Friday, August 12, 2011

Dinner Time & a Giveaway

I don't know about your house, but at our house pasta is the go to meal when I just don't know what to cook! My boys love spaghetti {with meat sauce} and they also like almost any other kind of noodles {as they call them} with white and red sauces. I love that all I have to do is bring a pot of water to boil and simmer my sauce, and then dinner is on the table....plus pasta with a little bit of Ragu sauce is a really affordable meal! I also have fun mixing up the combos of pasta and sauce. One of our favorites {besides traditional spaghetti and meat sauce} is farfalle {aka bowtie} with Ragu Classic Alfredo sauce. I add a little bit of sauteed chicken and some steamed broccoli and we have well rounded and nutritious meal!
If you are on facebook, you can head over and check out the awesome community on the Ragu Sauce Facebook page called Mom's the Word on Dinner. You can join the conversation and share what works and doesn't work at your house for dinner. You can also find great tips and tricks as well as new recipes. To kick off the newest conversation in the Mom's the Word on Dinner community....When Dinner Gets Tough, they have a great video full of awesome ideas and tips! Though I don't know how much I agree with buying my kiddos video games in exchange for eating dinner, we have used dessert as a bribe to get them to eat their veggies before:) 

Now for the giveaway! The great people at Ragu would like to give one of my lucky readers a $20 Visa Gift Card to help them get dinner on the table! Who wouldn't love to have $20 extra dollar the next time they headed to the grocery store!?!
 To enter:

Tell me your go to dinner when you are short on time or just don't know what to cook.

Tell me your favorite way to enjoy Ragu sauces.
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Follow me {@SUPERMOM_Kelli} on twitter.

Tweet about this giveaway and include a link to the giveaway and @SUPERMOM_Kelli in the tweet.
Dinner Time & a Giveaway from @SUPERMOM_Kelli Enter for a chance to win a $20 Visa card thanks to Ragu!
 
Make sure to leave a comment for each thing that you do. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only and will end next Friday, August 19th at noon CST. I will use random.org to pick a winner! Good Luck and thanks for entering!

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Disclaimer: I was given a a jar of RagĂș® Old World Style® Traditional pasta sauce and a $20 Visa gift card in exchange for sharing about the Ragu Mom's the Word on Dinner program. I chose to share this with you because we really do love Ragu at our house, and that picture at the top is a jar of Ragu sauce that I bought with my own money:)

119 comments:

  1. Spaghetti is my favorite go to dinner when short on time!

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  2. My favorite way to enjoy Ragu sauces is on top of some pasta with a little Parmesan cheese!

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  4. I follow you via twitter

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  5. I like the sauteed onion and garlic Ragu sauce the best. I usually just add it to angel hair pasta. Buster likes it, but Buddy doesn't. He doesn't like sauce at all (weird kid!)

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  6. I follow you on twitter (dailydribbles)

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  7. My go to meal is baked chicken...usually served with chicken rice a roni.
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  8. My husband and I buy the light alfredo from ragu and add fresh mushrooms and serve it over wheat linguine noodles!
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  9. I follow you on GFC!
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  12. Our go to meal is either spaghetti or costco raviolis with sauce. YUM!

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  13. Ragu sauces are yummy with spaghetti, baked ziti or lasagna. Those are my favorites. :)

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  14. my go to meal is penne with meat sauce

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  15. my favorite way to use ragu sauce is the pizza sauce with english muffin pizza

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  17. Spaghetti is my go to meal. So funny, I was just talking with my friend about that this morning!

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  18. And I love that Ragu alfredo sauce too! Yummy :)

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  19. When I don't know what to make, spaghetti is a big fall back for us too! I buy hamburger in bulk and make patties to freeze. I can grab a few frozen patties and defrost them for dinner!

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  20. I actually do like Ragu pasta sauce (traditional) b/c it has less sugar than the other brands!

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  21. My go to meal is creamy spaghetti...basically just spaghetti but I add cream cheese to the sauce...YUM!

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  22. I would say that our go to meal is either tacos, pasta w/ meat sauce, or salad with Perdue short cuts :)

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  23. Ragu marinara is one of our household's favorite red sauces. but mostly i love all the heart healthy options for this non-veggie eating family.

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  24. My go-to dinner is Cajun Chicken Pasta. The sauce goes in the slow cooker and tops quick-cooking bowtie pasta.

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  25. I use Ragu as a quick pizza sauce for homemade pizza.

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  26. I follow you on Twitter - @GirlstoGrow

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  27. I tweeted the giveaway - http://twitter.com/#!/GirlstoGrow/status/102126613914853376

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  28. My go to meal is ravioli w/pasta sauce....quick and easy and everyone eats it.

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  29. My go-to dinner is frozen pizza. Terrible I know. Hahahahahaha.

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  30. My go to meal (especially in summer time) is a stovetop ratatouille of zukes, squash, onions and a jar of ragu (!!!) served over rice. I fry eggs over medium to put on top. It takes less than 20 minutes, even less if I use leftover rice. There are never leftovers.

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  31. Quick rice, beans, lotsa sauce and maybe a shake or two of curry or cayenne to spice it up...supereasy!

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  32. One of my "go to" dinners is to make a quick pizza with a refrigerated crust. I unroll it, spread it out on a baking stone, top it with pesto, toppings (we like broccoli, mushrooms, and onion), and pre-shredded cheese. 15 min. in the oven later, dinner is served.

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  33. One of my go to dinners when we're on the run and I haven't prepped anything is one of those grocery store rotisserie chickens. As much as I cook, sometimes it's just easier to pick a chicken up on the way back from practice. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

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  34. Velvetta mac&cheese with cut up hot dogs.yummy

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  35. Spaghetti and Costco's meatballs.

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  36. breakfast foods are usually my go to dinner but I also love making spaghetti for the family!! a great, easy meal!

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  38. We also like Spaghetti for a quick meal. I even like Chicken Fried salad.
    Thanks for the chance.

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  39. In the summer -- tossing something on the grill is our go to! Otherwise, it's usually quesadillas!

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  40. I love using them on spaghetti for a super fast meal!

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  41. I follow you on twitter @amyscookingadve

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  42. Go to dinner...cheeseburger hash. It's my own creation. It's easy and superfast and we all love it!

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  43. I love using the Cheesy Alfredo mixed with blue cheese crumbles as the base to buffalo chicken pizza. It's amazing!

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  44. Following on GFC...Thought I already was but I am now! :-)

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  45. My favorite go to lately has been pigs in a blanket.

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  46. I use Ragu Robusto in just about everything...my favs being lasagna & baked ziti.

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  47. My favorite way to use Ragu is to make lasagna, it's my family's favorite.

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  50. Eggs and pancakes are our go to meal when short on time :)

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  51. I love making homemade pizza with ragu sauce :)

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  52. Ragu, a pound of hamburger and a can of mushrooms are a weekly staple in our house! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  54. My go to dinner meal is tacos!
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  55. I like to enjoy Ragu on spaghetti.
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  57. We usually have burgers or tacos if we have no time or no clue what to cook. I meal plan most of the time, but sometimes what I plan doesn't sound good!

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  58. I love ragu sauce with chicken parm!

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  59. I follow you via GFC!

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  60. I follow ont witter @KiddiesCorner

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  61. Tweet thanks for the chance to win Kelli http://twitter.com/#!/KiddiesCorner/status/103100307835326464

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  62. Pasta is our go-to meal at the last minute too. Especially if Jeremy's gone. Just "noodles" and butter if it's us girls, and spaghetti if Jeremy's here :)

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  63. My go to dinner, perogies!!!!

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  64. Best way to enjoy ragu, on top of some penne pasta noodles!!!!

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  65. I follow you on twitter!
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  66. I am a follower of your blog through gfc!!

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  68. Awesome! My favorite go-to dinner is usually tacos as long as I have tortillas on hand!

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  69. And I follow you on twitter. (@okiebelle)

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  70. LOVE Ragu! Since we usually have a menu, we aren't wondering what to eat. However, when planning an easy week of dinners, we have lots of fun and easy meals (most using spaghetti sauce): shepherds pie, lasagna, spaghetti. My pantry is "empty" is there's not spaghetti sauce.

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  72. When I don't have lots of time or just don't feel like thinking too much, I feed my kids breakfast for dinner! (frozen pancakes or waffles and fruit :)

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  73. My favorite way to enjoy Ragu sauces is on any kind of pasta, of course. One of our favorites is to make mock lasagna using cheese ravioli, spinach, mozz. and tomato sauce - yum!

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  74. I follow you on GFC! Thanks for the fun giveaway!

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  75. My go to quick meal is either spaghetti or breakfast for dinner!

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  76. I love Ragu mixed with a little ground beef over spaghetti noodles. I especially love the chunky varieties!

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  77. My Go-To dinners are either breakfast for dinner or grilled cheese and soup.

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  78. I love to get the plain ragu sauces and add my own meats and veggies. I also like the cheese sauces by ragu-- they're very versatile.

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  79. Baked ziti is my go to dish!

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  81. I would have to say spaghetti and tomato sauce or fettuccine w/ alfredo are our go to quick dinners when we are rushing around. Pasta is a family favorite and added with a veggie it is a great meal!

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  82. I already follow you on twitter :)

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  84. When I'm short on time, I use the crockpot in the morning or make spaghetti and meatballs.

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  85. My favorite way to enjoy Ragu is either topping spaghetti or with egglant parmesan.

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  88. Sloppy joes. They are quick easy & cheap!

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  89. I love Ragu sauces in Spaghetti & Meatballs!

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  90. I like to eat Ragu with Italian sausage and angelhair pasta!

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