ABE3 Sponsor Spotlight: EatSmart Products!

January 26, 2012 By 11 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I use a food scale almost daily. Whether I’m weighing a portion size to keep overindulging at bay or weighing ingredients for a recipe, hardly a day goes by when I don’t use my food scale.

I was lucky enough to receive the EatSmart Precision Pro Multifunction Digital Kitchen Scale to add to my ABE3 giveaway package and by the first night I had it, I knew that it would replace my old one completely. First of all, it’s really slender, which is great because the big glass one I used to have {from another brand} took up half my drawer. Since I am already cramped for space in my kitchen, this alone would get me to convert. But I also love that it is so simple to use- it only has 2 buttons! One is for turning it on & off and operating the tare feature, and the other is to switch measurement units. &The scale is definitely multifunctional- since it can weigh up to 11 lbs., I can even weigh packages on it!

Some of the other fun features include a 3 minute auto-shut off feature that saves battery life & the free EatSmart Calorie Factors Guide that is included & contains a lot of valuable information.

You can buy the EatSmart Precision Pro Scale on Amazon, where it’s on sale for $25 {a $44.95 value!} in five different colors- OR you can enter to win it in my ABE3 package!

Be sure to follow EatSmart on Facebook, YouTube & Twitter!

Susie’s Note: I received the scale in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

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Fast Cash $20 Flash Giveaway- 24 Hours Only!

January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This is it, folks- the last week to enter to win $20 in a 24-hour-only giveaway brought to you by some of my favorite bloggers & myself. You’ve only got until midnight Friday to enter, but don’t worry- it’s super easy to enter. So what are you waiting for? Good luck!


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Sneaky Veggie Pizza Pockets

January 26, 2012 By

Shane’s a really picky eater, so I have to be a little “creative” when it comes to getting him to eat his vegetables. Since he’s such a big fan of pizza, these pizza pockets- packed with green pepper & broccoli- are a great way to get him to eat his veggies without the fight. Plus? They’re super yummy.

Ingredients

  • 2 tubes Pillsbury Crescent Roll Dough
  • 1/2 Cup Pizza Sauce
  • 1 Cup Broccoli, Chopped
  • 1 Cup Finely Shredded Mozzarella
  • 3 Tbsp Green Pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees {or 350 for a non-stick pan}.

Mix pizza sauce, broccoli, green pepper & mozzarella in a medium bowl until blended.

Unroll crescent roll dough. Place about a Tbsp of mixture toward the bottom of each triangle, almost at the thickest point.

Roll from the bottom, and making sure to keep contents inside.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Vote for my Creative Crescent Recipe and you’ll be entered to win a $1,000 grocery gift card!

Find more quick and easy Pillsbury recipes at www.CreativeCrescents.com.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Pillsbury. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Contest Rules.

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Save Time & Money on Your Laundry with Shout Color Catcher with Oxi!

January 24, 2012 By 4 Comments

This may come as a shock to you, but I don’t like to do chores. Laundry, dishes, mopping, dusting… if I could get away with never doing them, I absolutely, without a doubt, would. But since I obviously can’t, the next best thing is to spend as little time as possible doing them. I’ve recently found a new tool that shaves valuable minutes off of what’s probably my biggest nemesis: laundry.

Shout Color Catcher with Oxi is a sheet that locks up loose dyes found in the wash water to prevent dyes from running or bleeding onto other clothes. What does this mean for your precious time? You no longer have to spend it sorting colors! Not only does this save time, but it saves money too- think about how many times you’ve done a half a load of laundry just because you didn’t have enough whites to fill it up? It wastes a lot of water & electricity doing loads that aren’t full, so now you can just fill your washer up, regardless of color, and pop in a Color Catcher sheet to absorb any loose colors! &The sheets are safe for all colorfast washables, and can be used in any water temperature- which means no matter what you’re washing, you no longer have to worry about separating it!

An added bonus? The Oxi Booster powder contains active stain removers {after all, it IS Shout!} that brightens whites and removes tough stains- without bleaching your colors. &The most fun part {yes, a fun part of laundry!} is that when it comes out, the sheet is the color of whatever loose dyes it’s caught. {The one pictured above is pre-wash.}

These sheets are amazing & have saved me SO much time on doing laundry. Want to try them out for yourself? Two lucky {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker readers are about to win a box! Just enter using the super simple Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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Make sure you check out Shout’s website for great information including tips on treating different stains & more! &Check out their Facebook page, where you can download a coupon for Color Catcher with Oxi!
Susie’s Note: I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Shout and received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.
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Happy Chinese New Year!

January 23, 2012 By 9 Comments

Obviously, I’m not Chinese, but I’m actually really excited for this Chinese New Year, because it’s the Year of the Dragon! That’s the year it was when Justin & I were born, so it’s pretty cool that it’s “our year” again!

So what did we do to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2012? We had our own “Reunion Dinner” {a tradition of the Holiday}- Chinese food! Since I’ve been sick for over a week & wasn’t exactly up for going out, we had something even better & easier- P. F. Chang’s Home Menu noodle entrees! They take almost no work to make & so even though I’m still feeling under the weather, I was still able to pull together a meal that all three of us like that is hot & yummy, and in this case, festive!

We were sent a fun kit from P.F. Chang’s to help celebrate the Chinese New Year, including two coupons for P. F. Chang’s Home Menu noodle entrees, red paper lanterns, a cute shirt, and a special Red Envelope, which is another tradition. During Chinese New Year celebrations, Red Envelopes are usually given containing money- so ours contained a gift card to P.F. Chang’s restaurant- we’re excited to go there on a date night!

I’ve decided to turn this into a fun educational “lesson” for Shane- teaching him about the Chinese New Year. Tonight, we hung up red paper lanterns in his doorway & tomorrow I’m going to show him all the different animals that are a part of the calendar. I hope to turn this into a several-day lesson, which will include telling him about the traditions of the Holiday {including the reunion dinner we already feasted on & the red envelope we opened}, reading him stories about it & even singing or listening to some of the fun songs I found online. I’m really excited since I’ll be learning a lot of this right along with him!

Be sure to check out P.F. Chang’s on Twitter & Facebook- on Facebook, they even have a fun app where you can open your own Red Envelope to win prizes!

Do you celebrate the Chinese New Year? What Animal’s Year were you born in?

Susie’s Note: I received the kit mentioned to help my family celebrate the New Year but all opinions are my own & all experiences are authentic.

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