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I told you before that you should join facebook just to become a fan of Coccadotts Cake Shop. Well, you wouldn't believe what they are doing now. Giving more stuff away, Coccadotts stuff. Cupcakes, gift certificates, and more - oh my!!
I heard from a VERY reliable source that the give a way for next week is going to be incredible. "Coccadotts Cuppycakes & Pigtails" day, come in pigtails and get a free cuppycake. I don't know which day it will be, but I will be stalking them on facebook and will be dashing out the door as soon as I see it! {My daughter will be wearing the pigtails}
They are making a huge splash on facebook and you gotta' join them!
{PS I am not posting what day they announce this special. You have to keep checking each day. Sorry}
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to eat healthier. {I decided to forgo the normal "lose weight"}. I really want to teach my children healthy eating and I think showing them is easiest way. I have tried the South Beach diet in the past and LOVE the recipes. My biggest problem is pasta. Many recipes call for whole wheat pasta and it is gross. Really gross. I have tried to choke it down in the name of healthy eating and just can't. So I use regular pasta which doesn't help with healthy eating!
Recently I got an email to try Pennsylvania Dutch pasta. "New whole wheat pasta which doesn't taste like grass" I was intrigued by the tag line so I said sure. I tried one of my favorite South Beach recipes and used this pasta telling family it was regular pasta. I gave them large portions and myself a very small one. Kids ate it right up and so did I, then had more. It was really good, not the stiff hard pasta that I have found other whole wheat pastas to be. Light, soft and really, really good! Even hubby ate his food, then finished the rest. Way to go Pennsylvania Dutch! Thanks for the help with my New Year's resolution, I'm going to be able to keep this one!
If you have tried whole wheat pastas in the past and thought YUCK you have to try Pennsylvania Dutch. I was so surprised by how good it tasted that I wrote back to the person who sent me the pasta to make sure it was really whole wheat. I was afraid to say that it was. It tastes good and it's healthy!! Big win for healthy eating! Thanks Pennsylvania Dutch.
Visit their website for a coupon and great recipes too.
Have you heard about Hint water? I have seen so many waters that have fruit flavoring to them and always been kind of interested, but ever tried. Well, actually I tried a long time ago and was so grossed out I have never tried any flavored water again. Then someone was nice enough to send me some Hint water. {In a few different yummy flavors.}
A really nice surprise! When you taste it you completely understand why it's called Hint. There is a delicious hint of flavor to the water. Nothing overwhelming, no aftertaste, just something to make the water taste better. Easier to drink for those who aren't huge plain water fans. I had a co-worker who would complain constantly when she was pregnant "How am I supposed to drink 8 glasses of water when there is no taste?" Everyone who worked with her listened to it for 9 months. Where was this stuff then!?!?! It would have been perfect!! I think everyone who worked with her would have bought this for! {Would have been the best shower gift. Bottles of Hint water with bows around the neck}
Kara Golden founder of Hint, was looking for a healthy alternative to the sodas and sugary drinks out there. Her mantra is "Drink water, not sugar" and she describes the idea for Hint like this:
"One day in 2005, Kara Goldin's young daughter reached for a sugary juice. When Kara - then an executive at AOL -suggested her daughter pick something else, she opted to have what Kara was drinking: water with lemon slices. Kara was struck with an idea, and realized that this new beverage would be great for kids and adults. Shortly thereafter, HINT was born. Pure water with natural flavors, HINT has no sugar, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, or calories."
She was spot on!
Right now, Hint water is available in this area by delivery only, but when the new Fresh Market opens in Latham they will be carrying Hint Water.
My absolute favorite is Blackberry, with Watermelon being the runner up. Who would even think to make water flavored with Blackberry?
In the mean time, visit their site, then leave a comment below with which flavor you think you'd like to try and you could win delicious Hint Water!! {Winner will be picked at random on Friday, January 15th at noon.}
Want a second entry? Tell me who Hint water colaborated with to make special bottles that kids will love?
You can even become a fan of Hint water on facebook.
I swear this tastes even better than it looks! You cannot believe how yummy it is.
During a recent day off of school we had some friends over for playtime and dinner. For dinner we made our own pizzas and for dessert we made "fruit pizza". The kids thought it was the best thing ever pizza for dinner and dessert.
We have still been using our Fruit Simple coupons and surfing their website for some cool recipes. I let the kids pick which they wanted to try making and they chose this. Most likely because it's pizza. It was sooo easy, graham crackers, cream cheese and fruit. Each kids had a layer and even though they made a mess it still looked good. Semi-healthy and soooo good. The topping is an apricot jam, fruit simple smoothie mix. I used strawberry banana Fruit Simple since we had strawberries and bananas in the pizza. I must admit while the kids ate everything the Moms ate the pieces that had Fruit Simple topping.
The next day we made more topping {apricot jam and strawberry banana Fruit Simple} and used it on hot pancakes. Still amazing. So yummy!
OK, my family is hooked on Fruit Simple. Well, we each have our favorite flavor. If you came to the Mommy Networking Night a few months ago you got to try it out and I heard tons of good things from lots of people.
Here's your chance. Fruit Simple is giving away a case to one lucky reader. 3 bottles of each flavor. {Strawberry Banana, Orange Mango, Mixed Berry, & Pomegranate Blueberry}
To enter visit their website and tell me which recipe you will make if you win. Leave a comment below with your choice. Contest runs through Wednesday November 11th at 8pm EST when one winner will be chosen at random.
Good luck!
Oh, and if you want extra chances to win a case of Fruit Simple check them out on facebook. Fruit Lovers Unite has more awesome recipes and give a ways! Here's where I get my chance to win...
Reader KS sent this is in and it is incredible!
2 kids eat free at Boston Market with an adult $6 purchase! Looks like Boston Market has upped the ante, not one but 2 kids eating free with an adult purchase. Offer lasts until Halloween. See here for the details. You can actually feed 3 people for under $10. NICE!
A while ago we received some applesauce in a pouch to try out called GO GO Squeeze. Really cool flavors - peach, banana, strawberry, cinnamon, and regular applesauce and they have no added suger. They are in a pouch and you unscrew the top and squeeze the applesauce into your mouth. Less mess and I am all for less messy.
I had to try one myself and the taste was delicious, but the texture was funny. I probably wold have liked it more if I could have squeezed it into a bowl and eaten it that way. But, I suppose it's not made for my age group.
My kid loved the idea of squeezing something else to eat, didn't matter what it was. One child loved it and has eaten 6 of them over the past few weeks, the other child didn't like it so much - not that he likes anything these days except peanut butter and jelly. You can get them at Babies R Us and a few places online.
We did take a few to a play date in the park and I have to say the GoGo Squeezes were a hit. The kids loved all the flavors.
Last week I got a chance to taste these Libby's Jumbo Fruit Cups before they hit the market.
Now it's YOUR turn! This new size of fruit cups will be in stores in September. I love that Libby's is giving YOU a chance to see how wonderful these are for yourself. You know it's going to taste good because it's Libby's, now you'll see how easy these open and how much more fruit there is.
Here's the deal. Visit Libby's site and then come back and leave a comment below (it won't show up right away). One lucky person(drawn at random) will get 8 jumbo cups - 2 each of pears, mixed fruit, mixed fruit with cherries, and peaches. Contest ends Tuesday August 4th at 8pm EST
Good luck everybody!
