She Saved Giveaways

I LOVE to find good deals, as you should know... and a friend of mine is doing a GREAT giveaway! Check out She Saved for some fun Father's Day giveaways! There are 12! WOW!!! You can win things like a video camera, gift certificates, grilling stuff, hotel stays, computer software! It is amazing- The ones I would like to win are:

The Bed & Breakfast and Country Inns Book with 2 nights stay. Can't beat a getaway (especially when it's free!!)

Easy Lunch Box giveaway. The Hubby is so good to take leftovers for lunch everyday. He would really like this!

$100 Gift Certificate This one is cool, because it comes from an on-line place with LOTS of different choices. This site lets you purchase a gift card, and have it e-mailed to the recipient. Convenient for a last minute gift (which is the name of the site- Last Minute Gifts)!

Go check out She saved!! You'll love these giveaways (and so much more!)

Gift Card Winner!!

The winner of the $25 American Express Gift Card is Nicole! Congrats Nicole! Get me your mailing info and I will have this sent to you by MyBlog Spark. And another BIG THANK YOU to SuperValu and General Mills! Enjoy your box tops!

FREE Groceries & Box Tops

I am a Box Top Cutter! I love earning money for my kid's school, for buying food that we LOVE to eat! So... when I was offered this GREAT deal, I took it! And so should you (keep reading- you'll love it)!

Now through May 31, 2010- SuperValu and Box Tops are giving you a chance to win 50,000 box tops for your school! That's $5,000!!!! WOW!!! Register at http://www.growinglocallearning.com/ You will earn 5 BONUS box tops just for signing up! (Check their website for official rules.) There are other great things at this site too! Check out their coupons and promotions. There is no excuse. This is such an easy way to earn $$$ for your school!

SuperValu and General Mills gave me a $25 American Express card to go buy Box Tops products (I am giving one away! Keep reading). My local SuperValu store is an Albertson's. Al's has some pretty good box tops promotions, but this week, wasn't as a great a week as I've seen. But I still came away with a deal. Here's what it looks like-

4 bags of Chex Mix Snacks, 1 Cheerios snack bag, 1 24.9 oz. box Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 1 Betty Crocker Blueberry Muffin Mix (the hubby's fav!), 2 pouches Betty Crocker potatoes, 2 Betty Crocker Warm Delights (My Fav!), 1 package Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough, 2 boxes Pillsbury Toaster Strudel (the kid's fav!)

I did go a little over- I couldn't decide which flavor of Chex Mix to buy, so I bought one of each. That put us about $5 over. So I paid the difference with cash.

And.... a catalina printed out for 50 Bonus Box Tops!!! How cool!! So.. I earned 14 box tops from the packages + 50 from the catalina- That's 64 box tops for my school! Not as good as the 50,000 box top sweepstakes, but it's pretty good! I also got a catalina for $5.00 off my next order thanks to General Mills!

Here's that lovely $25 American Express Gift Card! Thanks My Blog Spark, SuperValu, and General Mills!

Here's how you can win a $25 American Express Gift Card (leave a separate comment for each entry):

1. Tell me how many box tops products you think you could buy for $25. Be realistic, but think of those good deals and coupons!

2. Subscribe to my blog e-mails (look to the left). Check your inbox and confirm your subscription, then leave a comment with this entry.

3. Register at http://www.growinglocallearning.com/ to start earning box tops and enter into the sweepstakes. Come back and leave a comment, when you have done this.

4. Receive an entry for every friend who enters and leaves your name! (one entry per friend) So start telling EVERYONE!!

You have until Sunday May 16, 2010 at 12midnight to get your entries in! I will announce the winner on Monday May 17. Thanks for visiting. Wishing you luck on the gift card, the sweepstakes, and all your weekly deals! And thanks again to SuperValu, General Mills, and My Blog Spark.

Pillsbury Giveaway

WOW!! Again, something I didn't get done BEFORE Christmas hit. Thanks to My Blog Spark and Pillsbury for some GREAT recipes, serving dishes, and this giveaway.

No holiday celebration is complete without appetizers made with flaky crescent dough. Here are some easy, yet impressive recipes to try that call for either Pillsbury® Refrigerated Crescent Rolls or the newer Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet.

Crescent -Wrapped Brie

Crescent Bacon- Cheese Tartlets

Crescent Holiday Tree

My Family voted to try the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets

We LOVED the food and the serving dishes are so nice. They are a basic white, very simple, oblong, and look great with my Pampered Chef Simple Additions.

Thanks again to Pillsbury and My Blog Spark. Here's what they gave me- and will give one of my lucky readers:

*2 VIP coupons for Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dough (the coupons are only valid in the U.S.)
*Great holiday platters to serve your new creations to your guests

Here's how you can win:

1. Share your favorite Pillsbury crescent appetizer creation (something from above, or something else you have tried- psst- Pampered Chef has some REALLY good ones)

2. Share me on Facebook (leave me a link!)

3. Share me with your friends-tell them to leave your name for an extra entry!

4. Share me on your blog- grab my button- leave a link.

4 ways to enter, 4 ways to win. Because I was late posting this, I am not leaving it open for very long. I will close entries on Friday January 15 at 11:59pm. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN FAST! Tell your friends and family to come check out these great recipes and giveaways too. Thanks for reading and sharing. And Good Luck!

Old El Paso Giveaway Winner

The winner of the Old El Paso Taco Night Game is #6-

JC said...
http://tcarolinep.blogspot.com/ button addd.
October 28, 2009 11:16 PM

Thank You JC for stopping by! I have sent you a message and you have 48 hours to respond, before I pick a new winner.

I had some entries after closing, sorry you missed this giveaway- check back for the next one! I am REALLY excited for another giveaway, and more Holiday fun!

Halloween, tacos, games, and GIVEAWAY!!

It's FINALLY time! The giveaway I have been SO excited about! And some Halloween recipes and ideas to go with it! Let's start with the recipes, then I'll give you the details of the giveaway!

We had Tarantula Tacos for dinner and Witch's Hats for dessert!

I got the taco recipe from Betty Crocker




1 box (4.7 oz) Old El Paso® Stand 'n Stuff® taco shells
1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1 package (1 oz) Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix
2/3 cup water
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
1 medium tomato, chopped (3/4 cup)
1/4 cup sour cream
20 extra-large pitted ripe olives
1. Heat oven to 325°F. Heat taco shells in oven as directed on box.
2. Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat to medium; cook uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until water has evaporated. Remove from heat.
3. Spoon beef mixture into heated taco shells. Top with cheese, lettuce and tomato.
4. Spoon sour cream into small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut tiny hole in corner of bag. Pipe sour cream over top of each taco to resemble spiderweb.
5. For each spider, top taco with 1 olive, pitted end down. Cut second olive lengthwise into 8 pieces; place around whole olive for legs. For eyes, squeeze 2 dots of sour cream onto top of olive.

Nutrition Information:
1 Serving (2 tacos each): Calories 440 (Calories from Fat 250); Total Fat 28g (Saturated Fat 12g, Trans Fat 1g); Cholesterol 90mg; Sodium 1150mg; Total Carbohydrate 22g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 3g); Protein 24g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 20%; Iron 15% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Medium-Fat Meat; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 1/2 *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


I bought all the ingredients the day of (with my promo package coupons!). When I opened the sour cream, it had a chunk of green mold. So... that's going back today! And we didn't get to have the spider webs or eyes. That was a bummer, 'cause I think it completes it!

The Tacos tasted great! Everyone had seconds. Then, for dessert...

Teeny Weeny Witch's Hats
1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 C. butter, softened
2/3 C. powdered sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 1 oz. squares semisweet chocolate, melted
36 milk chocolate candy kisses, unwrapped

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Combine butter and powdered sugar in large bowl; beat until well blended. Add egg and vanilla; beat until blended. Stir in melted chocolate until blended. Gradually stir in flour mixture until well blended.
Shape dough into 36 balls; place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Flatten each ball to 1/4-inch thickness; press chocolate candy into center. Bake 6-7 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool completely on wire rack.
Yield: 3 dozen

I thought I had semi-sweet chocolate morsels, but they were actually milk chocolate. So the cookies didn't end up as dark as they probably should have. We ate the cookies, and enjoyed them, but the right chocolate probably would have made them better.

Now... the moment I have been waiting for... THE GIVEAWAY!!!

As if Taco Night wasn’t the best night of the week already, Old El Paso is giving it a whole new flare. El Tacodor™, the world’s only Family Taco Night Game, is a fun and easy way to keep your family laughing at the dinner table. Challenge family members to quick fire trivia, wordplay and pantomime, and share a laughter filled night at home.



Some examples of the challenges include:
* Crunch Time: Name at least 10 animated movies within 1 minute
* Meat-N-Greet: Name 5 things that you’d bring home from your favorite vacation place and let the table guess where you traveled
* Lettuce Play: Act out different animals – no noises! Your partner must guess 3
* Lime Light: Cheer, “We love tacos, yes we do! We love tacos, how ‘bout you?”
* Say Cheese: Pronounce the name of everyone at the table backwards!


We played the game, and had some laughs. Some of the challenges were hard for the kids. But they said it was still fun. The Hubby, who has a hard time being goofy, even did a couple challenges, before excusing himself.


And if that wasn’t exciting enough – you can also enter the Old El Paso El Tacodor Sweepstakes for a chance to win $5,000 just for having fun with your family. Other prizes include monthly giveaways of $300 cash cards, and weekly giveaways of gift certificates for Old El Paso products for the next five months. When you visit El Tacodor you will also find a link to coupons, a calendar to schedule your next taco night, topping choice chart and more!

You can download the game and go buy all your taco ingredients and have a Family Taco Night and Game Night or... You can win it all!!!

If you win, you will receive information and a link to the El Tacodor game, as well as (2) two coupons to purchase Old El Paso dinner kits and a $10 gift card to purchase any additional meal needs (i.e. meat, cheese, lettuce, etc).

Here's HOW you can win:

Entry #1: MANDATORY ENTRY. Tell us what your favorite part of Taco Night is with your family.

Entry #2: Blog about this giveaway. Leave a link to your blog.

Entry #3: Become CHEF LIKES friend on Facebook. Then come back and leave a comment with your Facebook name.

Entry #4: Post this giveaway on Mr. Linky or other sites that promote giveaways. Leave the link.

Entry #5: Subscribe to my feed or PUBLICLY Follow this blog. Be sure to confirm it, if I don't see your name, this comment won't count!

Entry #6: Grab my button, post it on your site, and leave me the link!

Please leave a separate comment for each entry. And make sure I have a way to contact you, when you win! I will accept entries until Oct. 31- Halloween night at 12 midnight (MDT). I will post the winner either Sunday night or Monday morning.

*YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BLOGGER ACCOUNT TO ENTER* YOU CAN CLICK OPEN ID IF YOU BLOG WITH A DIFFERENT PUBLISHER OR CLICK ON NAME/ URL AND LEAVE ME YOUR NAME AND IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE, YOUR WEBSITE*

Old El Paso provided me with free product, information, and a prize pack through MyBlogSpark™. Thanks for participating!

WINNERS!!! WINNERS!!!

Okay... time to announce the winners of our Star Wars Food Ideas and Giveaway. I am a little disappointed in my readers. I was expecting a bigger response. I need to increase my reader base. So tell all your friends about this site. I will have to add some extra entries for telling your friends about my next giveaway. So... this giveaway... the winners are:

The boys voted for their favorite food and name and:

Amber- ID said...
I'm sure you have heard this one, living in Idaho and all. I've seen it on t-shirts. But since I haven't seen it yet... Darth Tater.

Tonight we are going to have a Darth Tater Bar. I will post details of the toppings in my next post!

Random.org picked #8

Half A Dozen said... Chewbacca Noodle Soup (I came up with this one on my own)

And #10:

Jenna-UT said...
OK- here's one you probably all ready heard, since it's in a Star Wars Cook Book. Hon- Burgers. I thought that was clever!

Congrats! Now, it's first come, first serve. Again you can pick from-

* A set of Star Wars crayons and mini Star Wars notepad.

* 10% off your total Pampered Chef order coupon (redeemable only through me).

* A Pampered Chef kids gift set (put together by me- My Safe Cutter; Cut-N-Seal; Stoneware Heart Mold; and a reusable Pampered Chef Shopping Bag) valued at about $20.

Thanks for participating! Stay tuned for the next giveaway. I received my package today from My Blog Spark. This is going to be SO COOL!!! And tell your friends to come check me out too!

Utah Fans- Haunted Heber Creeper Giveaway!

Hey Utah Fam and Fans- check out this giveaway at Fahrenheit 350- They are giving away 4 tickets to ride the Haunted Heber Creeper! I wish I lived in Utah to go! So... I'm letting you know, and entering my sis and her kids in to win! I hope they get it! Her boys would have so much fun! I know it's not food related. But I have to pass on fun stuff from home.

I'm taking this blog to a new level!

After watching blogs about couponing, freebies, and giveaways, I was introduced to My Blog Spark. This group has a program that will help me offer my readers new ideas and giveaways. I have all ready received my first challenge. So stay tuned... more to come! And it will be BIG! I'm talking- you will have a Family Fun Night idea, just from reading the post. And possibly a FREE meal! YEAH!!!! This is going to be so FUN! Thanks for reading!

Star Wars Food Ideas and Giveaway

Okay... FINALLY a week later, I have an idea for a giveaway.

Last night we had Tatooine Toast (French Toast), and C3PO.J. It was simple, but fun. I am hoping to do a Star Wars themed dinner EVERY Friday night that we watch Clone Wars. See my post about our Clone Wars party. I realize almost any food could be adapted with a Star Wars name, but I could use come creative help! Here's how it's going to work:



I will give away 3 things-

* A set of Star Wars crayons and mini Star Wars notepad.

* 10% off your total Pampered Chef order coupon (redeemable only through me).

* A Pampered Chef kids gift set (put together by me- My Safe Cutter; Cut-N-Seal; Stoneware Heart Mold; and a reusable Pampered Chef Shopping Bag) valued at about $20.

Here's how to win:

1. MANDATORY ENTRY- Leave me a comment with one idea for Star Wars Food. I will let my boys pick their favorite, and that will be the winner of ONE of the prizes.

The other prizes will be drawn RANDOMLY (using random.org). Here's how to get more entries:
2. Leave more comments with more Star Wars Food ideas. There is NO limit to how many idea comments you leave.

3. Blog about this giveaway to all your friends and fans. Leave me the link so I can check you out too!

4. Add the link to this giveaway on a Mr Linky or a blog giveaway site, forum, carnival. Be sure to leave the link.

5. Subscribe to my blog or become a Follower. Be sure to confirm your e-mail, if you subscribe. Don't forget to leave a comment letting me know. If you all ready do/ are you can leave a comment to.

I will accept entries until Thursday October 22 at midnight. That way I can start using the new ideas for Friday's episode. I will post the winners and they can choose their prizes. Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in your comment. If I don't hear back from the winners in 48 hrs. a new winner will be selected. Thanks for visiting and for sharing!

Wilton Review and Giveaway

Check out Energizer Bunny's Mommy Reports for a FUN giveaway. There's a Wilton mini- cupcake pan, Silicone Bear cupcake molds, Sprinkles, and baking cups. I LOVE everything Wilton makes! And it's so fun to make cakes and cupcakes when you have their cool stuff too!

Clone Wars Party

There are 4 boys (yes my hubby counts as one) at our house, who LOVE Star Wars. Especially the new Clone Wars. Cartoon Network has a Clone Wars animated series. Last season it became a tradition for the boys to watch it every Friday night. They were so excited for the Season 2 premiere. We decided to make it a party. I, of course, mean fun food and watch the cartoon. Our menu was:

Naboo Nuggets- Chicken Nuggets. I cut chicken breast into finger size pieces. In a gallon size baggie, crush up 3 cups of Corn Flakes, mixed them with 3 tbsp. flour (you can add salt, pepper, and other dry seasoning). Break 1 egg into a shallow dish ( I used one of The Pampered Chef's coating trays). Coat the chicken pieces with egg. Add them to the baggie with crushed mixture. Seal the baggie and shake, until the chicken is well coated. You can lay them out on a cookie sheet (stoneware bar pan) and bake them or fry them. This night I opted for frying them in vegetable oil in my Stir-Fry Skillet. We dipped them in BBQ, Honey Mustard, and Ranch sauce.

Palpatine Pizzas- English Muffins, pizza sauce, cheese, Canadian bacon, more cheese. Bake @ 350 for 15 min.

Jabba Jell-o- Blue Jell-o made with Orange Juice. It doesn't have the "see-through" look. It looks thicker, like slime. I added a couple scoops of canned fruit cocktail and swirled whipped cream over the top (using my Easy Accent Decorator).

Ventress Vegetables- Bought mixed veggies in cheese sauce. Microwaved in my Large Micro-cooker. I was in a hurry, and didn't plan ahead on the veggies.

Yoda Soda- 1 scoop Lime Sherbet, topped with Lemon-Lime Soda

Hoth Asteroids- Cookies N' Cream Ice Cream

Hoth Chocolate- Hot Cocoa (to warm up after the ice cream on the cold Oct. evening)

It turned out to be pretty fun. The food was easy, and it was fun to think of Star Wars names. We might have to have Star Wars themed dinners every Friday Night, before watching Clone Wars! How Fun! Hey... now there is an idea for a giveaway! Stay tuned...

Giveaway Winner

I can't believe I have let the whole day go by without posting the winner! SORRY! I used random.org to select the winner. I took out the first comment, because it was my hubby being a smarty pants! So... Random.org selected #4. Which was:

Half A Dozen said...
Hey Alyson,Sign me up that I was here, and I will try to be at the cooking class on Thursday- R has swim @ 1130, then E @ 1200 followed by B @ 1230.See you!

Crystal

Thanks Crytsal. I know you will enjoy the BBQ Basting Brush.

Check back for more recipes and another giveaway. Thanks to all who participated!

Have you been to Shoplet.com?

Shoplet.com is a newer online office supply store. And they have all kinds of fun contests and promos...that is how I won a stuffed energizer bunny. Fellow blogger She Saved... is doing a giveaway. You could win a $10 gift certificate to shoplet.com. Go check her out, and go check them out!

She Saved... Giveaway

Fellow blogger She Saved... has a "blog box" giveaway, every week. It is pretty cool. Go check her out. Make some entries, and maybe you will win! Be sure to mention that "Chef Likes" sent you, and we both could win!

BBQ Giveaway

It's time for another giveaway! Because I am going to take the next week or so to write about Grilling, I thought a BBQ themed giveaway would be fun.

Here is the prize:

BBQ Basting Bottle

And here's how you can enter:

1. Leave a comment so I know you were here.

2. LOCALS: Come to a Summer Cooking Class-

Thursday at Hill Rd./ Guerber Park @ 11am. Leave me a comment that you are coming.

Out of Towners: Create your own cooking class. Leave me a comment with a date you are getting together with your friends to exchange recipes.

3. Subscribe To or follow this blog. Leave me a comment letting me know that you are.

4. Blog, tweet, or facebook about this giveaway, refer your friends in other words. Leave a comment that you did, with a link, if possible. When your friends enter have them mention your name, and if they win, you will receive a coupon for Pampered Chef product.

There are four ways to enter! Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry! This giveaway will be open until Friday July 17th at midnight. I will use Random.org to select a winner from the comments. Good Luck and Happy BBQing!

Other Giveaways

So I keep reading links for giveaways. I like this one, because I LOVE Chex Mix Bars! So I, of course, entered.Here is some info on the Chex Mix Bars. And here is the link to enter into the giveaway. Thanks Energizer Bunny's Mommy Reports!

i-slice giveaway winner

Okay, I actually stayed up (blogging on our family blog and posting about puppies!), just so I could do the random.org selection for the i-slice winner. And here it is:

True Random Number Generator Result: 4 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

So comment #4 was:

Kary B ID said...
Hey! I want to get in on this. I think I will order from She Saved too! Thanks!
June 25, 2009 8:43 PM

Kary from Idaho? Contact me through my contact submission at the bottom of the page, or leave a comment. Get me your info, or if you did order, I will add it to your order! Thanks for checking me out!

This was fun. Check back in July, I've got another idea for a giveaway! Thanks to everyone who came to the blog, and advertised my blog, and checked out She Saved and Franny Frugal. Don't forget to check back (at all three sites) for more deals and giveaways!

i-slice giveaway

With the help of my blogging friends I am offering a GIVEAWAY. I am giving away ONE i-slice, to the readers of my blog. You can win by leaving me comments on this post. You get one entry just for visiting. You can receive an entry for checking out Franny Frugal and/or She Saved (great money saving tips!), come back and tell me you were there, and what you liked about their blog (possible two entries)! Subscribe to my blog feed (look to your left, it's there!), and leave me a comment, for another entry. This is open for the rest of the week. Midnight on Saturday June 27th I will use random.org to select a winner. Good Luck! And happy coupon clipping!