Kuhn's Market Sale + Cornbread Waffles w/Chili Recipe!

This is probably my favorite recipe so far! It's a twist on classic comfort foods, perfect for the cooler weather we've been having!  Plus, three of the ingredients are on sale at Kuhn's Market! Run on over and pick up 2 Jiffy Corn Muffin Mixes for $1.00 (8.5 oz. boxes), 2 cans of Hormel Chili for $3.00 (with beans), or $4.00 (without beans, both 15 oz. cans), and a slicing tomato (or 2!) for $0.79/lb!

Then, make delicious, easy, and filling Cornbread Waffles with Chili!  I've made this recipe more than once now, and I will definitely be making it again.  It's almost too easy!  This whole recipe takes half an hour or less (depending on how many waffles you need), and it's filling enough that you don't have to worry about making a side dish! Here's how it went:

 

First, I emptied 1 package of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix into a mixing bowl, and followed the instructions on the back of the box.

 

 

Add one egg,

 

 

1/3 cup of milk (I used Almond Milk.  As long as you use original Almond Milk without flavor, this works and tastes fine),

 

 

and whisk it up! I only used one package for Hubby and I, which made about two and a half waffles.  This was plenty for us, but if you have a bigger family, definitely use two boxes!

 

 

Heat the waffle iron up!  Meanwhile, you can start heating your cans of chili in a saucepan, or use homemade chili if canned chili isn't your thing!  If you are making a small batch of waffles, you should only need one can.

 

 

Put the batter into the waffle iron.  I use a 1/4 measuring cup to put the batter in. It doesn't have to go completely to the edges, it should spread out when you close the lid.  These cook pretty fast, so make sure and watch them!

 

 

Cooked cornbread waffle.  Mmmm!

 

 

Now, put the waffle on a plate (this was a little tricky to get out of the waffle iron; don't worry, it's going to get covered in chili, so it doesn't have to be pretty!), and start topping it!

 

 

Put your chili on top,

 

 

Then shredded cheese (so it will get all melty and delicious from the warm chili),

 

 

then your veggies, and TADA! You're done!  Delicious!

 

You can add more topping like it suggests in the recipe...we just left them off because I am not a big hot sauce person, neither of us do olives, and we were sadly out of sour cream :( if you do use sour cream, spread it on the waffle like butter before your put your chili on - it's SOO good!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Sausage & Roasted Potatoes Recipe!

So, I've had this smoked sausage in my freezer for awhile.  My sister-in-law was watching our house (and mutts!) while we were away, and she left it at our house and told us to keep it. I saw a great recipe in the October issue of Food Network Magazine for Kielbasa with Mashed Potatoes, and I've been wanting to make it.  When I saw that both sausage AND potatoes were on sale this week, I thought: This is my chance!

This week I found a 10 lb bag of Russet Potatoes at Aldi for...$2.89 (They have 5 lb bags also, which I purchased, for $2.99...I believe they are slightly more expensive because they are classified as "baking potatoes")! If you're not an Aldi shopper, Giant Eagle also has them on sale: Two 5-lb bags of either red or restaurant size potatoes for $7.00!  They also have Hillshire Farm Rope Polska Kielbasa or Smoked Sausage on special at 2 for $6.00, and Kuhn's Market has Kuhn's Italian Sausage on sale for $2.99/lb! 

You can find the recipe for Kielbasa and Mashed Potatoes here.  I did something slightly different and I left out the broccoli, because I didn't have any! Here's how I did it:

 

Let me level with you.  I totally cheated.  I went with roasted potatoes instead of mashed because I had a bag of them in the freezer.  But, in my defense, I at least have made both mashed and roasted potatoes from scratch at some point in my life! It's up to you, if you want to follow the recipe, go for it! If you'd rather make roasted potatoes, I always cut them into wedges, put some olive oil and Italian seasoning on them, and cook them for what seems like forever (they take awhile, so leave yourself enough time before dinner). BUT before you do anything else, SPRAY THE  PAN WITH COOKING SPRAY! I forget to do this more than I should.  With brownies, potatoes, anything....I have had to scrape things off of foil, and I'm just trying to save you the pain.  Spray the pan.

 

 

Next, I spread the potatoes out in a single layer, then put them in the oven at 400 degrees Farenheit.

 

 

Then I started on the smoked sausage.  Cut the sausage into four equal pieces. (I also halved the four pieces)

 

 

After that, the recipe calls for a 1/2 tablespoon of butter, melted in the pan. Word to the wise, don't use a cast iron skillet.  I used mine, and I'm really hoping I can somehow get it clean without soap.  After the butter is melted, put the pieces of sausage in the skillet.

 

 

Flip them a few times...

 

 

Until perfectly browned.  Mmmmm.  This whole process takes about 10 minutes, not long at all.

 

 

The finished product!  And it was quite good, if I do say so myself. 

 

I found this recipe really easy to do, especially because with the roasted potatoes (even if you cheat like me), you can start the potatoes much earlier than the sausage and only have to start the sausage a few minutes before dinner is served.  It all depends on your preference.  If you have more time, mashed potatoes would be fine! 

 

Hope you enjoy!

 

P.S. While you're shopping at Kuhn's, pick up some Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix which 2/$1.00 (8.5 oz boxes), and some Hormel Chili (15 oz cans) at 2/$3 (with beans) or 2/$4 (without beans). We'll be using that in an upcoming recipe! ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sparkle $0.99 Sale + Apple Juice Chicken Recipe!

First things first.  If you live near a Sparkle Market, go.  Go now! Run! They are having their $0.99 sale on a bunch of stuff, including chicken thighs and drumsticks, apple juice, Lunchables, Progresso Soup, and more! This sale goes through September 11, so hurry, hurry, hurry!

 

I got all this at Sparkle for $10.98. $10.98! I got Apple Juice ($0.99), Texas Toast ($0.99), Chicken Drumsticks ($2.55 @ $0.99/lb), two cake mixes (select varieties for $0.99 each), Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (not pictured; $0.99), and four Powerades ($0.59 - Hubby snatched one before I could get the picture taken!)!

 

 

Now, what can you make with these things? Well, with just some chicken, apple juice and spices, you can make yummy 3 Ingredient Apple Juice Chicken from Oatmeal with a Fork!  That's it-just three ingredients! Here's how it went for me:

 

 

First, let me say this recipe is EASY! Like stupid easy, in a good way.  The first step was to heat 1 1/2 cups of apple juice in a skillet over medium heat.

 

 

Easy peasy. 

 

 

Next, I put the chicken in the skillet.  The recipe calls for Chicken Thighs, but the drumsticks worked just fine (I also left the skin on, which was fine, too.  It's really a preference thing).

 

 

Then I put some spices on the chicken.  I actually used fajita seasoning, which worked out nicely.  Then I brought the pan to a boil and quickly back down to a simmer.

 

 

Then you just cook it for 40-45 minutes, turning every 10-15 minutes until it's done.  This picture is part way through cooking.

 

 

I did end up covering the pan in the last 5 minutes or so, just to speed up the cooking process a little.  After I covered it, the chicken finished cooking REALLY fast!

 

 

This is the finished product!  The apple juice gave it such a nice color, and there was a good balance between the sweet apple juice and the spice of the fajita seasoning. Delish!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Bird's Eye Recipe Ready at Walmart + Recipe for Cheese Steak Crescent Braid!

There is a coupon out for $1.00 off of any one Bird's Eye Recipe Ready product!  You can find these at Walmart in the freezer section, and they vary in price, but the peppers and onions are $1.00 each.  With this coupon from Bird's Eye, it will work out to be free!  Plus, you can print the coupon more than once! 

With the Recipe Ready peppers and onions, you can make this delicious recipe from Pillsbury for Cheese Steak Crescent Braids.  As an added bonus, you can get a $0.40 off two Pillsbury crescent rolls coupon from coupons.com, which at Giant Eagle, will double!

Here is how this recipe turned out for me:

First off, I decided to use Roast Beef lunch meat instead of the sandwich steaks. I got this lunch meat at Aldi. 

 



 In went the peppers and onions! At first, I was nervous because when I took the package out of the freezer, it was smaller than I remembered and I was worried it wouldn't be enough; don't worry, I was wrong! There was plenty of filling by the time I was done...this just happens to be a large skillet! Also, I used olive oil instead of butter.

Because I decided to go with roast beef lunch meat instead of sandwich steaks, I didn't need to cook it, so I just sliced it up...



...and put it in the skillet!  I realize you don't technically have to do this since the lunch meat is already fully cooked, and it's just going in the oven anyway, but I figured it would be a good way to mix it all together.

 

 

So I added some steak seasoning and mixed all the ingredients up.

 

 

Then I put it in the crescent dough (and had filling leftover...which will conveniently fit on some hotdog buns I need to use up) and braided it.  A piece of advice, make sure you work quickly with the braiding of the dough - once the filling is in the dough it starts to get extra soft, making it harder to work with. Also, I only made one because it was just me and Hubby, but if you have a larger family, the peppers and onions coupon prints twice so you can make two! 

Tada! Finished product!  You may be wondering about the cheese slices on top.  Well, I, being a dummy, totally forgot to put CHEESE in the CHEESE steak.  What's wrong with me?  I remembered once it was in the oven, partially baked, and there was no opening it up to put cheese in.  I just slapped a couple of slices of provolone on top, which actually worked out pretty nicely!

 

Hope you enjoy!