Recipe Round-up on Vacation

The Recipe Round-up is on break for one more week.  However, you can check out the newest recipe, Spicy Spaghetti, which uses sale ingredients from next week's Meijer ad.

Happy New Year!
~Lisa

Spicy Spaghetti

(This recipe was originally posted in conjunction with the Meijer Ad week of 12/30/12 - 1/5/13)

We were staying at the home of my cousin in Colorado when we enjoyed this yummy casserole for the first time.  We weren't planning to stay for supper, but changed our minds...and she whipped up this casserole on very short notice!  Basic ingredients create the Mexican twist on an Italian dish.  It comes together quickly, and is easily customizable to your family's tastes.  See the options and tips for ways to make it less (or more) spicy. 

Christmas Break

Meijer generally publishes an ad preview on Friday, but there was no preview this weekend...and the weekly grocery ad didn't come in the Sunday paper either.  I guess that's a sign I should sign off for the holiday week :) 

Most of you probably already have your party menus figured out anyway by now...so instead of the Recipe Round-up, I'm publishing something a little more fun.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

**I'm sharing this because I made something similar as a gift for my grandma, and some of my friends and family asked if they could have a copy of the exact text.  This is the easiest way to share it with them, as well as share "the reason for the season" with all of my blog readers.

                                                                        ~by Lisa DeBoer

Garbage Bag Snack Mix

 

(This recipe was first posted in conjunction with the Meijer ad week of 12/16/12 - 12/24/12)

This recipe makes such a huge batch of snack mix that you literally have to mix it up in a garbage bag!  It comes together pretty fast, because unlike traditional Chex Mix, it doesn't have to be baked.  I like to make it around Christmas time because I can give it as gifts, as well as have some left to bring to holiday gatherings.  The total cost to make this mix might give you sticker shock, but it makes such a large quantity that it ends up being a fairly economical Christmas treat...or a great summer pool-time snack.  Worried about such a large batch staying fresh?  This mix can be frozen!