telling me you are following any or all of the following:

Like Walmart on FaceBook
Follow Walmart on Twitter

The information and $25 gift card to Walmart has been provided by Walmart and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.  I received a $25 Walmart gift card to enjoy through this promotion.  Giveaway is open to all my US readers and will close July 29, 2011 at midnight, MST.  Winning comment will be selected by Random.org and posted here on this blog.

0 Taco Dinner Winner!

It's always fun to go to Random[dot]org and see the number that it pops out....It truly is random and I only do it once.  Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye....

The winner for the El Paso Taco Night is Danielle P. who said, "I like my tacos spicey with lots of cheese!!!"

Congratulations Danielle!  I'll be contacting you to have this prize delivered to you!

Thanks to MyBlogSpark, who is making this giveaway possible!

17 Chicken Tacos & El Paso Taco Seasoning

Love Mexican food?  We do!  Love tacos?  We do!  Want to win this taco gift pack?  I'm sure you do!  Psst....Come closer....

....this gift pack that you see above comes with a $10 gift card to make your taco night possible!

The great folks from Old El Paso through MyBlogSpark have provided me with these cute dishes, seasoning packet, and gift card to create my very own family taco night!  

Look at all the yummy fixings for Chicken Tacos!

Even the cactus dish made for a festive chip and salsa tray ~

Here's how I made my chicken tacos:

Melted butter, added fresh minced garlic, orange juice and some Old El Paso Taco seasoning mix.

Added Worcestershire sauce, boneless skinless chicken breast and cooked, turning chicken once.

Made sure chicken was at least 160°F by using an instant read thermometer and took them out.

Reduced the sauce by half and added mustard.

While the sauce was reducing, I had my hubby help me shred the chicken with two forks.  

Put the shredded chicken back into the sauce and gave it a stir.

I love this mild, flavored chicken with a hint of citrus from the orange juice.  If you prefer it with more spice, add more of the taco seasoning.

This chicken was put into warm, homemade flour tortillas and topped with shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, avocado, sour cream and shredded lettuce ~ just the way we like them!

Visit Old El Paso for great tips, recipes and more.  While you are waiting for me to announce a winner, why not stop here for a printable coupon for $0.60 off any two Old El Paso products?

What do you like on your taco?  Leave a comment on this post and you are automatically entered for a chance to win this giveaway.  But hurry, this giveaway ends Monday, December 6, 2010 at midnight MST.  One winner will be selected by Random.org.

Shredded Chicken Tacos

(4x6 recipe download)   (full page printable recipe)

Old El Paso provided me with the products, information, and giveaway through MyBlogSpark.

3 General Mills Reduces Sugar in Kid's Cereals

I read this headline in my local newspaper and was happy to hear that General Mills is committed to further reducing sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving.  They have already been reducing sugar in cereals while increasing key nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D, and providing whole grains.

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.  If you skip breakfast, you are more likely to 'make up' your caloric intake in your other meals and even possibly snacking late at night.  Studies have shown that kids who eat breakfast perform better at school.

I grew up on Wheaties and Cheerios.  I always chose Cheerios.  Once in a great while, on camping trips, we would dine on Lucky Charms mixed in with peanuts, and M&M's as a trail mix.  Yum!  A handful of cereal makes a great snack ~

My youngest son has inherited my sweet tooth.  Candy and sweets were part of his diet, and yes, cereal was a part of that.  When he turned 16, he made a 180 degree turnaround and banned himself from most sugars, sweets, and even soda.  He even read the nutritional labels of cereals and chose those low in sugar.

Over the past year, he has lost 40 pounds and gained an 1 1/2" in height.  He traded in his PS3, Wii, and games in for a weight bench and punching bag setup.  He looks, feels better, and has more energy than ever before.

I was even more excited to find out through MyBlogSpark and General Mills that I would receive free cereal coupons to help my family come together at the breakfast table and dial down our sugar acuity.  Thank you!

I used the coupons to get the following cereals:  Lucky Charms, Honey Nut Cheerios, Reeses Peanut Butter Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Which of these four is the lowest in sugar?

If you guessed Honey Nut Cheerios, you are right!

 

GM posts the nutritional value, right on the front of the box.  How cool is that?

Visit here, for a $1 off coupon for one of four General Mills cereals.  To read more about cereal and health for kids, visit here.

I'm off to make some Muddy Buddies with Chex cereal....

1 Pillsbury Crescent (Turkey) Bacon & Cheese...Bundles?

My readers voted that I add my own spin to the Pillsbury Crescent Bacon and Cheese Tarlets.  I thought for a long time what I could do to change it up and still leave the bacon and cheese in the recipe.

The original recipe is very much like a quiche and all I could think of is, "What do I like with bacon and cheese?"



I love a good turkey club sandwich with bacon, so this is what I came up with:

1 T. butter, melted
1 T. chopped onion
1 t. dijon mustard
2 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. mozzarella cheese
1/4 c. cooked, chopped bacon
1/2 c. cooked, chopped turkey
1 pkg. Pillsbury Crescent rolls, rolled out into a 9"x12" rectangle and cut into 3" squares.

Since not everyone has a 'tartlet' pan, I opted to make these into 'bundles.'

I mixed everything up, put a Tablespoon of the mixture in the middle of the crescent dough square, and folded each corner up to the middle.

Put the bundles on a baking sheet, baked them in a 375º oven for 12-15 minutes.

The result?

Really rich.  We had forgotten how buttery these crescent rolls could be. 

My boys said they were good appetizers, but they wouldn't want it for a meal.


As for me, I thought they could use a little less mustard.  Perhaps a different type of cheese.  Good, but not WOW ~

What would you do?

29 Pillsbury & Plates Giveaway!***CLOSED***

 This giveaway is now closed.

The folks from MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury sent me this lovely package yesterday.  Three ceramic plates and two coupons each good for a can of Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls.  Woo Hoo!

And guess what?

ONE of my lucky readers can get this gift too!  Yep, plates, and everything you see pictured here ~

So, what do I have to do, you ask?

All YOU have to do is view each one of these lovely creations:

Crescent Wrapped Brie

Crescent Bacon Cheese Tartlets

Crescent Holiday Tree








and tell ME which one I should recreate....with my own personal touch...

Easy, huh?

Comments/entries will be accepted until next Friday, Dec. 18th.  Winner will be announced the following Monday.  Coupons & giveaway only valid in the United States.