Holiday Tips & Recipes brought to you by Dairy Makes Sense {Giveaway}

Dairy Makes Sense has fabulous money saving recipes and ideas to help you stretch your holiday budget without sacrificing taste or nutrition brought to you by the Midwest Dairy Association. Here are just a few of the menu and entertaining tips from moms who work and live on Midwest dairy farms.

· To save money, buy cheese in block form and slice or cube it yourself. Or use holiday cookie cutters to create festive shapes, and save the scraps for casseroles.

· Expecting overnight company? Serve a berry breakfast smoothie instead of empty-calorie gourmet pastries to maximize nutrition without breaking the bank.

· Plain, low-fat yogurt makes a great, calcium-rich base for holiday dips! Buy yogurt by the quart and save, then flavor with dry ranch seasoning or soup mixes and serve with veggies.

· Remember to serve milk with every meal, not just holiday cookies. At about 25 cents a glass, it packs a lot of nutrients for the money.

And if you are looking for a wonderful way to feed a lot guests during the holiday season, try this Pepper & Egg Brunch Bake. Doesn’t it look delicious? The best part is it can be made ahead of time. It will feed 12 people at only $.79 per serving! I love anything that can be made in advance so I can enjoy my guests versus spending all my time in the kitchen cooking for them. Don’t you?

The Midwest Dairy Association would like to offer my readers a gift bundle to start your new year off right!

Included is a $25 gift card for Cub Foods, apron, coupon holder, cheese knife, measuring spoons, grocery pad, refrigerator magnet, recipe booklet and free product coupons from Crystal Farms, Land ‘O Lakes and Kemps Dairy! All of these brands are prominent within Minnesota and the Midwest.

{ Giveaway }

The Midwest Dairy Council would like to give FOUR of my readers a dairy prize pack as shown above!

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This contest will end on 1/4/10 at 11:59 pm CST. US residents only. Please be sure that you live in an area where you can redeem these coupons or have a Cub Foods. (or at the very least know someone who does) The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received the same prize pack as will be provided to the winners. This has no bearing on my completely honest post above and was not influenced by any type of monetary compensation.