As part of the Healthy Snacking Challenge, we’ve swapped out Orville Redenbacher SmartPop! for our usual after school snacks. I’m doing this to encourage my family as well as my readers to snack smarter. Here’s why: snacking on 100-calories of low-fat healthy popcorn leads to less hunger and more satisfaction versus other snacks like almonds [...]
Posted on May 18, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways,Featured,Food Reviews and tagged as healthy snacking
As you know, I’ve teamed up with Ziploc to encourage Americans to eat more fresh. If you are a regular reader – you’ll notice, I’m already looking for ways to put a healthy spin on my family’s favorites. Earlier this year, Ziploc Brand partnered with best-selling author and TV personality Rachael Ray for the FreshOver [...]
Posted on May 10, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways,Featured,Health and tagged as infographics, Ziploc
Are you a fan of the Meal Makeover Moms? If so you may want to enter the Holland House/Meal Makeover Moms Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes is running through the beginning of June. Each month, one fan will be chosen to receive a meal makeover from the Meal Makeover Moms. The first drawing took place in April, [...]
Posted on May 1, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as Holland House, Mizkan
(Photo Taken from Ziploc.com) Ziploc® Perfect Portions™ Bags are the latest innovation from the Ziploc® Brand. They’re used for storing and freezing bulk foods and individual portions of poultry, meat, fish, and more. These are great if you shop the sales and stock up on items like ground meat, chicken breasts, and fish. They’re also [...]
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways,Products and Equipment and tagged as Ziploc
A few week’s ago I created a breakfast dish, Blueberry French Toast Casserole, to go with one of Lipton’s new green superfruit teas. There’s nothing better than toast and tea for breakfast! At that time, I only had a few boxes to give away. However, now that I’m officially a Lipton Tastemaster Brand Ambassador, I [...]
Posted on March 1, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as tea
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! is excited to announce their ULTIMATE Red Carpet Viewing Party on Sunday, February 26th on the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Facebook page from 3:00-4:30 pm PST. The show will include a roundtable discussion with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and a food and wine expert known for [...]
Posted on February 16, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gaiam. All opinions are 100% mine. While I’ve found a great local studio for Pilates, finding a similar place for yoga hasn’t been that easy. That’s why I was excited to see that Gaiam has introduced GaiamTV, the first streaming video subscription offering [...]
Posted on February 10, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways,Exercise,Featured
When Lipton asked me to pair one of their Green Tea Superfruit teas with a dish, the first thing that came to mind was the classic combination of toast and tea for breakfast. Lipton’s Superfruit teas come in three flavors (Purple Acai and Blueberry, White Mangosteen and Peach, and Red Goji and Raspberry) but which [...]
Posted on February 9, 2012 in Breakfast,Contests and Giveaways,Featured,Recipes
Recipe: Rachael Ray’s Greek Grilled Chicken & Vegetable Salad with Pita Bread Recipe prepared by: Anne-Marie Nichols, Photo taken by: Anne-Marie Nichols Have you had a chance to check out Rachael Ray’s FreshOver Recipe Guide on the Ziploc Facebook page? You can “like” the Ziploc Brand’s page and download Rachael’s exclusive FreshOver Recipe Guide. With [...]
Posted on February 2, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways,Featured,Recipes and tagged as chicken, healthy recipes, salad recipes, Ziploc
Every 45 seconds a child dies from malaria. It doesn’t have to be this way as malaria is both preventable and treatable. That’s why I’m joining Mom Bloggers for Social Good in supporting Malaria No More’s Dream Big for Africa campaign. Malaria No More’s mission is simple: to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. [...]
Posted on January 26, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as charities, mom bloggers for social good
Udi’s Gluten Free Community wants to hear how Udi’s has helped you! Submit a video (no longer than two minutes) on YouTube explaining how Udi’s Gluten Free products and going gluten free has helped make a new you for the new year! Here’s more from Wendy at Udi’s announcing the contest and telling you how [...]
Posted on January 13, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as Udis Community
This month, the Ziploc Brand is launching the Great American FreshOver Project to show families that eating fresh is easy, convenient, and healthy. I’ll be helping Ziploc Brand spread the word about the Great American FreshOver Project by providing you with tips, recipes, and suggestions on how Ziploc Brand Containers and Bags can make it [...]
Posted on January 12, 2012 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as Ziploc
I first came across the Tintin comics at my uncle’s home in France. He brought in a few of the books to my room hoping that they’d keep me entertained. The problem was that they were all in French since they probably belonged to my older cousins. Even so, I did love gazing at the [...]
Posted on December 15, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways,Movies,Recipes
