Mrs. Thinster’s: Cookie and Waffle Crisps Giveaway
As winter progresses, the nightly dessert treats that we have lean more towards the homemade. One of this houses favorite desserts are macerated fruit, with a cookie layer on the bottom, homemade whipped cream and cookie crumble topping.
Stoneridge Orchards: Review and Giveaway
As any regular readers will know I love companies that have a unique backstory and original origins. Let’s travel back to 1960’s in Central Washington and the modern homesteading lottery. What this Homesteading Lottery did was to hold a lottery and chose “winners”. The “winners” of this lottery won 160 acres of land in Central Washington. As luck would have it, in 1962 a gentleman by the name of Karl Dorsing had not only entered this lottery but won. This win allowed him to move himself and his family to Royal City Washington.
Today those 160 acres are what is known as Royal Ridge Fruits. The fertile high desert region of Central Washington was the perfect environment to grow their all natural organic cherries, blueberries, raspberries, apple and pears. In 2010 this 3rd generational family owned and managed company created Stoneridge Orchards. Stoneridge Orchards was created for use as a consumer brand. With the creation of a consumer brand came the addition of a berry mix, dried peaches slices as well as Greek Yogurt covered fruits and Dark Chocolate covered fruits.
Stoneridge Orchards was kind enough to send us an assortment of their dried fruits and chocolate covered fruits for consideration of a review.
Newman’s Own Organic: Product Review and Giveaway
I have a confession – before I started this blog I had an aversion to “organic” products. I believed that they were somehow inferior to their non-organic counterparts. Through the past 12 month of blogging I have discovered that there is nothing “inferior” or “less” about organic products. In fact, many times the thing that makes a product stand out from competitors.
Back about 7 years ago I went to the San Diego Zoo with my now husbands sisters. This was very exciting, as the plan was to drop Jason off at work and meet up with sister #1 at the local park and ride. The plan was to ride with sister #1, and meet up with sister #2 and have lunch and walk around the San Diego Zoo. The first stop was lunch, as none of the accompanying children had eaten yet. The 3 of us had all brought lunch, and sister #2 had brought a bag of “Newman’s O’s” to share with us all. At the time I politely declined because I was happy with my non organic chocolate creme cookies.
Since that day I have gotten to know both my sister-in-laws much better and not only are they wonderful mothers, and family members but they also know their food. Prior to meeting these two, I had not really considered reading the ingredients of packaging. I learned early on that to be in this family, label reading and ingredient awareness matters. This is not a negative in any way, but rather a way that all mothers should adopt.
A brand that was brought to my attention as a good positive company was Newman’s Own Organic. While I was a little bewildered and confused as to why she was such a fan, as soon as I began reading on my own, I realized that Newman’s Own goodness extends beyond just food and into the charitable world.
World of Munchies Snack Box Delivery – Review & Giveaway
When I was just over 30 years old, I had the opportunity to travel overseas and go to Thailand. I was young, and it was my first time being an entire ocean away that was separating me and my loved ones. It just so happens that I went a mere 5 months after the tsunami hit, that was triggered by the Indian Ocean earthquake. While I never traveled to the tsunami zone, there were plenty of other beaches and coast line’s in Northern Thailand that could have fallen victim. I remember being thanked for traveling to Thailand many times over.
On my first night in Thailand after hotel check in, my travel mates and I decided to do two things: the first was watch the traffic on the busy Bangkok streets and the second was to visit the first convenience store we had any recognition of. Apparently traffic laws are much more lax in Bangkok and despite being on the sidewalk, we were almost hit numerous times. Also, as luck would have it, the corner we were on happened to have a convenience store with the green and red coloring we all knew so well.
I decided to take this chance and purchase some treats and I knew. I discovered many treats that trip that had I not tried them, I would have missed out. Since then, I am always on the lookout for new and interesting boxes and I think I have hit the nail on the head with my latest box find – World of Munchies. World of Munchies was started by the mind of an 11-year-old entrepreneur. I can say when you see the selection and diversity of the snacks included, they are not of an 11 year old palate.
Let me start by saying that the products featured in this post were provided to me free of charge courtesy of Crunchmaster.. This post may contain affiliate links, but this in no way influences the review to follow.
Crunchmaster Review and Giveaway
I have mentioned this in the past that we are a snack house we really love our snacks! The most recent snack that we have begun snacking on is cheese and crackers. There is something very simple about a cracker and slice of cheese. We usually do a sharp cheddar and a white cheese of some sort.
As cheese and cracker snack people we are always excited to try different chips and crackers. I have begun also adding meat to our cracker snacks which adds a savory element to a simple snack. I have recently been looking for crackers that are versatile tasting from tuna salad to cheese.
**Little Debbie Holiday 2015 Giveaway**
I am not going to lie, we are Nutty Bar fans! In Jason and I’s opinion there are few treats better than a frozen Nutty Bar. When I received an email inquiring if I wanted to giveaway a Little Debbie’s Holiday Treat box, I knew it would be the perfect holiday treat! Then I received an email later that stated I would receive a box of my own, and it would include a Holiday themed Nutty Bar and it became clear I had made the right decision.
Earnest Eats Review and Giveaway
As I review blogger I get items for review in a variety of ways that range from press releases to simple pitches from companies. While these are the most common ways I acquire my review items, there is another way.
One night Jason and I were sitting around watching Food Network, as we often do. A new show came on called Food Fortunes and one of the companies featured was Earnest Eats. The gave the panel a sample of their hot and fit cereal. The product looked so good on television that I decided to reach out for a sample.
Mrs. Thinster’s: Cookie Thins Review and Giveaway
I have mentioned in the past that I am a cookie monster – I love cookies! If I had to choose one cookie over the other I would have to say Chocolate Chip Cookies are my favorites. In my opinion it is hard to really mess up the taste of a chocolate chip cookie. The other thing that I love is raw batters, although I know that they are bad for me with the raw egg element. I have always wanted a cookie with a batter taste, and I think I may have found them.
I was sent a box from That’s How We Roll and Mrs. Thinster’s. The box I received had 3 bags of cookies including Brownie Batter Cookie Thins, Chocolate Chip Cookie Thins and Cake Batter Cookie Thins. The idea behind these cookies that are thin but fill of taste. The round shape are reminiscent of the traditional thick cookie counterpart and full of flavor. Continue reading
Let me start by saying that the products featured in this post were provided to me free of charge courtesy of Rani’s Nutrafood. This post may have affiliate links but this in no way will influence the review to follow and all opinions are my own.
Rani’s Nutrafoods: Yummy Review and Giveaway
I am always on the look out for new snacks that Jason and I can munch on that are healthy and tasty. I never really gave oats any sort of consideration mainly because I am not a true fan of things like oatmeal or oatmeal cookies, although good sometimes. The idea of flavored oats was a somewhat new idea to me and I was skeptical that they would taste more than flavored cardboard.
I originally encountered Rani’s Yummy’s in the April Fit Snack Monthly Subscription box (see review here). It was one of the tastiest treats in the box and I knew I wanted to expand upon my sampling and write a review. Rani’s was generous enough to send me 1 of each of their shooters to try as well as a larger bag of their Peanut Butter Dream.
Rani’s Yummys origins are like many other moms out there in that Rani founded Rani’s Nutrafoods because she wanted a nutritional snack with energy. With that decision she began to mimic the sweets and snacks her and her children loved with a nutritional twist. She also wanted the resulting snack to be portable and convenient and that is when she came up with the idea of single serve packaging. The Rani’s Yummy Shooter was born, a single serve portions that are easy to open and are one serving size each.
Goodie Girl Cookies Review & Giveaway
My nickname when I was a child was “Cookie Monster”. I grew up in the age of the talking puppets and I reminded my parents of this iconic blue puppet. As a child I embraced this nickname and became a cookie connoisseur, or at least as much of one as a 5-year-old can become. If I am being honest, he actually became one of my favorite characters of all time. I am still a monster when it comes to cookies.
I am always looking for new and unique cookies to try and I hit the mother-load when I discovered Goodie Girl Cookies. These are one of the most delicious cookie brands I have ever come across.
I love that this New York based mom wanted to create a delicious cookie for the gluten-free people of the world. After sampling these cookies I would say that she accomplished her goal. Not only are Goodie Girl Cookies gluten-free but they are made of simple ingredients such as white rice, brown rice, tapioca and quinoa flours. To substitute for the lack of wheat, corn and potato are used in their place.
So, like any good Cookie Monster I dove right in to the “Goodie”ness in front of me, including:
Crunchy Midnight Brownie: The first thing I thought after my first bite was that this cookie reminded me of a high quality Mississippi mud pie made into a crunchy cookie. This would be awesome crumbled on top of a vanilla bean ice cream cone.
Goodie Girl Mint Slims: I am not going to lie, these immediately reminded me of their obvious inspiration counterparts. These were so good that it was extremely difficult to not eat these all in one sitting – especially for a cookie monster like myself.