Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn/Walgreen's Deal

Amanda at A Few Shortcuts.com posted a recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn.  If you love chocolate and peanut butter together (and who doesn't?) this might be the snack for you!  Peanut butter is on sale at this 'back-to-school' time of year (check this week's Walgreens deal below) so my stockpile is looking pretty good.  Why not make the kids happy with this easy munchie recipe!

Planters Peanut Butter, $1.50 (must buy 2)

$0.75/1 Planters Peanut Butter (10/2/11) SS 8/21
Final Price:  $0.75 each

Women's Day FREE Healthy Recipes Book

Go HERE to get this free Woman's Day Healthy Recipe Book. Just add the book to your cart and enter your information. Book should arrive in 10 to 12 weeks (just in time to give your New Year's Resolution to eat more healthy a jumpstart)!

Recipes - Hassle-Free Holiday eBook

Doesn't this French Toast Souffle look delicious?  You can download this Hassle-Free Holiday eBook and be ready for any occasion -- even that Christmas morning breakfast/brunch!  Oh, yeah!  Did I tell you it's FREE?  Gotta love it!

Hot Chocolate Recipe & Gift Idea

Susan, at In Good Cents, has shared her Grandma Eileen's Hot Chocolate Mix.  I remember a very similar recipe for hot chocolate that we made when heading to Girl's Camp each year.  Our recipe was definitely more of a 'bulk' recipe - it filled a huge bucket and lasted all 30-40 of us through the week!  It was delicious.  This recipe is more family friendly:

{ Ingredients }

1 Package powdered instant milk (8qt size)

1 pound box Nestles quick

6oz Coffeemate

1 pound powdered sugar

{ Directions }

1. Mix all ingredients together and store in air tight container.

2. To serve mix 1/3 cup mix to 1 cup hot water. Stir and enjoy.

This mix will also make a great gift.  Just fill a Mason jar 3/4 full of Mix and add miniature marshmallows to fill the jar.  Decorate with square of fabric and a ribbon.

Free Holiday Recipe Booklet

Wisconsin Cheese is offering this free recipe booklet,

Give the Gift of Goodness - Holiday trats made with REAL Butter.

You might want to check it out with the holidays approaching.  You can have the booklet sent too you or you can view the recipes online.  Either way, new holiday recipes always come in handy!

Smiths - Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix

Jiffy Corn Mix is part of the Smith's case lot sale this week:

Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix, 8.5 oz.

24 ct case - $10.32/$0.43 each

You can get the mix at a great price AND use Jiffy's recipes to make the most of your purchase!  When you go HERE you'll find Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix recipes for Blueberry Corn Muffins, Broccoli Cornbread, Cherry Apricot Cobbler, Chili Corn, Corn Bread Salad, Corn Cake, Corn Pancakes or Waffles and more!

Taste of Home Back-To-School Menu Plan Download

When you buy any 2 Ziploc products and enter the UPC codes, you can download this Taste of Home Back-To-School menu plan with over 20 breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas.  (Hint:  UPC codes on Ziploc products you've already purchased will work, too.)

FREE Pampered Chef Cookbook Download

You can head over and download for Free – The Pampered Chef Cookbook and Pampered Chef will donate one meal to Feeding America®.  This collection features the personal and family favorites of the hottest celebrities and members of the Feeding America Entertainment Council — Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Mario Batali and more! GO HERE.

(If for some reason it doesn’t automatically download, right click the download button and then click on ‘open link in new window’.)

Recipe - Slow Cooked Garlic-Herb Corn-on-the-Cob

- – Ingredients – -
5 Ears of Corn (clean & husked)
Sale & Pepper to Taste

Garlic-Herb Butter
1 stick Butter
4 Cloves Garlic (minced)
2 TBSP Fresh Parsley (minced)

- – Directions – -

1. In a small bowl, mix Herb Butter ingredients until creamy.
2. Place each ear of corn on a piece of aluminum foil and coat each each with the Herb Butter until well coated. Use all of the mixture evenly on all ears of corn. Salt and pepper lightly to taste.
3. Wrap foil tight and seal shut.
4. Place wrapped ears of corn into the slow-cooker and add about 1 inch of water.
5. Cook on high for about 2 hours until done.

Thanks, In Good Cents

FREE Cookbook Download - Easy Breakfast Recipes

I don't know anything that's easier than cold cereal -- but these recipes look much more appealing!

You can go HERE to download this free cookbook - 29 Easy Breakfast Recipes.

Each recipe includes step-by-step directions.  You can try Buttermilk Waffles, pg 11; Bacon Breakfast Cassarole, pg 25; Easy Honey Scones, pg 34; and Caramel French Toast, pg 39.

Sounds yummy!

National Oatmeal Month

It's National Oatmeal Month!  Walgreens had some great deals on oatmeal and there will probably be more to be found in the near future.  Besides, there's a great coupon to be downloaded if you're looking for oats:

$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Oats (bricks.com)

Here's a few delicious recipes (Thanks, The Krazy Coupon Lady)

Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

by Betty Crocker

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup fresh or Cascadian Farm® organic frozen blueberries (thawed and drained)

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease bottom only of 8- or 9-inch loaf pan.

2. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, milk, oil and eggs with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except blueberries; beat 30 seconds. Fold in blueberries. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with additional oats if desired.

3. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.
 
Oatmeal Pizza Dough
by OatmealMix.Wordpress.com

Pizza dough – makes 3 thick pieces

1 1/4 cups flour

1/4 cup quick oats

enough water to make a dough–1/2 cup – 2/3 cup?

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 tsp EVOO

3/4 tsp brown sugar

1 tsp yeast

Mix and let sit 2 hours.

Knead dough on floured surface after 2 hours and shape into balls. Place onto baking pans or whatever you want [I used aluminum foil] Roll them out however thick you want. Cover and let sit for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350F.  Bake for 7 minutes.

Oatmeal Scotchies

adapted from Nestle's Toll House Recipe

1 1/4 c flour

1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 c granulated sugar
3/4 c packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 c quick or old-fashioned oats
5 1/2 oz (1/2 of an 11 oz pkg; just shy 2 cups)  chocolate chips
5 1/2 oz (1/2 of an 11 oz pkg; just shy 2 cups) butterscotch chips

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.

2. Beat together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla with an electric mixer. Gradually add dry ingredients and beat until well mixed.

3. Stir in oats and both kinds of chips.

4. Drop 1 tablespoon scoops onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Last Taste of Summer?

Ribs are on sale at Smiths this week. It's not a fantastic price, but enough that I will still have a pretty decent savings. I'm planning some ribs for our family dinner tomorrow night. It's always been a family favorite -- especially for my boys. I thought I would make some cole slaw and maybe some baked potatoes, some corn. A splurge like this can be justified when I'm consistently saving so much on my groceries. And besides, it feels like the last days of summer. When the weather starts to change, my cooking habits seem to follow pretty closely behind. This will probably be my last 'summer dinner' this year. You might want to check out this easy bbq ribs recipe at kraftfoods.com