Valentine's Day 2013 Restaurant Round Up

Here's a look at a few freebies & deals across the country!  These are not limited to just our area.

AMC Theatres: Free Order of Fries for Les Miserables Viewers

Ben & Jerry's: $3 off Cake

Buca di Beppo: $10 off 2 Buca Small or Large Entrees + More!

California Pizza Kitchen: California Pizza Kitchen is offering up a Valentine’s Dinner 2 for $30. Choose one Appetizer, 2 Entrees, and 1 Dessert. Head on over here to check out the menu. Available from 2/14-2/17

Caribou Coffee:  Caribou Coffee is offering up Buy 1 Get 1 Free Drinks on Valentine’s Day, 2/14, when you present the coupon found here (or, show it on your mobile device).

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf: On Thursday, 2/14, stop by The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for Buy 1 Get 1 Free Beverages all day long! Keep in mind that this offer is valid only at participating locations, so be sure to call before you go!

Denny's: Free Coffee with your $2.50 or more Entree Purchase

Houlihan's: Free Lobster Tail or Shrimp WYB Steak Entree

Krispy Kreme:  Krispy Kreme is offering Buy 12 Doughnuts, Get 12 Free until February 14th. When you purchase a dozen of Doughnuts at participating Krispy Kreme locations, you'll receive 12 Valentine's Card, each which is good for a free doughnut of choice.

Lone Star Steakhouse: Free Appetizer WYB 1 Entree

Longhorn Steakhouse:  Through March 17th, Longhorn Steakhouse is offering up Dinner for Two  for just $25! Choose an appetizer OR dessert to share, and two select entrées, including Renegade Sirloin, Parmesan-Crusted Chicken, Sierra Chicken, Cowboy Pork Chops or LongHorn Salmon.  The meal also comes with two salads, two sides and LongHorn’s honey wheat bread.

Marble Slab: $2 off any Heart Ice Cream Cake or 6 pack Cupcakes

Mimi's Cafe: 3 Course dinner for 2 for $26.99

Papa Murphy's: HeartBaker Heart Shaped Pizza $7

Pei Wei: Watch a 2 minute video and get a coupon for Buy 1, Get 1 FREE Entree at Pei Wei through February 15th.
Olive Garden:  Through March 3rd, Olive Garden is offering up a 3-Course Italian Dinner for just $12.95! Go here for more details.

Qdoba: Buy one entrée, share a smooch with someone special – or someone willing – and get a second entrée for free! No coupon needed – just a kiss. This is only valid February 14th.

Quiznos: Free Cookie. Just print this coupon and take it to your nearest location February 14th for the freebie.

Romano’s Macaroni Grill: Romano’s Macaroni Grill is offering up half price bottles of wine on Valentine’s Day! Head on over to the Romano’s Macaroni Grill Facebook page for more details.

Spaghetti Warehouse: On Valentine’s Day, 2/14, Spaghetti Warehouse is offering up dinner for two for $34.99! Choose an Appetizer to Share, 2 Entrees, and a Dessert to share! Go here for more details.

Starbucks: Print coupon for 50% off Chocolate Treats through February 14th.  Plus don’t forget that you can still grab a Buy 1 Get 1 Free Hot Chocolate, Vanilla Spice Latte or Caffe Mocha too!

Taco Bueno:  Buy One Get One Platter or equal or lesser value

Texas Roadhouse: Texas Roadhouse is offering up a Valentine’s Value for 2, including an Appetizer and 2 Entrees. Go here for more details. Available from 2/13 – 2/16.

Thanks My Music City Mommy!

Free Redbox Rentals February 14th

Redbox is offering a FREE 1-night rental (DVD) Valentines Day only with promo codes HEART and SWEET at checkout. That means you can get 2 for FREE!

Make sure to reserve online at Redbox.com to save time and ensure you get the movie you want.

Valentine's Meal & Snack Ideas 2013

Looking for a few creative and yummy ideas to surprise the kids with?  Thanks to one of my friends Michelle My Kansas City Mommy for sharing her creative edge!

BREAKFAST

Refrigerator Cinnamon Roll Hearts. This is the best and easiest option. Open a can of Refrigerator Cinnamon Rolls. Unroll each Cinnamon Roll. Re-Roll them in the shape of a Heart (hint - I pinch the pointed end a bit so they stay pointy when baking. Bake using directions on the can. Ice and Serve (oh and listen for the ooooh's and aaaaah's)

Heart Pancakes. This one is a bit more difficult but still not too bad. You have 2 options here. I usually just make regular pancakes in the shape of hearts by using a spoon to pour the batter in the hear shape on the grill. But I think I will try this option tomorrow. For this I have heard that Aldi's is carrying a Red Velvet Pancake Mix and will be searching for this later today. Make 1 batch of regular pancakes and 1 batch of red colored (you can just use food coloring) pancakes. Take a cookie cutter and cut a heart shape in each of the pancakes and switch the colors around. How cute is that???

LUNCH/SNACK

Apple Snacks

These cute little snacks are going to be in my kids bags for snack time (or lunch time if you don't have snack time at your school). Use a small cookie cutter and cut out a heart shape from each colored apple - use a knife to pull out the heart shape (a small pairing knife works the best. Now reassemble in the opposite colored apple and send off to make you the coolest mom on the planet.

DINNER

Heart Shaped Individual Pizzas

We have made these for years at our house. The kids love them. We make individual pizzas with heart shaped crust and heart shaped pepperoni. Canned biscuits work great for crust - use cookie cutters to cut out the heart shape then add pizza sauce (we use jar spaghetti sauce like Prego or Ragu), add cheese, cut your pepperoni with a small heart shaped cookie cutter and add to the top and if your kids will eat olives buy sliced canned olives and add X's O's for X's cut the O in half and make X.

BONUS IDEAS

Here are a couple of bonus items if you want to make even more treats.

Heart Filled Cupcakes

This one looks more difficult than it really is. Bake your cupcakes normally. When your cupcakes are cooled cut the top off the cupcake at the paper baking cup. Use a cookie cutter to cut a hole in the top - put the lid back on the cupcake and fill with icing. Super cute.

Heart Shaped Cupcakes

If the cupcakes above look too difficult and you want something a little quicker and easier check this out - they used marbles but I use a small ball of aluminum foil and you have instant Heart Shaped Cupcakes, bake as normal and ice. YUMMMM.

I Scream You Scream we all Scream for Ice Cream Hearts

This one is great fun. Check it out. Buy some strawberry or pink colored Ice Cream and let it thaw on the counter for a bit. After it thaws pour it into a pan or cookie sheet, I lined mine with waxed paper for easy removal of the hearts. Then put in freezer and allow to refreeze. Pull out and cut out with a cookie cutter - stick them back in bags in the freezer until ready to serve. My kids are going to LOVE these.

Pocket Full of Love

Refrigerator Pie Crust, Cream Cheese, Sugar and Strawberrys. Super quick and yummy mini pie or tart treat. Cut Pie Crust into Heart Shapes with cookie cutter. Spread Cream Cheese on the bottom layer of the crust. Mix chopped strawberrys with sugar and slightly mash. Drop spoonful of strawberry/sugar mixture on top of the cream cheese. Cover with Heart shaped Pie Crust and use a fork to seal the edges. Bake as directed on the Pie Crust Package. You could even sprinkle some pink or red sugar on the top for an added effect. ENJOY!!!!

Valentine's Candy Round Up

Looking for candy to fill a few Valentine's Baskets or Bags?  Here's the best deals we could find this week.

Target:

Russell Stover Red Heart, 7 oz, $4.99
$1/1 Russell Stover or Whitmans Valentine's Heart Box Target printable
Final Price $3.99

M&M's, 7 oz, $3.99
$1/2 Mars Valentine's Day Product, exp. 2/14/13 (RP 02/03/13)
Final Price $2.49 (If included)

M&M's 12.6 oz assorted Valentine's flavors $2.87
Use $1/2 Mars product RP 2/3 exp 2/14
Stack $1.50/2 M&M's Target Coupon
Final Price $1.62 each

Hershey's Snack Size Mix, 14.46 oz, $4.99

Mars Fun Size mix, 16.2 oz, $4.99
$1/1 M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Snack Mix, exp. 2/24/13 (RP 01/13/13)
Final Price $3.99 (if included)

Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles, 8.5 oz, $9.99
$1/1 Lindt Valentine Item Target printable
Final Price $8.99

Wonka or Nestle Candy Card Kit, $2.99
$0.75/1 Wonka or Nestle Candy Card Kit printable
$1.75/2 Wonka or Nestle Candy Card Kit printable
$0.75/1 Wonka or Nestle Crunch Candy Card Kit printable
Final Price $2.11 ea wyb 2

Walgreens:

Novelty Valentine Candy Singles $0.39
FREE BUY ONE NESTLÉ® Valentine Heart GET ONE NESTLÉ® Valentine Heart FREE (up to 79¢)
Final Price: $0.20 Each wyb 2

Theater Pack or King Size Candy - 3/$3.00 ($1.39 Each)
$1.00 off Two (2) DOVE Chocolate Large Bars
Final Price: $0.50 Each wyb 4, if included

Palmer Heart 2oz or Cuddly Cuties 3oz, Lip Pops .8oz, Russell Stover One in a Billion Bar 2oz - BOGO 50% OFF ($0.99)
Final Price: $0.75 Each wyb 2

Palmer 3.3-4oz, Sweethearts 7oz, Ferrara Jelly Beans 5.5oz or Jelly Hearts 9oz $0.79

Hershey's Valentine Chocolate 8-8.5oz - 2/$5.00 ($2.99 Each)
$1/2 Hershey's or Reese's Valentine's Candy (Walgreens, Jan)
$1/2 Hershey's Miniatures Assortment, Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate, Hershey's Kiss Cookies 'N Creme, Reese's Miniatures or York Peppermint Patties, exp. 3/15/13 (SS 01/20/13)
Final Price: $1.50 Each wyb 2

Charms, Sweet Time, Jolly Rancher, Sweetarts, Luv or Tootsie Roll Lollipops 9.2-14.5oz, Airheads 12oz or Sweetarts hearts 8.25oz - 2/$4.00 ($2.49 Each)
$1/2 Jolly Rancher Bags, exp. 3/31/13 (SS 01/27/13)
Final Price: $1.50 Each wyb 2

M&M's 10.9-14oz - 2/$6.00 ($3.29 Each)
$1/2 Mars M&M's Valentine's Candy (Walgreens, Feb)
$1.50/2 M&M's Bags, exp. 3/10/13 (RP 01/27/13)
$1/2 Mars Valentine's Day Product, exp. 2/14/13 (RP 02/03/13)
Final Price: $1.75 Each wyb 2, if Valentine Included

Dove 7.94-9.5oz, Demets Turtles 6.4oz, 12pc Ferrero Rocher, Russell Stover 4.1-5.5oz or Godiva 3.3-4.25oz - 2/$7.00 ($3.69 Each)
$1/1 DeMet's Turtles Sea Salt Caramel printable
$1/1 Ferrero Rocher Package, exp. 2/10/13 (RP 12/09/12)
Final Price: $2.50 Each wyb 2

Nice! Soft Puffs 21oz, Good & Delish Chocolate Bar 10.5oz - 2/$5.00 ($2.79 Each)

Hershey's 14.46-18.5oz, Wonka Mixups 18.7oz or Emily's Chocolate Covered Fortune Cookies 3.5oz $4.99
$1/1 Hershey's or Reese's Valentine's Candy (Walgreens, Jan)
$1/2 Hershey's Miniatures Assortment, Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate, Hershey's Kiss Cookies 'N Creme, Reese's Miniatures or York Peppermint Patties, exp. 3/15/13 (SS 01/20/13)
Final Price: $3.49 Each wyb 2

Classroom Exchange Valentine Candy 4.8-16.2oz or Reese's Hearts 6pk $3.99
$1/2 Mars Valentine's Day Product, exp. 2/14/13 (RP 02/03/13)
Final Price: $3.49 Each wyb 2

Russell Stover Chocolates 10-12oz $3.99
(With in-ad Coupon, Limit 4)

Russell Stover 22oz, Whitman's Sampler 24oz or 24pc Ferrero Rocher $9.99
$1/1 Ferrero Rocher Package, exp. 2/10/13 (RP 12/09/12)
Final Price: $8.99

Kmart

Hershey's Minis, Pieces or Drops Stand-Up Bags 8-10.5oz $1.99 with In Ad Coupon
$1/2 Hershey's Stand-Up Bags of Hershey's Drops, Hershey's with Almonds Pieces, Reese's Pieces, Reese's Minis or Rolo Minis, exp. 3/15/13 (SS 01/20/13)
Final Price: .99*

Hershey's, Mars or Nestle Valentine's Day Packaged Chocolate 10-12.6oz 2/$6
$1/2 Mars Valentine's Day Product, exp. 2/14/13 (RP 02/03/13)
$1.50/2 M&M's Bags, exp. 3/10/13 (RP 01/27/13)
$2.50/4 Nestle or Wonka Holiday Candy printable
Final Price: as low as $2

Plus FREE Harlequin Kiss Series Book with purchase of Hershey's Kiss ($1.99 value)

Thanks Little Rock Mommy!