So, when myblogspark offered the opportunity to join Publix, General Mills, Campbell’s and Unilever in this promotion I simply couldn’t refuse.  Furthermore, personal experience has proven a delicious and nutritional dinner can be prepared both quickly and economically.

Looking for a super quick dinner recipe the kids will surely enjoy. Try this Best Meals Happen at Home featured chicken nugget recipe. Maybe give them a crazy name like Cheerios Chicken Bites. Serve these with your favorite chicken sides, a meal in less than an hour.

Crunchy Chicken Nuggets:

Prep time: 15 Min
Cook time: 25 Min
Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Cheerios^® cereal
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Directions:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray with cooking spray or lightly grease 13×9-inch pan.
• Finely crush cereal. Stir together cereal, salt, and pepper; set aside. In medium bowl, stir together milk, honey, and mustard until blended. Dip chicken into milk mixture; coat with cereal mixture. Place chicken in pan; drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and chicken is no longer pink in center.

Campbell’s, Bisquick, Bertolli, Green Giant, and Progresso provide magnificent product to stock up on and make the dinner menu is endless!  Enjoy Chicken; try this Crispy Oven Fried Chicken. Fond of pasta, Bertolli makes this Baked Ziti a snap to prepare!  Soups are a versatile base ingredient. Check out the flavor bursting, frugal Mac n Cheese and Easy Enchiladas recipes featuring Campbell’s soup.  Then again, perhaps this Creamy Gourmet Chicken will excite your taste buds. See I told you the menu is endless.

In addition to the fast and easy recipes to entice your family dinner, visit BestMealsatHome.com to help your family save on groceries throughout the year. Simply register at The Best Meals Happen at Home  and “Save BIG with exclusive store coupons and FASTastic Recipes”.

If that’s not enough to inspire you, there’s a $25 Publix gift card up for grabs too! General Mills through MyBlogSpark will help stock your pantry with this $25 Publix gift card.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment telling us your favorite quick and easy home cooked dinner.

For one additional entry, tweet this giveaway.

One winner will be chosen via random.org on Friday February 2nd.  Good Luck!

“Disclosure:  The Publix gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.”

The winner….  Allison – #15!  

Kathleen

Hey, there I'm Kathleen. My friends call me Kathy; to my kids I'm Momia. Life has afforded me many hats: Mom, wife, sister, friend, business owner... and most recently a midlife blogger. From college to marriage and babies, in the midst of business and wealthy boomers, midlife retrospection validates this extraordinary journey called life.

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Animal Planet is ready to rumble… Puppies versus Babies! Oh my gosh this is too funny. Reminds me of the America’s Funniest Home Video TV show our family used to enjoy so much. That’s why I agreed to sponsor this post. Fond recollections of family time are priceless and need to be emphasized. The lead in for this TV show is brilliant, both species of offspring seem to instantly create a warm, fuzzy feeling. Aaawww look how cute, you have heard it said and probably said something similar as well. It is a natural reaction for baby lovers regardless of the species.

Puppies versus Babies airs Oct 29^th and continues through November. In this epic battle of cute, only one can emerge victorious… puppies or babies and kittens too! The promo video exclaims, “Get ready for the ultimate clash of cute!” Check out the Puppies vs. Babies online contest , upload your favorite image slideshow, or vote for your favorites. The top baby and puppy will win $5000 each and go head to head for the Cute Championship. All of the puppies and babies are incredibly cute and funny. Based on my viewing time there, this is one tough competition for cute.

My son Red rescued a puppy in Tampa Florida. He wasn’t denied food or water, just love, comfort, safety, and attention. An irresponsible mother allowed her young daughter to adopt the puppy. The young girl left him in a kennel in the noisy city back yard alone and frightened for an indefinite period… He may have been there for days, weeks, or more. Red could not walk away and took the puppy home.  Hearing this story and later meeting Connor, I knew why my son just couldn’t resist. Connor is lovable, gentle, and darn cute too!

Now that Red is back in college, can you guess where the puppy lives? Yep, you guessed it, with Memaw and Grandpa, of course.

I have to admit, puppies are much easier to handle than babies are especially for a midlife woman like me. Perhaps the absence of grandchildren has caused a foregone conclusion… I’m voting puppies!

What’s your choice in the Puppies vs. Babies battle?

Kathleen

Hey, there I'm Kathleen. My friends call me Kathy; to my kids I'm Momia. Life has afforded me many hats: Mom, wife, sister, friend, business owner... and most recently a midlife blogger. From college to marriage and babies, in the midst of business and wealthy boomers, midlife retrospection validates this extraordinary journey called life.

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In June General Mills celebrated their 70^th Birthday and yours truly was interviewed by AP writer Carolyn Thompson. She said a Google search for General Mills returned A Midlife Woman. That is a true General Mills fan don’t you think? Flattered and flustered I didn’t even request a plug. Duh. If you are interested, this is the interview.

Back To School Giveaway

One lucky winner will receive - One box of Lucky Charms® Cereal Treats Bars, One box of Golden Grahams® Cereal Treats Bars, Lunch bag, Locker whiteboard, Colored pencil set

The cereal bars are moist, sweet, and delicious! In fact, at our house both of the boxes were consumed in just two days!!  The lunch bag is large, bearing the Cereal Bar Logos and can easily double as a book bag.  Very nice prize pack if you ask me!

 Cereal Treat Bars Facts

Flavor varieties include the ever-popular Golden Grahams® (130 calories) and new Lucky Charms® Treats (100 calories), loaded with kid favorites like chocolate and marshmallows.

TWO Box Tops for Education seals on each box of Cereal Treat Bars, making earning cash for your school doubly cool!

Be sure to check out Betty Crocker online for more information on the Cereal Treats Bars and coupons for other new products.

Mandatory Entry:

Tell us how your family enjoys/will enjoy Cereal Treats Bars.

Extra entries

–   Follow @WomanMomFriend and comment letting us knows you are following AND Tweet about this giveaway. Leave a link to your tweet.

You can make 1 Tweet per day for a total of 7 entries!!

Winner will be chosen Aug 28^th  10:00 pm EST via Random.org – Good Luck!

“Disclosure: Cereal Treats Bars, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.”

Kathleen

Hey, there I'm Kathleen. My friends call me Kathy; to my kids I'm Momia. Life has afforded me many hats: Mom, wife, sister, friend, business owner... and most recently a midlife blogger. From college to marriage and babies, in the midst of business and wealthy boomers, midlife retrospection validates this extraordinary journey called life.

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