Dole has some of the best fruit and right now they are doing an awesome giveaway and inviting you to get creative too. Do you love coming up with new recipes to try on your family? Do you have a knack for making up delicious meals from whatever you have on hand? Then it should be a piece of cake (ha, ha) for you to come up with something fabulous using Dole fruit.
SUBMIT YOUR RECIPE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A CALIFORNIA GETAWAY!
- The California Cook-Off event will be held at the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts, one of the most well-respected culinary schools in California. You will be teamed up with a professional blogger as your “sous” chef, who will chronicle the cooking process and feature your dish on their site! This blogger will be on hand to help with your dish and share the experience with you and with their readers. Plus the Grand Prize winning recipe will appear on cans of DOLE Fruit nationwide!
- Don’t forget to keep coming back to www.DoleCookOff.com for more chances to enter your favorite recipes, as well as discover great new recipes to try out! WWW.DOLECOOKOFF.COM
WIN INSTANTLY AT
- The California Cook-Off Instant Win Game offers even more chances to win with DOLE. All you have to do is register at www.DoleCookOff.com, and you’ll be automatically entered to win one of more than 100 great prizes from Cooking.com
- And tell your friends! For each friend you tell about the DOLE Cook-Off, you’ll get an additional entry to win! DOLE Canned Fruit comes in three different varieties: Mandarin Oranges, Pineapple and Tropical Fruit.
DOLE CANNED FRUIT FUN FACTS
- Convenient and ready-to-eat, DOLE Canned Fruit is the one of the best ways to have fruit always on hand in your pantry.
- DOLE Canned Fruit is naturally fat free, saturated fat free, cholesterol free, and rich in vitamin C.
- DOLE Canned Fruit has been awarded the ChefsBest award by the American Culinary ChefsBest.
- DOLE Canned Pineapple is a convenient, ready-to-eat product. For your convenience, DOLE Canned Pineapple is available in slices, chunks, tidbits and crushed.
- DOLE Tropical Fruit is a combination of hand-selected pineapple and red and yellow papaya chunks packed in light syrup and passion fruit juice.
- DOLE 100% Pineapple Juice and Pineapple Mango Juice are packed with real fruit taste and always have the flavor adventure you’ve been craving.
Just visit www.DoleCookOff.com to enter your signature recipe for an entrée that highlights at least one can of DOLE Fruit or Juice. Using DOLE Pineapple, Mandarin Oranges, Tropical Fruit, Pineapple Juice or Pineapple Mango Juice, as well and no more than seven additional ingredients, you will be automatically entered to win this ultimate California cooking experience.
Judging criteria for the Grand Prize Winner will be based on:
- Best use of DOLE Canned Fruit or Juice
- Creativity
- Flavor and taste
From home cook to celebrity chef! Five lucky finalists will win more than just their 15 minutes of fame with a trip for two to sunny LA where they will participate in the California Cook-Off event with celebrity chef Ben Ford. With airfare, three nights’ accommodations, a rental car and spending money included, you’ll be living your very own California dream!
What are you waiting for? Get cooking!!
*I received from Dole a coupon for Dole fruit in exchange for letting my readers know about this cook off contest.*
Saving money on groceries is on everyones mind these days, and with the Cart Buster Savings Event EXCLUSIVELY at Kroger and the Kroger Family of Stores. The prices are so low you can stock up on all your favorite brands without breaking the bank (though you might bust your cart!)
From now through March 14th, shop the Cart Buster Savings Event and find the hottest prices around on your favorite name-brand products in over 60 categories at the Kroger Family of Stores, which includes Kroger, Ralph’s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s, Fry’s, QFC, Baker’s, Owen’s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott’s Food & Pharmacy.
Here are just a few of the great brands participating in the event: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Yoplait, Progresso, Totino’s, Green Giant, Cascadian Farm, Tide, Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Febreze, Old Spice and many more!
The Giveaway
Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills will provide one of my readers with a $25 gift card!! So not only can you save now with their Cart Busting Savings Event, you can also save later when you get your giftcard.
Contest will run from 3/6/10 – 3/20/10 11:59pm EST – open to all US residents.
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There are hundreds of giveaways out there in the blogosphere (maybe thousands). Most for babies, kids, us moms and so forth. What about a giveaway for men? It is time we enter a giveaway for something we can give to our man, we have won enough things lately. We have Easter coming up, Father’s Day in a couple months, or maybe your man’s birthday is around the corner. Wouldn’t it be nice to give him something he wasn’t expecting?
INTRODUCING HEY DUDE SKIN CARE ™ COMPLEXION PERFECTION FOR MEN
Hey Dude Skincare ™ is a line of men’s skin care products designed to give today’s man the essential tools he needs to combat the natural effects of aging and external conditions upon his face and body. Made from high quality organic ingredients like hyaluronic acid and essential nutrients, Hey Dude Skin Care products perform the most vital of functions to help a man protect, repair, and maintain his skin – Functions that include moisturizing and cleansing deeply into the cellular level of a man’s facial skin
THE GIVEAWAY
Hey Dude Skincare is going to give one of my lucky readers a 4 oz bottle of Hey Dude Aftershave worth $25.00
Hey Dude aftershave contains seaweed extracts that combine with the proteins of the outer layer of the skin and the hair, forming protective moisturizing complexes. Efficient hydration enhances the skin’s natural ability to repair itself. Seaweed extracts decrease the irritation caused by shaving and depilation. Aftershave calms and moisturizes, as well as reduces skin redness and razor burn.
KEY INGREDIENTS - BENEFITS
Seaweed Extracts – Promotes skin hydration; Group of sea plants of all sizes and shapes with a gelatin-like consistency
containing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties
Purified Water – No longer contains bacteria or minerals
Phenoxyethanol – Natural preservative from grain
Ethylhexlglycerin – Natural preservative from vegetable
Contest is open to all US residents and will run from 3/5/10 – 3/19/10 11:59pm EST
Mandatory Entry – Visit the Hey Dude website and follow them on twitter, then leave me a comment saying you have done so.
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I am still going strong. Totally eating healthy and wonderful. I am feeling great, although no weight loss, blah!! When I get time to try some recipes (and if they are good) I am going to start sharing them here on my blog. In the mean time, I did take some picture of a couple of tasty things I threw together today.
Doesn’t this fruit salad look so deliciously tempting? I bet right now your thinking *hmm, do I have some fruit somewhere?*
For dinner I cooked up some boiled cabbage. Just top with a smidgen of butter and some pepper and you’re good to go.
Last night I had a great dinner and I totally meant to take a picture. Needless to say I was two bites in before I realized I had forgotten to do it. Oh well, I am sure I’ll remember next time. On to my dinner. I had a veggie burger on a 100% whole wheat sandwich thin (like a flat hamburger bun) topped with lettuce, tomato, onion with vegan 1000 island dressing. It was so good. I had had veggie burgers before but they were usually dry tasting, this must of been a different brand because it wasn’t dry at all. In fact it was good enough that my teenager had one too.
Man, I really need to stop looking at the fruit photo, I am getting hungry.
Also I lost like 2 lbs but then gained 1 back (whats up with that?). Anyway any other time I would get all down on my self (yes, that happens over 1 freaking pound) and totally munch all the next day punishing myself. But not today. I know I am eating totally healthy and if I gain or lose, it is because that is what my body needs to do and not cause I deprived myself or overindulged. Wow, you know, it is so liberating!!
Other then my overall health two things changed the whole way I look at food. One is the book Skinny Bitch. This book is both funny and enlightening. Every bitch needs to read this book. The other thing is the movie Earthlings. It will profoundly change the way you eat (it did me). I just can’t imagine anyone watching it and not be changed by it.
My oldest son questioned me about my new eating habits and I felt he was old enough to know what I know. I can see him doing what he can when he can, as he is already talking about limiting the meat he eats. I don’t expect him or anyone in my family to jump on this wagon with me. Although once I get back to the RV and we all get settled in a routine again I will be cooking much healthier dinners. As opposed to the processed dinners from a box I normally cooked (egads). So I believe it is a win, win situation. My dh is totally supporting me too which is great. And if he wants a steak (which he loves) then more power to him just don’t bring it around me.
I am feeling great, mind and body and my only intention regarding you my readers, is just sharing my journey with you.
Ah, Fruits and Veggies
Yep, trying something new (hopefully for a long time). I really don’t know what prompted this and I guess it really doesn’t much matter. The fact is I wanted to get healthy and wanted to make a difference (in my own small way). So I have become a vegetarian and I am working my way towards vegan.
Like I said I am not sure what put the bug in my head. I don’t even know why I started looking into the treatment of farm animals. I mean, deep down I knew somewhat of what was happening but just turned a blind eye to it. I have always said that if I had to raise and kill my own meat that I would never eat it again. The more I saw, and the more I read, the more it just starting eating at me. Not to mention the health benefits from not eating meat, dairy etc…
It has only been a few days so far. So far so good though! I have given up all meats, processed foods, and anything I find or know that contains animal products except milk and some butter. I am still having milk cause I drink it in my coffee and so far I have been unable to do without it. Although I am substituting some of my coffee for hot green tea. Also I haven’t had a soda in like 3 days. Yes I know that isn’t long, but for me to not have any soda at all for that long is BIG for me. And so far I have found that I don’t miss it.
Tonight I am going to try out my first Tofu recipe. A very easy Fried Tofu that I will top my salad with. I have had tofu before and anytime I did, it was good. Just hope I can cook it as well.
Hopefully I will get things more and more figured out and update you as I do.
Have you ever seen the show Southland? If so, you know how good it is. If not, well here is a little history for ya.
The following information was taken from the official press release at Turner.comSOUTHLAND premiered on NBC in April to rave reviews. The series was called “tough-minded [and] suspenseful” by The New York Times, which also said, “SOUTHLAND is commendably stinting and cold, a series that doesn’t aim to please, and is all the more pleasurable for it.” The Hollywood Reporter called SOUTHLAND “exciting, smart, realistic and brilliant,” while Daily Variety said, “[John] Wells and company have delivered a cop drama with its own racing pulse. The crisp execution … has a decidedly elite cable feel.
In SOUTHLAND, John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz – A River Runs Through It) is a veteran cop assigned to train young rookie Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie – The O.C.). Cooper attacks his job with a no-nonsense firmness that sometimes leaves Sherman wondering if he’s really cut out to be a cop.
The series also follows Detective Lydia Adams (Regina King – Ray, Jerry Maguire), who spends her off-work hours serving as her mother’s primary caregiver. Her partner, Detective Russell Clarke (Tom Everett Scott – Boiler Room), is a father struggling with an unhappy marriage. Detective Daniel “Sal” Salinger (Michael McGrady – The Thin Red Line) oversees a unit of gang detectives, including Nate Moretta (Kevin Alejandro – Drive, Ugly Betty) and Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy – Alpha Dog). And patrol officer Chickie Brown (Arija Bareikis – Crossing Jordan) is a single mom determined to make her mark as the first woman in the SWAT unit.
TNT was able to acquire 13 episodes of SouthLAnd. Seven episodes from the first season which started airing on TNT in January, and 6 episode for season 2 which starts March 2nd. I’ve managed to catch the last few episodes from season 1 and I got a sneak peak into season 2. From what I saw of the sneak peek, season 2 looks really good with all of the drama SouthLAnd (and TNT) can deliver. SouthLAnd is filmed like your in the action, right there with the cops, criminals and victims. It is raw and intense and I personally loves shows like that (I am a “Drama Queen” as in I perfer dramas over other types of shows). If you are a SouthLAnd fan then you know what I mean. If you have never seen SouthLAnd then you really need to check it out and see what all the hype is about. You still have time to catch up. You can watch full episodes online from Season 1 at TNT . You can also click above for a preview of season 2.
Don’t miss Tuesday’s episode – the action is so real and gritty, it can only be on TNT. Watch Tuesday at 10/9c.
Chat live with the cast of SouthLAnd March 2nd at 11/10c
I should really have some electrodes attached to my brain when I settle in for sleep at night. That seems to be when my brain is going full blast. That is when I come up with a dozen of things to blog about. However by the time I wake up it has all turned to mush and my blog pages stay blank. But I digress since my lack of daily posts isn’t what this is about.
What if your life was just a dream? Meaning, what if “my” life is just a dream? Some nights when I lay quietly in my bed I have random thoughts and I wonder what would happen if I awoke the next morning, opened my eyes and found myself somewhere else. Somewhere else in my past, maybe 10 or 20 years past (ah yeah, I am that old lol). What if I opened my eyes and I found myself in my past with who ever I was with at the time and where ever I was living at at the time. What if everything that happened from that point in my past till now had all been just a dream? When we sleep at night we have dreams all the time that seem real and feel real.
Would I wake up and just go “wow, what a crazy dream” and just go about my life? Would I freak out wondering what happened to my husband, my kids, my life? Would I morn for what I thought I had lost? How would I explain it to people? I am sure they would just roll their eyes and look into having me committed. Would I change how I live my life from that point on?
Sometimes in this life I wish I had done more. Taken more opportunities. No matter what I have wished I’d done at any given time in my life, I do know that had I done only one thing differently it could of completely sidelined the life I live now. I happen to like my life, love my family and pray every night that when I wake up I will still be right here where I belong.
