A couple of months ago, I toured the new Bob Evans restaurant in Xenia, Ohio, the first build of their new restaurant concept. It has the look of a modern farmhouse (beautiful!) with all the yummy food that you expect at Bob Evans.

Today, I'm reviewing a newer product from Bob Evans, their Bob Evans Single Serving Sides. Can I just say easy + yum = winner? ;-)

Images courtesy of Bob Evans

My family and I sampled both the Bob Evans Singles Macaroni and Cheese and the Original Mashed Potatoes. We had the Macaroni and Cheese with dinner last Friday night:



That's my plate; my kids were too busy slurping theirs up for me to get a picture of their plates! My oldest two absolutely loved the Macaroni and Cheese; they ate all I had given them (I split one of the sides between my 8 year old and 6 year old) and asked for more. Their nerdy mom was too busy writing down what they were saying to get it for them right away!

From my 8 year old:

It's very rich and really cheesy. It's a taste sensation! (She's a big ham, that girl of mine!)

From my 6 year old:

Mmmmmmm! Goody! It feels yummy in my tummy! Can I have more? (That boy loves macaroni and cheese.)

The mashed potatoes were just as good; I can tell you that I wholeheartedly enjoyed noshing on a *cough* whole single by myself as a late night blogging snack. Talk about perfect comfort food...mmmmm.

I did find it was best to heat the Macaroni and Cheese Single Side on a small plate in my microwave as the cheese sauce gets pretty bubbly while it's heating. And the mashed potatoes fully heat in a minute but they do require a good stirring before gobbling them up serving them.

Bob Evans Single Sides (and all sorts of other yummy Bob Evans products) are available for purchase in the grocery store; to find the Bob Evans products in a store near you, click here.

Want to learn more about Bob Evans Single Sides and how they can help you during the busy holiday season? Join the Bob Evans New Single Serving Sides and Timesaving Holiday Helpers chat on Twitter tonight, 6-8 pm. The hashtag for the chat is #BEFSingles ; you'll want to include it in your tweets because they'll be giving away FREE products every five minutes using the hashtag.

Onto the giveaway!

The great folks at Bob Evans have graciously given me (6) FREE coupons for any Bob Evans grocery product, up to $3.99 ea (for a total of $23.94) for (1) lucky reader to win!

This is just in time for Thanksgiving! I'm telling you, you could put the Bob Evans Macaroni and Cheese in the good china server and no one would ever guess! ;-)

How to enter:

Leave a comment about the one side dish your family always has at Thanksgiving dinner. Ours is Sweet Potato Casserole (made by my super-awesome Mom-in-Law) and it is GOOD!!

You can earn an additional (3) chances to win as well.

1. Tweet about this giveaway then come back here and leave me a separate comment to let me know you tweeted (add the url from your tweet please).

2. Post about this giveaway at your blog with a link both to this post; come back and leave the URL of your post in a separate comment.

3. Subscribe to my RSS feed by reader or email and leave a separate comment to let me know you're a new subscriber; you can also drop me a separate comment to let me know if you're already a subscriber for this extra entry.

Remember, you MUST leave me some way to find you online (by email or by your Twitter handle) if you don't have a blog - and if you do have a blog that is not public, be sure to leave me a means of contacting you. Entries with no contact information or means of contacting you online will be disqualified.

This giveaway will end on FRIDAY, November 20, 2009, at 10:00 pm EST . I will announce the winner (selected by Random.org) on SATURDAY, November 21, 2009.

Good luck!

*DISCLOSURE: I received NO financial compensation of any sort for writing this post and offering this giveaway; I did receive (4) free product samples to test and review. For more about my personal disclosure policy, read here.