It’s time for the Bloggy Giveaways again! I had such a great response last time, and such a fun time giving stuff away that I knew I had to participate again.

I haven’t had a chance to go through much of the list yet, but I know there will be a lot of great prizes, so make sure you go check them out after you get done entering here!

What I’m giving Away

I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate to Pampered Chef.

Who is Eligible

Sorry to the international people, but I’m only opening this up to people with a United States mailing address.

How to Enter

Leave a comment on this post. It’s that simple! You don’t have to have a blog to enter this contest, but make sure you enter a valid email address… if I can’t contact you, I can’t give you the prize!

GET EXTRA ENTRIES

Each comment counts as one entry, but if you vote for Jenn Cooks as best food blog at the Blogger’s Choice Awards, you’ll get 5 additional entries for the gift certificate. Make sure you let me know you voted, so I can keep track!

The rest of the details…

Submissions will be open until 6pm on Sunday April 27th. Any comments received after that point (if I haven’t closed the comment form yet) will not be valid. The winner will be announced Monday April 28th and the prize will be on it’s way as soon as I have the necessary information. Don’t enter if you aren’t willing to share your first and last names, and your shipping address.

I believe that’s all! Good luck! Feel free to share your recipes with me while you are here– email jenn at jenncooks.com!

Edited to add: All first-time commenters will need to have their comments approved before they show up on the post. Don’t worry- they’re in the moderation queue, and I’ll approve them as soon as I can!

A couple weekends ago, I was out of town with my mom. While we were out and about, we stopped at the Walmart to pick up a few things and made an impulse purchase. We found these in the main aisle:

Ohhh yeah…. Strawberry Milkshake Creme Oreos. Of course we couldn’t pass those by without trying them. I’m not a huge Oreo fan, but these were pretty good! It has a good strawberry flavor without being over powering, and the filling is creamier than in regular oreos. Pick some up if you see them at the store… Limited Edition, so who knows how long they’ll be available!

I could pretend that I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks to give the Entrecard contest maximum exposure, but that just simply wouldn’t be true. The truth is, I just haven’t made anything worth talking about. I have the ingredients to make some cookies that I just have to get the motivation to get started on. I’m just not the kind of person who feels the need to make a brand new, never tried before dish every single time I cook. I find things that I like (and know how to make!) and make them time and time again. Generally that means I’ve already posted these dishes, and it just doesn’t make sense to post and say “Oh, I made Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, or I made Johnny Marzetti.

Today, however, I decided to share with you one of my more peculiar favorite sandwiches. The peanut butter and pickle sandwich. If you’re seriously grossed out by the thought of that, you can thank Ted Murphy from Izea because he’s the one who gave me the idea to post about them. Now, I’ve been eating peanut butter and pickle sandwiches since I was a kid, but Ted recently started a conversation about them when he started eating peanut butter and pickle wraps. It’s for that reason that when I was putting together my sandwich last night so I wouldn’t have to take meds on an empty stomach, I decided to snap a couple of pictures.

First you need two pieces of bread.

Then, you need your peanut butter. What kind you use is up to you. I tend to bake with creamy peanut butter, but I choose chunky peanut butter for sandwiches. My mom on the other hand uses creamy peanut butter for her PB & P sandwiches. So slather on some peanut butter of your choosing.

Finally, you need to add the pickles. If I’m just snacking on pickles, I prefer the high-quality Claussen variety. For a simple sandwich however, basic dill hamburger slices will do just fine! How many pickles you put on your sandwich is also up to you, but I choose to put a single layer of as many pickle slices I can fit on the piece of bread.

Then you just put your sandwich together, and enjoy! Mmm…. Now I’m wishing I’d brought another peanut butter and pickle sandwich to work with me for lunch, but I suppose I’ll just have to be satisfied with the turkey sandwich I have.

If you are a fellow PB & P lover, let’s hear from you! And if you try one after reading this, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts. The first time I saw my mom eating this sandwich, I said “Ewwwwwwwwww!” but she made me try and a bite and the rest is history!