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This post brought to you by Michael Angelo’s. All opinions are 100% mine.

I’m hoping that I caught your attention by promising an easy Italian dinner, but even if it took “free trip to Italy” to get you to click over, you won’t be disappointed by what you find below. But before we jet-set, let’s fill out tummies with something yummy, ‘k?

Michael Angelo’s® is my family’s personal favorite brand for convenience Italian foods. We love this brand because the food tastes fresh and authentic. I think they achieve their great flavors thanks to making their food in small batches, using the best ingredients possible, and leaving out junk like preservatives, additives and fillers. When you take a bite out of a Michael Angelo’s® dish, you get to enjoy great Italian family recipes made with love. Want to learn more about the people behind the brand?

So how about that easy Italian dinner? Sam’s Club is now offering one of my all-time favorite Italian dishes, Parmesan Crusted Stuffed Chicken Breasts, in packs of 6, which is so perfect for busy families.

My family eats at home most every night of the week, largely due to how expensive it is to go out to eat. But sometimes I am not able to spend the time it takes to make an awesome homemade meal from scracth, so I let Michael Angelo’s do that for me. My family gets the best of everything: delicious food that tastes homemade, and more time for me to work on other projects!

Ok, so now how about that free trip to Italy? Every single year, Michael Angelo himself, along with his mom, Sara, give away a trip to Italy, and they come with you! You get to go on a culinary tour and enjoy amazing food and learn more about the inspiration behind the brand. What an opportunity of a lifetime! Entering is very simple, just click here and you are on your way. Buona fortuna!

When I think of the holidays, I think of baking special treats in the kitchen, and even making a few special meals. I also think of to-do lists that can make a grown woman cry and the stress that comes along with trying to do it all. That’s why in this season of extra special cooking and baking, I actually stock my freezer with yummy convenience foods. It may seem counter-intuitive at first, but I promise, it is an important strategy for helping my family take care of all we need to get done so that we have the time and energy to bake those cookies!

Lately, we have been REALLY enjoying Italian meals from Michael Angelo’s. You’ve likely seen these products in your frozen food section, as they are found all over the nation. It is a family-owned and operated company with a serious dedication to producing the highest quality Italian food. They want their frozen foods to meet the same standards for flavor and quality as any other meal. That’s a tall order, I think. But I can tell you from experience that they are successful!

We’ve tried a few different products from the line, but the one that had us totally flipping out is their meat lasagna. On a particularly stressful weeknight, I took care of dinner by popping a family-size lasagna in the oven. I was honestly expecting it to taste, “just fine.” Actually, it tasted really incredible. Tim and I both commented that we would have been really proud of our end result if we had made this from scratch. And of course, we didn’t have to go through all that work at all! It was so nice to have such a delicious meal on a day when it would have been completely impossible to have a decent home cooked meal (I’m thinking we would have had cereal…it was that crazy of a day).

I really appreciate that Michael Angelo’s products address some of my chief concerns with buying frozen foods. Their products do not contain any artificial colors, flavors, fillers or chemical preservatives! Their food is also shipped to stores within 36 hours of being created. If you’ve ever wondered just how old the frozen food is you are eating, the answer for Michael Angelo’s products is, “not old!”

Michael Angelo’s has a line of products available at warehouse stores, and an extensive selection of foods in natural food stores. But here’s a list of products you can find in more conventional grocery stores:

meat lasagna
eggplant parmesan
vegetable lasagna
chicken picatta
italian-style sausage and meatballs
chicken alfredo
chicken paremesan
four cheese lasagna
lasagna with sausage
manicotti with sauce
shrimp scampi
stuffed tilapia
chicken cannelloni
baked ziti & meatballs

I very highly recommend that you get some Michael Angelo’sproducts to have on hand for your next stressful day. Let the professionals take care of dinner while you take care of other things!

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