Cooking with Kids Thursday: Pigs in a Blanket


Here is a meal for those nights when you are short on time.  These pigs in a blanket are super easy to make and only take 10 minutes to bake.  My little ones love helping make this dish.  They are in charge of rolling the dough over the sausages… and occasionally sneaking bites of the cheese and sausages when they think I am not looking.

Here is what you need to make Pigs in a Blanket:

-1 package of Pillsbury or other brand crescent roll dough

-1 package of Lil’ Smokies Turkey Sausages or other brand

– 4 slices of American cheese

Here is how you make the Pigs in a Blanket:

-Preheat oven to 350.  Cover the bottom of a cookie sheet with foil (makes for easier clean-up).

-Unroll the crescent roll dough and separate it into the precut 8 triangles.  Then cut each triangle into 4 smaller triangles.  You should have 32 smaller triangles in the end.

-Cut each slice of cheese into 8 smaller pieces.  You should have 32 pieces when you are done.

-Take one small triangle of dough and place a piece of cheese in the middle of it.  Then place a sausage on top of that.

-Now roll it all up.

-Place the rolled sausages on the foil covered cookie sheet.

-Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes.

-Remove from oven.  Let cool for a couple minutes then enjoy!

Yields 32 sausages.  I usually serve this with a nice green salad and some fruit.

Publix deals for the week of 9/22-9/28

Thanks to Brittany from The Prudent Patron for the weekly Publix deals! Here are the highlightsfor the week. You can find all of the deals for the week at The Prudent Patron (this is based on the Florida/Southern Georgia market)

Here are some of the items you can get for free this week:

Fresh Express Salad Blends, BOGO $4.49
-B1G1 Fresh Express Salad Blend Vocalpoint Mailer
-$1/1 Fresh Express Salad Blend Vocalpoint Mailer
Final price: As low as FREE

Mott’s 100% Juice, Mots for Tots, or Mott’s Plus, 64 oz, 3/$6
$0.55/1 Motts for Tots (IE) Rolling Printable (FF)
-$1/1 Mott’s for Tots Vocalpoint Mailer
-$.55/1 Motts for Tots Vocalpoint Mailer
-$1/1 Mott’s Juice Publix Big Deals for Baby Booklet 9/1/2011 (exp 9/30/2011)

Whiskas Cat Food 3 lb bag, BOGO $4.49
-$1/1 Whiskas Dry Cat Food 9/18/2011 RP Insert (exp 11/12/2011)
-$2/1 Whiskas Dry Cat Food 9/18/2011 RP Insert (exp 11/12/2011)
-$1/1 Whiskas Dry Cat Food Publix Printable Pet Coupon (if 3.3 lb bag is included)
Final price: As low as FREE + profit if the 3.3 lb bag is included in the BOGO

Here are a few items you can get for under $1 this week:

Earth’s Best Organic Baby Food 4 oz, (excluding Gourmet Meats), BOGO $.83
-$1/4 Earth’s Best Baby Food printable (no longer available, check your binders)
Final price: 17¢ each

Kashi GoLean Crunch! Cereal 10.4 to 17.5 oz, Instant Oatmeal, or Granola Chewy Trail Mix 6.7 to 8.4 oz, $2.99
-$1/3 Kashi Cold Cereals TARGET coupon Target.com (exp 10/8/2011)
-$1/3 Kashi TLC Granola Bars Multipacks TARGET Target.com (exp 10/8/2011)
$1/3 Kashi GoLean Bars (exp 10/2/2011)
-$1/2 Kashi Cereal Coupon Sheet, Do Right with Every Bite (exp 9/30/2011)
-$1/1 Kashi TLC bars booklet (exp 9/30/2011)
-$2/1 Kashi Product Recyclebank Printable Reward
Final price: As low as 66¢ each

Voskos Greek Yogurt 5.3 oz, (including crunch), 10/$10
$0.75/1 Voskos Greek Yogurt or YoGreek Yogurt Rolling
$0.75/1 Voskos Greek Yogurt Rolling
-$0.75/1 Voskos Greek Yogurt Rolling
$0.75/1 Voskos Product Rolling
Final price: 25¢ each

Vlassic Stackers Dills, Pickles, or Spears, 16 to 48 oz jar, BOGO $2.89
-$0.75/1 Vlasic Pickles 9/11/2011 SS Insert (exp 11/30/2011)
-$0.55/1 Vlasic Pickles, Peppers, or Relish tearpad (exp 3/31/2012)
-$0.50/1 Vlasic product in “Morningstar Farms” booklet
Final price: 69¢ each

 

Wednesday Night Round-Up: The day’s best coupons, deals and freebies!

If you missed any posts today, here are some of my favorites!

COUPONS:

 Print & Save: Free razors at CVS & Walgreens next week!

**HOT: Hasbro printable coupons = $1 games this week!

Haribo Gummi bears just $.39 at Walgreens next week (print your coupon NOW!)

HOT: $.50/1 Old El Paso printable coupon!

DEALS:

HOT DEAL: HS1 Ceramic Tourmaline Flat Iron only $44.95 shipped ($299 value!)

Apple MC497LL/A 64 GB iPad Tablet w/ WiFi/3G for $349.99!

Rockport Shoes: Enter to win FREE shoes + get a 20% off coupon!

Transform your Treat instant win game: cash, XBox 360, Hostess treats + more!

Kroger deals for the week of 9/21: Mega sale + more!

Harris Teeter Deals for the Week of 9/21-9/27

Get teen and tween girls clothing for as low as $1.30 from Hautelook

Get Luvs diapers for as low as $.08/diaper

Lock & Lock food containers – 60% off + 4% cash back

FREEBIES:

Christmas Gifts on a Budget: free photo calendar!

Win a free Starbucks gift card from Woman Freebies

RECIPES/CRAFTS:

What’s in Your Lunchbox Wednesday: With Love from Mom!

Halloween Craft: Witch and Pumpkin Yarn Bugs

 

Halloween Craft: Witch and Pumpkin Yarn Bugs

witch-yarn-bug

I know that Halloween is over a month away, but October seems to come and go before I have even had a chance to decorate so I thought I would start early this year and really take the time to enjoy the holiday.  So from now until the end of October, I will be posting any great Halloween crafts I come across so I can share them with you.  I hope you enjoy!

The first Halloween craft I want to share are these adorable yarn bugs.  My kids are going to love these.  Thanks to Making Friends for the great idea!

Here is what you need to make the witch yarn bug:

  • Orange and Neon Green Yarn
  • Pattern for Witch Hat
  • Black Craft Foam
  • Black Foam Feet
  • Two Wiggle Eyes — 20mm
  • 1/2″ Neon Green Pompom
  • 2-1/2″ Styrofoam Ball
  • 5″ Square of Cardboard
  • Tacky Glue and Clothespin
  • Scissors

Here is to tutorial on how to make the witch yarn bug ->Witch Yarn Bug Tutorial

pumpkin-yarn-bug

There are also Pumpkin and Spider yarn bugs as well.  Here are the tutorials for those.

Spider Yarn Bug Tutorial

Pumpkin Yarn Bug Tutorial

 

Harris Teeter Deals for the Week of 9/21-9/27

Thanks to Coupon Keri for these deals!  Make sure to check out her website for a full list of deals and to create a printable shopping list.  Here is a link to her post -> Coupon Keri’s Harris Teeter deals

Harris Teeter will triple a coupon valued up to $0.99. That means if you use a $0.75 coupon, it will triple in value and take off $2.25. There is a limit of 20 coupons tripled per day with a limit of 3 “Like” items/coupons.

Here are a few of  the deals this week at Harris Teeter!

Buy 2 Get 3 Free limit 10 total

  • Ragu Sauce, 16-24 oz. = $0.89 ea
    $0.75/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce, exp. 10/9/11 (RP 09/11/11)
    (Final Cost = $0.14 ea)
  • Mariani Dried Fruit, 608 oz. Cranberries, Pineapple or Yogurt Raisins = $1.47
    $0.75/1 Mariani Dried Fruit Snack, exp. 10/31/11 (SS 08/07/11)
    (Final Cost = $0.58 ea when you use 3 coupons)

BOGO

  • Frosted Flakes (14 oz) $1.64, Apple Jacks (8.7 oz) $1.59, Froot Loops (8.7 oz) $1.59, or Rice Krispies (9 oz) $1.74
    $1/3 Kellogg’s Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops, Honey Snacks or Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Cereal, exp. 10/9/11 (RP 08/28/11)
    $1/2 Select Kellogg’s Cereals, exp. 3/31/12 (Product Insert)
    (Final Cost = as low as $1.24)
  • Kraft Shredded Cheese $1.69
    $0.55/1 Select Philadelphia or Kraft Cheeses (Kraft Food & Family)
    (Final Cost = $0.59)
  • Frank’s Red Hot Suace (size??) $0.69
    $0.50/1 Frank’s Red Hot Sauce printable
    (Final Cost = FREE)
  • Total ($1.99), Cheerios ($1.59), or Golden Grahams Cereals $1.39
    $1/2 Cheerios Original Cereal printable
    $0.50/1 Cheerios Original Cereal printable (Target mfr.)
    $1/3 Select General Mills Cereals, exp. 10/22/11 (GM 09/11/11)
    $0.50/1 Cheerios Original Cereal printable
    $0.50/1 Cheerios Original Cereal printable
    $1/2 General Mills Cereal printable
    $1/1 Total Cereal printable
    $1.50/2 General Mills Cereal printable
    $1/2 e-Vic Coupon
    (Final Cost = as low as $0.09 for Cheerios when you use evic and $0.50 coupon!!)

Other

  • Fruit 2 Day Juice 10/$10
    $0.45/1 Fruit2Day Special Edition printable
    $1/2 Fruit2Day Smoothie Drink printable
    B1G1 Fruit2Day Juice printable
    (Final Cost = as low as $0.10)
  • Barilla Penne or Rotini Pasta 3/$4
    $1/2 Barilla Whole Grain Pasta, exp. 11/13/11 (SS 09/18/11 R)
    $0.55/1 Barilla Whole Grain Pasta, exp. 11/13/11 (SS 09/18/11)
    (Final Cost = $03)