All geared up and ready for the next season!

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We love football. Go Vikings! (Just couldn’t resist!) And no game is complete without some kind of salty snack to take the edge off. Just as you cheer for your favorite team do you have a dip that is simply a must have? Dean’s Dip has a variety of dips perfect for your tailgating party, half time break or your tension release! From Ranch to Honey Mustard, Dean’s has got you covered.

Dean’s is offering you the chance to vote each week on your favorite dip while predicting the outcomes of the football season games. Doing so will make you eligible to win prizes like tailgate party supplies, football memorabilia and sporting gear. There will also be a big grand prize drawing in January for a home entertainment system.

It is very easy to enter here directly on Facebook!

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To help you choose a favorite dip, I have three coupons for free Dean’s dip for one lucky winner!

MAIN ENTRY: Check out Dean’s Dips Flavors and tell me your favorite or which one you are itching to try!

Want more entries? (You’ll feel better if you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Enter the Dean’s Dip Sweepstakes on Facebook
-Become a fan of Dean’s on Facebook
-Follow Dean’s Dips on Twitter
-Follow my blog publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway

Win three coupons for Dean’s Dip, the perfect game day snack! @babylovingmama from @dipstakes http://tinyurl.com/y9upobo #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my Holly Jolly Holiday SPLURGE event button to your bog
-Blog about this contest and link back here and to Dean’s Dip (3 entries)

This contest will end on 12/7/09 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received two coupon vouchers for free dip . This has no bearing on my completely honest post above and was not influenced by any type of monetary compensation. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

Frito Lay can make game day extra fun by providing you and your guests with the necessary sustenance to root for your team. My house usually has plenty of hoots and hollers and we all need a little pick me at half time! While you might not think of extra healthy eating when you think of Frito Lay, you can usually find ways to trim down the fat and calories by substituting healthier ingredients.

I decided to go with a true favorite of my entire family and make my mom’s taco dip. It is fast,  easy, oh so yummy and came in very handy for the Monday night showdown this week between the Minnesota Vikings (my team!) and the Green Bay Packers! The victory may have been sweet but the treats were salty.

Taco Dip

8 oz cream cheese, softened

8 oz sour cream

1 packet of Taco Seasoning

1/2 cup salsa

2 cups shredded cheese

1 medium tomato, chopped

1 cup chopped lettuce

green onion (optional)

black olives (optional)

Mix the sour cream and seasoning together, then add softened cream cheese and mix until creamy.  Layer ingredients with cream cheese mixture on bottom, then salsa, lettuce, tomato, green onion and olives (if desired) and top with cheese. Chill for one hour or more. Serve with Tostitos Tortilla Chips and/or Fritos Corn Chips.

Better- For-You Options:

• Fat Free or Lite Sour Cream
• Lite Cream Cheese
• Fat Free Shredded Cheese

Feel free to change the topping amounts to suit your tastes. I don’t really measure but just eyeball it!

Also check out the Frito Lay website for a $1 off coupon for Frito Lay Variety Packs!

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One of my readers will win a Frito Lay Tailing Gating Kit which includes all the goodies shown for their upcoming game day festivities!

Includes a $25 American Express gift card for ingredients, three bags of Frito Lay chips and a fun football chip and dip bowl!

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me your favorite game day recipe utilizing Frito Lay products  and how you make it healthier!

Want more entries? (You know you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Follow my blog publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway

Win a Frito Lay Tailgating Kit (includes $25 AMX GC) @babylovingmama http://tinyurl.com/yeayqcg #giveaway PLS RT!

-Fave me on Technorati
-Add my button to your blog
-Add my It’s in the Bag! event button to your bog
-Blog about this contest and link back here and to Frito Lay (3 entries)

This contest will end on 10/22/09 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Thank you to Frito Lay for sending me the same prize pack that I am giving away!