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!

This is probably the most “off-topic” post you’ll ever see on this blog. In fact, I’ve never posted about Entrecard at all, either here or on my other blog. So you’re getting a few firsts all in one post! I first heard about Entrecard at BlogWorldExpo back in November, but I didn’t do anything with the information until January. And even then, the entrecard widget just quietly appeared at the top of my right sidebar and I didn’t make a lot of fanfare about it.

But the truth is, adding Entrecard has been really good for my blog. I’ve gained quite a few new readers, a lot more exposure and a couple hundred extra visitors every day. I’ve also found many new blogs to add to my feed reader, and I seem to add another one every day. Many of these blogs are great food blogs, and many others are personal finance blogs– I’m trying to reduce my debt, so I’m taking in as much information as possible! So what’s the purpose of this post?

The Largest Entrecard Giveaway Ever

When Entrecard reached 5,000 active users, many people gathered together to arrange the LARGEST Entrecard Giveaway ever! The whole thing has been spearheaded by Kacie over at Sense to Save (one of the aforementioned personal finance blogs), and she’s done a wonderful job of keeping track of it all!

The whole purpose of our contest is to encourage more people to join Entrecard and get involved. As such, only new members will be eligible to win. We’ll be giving out upwards of 45,000 credits as more people are coming forward as sponsors and hosts even today. To be eligible to win, you’ll need to sign up for Entrecard, and then leave a comment below with your username. (You sign on with your email address, so your blog name will be your username. As an example, my username at Entrecard is Jenn Cooks.)

There will be one first prize of a whopping 34,000 credits. The rest of the credits will be divvied up between several new users, one for each separate category. You can earn additional entries to the contest by leaving comments on the blogs of the other hosts. I don’t want to try to keep up with the changes, so I’ll just refer you to Kacie to find the other places to comment.

Click Here to See the Complete List of the Entrecard Giveaway Sponsors!

This is a great opportunity if you’ve been thinking about joining Entrecard and haven’t done so yet. It would take a LONG time to earn 34,000 credits on your own, and you can purchase a whole lot of “free” advertising for your blog. And more advertising equals more visitors. So what are you waiting for?