Give Away

I am  linking to The Twice Remembered Cottage for a month long cottage style giveaway! Be sure and stop by and check it out.

Here is what I am giving away.

2 Rachel Ray dvds

 6 melamine plates, a package of napkins, coasters, recipe cards, a magnetic grocery list and coupon holder

Here are the rules:

  Shipping in United States and Canada only, sorry.

To Enter

1- leave a comment on this blog entry, this is the only place to leave comments for this contest. Note this is NOT the facebook giveaway.  This is one entry for the drawing

2- Become a follower, after following, leave a comment to let me know you are a new follower, this is your second chance entry for the drawing

3- Take my button, for at least 30 days on your blog,(however I would love to be there longer!!) leave another comment stating what blog you have posted the button on. This is your third chance entry for the drawing.

 so enter once or twice or even three times. 

Drawing will be held on May 29th. Be sure and check back to see if you have won. Please be sure your profile has your correct and current email address on it so I can notify you for shipping information, or leave it here with your post, if I don't have your email I will not be able to contact you and I will have to pick another winner. so...don't forget!!

Cream Sausage Stew

1    3 lb bag of size B potatoes, or use small potatoes

1    large onion, in large pieces

1    large green pepper, in 1 in slices

1    large red or yellow pepper, in 1 in slices

2    lbs. smoked Polish sausage, in 1 in. slices

1/3 c oil

1 Tbs basil

2 tsp. salt

1 tsp pepper

1 pint heavy cream

 Prick potatoes and bake about 3 min, just until fork will insert but potatoes are not yet done

Place into heavy crock pot, add onions, peppers, sausage and basil, salt and pepper. Add about 2 c water and cook on med high for 2 hours, add oil and cream, continue cooking until vegetables are tender and meat is done. Top with fresh ground pepper.

Quick and Easy Oreos

These are so quick and easy. Make them tiny like Oreos or bigger like a typical sandwich cookie.
Mix 1 box Chocolate cake mix
3/4 c butter flavored crisco, or butter- the crisco works better I think
2 eggs
Mixture will be thick.

Drop by spoon fulls onto lightly sprayed baking sheet and bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies. Do not overbake.
When cool, spread on ready made cream cheese frosting on back side of one cookie, then sandwich another on top.  Don't have any on hand? whip some up or use any ready made frosting, vanilla, chocolate etc,. Go ahead and be inventive.

Kuerig coffe maker

It has been about 10 months since my family bought me a Kuerig coffee maker for my birthday. And .....I still love it! 

One touch coffee, one cup at a time, perfect for your first morning cup, an afternoon break or quick cup of decaf in the evening.

There is a large variety of coffees, teas, and cocoas available for use with the machine. On average you will pay about 50 cents a pod.  A mesh cup made to fit the machine is also sold, it uses your own ground coffee, making for a much more economical option, it sells for around $15.00. Machines sell for $80-$140.

The water reservoir on the large size hold 12 cups.

You have the option of a small or large cup options, if you LOVE coffee and use big cups, you will have to probably hit the button twice for one cup, lifting the lid in between to "reset" the machine and make it think, so to speak, it is making two cups. Each pod can be used twice, in these ways......two brews into one cup (for an extra large cup) or one good strong cup for those who love rich coffee and the second much weaker brew for the faint of heart. Up here we call that either Norwegian coffee or church basement brew.
Note, if you are tempted to get the small version, here is what I overheard at the kitchen store......you will be refilling the reservoir a lot!!

Hint, a great way to save money on the pods is to watch for stores that sell them and have mail coupons. One example is Bed Bath and Beyond, generally a pack of 18 sells for $10.00 there, they will often send 20% off coupons or $5 off $15 purchase, this will greatly decrease your cost. Kohl's also has coupons and you can bet if I get a free $10 to spend there or Penny's I get coffee! Yes JC Penny sells them too. 

In case your wondering how long they will be around, I always ask the sales person how much they sell of the product, everyone I have asked says it is a great seller!