Want to make something delightful for your Mother’s Day brunch???

Well, these little Crab Puffs are pure Puffection™!!!

I am so glad I partnered with Pepperidge Farm®, because now I realize how useful Puff Pastry can be in the kitchen.

I have been sooooooo under utilizing it.

You could have a whole party and use puff pastry in a ka-zillion different ways and no one would catch on that everything was made with the flaky-buttery sheets or cups of gold.

You can do sweet or you could do savory, or both, which is what I did.

Did you miss last weeks recipe?? Key Lime Tarts. The easiest and most impressive dessert recipe on the face of the planet.

This week I went savory to show the versatility.

I wanted to create something that was easy to put together for a party or brunch.

You can make the filling one day in advance and let the flavors meld overnight in the fridge.

Just a few simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand.

Mix and toss in some chopped green onions.

Mix in the lump crab

Yum.

Flour your counter and roll one Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheet into a 10″ X 15″ rectangle.

With a pizza cutter of knife, cut into 24, 2 1/2″ squares.

Press the squares into a mini muffin tin and add 1 tablespoon of the crab mixture into the cups. Bake!

Told you it was easy!

Simple and impressive semi-make ahead appetizer.

Make sure you stop by the Pepperidge Farm® Facebook Page and share your own Puffection™ recipe!!! Need more inspiration, visit www.puffpastry.com for tips, how-to videos and recipes.

*I have been compensated for recipe development, however all opinions are 100% mine.

~ The Hungry Housewife

I usually answer with, “Well, depends on how much you want to spend.”

People are watching their pennies these days and don’t want to spend the $500-$700 for the 2 Blenders that claim to be the best.

Well guess what?

Now,there is a new Powerhouse Blender in town for half the price and it comes from Oster®, which happens to be the most trusted blender brand since 1926.

Welcome the Oster® Versa Performance Blender.

Continue reading:Oster Versa Blender Review & Giveaway ($300.00)

~ The Hungry Housewife

OhMahGAUd..these are good.

How good you ask?

Well, I brought them to a Birthday BBQ on Sunday and they were ALL gone BEFORE we even ate dinner.

That’s how good they are.

The look all fancy and like I spent hours on them.

Please please please tell me you have had shrimp and grits.
It is a Southern dish, but it need not be.
Shrimp, cheesy grits and bacon might not sound like they all get along, but I am here to tell you that they are indeed best friends forever.

I know I have mentioned it here before that I have a divided house in the seafood department.
My son and I love it and my husband and daughter do not.
In fact, my husband doesn’t eat anything from the water….yeah, chew on that for a second.
Annoying, isn’t it.
So I get all giddy when I actually get to cook crustaceans.

I’m sad to say that this is my last recipe in the Weeknight Wins by Sauté Express® Sauté Starter Blogger Challenge from Land O’ Lakes. Be sure to check out my first 3 recipes, here, here and here.  Myself and 4 other food bloggers have been posting about super easy weeknight meals. Don’t forget to go to our PINTEREST BOARD and pin your favorite recipe each week. As a bonus, each week there will be a new giveaway.

This weeks challenge was to “Express Myself”.
I remember eating shrimp and grits for the fist time in a little restaurant in Savannah Georgia and falling in love.

You will see lots and lots of shrimp and grits recipes in the deep dark hole we call the internet and you will also notice that they use many different spices.
I thought this challenge was perfect to showcase the ease and simplicity of the Sauté Express® Sauté Starers.
There was no hunting and guessing what spices and flavoring I needed to add to my recipe. Sauté Express® Sauté Startes have everything you need in them. You get a little golden nugget of olive oil, butter,garlic and spices. Now that I think about it, these are also great for people who do not cook a lot because you don’t have to purchase lot and lot of containers of spices that just end up going to waste.

Put together the ease of the Sauté Express® Sauté Starters and the quick cooking shrimp and you have dinner in 20 minutes! Thats right, 20 minutes. Just get your grits started first and then prepare everything else while they are cooking!

Giveaway

Now tell me you favorite dish you make to impress your guests for a chance to win a Sauté Express® Sauté Starter Prize Pack.

Tell me how you Express Yourself in the kitchen for a chance to win the Sauté Express® Sauté Starter Express Yourself Prize Pack. Bonus: Tell me how you would get creative and Express Yourself with a recipe using Sauté Express® Sauté Starter. *When you enter, Land O’Lakes may select your comment to feature for promotion, social media and/or other related marketing materials.

CONTEST CLOSED

Here’s how to enter–> Simply leave a comment below answering one of the following questions:
How to do you express yourself in the kitchen? 

OR
What would you make with Sauté Express® Sauté Starter?

Enter The Weeknight Wins by Sauté Express® Sauté Starter Giveaway

Details
U.S. Only. One entry per person (that includes email address & IP address) per day. Required information is first & last name and valid email address. Entries obtained by mechanical or spamming mechanisms will be disqualified. One winner will be chosen at random from all of the qualified entries submitted. Giveaway ends on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be contacted via email supplied in the entry & will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is sponsored by Land O’Lakes. The Hungry Houswife.com and the sponsor reserve the right to cancel the giveaway at any time.

Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Land O’Lakes for an exclusive endorsement of Sauté Express® Sauté Starter. This blog post is sponsored by Land O’Lakes. All opinions are my own.

Giveaway WINNER..

~ The Hungry Housewife

The Best Potato Salad…them are some fightin’ words.

Well, I am going to go out on a limb and claim, that this is the Best Potato Salad in alllll the land.

Continue reading:The Best Potato Salad

~ The Hungry Housewife