Easy linguini and clam sauce w/ Progresso® Recipe Starters

linguini and clam sauceEasy linguini and clam sauce great for a quick meal.  General Mills sent me a Box Top pantry stock up and with the food that was provided was Progresso® Recipe Starters Roasted Garlic.    I normally make my Linguini and clam sauce from scratch.   I decided to try the Recipe Starter, because I want a quick meal with less oil.

Ingredients

  • Progresso® Recipe Starters Roasted Garlic
  • 2 Cans of clams minced – Drained
  • 1lb of Linguini or Pasta
  • 1/4 cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano
  • 1/4 teaspoon Oregano

Make pasta following instructions

  1. To make clam sauce Add the Progresso® Recipe Starters,  drained Clams, and cheese to a pot heat till warm
  2. Drain pasta once cooked .. do not rinse (it wash away the starch that holds the sauce)
  3. Pour the  Sauce over pasta.. sprinkle cheese

Eat and enjoy!

Less oil then a traditional linguini and clam sauce.  Great with a salad and bread.

I really thought it was yummy  and quick,  not all the oil and butter as a normal clam sauce.

Other ideas:  use the Progresso® Recipe Starters,  would be good as a base for a Mushroom soup or mushroom pasta.  Using a variety of mushrooms oyster, buttons and portables. Just a thought for a vegetarian option.Progresso Recipe Starters

Check out to see if there is a coupon for it on there site..  Progresso Coupons Save the Box Top on the can to give to a Local School for education.

If you want to Win a Box Top Pantry stock up?  Head on over to my my Box Top Pantry giveaway ends 3/8/13.

What are you making for dinner?

Disclosure:  I did receive this product from General mills,  all the opinions in this post are my own.

Meal Planning

mushroomsSo I was going to write this brilliant recipe and show great planning.. yea that is not happening this week. I am a late today on my post and I only planned for tonight’s meal. When it came to me spuds..this is the week I have been celebrate all things Irish..
I have some great Irish  posts this week crafts and fun.

Monday: pork chops, green beans and mash potatoes
Tuesday: Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup (from Copy KatRecipes Soup) and fresh bread (make and Take)
Wednesday; Shepard’s pie with leftover mash potatoes from Monday
Thursday: Gnocchi pasta and salad (I might try to make my own)
Friday: Tacos, rice , re-fried beans

I am linking this post up to I am a Organizing Junkie  Menu Planning Monday Link Up

Have a great week.

Saving our Teeth – LISTERINE 21 day challenge Part 2

boy brushingListerine 21 day challenge.  So if you recall my family took on the Listerine 21 day challenge.  The Listerine challenge has been great for our family. Everyone sign on and committed to using the Listerine for the full 21 days (we are still doing it). My daughter and son used Reach tooth brushes and Listerine’s Smart Rinse.  My daughter loved the pink Barbie rinse.  We visited the Listerine web site and learned about proper dental care.

girl brushing

My husband I brushed with the Reach Tarter control  tooth brush.  We used Listerine whitening tooth paste  which I loved.  Then we rinsed after every brushing with Listerine Total Care. I also use the great Reach floss and Reach Access flosser which helps reach my back teeth.  From my observation  my teeth are actually cleaner and with less tarter. Feeling like my teeth are whiter and I find I am smiling more.women with listerine

Dentist:  We actually had a dentist appointment this past week,  The dentist said the kids teeth look clean and healthy.   The dentist did say that regular adult Listerine should not be use in a child mouth, because it is too strong. .  She said the Listerine Kids Smart Rinse is a great choice.

Tip from the dentist: She also recommend to my son who does not like minty toothpaste to dip his Reach tooth brush in the Listerine Rinse and brush.

Thanks Listerine for a great check up at the Dentist.

Did you know brushing alone misses 75% of your mouth? That’s right—and believe it or not, even if you brush twice a day, you’re likely missing a majority of your mouth, leaving plenty of room for germs to grow.

By using a LISTERINE® Antiseptic mouthwash twice a day for 30 seconds, you can clean virtually 100 percent of your mouth. In fact, you can get:

  • Up to 5 times healthier gums in 2 weeks
  • Up to 9 times healthier gums in 4 weeks*

That’s not just lip service, either! The makers of LISTERINE® know that users will feel a difference—or their money back**.listerine

Participating in this challenge offers the added benefit of joining the makers of LISTERINE® ULTRACLEAN® in helping Oral Health America impact the lives of children nationwide this year through the Smiles Across America® program. Shockingly, oral disease is now the most chronic childhood illness in the U.S.[1] It impacts kids of all backgrounds, but especially the millions who are unable to afford, or otherwise get access to, regular professional care.

Here is our video reviews  so you can see the clean :

Want to join me in the 21 day  head over to Listerine Facebook page and sign up for the LISTERINE 21day Challenge

also check out the Listerine kids website they have are coupons to save on Listerine and Reach Products.

For every person who signs up for the challenge, the LISTERINE® Brand will make a contribution to help Oral Health America’s Smiles Across America® program toward their goal of connecting 210,000 children with needed oral health services in 2013***.


Disclosure: “I received products from Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and The Motherhood as part of my participation in the LISTERINE® 21 Day Challenge. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are my own.”

Chocolate Leprechaun Hats : St Patricks Day Cookies

St Patrick day cookiesSt Patricks Day Cookies:   Chocolate Leprechaun Hats  using a chocolate marshmallow and sugar cookie. Cute little treat for the family on St. Patricks day.  Easy to make. They are also a no bake cookie. Here is how.

Ingredients:

Makes about 16-20 St Patricks Day Cookiescookie making supplies

  1. Melt chocolate following directions on package or if you have a Wilton Chocolate Pro Electric Melting Pot
  2. Dip the end  Marshmallow in to chocolate a place in the center of the cookie this fused the marshmallow with the cookiechocolate marshmellow cookie
  3. Allow the chocolate marshmallow cookie  to cool in the fridge for  10 minute till sethat cookies
  4. Roll the hat on the side in the chocolate till covered. I use a spoon carefully Place on wax paper to cool or place in fridge..away from blower to avoid bubbleschoclate covering cookiecookie in chocolate
  5. When cook decorate with band and clover-  I used glitter icing for my black it did not dry so I would use the same Betty Crocker  icing for both the black and white.
  6. You can buy little bags to protect the Chocolate Leprechaun Hats

You could also do Easter bonnets and use pastel chocolates.

For more tips on working with chocolate check out the Make and Mold Chocolate website

chocolate covered cookies that look like Leprechaun Hats

st. patricks day cookie

Have fun making a St Patricks Day Cookies

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