I’m pretty picky about my yogurt. After trying a zillion different brands, the only one I like is Yoplait. It’s has a perfect smooth, creamy, and not too wet texture.
Since my chemotherapy began in December, I’ve been trying to make sure I get lots of extra fiber so I can avoid additional prescription medications to deal with the digestive issues from the treatment. At that time, I switched from buying my classic strawberry Yoplait yogurt to Yoplait’s Fiber One strawberry yogurt. It’s tastes exactly the same just with some extra fiber packed in, if you were serving it in a bowl you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
My only complaint about the Fiber One yogurt is that there is only a low fat option. I’m a big fan of full fat dairy because it’s so flavorful and I think it’s actually better for you than low fat dairy.
Fiber One yogurt 4 packs are on sale 2 for $4 through February 9th at Safeway stores. I’ll be grabbing a few on my shopping trip this weekend.
I have one $50 Safeway gift card (also valid at Vons, Pavilions, Genuardi’s, Dominick’s, Carrs, Randalls, and Tom Thumb) to give away to an It’s Frugal Being Green reader.
Here’s how to enter (leave a separate comment for each entry):
- Required entry (must do this before you can do any of the other optional entries): Leave a comment telling us what your favorite flavor of yogurt is. (Mine is and always will be strawberry.)
- Optional entry: Leave a comment to let me know that you subscribe to It’s Frugal Being Green via RSS or email.
- Optional entry: Follow me on Twitter and tweet “win a $50 safeway gift card at it’s frugal being green from @carrieactually http://bit.ly/dsxQvw”. Leave a comment letting me know you did so and make sure you leave your Twitter username.
Entries will close February 12, 2010 at 11:59pm Pacific time. Winner will be notified via email and must respond with their shipping address within 48 hours. Winner must be able to provide a US shipping address to receive their prize.
Disclosure: I received a $50 Safeway gift card and coupon for a free 4 pack of Fiber One yogurt for myself along with the prize to giveaway from Safeway, Fiber One, and MyBlogSpark. Fiber One yogurt is a product I buy regularly anyway and Safeway is my regular grocery store.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks has been out for a couple weeks now and I’ve made four recipes from it so far:
- Maple Pecan Scones I halved the recipe on the frosting on these and it was still way more than enough
- Chicken Pot Pie perfect, amazing, and way better than even Costco’s take and bake chicken pot pies
- Ribeye with Whiskey Cream Sauce this is the only one I wouldn’t make again, not because it wasn’t good but because I have other better recipes for preparing steaks
- Simple, Perfect Enchiladas not that simple but much better than any other enchilada recipe I’ve ever tried and I’ve tried lots, I used Trader Joe’s enchilada sauce and highly recommend it as well
All of these recipes were more complicated that my typical prepare in 15 minutes, one bowl or one pot items. The recipes all have very detailed instructions with a picture for each step which makes them really easy to follow and easy to do even though I think the recipes are somewhat advanced.
The recipes in this book are all full fat and not for the feint of heart. Three of the recipes called for both butter and cream and the fourth recipe involved “lightly” frying tortillas. But all that fat made everything absolutely delicious.
So what didn’t I like about the book? No table of contents and she’s got main dishes in at least 3 different chapters so once you know the recipe is in there it’s kind of a pain to find it again. Also, the recipes are interspersed with photos that aren’t of the food. I would have rather those photos be grouped at the beginning or end or left out completely.
Overall my opinion is yummy, yummy recipes and great instructions but the layout of the book doesn’t fit my style.
This pan is the perfect alternative for those of us who live in apartments or townhouses and don’t have room for a barbecue or for the rest of you who live in houses with yards but want to eat grilled food when the weather isn’t appropriate for outdoor grilling.
I’ve got it in Cobalt which meshes beautifully with the Cobalt Fiestaware I also have going on in my kitchen.
My favorite things that I’ve cooked in my Le Creuset Grill Pan so far have been turkey burgers and lamb burgers (both recipes from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast).
This pan is a bit pricey (currently listed at $164.04 on ShopNBC and $184.95 on Amazon) but I believe that it’s worth paying for quality that will last a lifetime or more. There are cast iron skillets from my great grandparents still going strong around here although they’re footed and were not compatible with my parents’ flat top electric stove. This Le Creuset pan is footless and it is indicated as being safe to use on glass and ceramic top stoves which I dream will someday replace my 1970s electric coil stove.
Take care of the things you own, especially the quality items that you want to be sure last a long time. Cast iron shouldn’t go in the dishwasher so I wash this by hand with hot soapy water and I use my vegetable brush to get down between the grill lines.
Check out home shopping sites to comparison shop Le Creuset products online.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of ShopNBC although I actually purchased this pan on my own accord from Amazon almost a year ago (and ShopNBC’s price is currently $20 better than Amazon’s).
