I just love General Mills Products. Remembering how the mornings used to be, much like a three ring circus, cereal was the breakfast of choice. I asked, rather I insisted, that the kids eat breakfast before leaving the house. That was fine with them until “the teen years!” General Mills made satisfying that demand quite easy! A few weeks back they announced the lowering of sugar in many of their cereals. My friend Mary wrote a great post about breakfast and General Mills move on sugar, PLUS a $6 VIP coupon up for grabs.

And what about Betty Crocker? Have you visited that website? You can enter The Great Cereal Giveaway and win a coupon for cereal.  There are always great recipes there and many $1 coupons to match. On new year’s day I made their Oatmeal Brownie Bar recipe. Talk about easy and delicious, these were the bomb. Light, crunchy oatmeal  layers and a chocolate sweet Brownie center. You can check those out here.

Oh and we can’t forget the yogurt. Yoplait has some wonderful yogurt products. Yogurt is a great baking ingredient; low-fat or fat-free yogurt can be used to reduce or replace shortening, oil, butter or sour cream in baked goods. For breakfast, try adding a container of Yoplait to your pancakes. Easy enough right? The  newest Yoplait product is the Frozen Smoothie. You can find them in the frozen fruit section. And here is a coupon to help with the purchase!

So you can see why I love General Mills right?

From Betty Crocker.com

Lucky Charms Berry Smoothie

1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free raspberry or strawberry yogurt
3/4 cup Lucky Charms® cereal
1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1 cup fat free (skim) milk
1/2 banana, sliced

1. In blender, place ingredients. Cover; blend on high speed about 30 seconds or until smooth, stopping blender once to scrape sides.
2. Pour into 2 glasses. Serve immediately.

Chocolate-Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
1 package Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® chocolate fudge cake mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original red raspberry yogurt (2/3 cup)
1 tub (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups raspberry pie filling

1. Heat oven to 325°F. Lightly grease bottom only of 13×9-inch pan with shortening or spray bottom with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cake mix and butter with electric mixer on low speed until crumbly; reserve 1 cup. Press remaining crumbly mixture, using floured fingers, in bottom of pan.
2. In same bowl, beat cream cheese, yogurt and frosting on medium speed until smooth. Beat in eggs until blended. Pour over mixture into pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumbly mixture.
3. Bake about 48 minutes or until center is set. Refrigerate uncovered at least 2 hours before serving. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Serve bars with a dollop of pie filling. Store covered in refrigerator.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 375°F.

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