[iluvadoption]

Contest Starts: 3/13

Contest Ends: 3/31 @ 5:00 PM EDT

Rules:

• Respond to this thread and share something that you have cooked using an ingredient (or multiple ingredients) from the current week’s ad.

Entries should be posted in this format:

• What did you cook? (Recipe Optional)

• What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?

• Your username:

Example:


What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Cheese Quesadillas

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Kraft Shredded Cheese

Your username: iluvadoption


• One post = One entry

• You can enter as many times as you like, provided that each entry is unique and in its own post.

• There will be 4 winners and each will receive a $5 pp gift

[aaronsmom]

Yay! A contest! Thanks!

[iluvadoption]

As much as you all like to talk about food, I was sure this thread would lights up with entries! ! ! !

What have you been doing with all of that cabbage? Potatoes? Cheese?

Who wants to get things started?

[grmom25kids]

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Lemon Pepper Tilapia

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?:Tilapia

Your username: grmom25kids

As for the recipe....it is soooo easy!

1 lb Tilapia
lemon pepper seasoning moistened with olive oil and then brushed on tilapia

cook in skillet until done OR put tilapia on a piece of foil and then brush on lemon pepper olive oil mixture make the foil into a "pocket" and place on grill for 5-10 minutes or until fish is flaky! yummy!

[grmom25kids]

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Chocolate Crescents

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Crescent rolls

Your username: grmom25kids

Recipe found on Pillsbury's website:

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1/2 cup mini-chocolate chips(you can chop up 2-3 Hershey Milk chocolate bars too!)
Powdered sugar, if desired

Heat oven to 350°F. Separate dough into 8 triangles. Place tablespoon of chocolate chips on wide end of each triangle. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle, rolling to opposite point. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

[cantstopshopping]

LOL!!! I'm still working on cooking up LAST WEEKS haul!!! LOL!!! (dino nuggets and fries tonight!)

And haven't gotten anything much yet from Meijer's this week, except pop, gum, and strawberries so far......I guess it would look something like this so far for me.....

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Chilled on ice Coca-Cola and Strawberries, then had desert of Up2U gum

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Coca-Cola, strawberries, Up2U gum

Your username: cantstopshopping

[iluvadoption]

Originally Posted by cantstopshopping

LOL!!! I'm still working on cooking up LAST WEEKS haul!!! LOL!!! (dino nuggets and fries tonight!)

And haven't gotten anything much yet from Meijer's this week, except pop, gum, and strawberries so far......I guess it would look something like this so far for me.....

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Chilled on ice Coca-Cola and Strawberries, then had desert of Up2U gum

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Coca-Cola, strawberries, Up2U gum

Your username: cantstopshopping

Since it's a slow sale week, I'll allow ingredients from last weeks ad.

[iluvadoption]

Originally Posted by grmom25kids

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Chocolate Crescents

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Crescent rolls

Your username: grmom25kids

Recipe found on Pillsbury's website:

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1/2 cup mini-chocolate chips(you can chop up 2-3 Hershey Milk chocolate bars too!)
Powdered sugar, if desired

Heat oven to 350°F. Separate dough into 8 triangles. Place tablespoon of chocolate chips on wide end of each triangle. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle, rolling to opposite point. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

This sounds yummy, but since you've become a FL, you are disqualified. ! ! !

[grmom25kids]

Originally Posted by iluvadoption

This sounds yummy, but since you've become a FL, you are disqualified. ! ! !

Yes I know! The sacrifices of a FL.

[cantstopshopping]

Originally Posted by iluvadoption

Since it's a slow sale week, I'll allow ingredients from last weeks ad.

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): dino nuggets and fries

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Tyson Dinosaur nuggets and Ore-Ida Steak Fries

Your username: cantstopshopping

Not our normal type of meal, but severe weather and storms here, and had to make a quick meal in case we lose power again.

[iluvadoption]

It doesn't have to be anything fancy...toast, cereal or ice cubes would work!

[aaronsmom]

What? Ball park franks on grill
Coleslaw
Lays potato chips
Use? B.P. franks , cabbage, potato chips, coke/diet coke... Marzetti coleslaw dressing...bought a couple weeks ago....
aaronsmom

[cantstopshopping]

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): burgers, mac and cheese with broccoli

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: the sale item from this week was the ground beef (96/4) that I picked up Wednesday on managers special at $4.04 lb

Your username: cantstopshopping

[cantstopshopping]

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): italian baked chicken, chicken rice and asparagus

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: the sale item from this week is frozen chicken breasts (boneless/skinless) ($4.47 bag) and the asparagus (.99 lb). Strawberries on the side ($1). Also using the Fresh Takes from a couple weeks ago.

Your username: cantstopshopping

[cantstopshopping]

Originally Posted by cantstopshopping

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): italian baked chicken, chicken rice and asparagus

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: the sale item from this week is frozen chicken breasts (boneless/skinless) ($4.47 bag) and the asparagus (.99 lb). Strawberries on the side ($1). Also using the Fresh Takes from a couple weeks ago.

Your username: cantstopshopping

I am working on dinner now, and thought I'd give some visuals.






Ok, OK......I HAD TO add potatoes.

[cherylrc]

What did you cook? (Recipe Optional): Sausage cheese dip

What sale item(s) did you use in your recipe?: Chi Chi's salsa sale priced $1.25. Cost .25 cents after .50 cent coupon doubled

Your username: cherylrc

Brown 1 lb ground sausage, drain well, cut into cubes a 16 oz block of Velveeta and mix into meat and melt. Add 1 jar Chi Chi's Salsa. Easy and good!

[CouponKody]

What did you cook? Flat iron steak

What sale item did you use? Flat iron steak

User name:Couponkody

[CouponKody]

What did you cook? Taco salad

What ingredients from sale? Lettuce for 88 cents and 1.99 Doritos on mega sale

Username: couponkody

[iluvadoption]

Thanks for all of the entries!

There will be (4) $5 pp gifts awarded, so your odds of winning are good, but you need to enter first!

[CouponKody]

Originally Posted by CouponKody

What did you cook? Taco salad

What ingredients from sale? Lettuce for 88 cents and 1.99 Doritos on mega sale

Username: couponkody

OK so I am such a dork! I was doing this on my phone so only saw the name of the contest and not that it was in the Meijer forum until I logged in on the PC. My sale items weren't from their ad so guess I disqualified myself

[aaronsmom]

You crazy potato lady....pictures , oh my ....I'm coming over for dinner, again, and again and again!

[aaronsmom]

89 degrees today...
What did I cook? Nuttin! But we had Cereal, Kellogg's frosted flakes...
Peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches and straw berries!
Sale items....cereal , strawberries
aaronsmom.....

[cantstopshopping]

Originally Posted by aaronsmom

You crazy potato lady....pictures , oh my ....I'm coming over for dinner, again, and again and again!

Come on over!!! I'll throw some more potatoes on!!!!

........I'm ashamed to say that I have not been to Meijer's this week......

[aaronsmom]

Me too......oh well....maybe today! Koolaid for kiddies!

[JudyFos]

Originally Posted by iluvadoption

Thanks for all of the entries!

There will be (4) $5 pp gifts awarded, so your odds of winning are good, but you need to enter first!

Darn - I don't have PP :-///