CSN Giveaway is Here!

I don't know about you, but I love shopping online. It is so much easier to just get on the computer and pick out what I want and then wait for it to arrive on my doorstep. Well, you need to check out CSN. CSN Stores has over 200 online stores where you can find everything from stylish handbags, to modern bar furniture, or great cookware, how cool is that? Here are some of the things that you can find there:

Cookie cutters: I am loving using these in EmmyKate's lunches to make lunch more fun!

Toddler beds: We will eventually have to buy one for Easton, but for now his crib is perfect!

Vacuums: I am in desperate need for a new one

So now is your chance to win a gift certificate from them. This should definately help out with Christmas shopping, which is the time of year that I do a lot of online shopping.

They are giving away a $20 gift certficate to a What's for Dinner, Moms? reader. So here is what you have to do:
1. Leave a comment telling me one thing that you would like to buy from CSN Store
2. Become a follower of What's for Dinner, Moms? and leave me a comment telling me so (if you are already a follower, just leave a comment stating that)
3. Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the link

Enter up to 3 times, leaving a separate comment for each item.
I will chose a winner on Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Winners will be chosen using random.org. Giveaway is limited to US & Canadian residents only.
*There is also a giveaway for $35 going on at The Maynard Moment Giveaways and Reviews. So make sure you go and enter that one too. You can only win one of the contests though, sorry!!!

Giveaway Coming Soon!

CSN has been generous to offer a giveaway to the readers of What's for Dinner, Moms! CSN Stores has over 200 online stores where you can find everything from stylish handbags, to modern bar stools, or great cookware! Be looking in the next few days for this awesome giveaway.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken

How can you go wrong with bacon? And chive and onion cream cheese? This bacon-wrapped chicken (pg. 118) was awesomely yummy! I can see serving it for company. I'll probably make it for my mother-in-law when she comes. She cannot eat gluten, so I'm always looking for good recipes for her. I used maple bacon, which was fine, but it did add an extra flavor. Next time I'll use regular bacon. And there will be a next time for this recipe!

The ingredients

Preparing the chicken

OK, so this was a yucky mess. Next time I will have everything more organized so I don't have to keep washing my hands between every piece of chicken. I'll flatten all the chicken and lay it out. Then pull out the amount of bacon I need, have some salt in a little bowl, and cut up some butter. I didn't have it all together before I got started this time! I'm sure next time will go smoother.

Ready for the oven

Done!

Next time I will turn the chicken over and broil a few minutes so the bacon on the bottom gets browned. I did do that when we ate the leftovers and it was much better.

Delicious!

And I'm so glad I had a green with my last two meals. It's nice that someone was worried about my roughage intake! Thanks Leah!

Simplicity: 3 (next time will go smoother)
Taste: 5
Nutrition: 2.5 (I did use reduced fat cream cheese though)

Tomato Spiral Toss

I've made two new meals that I haven't shared yet! I'll start with Tomato Spiral Toss (pg. 165). I'm not the kind that has to have meat with every meal, so I made this as the main course. I had lots of canned tomatoes in my pantry, so I substituted them instead of fresh. I also wanted to make it a little healthier, so I mixed garden rotini and whole grain rotini.

The ingredients

Getting it all together

The finished product

Ready to serve!

As soon as I smelled this, I realized I would like it better served as a cold pasta salad. I did not really care for this warm, but it was dinner time and I was hungry! Allie and I ate it the next day cold and it was really good. That's how I'll have it if I make it again. Not sure it will get in the rotation though.

Simplicity: 5
Taste: 2 (warm), 4 (cold)
Nutrition: 4