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A recent Nielsen study shows 93 percent of American shoppers worry about rising food prices. Even with rising food costs, families are still looking for ways to serve meals that are delicious and nutritious. Fortunately, by using a few fresh ingredients paired with some familiar pantry staples, it can be easy to prepare a dinner for four for less than $3 a serving.* Here are some simple recipes your family can enjoy: No-Frying Chicken Parm This easy-to-make classic Italian favorite is light on labor and packs a nutritional punch with a 1⁄2 cup of Ragu Old World Style Traditional Pasta Sauce providing a full serving of vegetables. 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves 1 egg, beaten 3 ⁄4 cup Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs 1 jar (1 lb., 10 oz.) Ragu Old World Style Traditional Pasta Sauce 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (about 4 oz.) Preheat oven to 400 F. Dip chicken in egg, then bread crumbs. In 13 x 9-inch baking dish, arrange chicken. Bake 20 minutes. Pour Pasta Sauce over chicken; top with cheese. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Serve with hot cooked pasta. Cheddar Chicken & Vegetable Skillet Dinner You can create a quick-andeasy, one-pot meal using Knorr Pasta Sides Plus Veggies. Two A delicious, nutritious dinner for four can be easy to make and inexpensive to put together. servings of veggies may never have tasted so good. 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips 2 Tbsp. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! spread 1 small tomato, chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 13⁄4 cups water 1 ⁄2 cup milk 1 package Knorr Sides Plus Veggies—Cheddar Cheese Pasta with Broccoli & Carrots Melt spread in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken 5 minutes or until thoroughly cooked; remove. Stir in tomato and cook 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook 30 seconds. Stir in water and milk; bring to a boil. Stir in Knorr Pasta Sides Plus Veggies and continue boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 9 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in chicken; heat through. Free Recipes For more wholesome and economical recipe ideas, go to www.letsmakeknorr.com and www.Ragu.com. *Prices are based on a major retail chain’s prices and may vary. One Creative Kid Chef Could Win A $25,000 Scholarship Fund Make A Friend And Read A Book: October Is National Reading Group Month (NAPSA)—Reading groups, also known as book groups or clubs, are a great way to learn about new books and meet other book lovers. That’s why more than 5 million people in the U.S. belong to reading groups (source: bookmovement.com). To encourage more people to get involved in reading groups and celebrate the joy of shared reading, the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) has designated October as National Reading Group Month. Events will be held nationwide and in the association’s nine chapters: Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and the newly formed Seattle chapter. The WNBA festivities will include book club favorite authors Thomas C. Frost, Elizabeth Strout, Philippa Gregory, Maryann McFadden, Dalia Sofer and Alice Mattison, among others. October is National Reading Group Month 2008 partners include HarperCollins Publishers, Hyperion Books, the Random House Publishing Group, Sasquatch Books, Simon & Schuster, and Susannah Greenberg Public Relations. So make life more fun by joining a reading group near you soon, or start your own and celebrate National Reading Group Month in October. To learn more about National Reading Group Month, visit www.wnba-books.org or www. NationalReadingGroupMonth.org. (NAPSA)—As parents prepare for the back-to-school season, packing school lunches such as the traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a great way to stick to the family budget and satisfy even the pickiest eaters. A recent survey conducted by Kelton Research on behalf of The J.M. Smucker Company found a variety of ways adults prefer to eat their sandwiches made with peanut butter— 69 percent of consumers prefer to use creamy peanut butter while 36 percent like their sandwiches toasted. However, for the past six years, thousands of kid chefs from across the country have been able to think outside the “lunch box” and create butterfly pancakes, lettuce wraps and even a “Monstwich” using Jif peanut butter and their own imagination to earn scholarship funds. From August 4 through November 14, 2008, the makers of Jif peanut butter are accepting entries for the 7th Annual Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest™. The grand-prize winner will receive a $25,000 scholarship fund and four runners-up will be awarded a $2,500 scholarship fund. The contest is open to children ages 6 to 12. Last year’s most creative peanut butter sandwich was influenced by a child’s love of Chinese food. Eleven-year-old Samuel Sosa of Riverside, California, hit a home run with his “Crunchy Chinese Fortune Cookie Sandwich,” consisting of Jif Creamy peanut butter, celery and apple on wheat bread crimped into the shape of a fortune cookie. The “fortune cookies” are served with a dipping sauce of Jif Creamy peanut butter, coconut milk, soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, sesame oil and chili powder. Samuel added more creativity to his sandwich by handwriting fortunes such as “Smile, Eleven-year-old Samuel Sosa presents his grand-prize-winning entry, “Crunchy Chinese Fortune Cookie Sandwich.” Mom Loves You” for his “cookies.” Jif is also offering up something for adults to help spark their creativity. For years, choosy moms have made Jif their No. 1 choice of peanut butter, which is why Jif is inviting adults to share stories— 250 words or less—of how moms make the best choices for their families in the Jif Moms Voice their Choice Contest™. One grand-prize winner will win a trip to New York City to serve as a judge at the 7th Annual Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest final live judging event in March 2009. Last year ’s winner and mother of two, Mary Grabowski, from Commerce, Mich., said in her winning essay “The way I make the best choices for my family is simply by using two things: my heart and my head. The job of ‘Mom’ is the hardest job in the world but is definitely the most rewarding.” For Official Rules, entry form, recipes or to learn more about the contests, visit www.jif.com.