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Belated Mother’s Day Gift Idea – Save 15% On Shari’s Berries

May 9, 2011 By

Need a belated Mother’s Day gift for a Mom who loves chocolate? Head on over to Shari’s Berries and try not to drool on your keyboard! If you’ve been stuck on Gift Ideas, Chocolate Covered Strawberries from Shari’s Berries will be a delicious and much appreciated gift for any Mom.

I had the opportunity to pick a product to review from Shari’s Berries, and I picked 4 Dipped Cookies & a Full Half Dozen Swizzled Berries.  The berries arrived in a foam cooler, packaged in a box with a slot for each berry. Although some of the chocolate had flaked off, I could see that there were six different kinds of chocolate coating on each GIGANTIC berry!  The 4 cookies were each in an individual plastic wrapper.

One berry was covered in chopped nuts, one in coconut, one in mini chocolate chips, and the other three in chocolate drizzle. I was nervous taking the first bite because I didn’t want to taste a sour or unripe berry, but all 6 berries were juicy and sweet and perfect. I do suggest that you eat these with a napkin because the juice WILL drip! SO, so good.

Although I only got to eat one of the cookies, I’m pretty sure there were three chocolate chip and one oatmeal raisin, each dipped halfway with chocolate and then drizzled. The cookie part was soft and chewy and the chocolate coating was a nice contrast. All in all, I was very pleased with the taste and freshness of my order, although I was disappointed that it arrived with the chocolate flaking off on some of the berries. Shari’s might want to pack the cooler more tightly or have the box say FRAGILE so it gets less manhandling while being shipped.

DISCOUNTS:  Shari’s Berries is offering MomReviews readers a 15% discount on their order!  Whether you are looking to buy a belated Mother’s Day gift, a birthday present, or a “just because” gift, Shari’s Berries has something to fit every budget. Cookies, brownies, cheesecakes, chocolate cakes, cake and brownie pops – there’s something for everyone!

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Thanks so much to Shari’s Berries for sending me their delicious berries and cookies for this review. They made me a fan!

 

 

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US Potato Board Giveaway – Lose Weight, Not Potatoes!

May 5, 2011 By

I love potatoes. I love them baked, mashed, roasted, french fried, au gratined, hash browned, and home fried.  By itself, the potato is an amazing food. One medium-size potato (5.3 ounces) has just 110 calories, provides 45% of your daily value of vitamin C, has more potassium than a banana, is fat free, and costs around 25 cents!

The writers of diet books quite often put potatoes on the naughty list as a food not to eat because supposedly, carbohydrates like potatoes lead directly to weight gain. According to research conducted by U.C. Davis and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology,  the role of potatoes in weight loss became clear. 86 overweight men and women were divided into three groups and monitored over 12 weeks.

One group ate high glycemic index foods but cut their overall calories by 500 a day, one group ate low glycemic index foods and also cut calories by 500 a day, and the third group stuck to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid. All three group ate between 5-7 potatoes a WEEK, and guess what? All three groups lost weight! It really does come down to reducing calories and sticking to a diet of nutrient packed, healthy foods.

To demonstrate how to include potatoes in a healthy diet, the USPB released a new recipe for Quick & Healthy Chili and Lime Potato Tacos, which I posted on my food blog MomCooks. They’re delicious and at just 250 calories and 7 grams of fat per serving, you can reinstate taco night guilt-free! This recipe and many more healthy potato recipes can be found online at www.PotatoGoodness.com in their searchable recipe database. Get more tips and recipes on these sites:

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  • The Secret to Skinny: Who knew Salt made such a big difference?! This book was such an eye opener. I never realized that salt can make those fat cells even bigger. Ugg. This book walks you through all the “secrets” to get thinner and less bloated, how to be healthier and look better with a step by step guide, including recipes.
  • Potato Gloves: Scrubby gloves that get all the dirt off of potatoes with just a few rubs under running water. Really handy!
  • The USPB Recipes: Included in a little pamphlet are great recipes that put the potato front and center. Yummy!

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    Wonka Easter Candy Review

    April 24, 2011 By

    Running out to the store today to buy last-minute easter candy ? It’s okay, I forgot to buy a HAM for dinner! We might end up eating fried chicken from the Meijer deli for dinner instead! Anyway, I have some suggestions for last minute treats from Wonka that will make excellent additions to plastic eggs or Easter baskets.

    Wonka sent me a few samples of their Easter candy, including the super-cute SweeTARTS Candy Carrot. It’s a clear, carrot-shaped bag filled with orange flavored Wonka SweeTART Jelly Beans that is almost too cute to open and eat!

    DoubleYummy Gummies- Individually wrapped large gummy bunnies and chicks in natural orange, lemon and strawberry flavors. The back side of the gummy is a “soft mallow” which tastes sort of like a marshmallow gummy. It mellows the tartness of the fruit flavor.

    Wonka Exceptionals Chocolate Waterfall Eggs- Milk chocolate eggs with a white chocolate “waterfall” marbled throughout. My husband loves white chocolate and claimed most of these for his own!  I did get one to try and it was delicious.

    Wonka Exceptionals Scrumptious Chocolate Eggs- Chocolate eggs with crispies and toffee in them. I was tempted to not share these with the kids and keep them for myself! Ryan and I are the big toffee fans, and we both agreed that these are incredibly good!

    Egg Fillers- All of the Wonka favorites like sweeTARTS, Gobstoppers, Spree and Bottlecaps in little packets perfect for filling plastic eggs. As the one who’s job it is to fill the eggs every year, I like looking for individually wrapped candy. After all, those little plastic eggs sometimes break open when grabbed by excited kids, and who wants to pick candy out of the grass?

    The shelves at Walgreens yesterday were still pretty full, so I would check there or CVS if you have to run in somewhere quick. Otherwise, Target and Walmart should still have candy left today.  Check out the Wonka website to learn more about all of their products, play games, even listen to music. And also, HAPPY EASTER!

    disclosure: Wonka sent me samples of their Easter candy to faciliate this review. No other compensation was received.

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