Frito-Lay Tastes From Home Recipe & Giveaway! (CLOSED)

I spent the morning at one of my favorite annual events, the Adel Sweet Corn Festival.  My daughter and I enjoyed the parade, checked out the vendors and entertainment and of course ate lots of sweet corn!  Now I know there is way more to Iowa than cornfields, but we are the leaders in corn production and we're proud of it!  My "Taste of Home" recipe uses sweet corn and is great in the wintertime using corn that we've frozen. Red bell peppers are on sale at Hy-Vee right now though, so you may want to enjoy it sooner!

Corn & Pepper Chowder

1 tsp. olive oil
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. diced sweet red pepper
2 1/2 T. flour
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. ground red pepper
1 can chicken broth
1 1/4 c. peeled, diced potato
2 c. frozen corn
1 can diced green chilies
1/2 c. evaporated milk
1/4 tsp. freshly-ground pepper

Saute onion and pepper 5 minutes or until tender.  Stir in flour, cumin and ground red pepper.  Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Gradually stir in chicken broth.  Add potatoes.  Bring to boil.  Stir frequently.  Cover, reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender and mixture is thickened.  Add corn and remaining ingredients.  Cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.

Frito-Lay has a new line of chips that are regionally inspired.  The varieties include:

•  Northeastern U.S. – Lay’s Honey Mustard
•  Midwestern U.S. – Lay’s Creamy Garden Ranch
•  Northwestern U.S. – Lay’s Balsamic Sweet Onion
•  Southwestern U.S. – Lay’s Chipotle Ranch
• Southeastern U.S. – Lay’s Cajun Herb & Spice

"All of the Lay's Regional Flavored potato chips are made with all natural ingredients and cooked in healthier oils, like corn and sunflower oils, which contain 80% or more of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat - the "good fats." They also contain 0 grams of trans fats per serving!

 There’s also less sodium in them than you might think – a 1-oz serving of our Lay’s Regional Flavored potato chips contains less salt than a plain bagel!" 

The Giveaway: Thanks to Frito-Lay one lucky Confessions of a Frugal Mind reader will receive a variety pack of Lay’s Regional Flavors potato chips!  Yum!

You can enter one time or multiple times (up to 9 entries) - just be sure to enter a separate comment for each of the entry methods. Make sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Mandatory Entry:  Check out Lay’s Regional Flavored chips then leave a comment letting me know which flavor you want to try first.  I'd love to the try Chipotle Ranch and Cajun Herb & Spice flavors!

Bonus Entries:
(1)  Subscribe to Confessions of a Frugal Mind by email.  You must confirm your subscription.  Leave me a comment and let me know that you subscribe.  If you already subscribe leave a comment letting me know.

(2)  "Like" Confessions of a Frugal Mind on Facebook then leave a comment letting me know you have liked the page.

(3)  Follow me on Twitter @JulsB20.  Then leave me a comment with your Twitter handle. 

(4)  Send tweet about this giveaway mentioning @JulsB20 and #FritoFlavors 

#Win Lays Regional Flavors Variety Pack from @JulsB20 and @Fritolay http://t.co/yoUnmxS #FritoFlavors

(5) Follow Frito-Lay on Twitter @Fritolay then leave a comment.

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(8)  Follow this blog on Networked Blogs then leave a comment letting me know you do.

This giveaway will end Wednesday, August 31st at 11:59 pm CST.  Giveaway is open to US residents.  Winner will be chosen using random.org. 

Disclosure:  Frito-Lay is providing the chips for this giveaway. For writing this post I'm entered into a contest. No further compensation was received.  All opinions are 100% mine.