OH YEAH BABY!  I told you I had surprises for you and they’ll be happening all the way through Nov. 23rd in honor of my Velveeta Casserole Challenge where I could sure use your votes if you happen to think my Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole recipe RAWKS!  By the way, YOU can submit your own essay for a chance to win some awesome prizes!  I know you all have to have some sort of Velveeta story!!  For some other cool giveaways, check out the Bloggy Giveaways!!

So today I have for you a Reed & Barton Stainless Steel 103pc. Flatware Set valued at $150.00!! AND, you get to choose between the two below!

If you’re not familiar with the quality of Reed & Barton, then you’re missing out on some fine silverware folks.  Have you heard of the ice cream test?  This is where they take a regular spoon from their collection and scoop out ice cream that is hard and prove to you, the quality & stamina of the flatware.  No bending or anything.  It’s solid and will last you a lifetime!

What pieces do you get??  Here’s the list!
# 12 knives
# 12 forks
# 12 spoons
# 12 salad forks
# 12 teaspoons
# 12 iced beverage spoons
# 12 steak knives
# One sugar shell
# One butter knife
# Two tablespoons
# Two pierced tablespoons
# Two serving forks
# One gravy ladle
# One master spoon
# One master fork
# One pair of all-purpose tongs
# One pie server
# Two berry spoons
# One lasagna server
# One macaroni server
# One spork
# One pasta scoop
# Stainless steel
and a 25-year Limited Manufacturer’s Warranty

HOW TO ENTER:

Go to Velveeta Casserole Challenge and vote for My Wooden Spoon’s Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole if you think it’s AWESOME.  Just enter your email and  You simply click to vote!  Come back here and leave a comment telling me that you voted and which flatware style you like!

YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY.  IF YOU VOTE EVERY DAY, COME BACK HERE EACH DAY AND TELL ME IN A COMMENT THAT YOU VOTED!!

For additional entries you can twitter the contest, blog about it, and/or email your friends about this contest.  Include my email  ( lori at thecowboyshack dot com ) so that I can confirm that you did email someone:)  LEAVE EACH ENTRY YOU DO IN A SEPARATE COMMENT PLEASE!

Contest ends on November 9th at 10:00CST.

The best way to keep up with giveaways, recipes, tips and more is to subscribe to my blog.

Good luck to all!

P.S.  If any of you decide to cut the cheese via video, you’ll be entered into a drawing for $100 bucks!  If you would rather cut the cheese using a photo, you’ll be entered to win $50 bucks!

EDITED:  I did win 1st place and was featured in the Taste of Home quarterly magazine! WOOHOO!

Voting began Thursday, October 30th and goes until Nov. 23rd!!!  I’m sharing my Shrimp Stroganoff recipe with you guys today!!  This is the recipe that I submitted into the Velveeta Casserole Challenge and I’m hoping that you all think it’s great enough to vote for!  In fact, you need to stay tuned because I’ll be having some wonderful prizes to hand out during the challenge weeks.

As I’ve said before, I chose to make this easy and fast so with that said, here’s the recipe!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1lb. Uncooked, deveined shrimp
• 4 cups of fresh broccoli florets
• 12oz bag of Egg Noodles
• 9oz Sour Cream
• 16oz Kraft Velveeta Cheese (half of the big 32oz box)
• 1 can Campbell’s Cream of Shrimp

DIRECTIONS:

Cook egg noodles according to package directions. Drain and toss in broccoli & shrimp. Pour into a 13×9 casserole dish. In a saucepan, add Velveeta cheese, cream of shrimp, and sour cream until melted together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour on top of noodle mixture and bake at 350’ for 25 minutes.

Super easy and super tasty!

I am so excited to announce that I was one of 5 bloggers chosen to participate in the Velveeta Casserole Challenge by KRAFT!!! (Link won’t be live until Oct. 13th or so)  In the meantime, you guys can go read all about Velveeta and the recipes.

So what’s the Velveeta Casserole Challenge all about?

Each blogger was asked to create a casserole recipe, using Kraft Velveeta Cheese that can serve 8 with ingredients that can be bought for $20 or less.

Only 5 bloggers were included in Kraft’s Velveeta Cheese Casserole contest.  Me and the other contestants will develop an original casserole recipe using Velveeta Cheese. Each blogger will post their recipe along with photos of the ingredients, the process, and the final dish and include a scanned copy of the receipt to prove the ingredients did in fact cost $20 or less. Later on, we can then ask for votes where the winner with the most votes will win a set of Chef’s Collection Stainless Steel Cookware by Cuisinart as well as a $500 grocery store gift card.  OH YEAH BABY!

HOW DID I COME UP WITH MY RECIPE?

When I hear Kraft, I think of easy, fast, low-cost, and family friendly recipes.  Because I know that a HUGE chunk of my readers are hard working moms and dads with very little time to cook, I created a very simple recipe that can be cooked in under 30 minutes!  Having only 6 ingredients, you might be led to believe that it’s too simple but I guarantee you it’s filled with flavor!   More on the actual recipe later;)  WHAT?!  I don’t want to spill it all in only one post!..LOL

How YOU can join in some fun!

I’ve created a youtube group where you can cut the cheese with me using KRAFT! You can learn more by visiting that link!  There’s a prize involved;)  Oh, and if you don’t do videos, try the flickr group

Okay guys, that’s all for now!  I hope to have my internet up and running within the next couple of days so please hang in there.  I promise I’ll be back online soon!