Posts Written OnNovember 2012

Heinz57 Pulled Pork Recipe + Tailgate Prize Pack Giveaway

Heinz57 LogoIt’s the middle of football season and around here, that means entertaining, tailgating and Sunday gatherings. Tailgating and football games aren’t complete without the perfect foods. Some of our favorite tailgating foods include meatballs, burgers, brats and pulled pork sandwiches. I am always looking for new recipes to try and I have found some tasty ones on Heinz 57‘s website. Heinz 57 is sure to add flavor to any meal with their three products: Heinz 57 Sauce, Heinz 57 Steak Sauce, and Heinz 57 Sauce with Honey.

PULLED PORK RECIPE

One of my favorite recipes is the Heinz 57 Pulled Pork. It serves approx. 8 people and only takes 10 minutes to prep.

Heinz57 Pulled Pork Recipe
Photo Courtesy of Heinz57.com

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 cup Heinz 57® Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Lea & Perrins® Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup tomato paste
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3.5 lb. boneless pork shoulder blade roast, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces
  1. Mix together 57 Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, mustard, sugar, tomato paste, and onion in a 5-6qt slow cooker. Season with salt & pepper. Add pork and make sure it gets coated with the mixture. Cover and cook on low heat setting for about 8 hours, or until pork is cooked through (no longer pink or an internal temperature of 165°F) and tender, turning occasionally.
  2. To serve, remove pork from slow cooker. Pull pork into shreds using two forks. Return pork to slow cooker and stir until well mixed with sauce. Serve onto your favorite sandwich buns and serve immediately.

PRIZE PACK GIVEAWAY

Heinz57 is giving one lucky Nifty Mom reader a Tailgating Prize Pack which includes:

  • Heinz 57 Sauce, Heinz 57 Steak Sauce and Heinz 57 Sauce with Honey
  • Grilling tools
  • Heinz blanket
  • Can cooler
  • Heinz tailgating book

Heinz57 Tailgating Prize Pack Giveaway

To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below. No purchase necessary to enter. The giveaway is open to contiguous US residents only, 18+ and giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST November 25th, 2012. Winner will be selected via random.org and contacted by email. Winner has 48 hours to reply to confirm their prize or a new winner will be picked. Sponsor is responsible for shipping the prize to the winner, not Nifty Mom. If you have any issues entering or have any questions, please email me at contact (at) niftymom(dot)com.

GOOD LUCK!

Nov 17 Lowes Free Kids Workshop – North’s Sleigh from Rise of the Guardians

Lowes November Free Kids WorkShopLowe’s offers a great ‘Build and Grow’ Clinic for kids every few weeks. This Saturday, November 17th at 10am the kids will be building North’s Sleigh from DreamWorks Animation’s new movie Rise of the Guardians.

The first 50 to register and be present at the store will receive the kit, an apron, and goggles. the recommended ages is 1st-5th grade.

For more information, store locations, and preregistration visit Lowe’s Build And Grow here. They also have fun activities, kits you can purchase and family projects.

 

I’m in Love… with My New Keurig OfficePRO Single-Cup Coffee Brewer

My typical day is pretty hectic with three little ones and this Momma needs her coffee. In the morning while I am getting breakfast ready, I normally get out my canister of coffee with intentions of brewing a pot. Keyword there: intentions. Some days, I get so sidetracked I forget all together. Other days, I notice the canister is out an hour or two later and finally brew my pot of coffee. However, I get sidetracked again and I forget that there is a pot brewing. After another hour or so, I will remember and eventually get a cup. By the time I go back for cup number two, to my disappointment, the auto-off has already shut off the brewer. I could turn it back on to keep the coffee hot, but it just gets burnt and doesn’t taste that pleasant. As much as I love coffee, I always seem to be wasting almost a whole pot or not making any at all. However, I am enthused to say that I finally found a solution: The Keurig OfficePRO Single-Cup Coffee Brewer.

Keurig OfficePro ReviewsI have only heard good things about Keurig, and thanks to Staples, I finally got to discover for myself how great they really are. The OfficePro is a commercial brewer that has a 48oz water reservoir and generally brews about ten times the amount of a typical home brewer. This is perfect for me because it is always ready to brew and I can drink a lot of coffee. The brewer also comes with a 12 pack of variety K-Cups to sample (I enjoyed each of them). I also recieved an 18 pack of Tully’s K-Cup Dark Roast CoffeeFrench Roast (my selection and very delightful).

Once I received the package, I couldn’t wait get my new Keurig set up and brewing. Setup was simple and the instructions are easy to follow. Before use, it has to be primed. To prime it, all I had to do was fill up the water reservoir and turn the power on so the brewer fills and warms the water. Then, press ‘brew’ to cleanse and fill a cup of water (with no K-Cup). The process takes less than five minutes. Now, its ready to go.

To brew a cup of coffee (or other beverage), insert a K-Cup into the holder and close. The blue light around the ‘brew’ button will flash alerting you it is ready to brew. Within about 30 seconds of pressing the brew button, you will have a fresh cup of coffee ready to enjoy! After 15 seconds, the brewer will be ready to brew the next cup of coffee. Please note that when the water tank is filling up the there is a vibration noise momentarily. It’s not that bad, but it is normal.

Keurig OfficePro Review

There are many features to the Keurig OfficePro including:

  • ‘Auto-Off’ Button: When selected, it will turn off 2 hours after the last cup of coffee is brewed.
  • Cup Size Selection: The brewer can brew 6oz, 8oz, or 10oz at a time
  • Removable Drip Tray: Removes to allow for travel-size mugs and easy clean up. Also holds about a cup of liquid in the event that a cup is brewed with no cup/mug.
  • Single Cup Brewing: No wasted, forgotten about, or burnt coffee
  • Always ready to brew: When I turn it on in the morning, I am enjoying a fresh cup of coffee within three minutes.
  • Designed to stay on all day: I have comfort in leaving the brewer on all day long knowing it can handle it

Keurig OfficePro Review

Not only is the Keurig OfficePro convenient, is also eliminates the mess of coffee grounds & filters and the error of using too much or too little coffee grounds. The only thing that could be negative about the brewer is that I may be drinking way too many cups of coffee now.  I have not went a morning without at least one cup of coffee since I received the Keurig and I have even enjoyed a cup or two in the evening. I am truly in love.

 

Disclosure:  I received a Keurig® OfficePRO® Single-Cup Commercial Coffee Brewer from Staples to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed are 100% mine.

*HOT* $1 Toy Story 3 Memory Game + Hasbro Games Sale & Gift Card Deals at Toys R Us

$1 Toy Story Memory Game at TRU Starting today, 11/4, Toys R Us is having a HUGE sale on Hasbro board games. You can get the Toy Story 3 Memory Game for just $1! Limit two per customer while supplies last in stores only. This is such a great deal and last year when they had a sale like this, I remember they sold out quick. Since it is in the print ad, you can try to price match at Target or Walmart if they carry the game.

Gift Card Deal:

  • FREE $10 Gift Card with any Hasbro Board Game purchase of $35 or more
  • FREE $15 Gift Card with any Hasbro Board Game purchase of $50 or more

Other Hasbro board games on sale:


$5 Sale:

  • Monopoly
  • Candy Land
  • Chutes & Ladders
  • Cootie Board Game
  • Don’t Spill the Beans
  • Ants in the Pants
  • Don’t Break the Ice
  • SpongeBob Kid Cranium
  • Lucky Ducks Sesame Street Edition
  • Barrel of Monkeys

$10 Sale:

  • Sorry! Game
  • Operations
  • Scrabble
  • Jenga
  • Jenga Wood Block Game
  • The Game of Life
  • Monopoly – Cars 2 Edition

$15 Sale:

  • Words with Friends Board Game
  • Monopoly Electronic Banking
  • Scrabble Flash Game
  • Loopz Game
  • Scrabble Catch Phrase
  • Bop It XT
  • Angry Birds Star Wars Jenga

$20 Sale:

  • Deluxe Battleship
  • Twister Dance Board Game
  • Taboo Game
  • Cityville Monopoly
  • Angry Birds Star Wars Death Star Jenga

Deals valid thru November 10th. Click here to view this week’s ad and more deals.

 

 

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ on VUDU Viewing Party #SpiderManWMT

Last month, you may remember when I pre-purchased ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ at Walmart. The best part about the pre-purchase was having access to a digital copy of the movie over a week before the DVD release date (11/9). Our family is a huge fan of Spider-Man. My sons are always singing the Spider-Man song and asking to watch the cartoons. We didn’t get a chance to watch it at the theater, so we were excited to be able to watch it before the release date. Since we gained access to our digital copy on October 30th, we decided to throw a Spider-Man Party to watch the new movie and enjoy time with family and friends. I headed to Walmart to pick up some party supplies, food and a Marketside Pizza.
The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMTFirst we need a pizza and we picked out a  Marketside 16″ Ultimate Meat pizza with Spider-Man on the box. Walmart is definitely gearing up for the Spider-Man release. They are releasing The Amazing Spider-Man themed Augmented RealityApp with trigger points that will be on the pizza box &  throughout Walmart on displays.

The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMT

I found a lot of Spider-Man themed party supplies, toys, and apparel throughout the whole store. There was so many different items, I had a hard time picking out just a few.

The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMT

All parties need ‘goodie bags’ for the little ones and this was no exception. I put Spider-Man masks, stickers, fruit snacks, and candies a cup for each of the kids. Since I love decorating cakes, of course I had to make a Spider-Man cake and cupcakes that I displayed on a spiderweb cake stand.

The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMT

After icing the cakes with red icing, I used melted chocolate to complete it and add the Spider-Man effect. To do this just melt some chocolate and put it in a sandwich bag (my homemade cake decorating bag). Then snip a very small corner off  the bottom and squeeze it out onto wax paper into spiderweb shapes. When they are all done, put it into the freeze to harden for about 20 minutes. They easily peel off to put on top of the cupcakes. For the cake, I also used melted chocolate to create the eyes. Just pipe the dark chocolate first and after it starts to firm up, fill it in with melted white chocolate.

The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMT

The kids played with stickers, masks, and threw ‘spiders’ at a spiderweb on the wall. We watched ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ on VUDU and it was amazing. It was over 2 hours though, a little long to watch with kids running around.

Early Access to Spider-Man on VUDU #SpiderManWMT

After the movie, it was a great night to hang out by the fire and enjoy the evening. Spider-Man made a guest appearance ;)

The Amazing Spiderman Party #SpiderManWMT

For the latest news and updates for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, make sure to stay connected and follow them on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, and visit the website.  Did you pre-purchase it yet? You still can to get the access to the digital copy!

 

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Free Home Depot Kids Workshop Nov 3 – Turkey Napkin Holder

Free Home Depot Kids Workshop April 2012This Saturday, November 3rd, Home Depot is having another FREE workshop for kids, ages 5-12. The event is 9am – 12pm. This month they are making a Turkey Napkin Holder for the holidays! The kids will not only get to keep their completed project, but they also receive a kid-size orange apron, commemorative pin, and certificate of achievement.

Visit their site for more information and to find a local store.