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Wool Dryer Balls Giveaway

Posted by html404 on January 3, 2014
in All Natural Products, Blog Stuff, Farm Stuff, Free Stuff, Gift Ideas, Giveaways, Holidays, Reviews, Uncategorized

Remember the review I did of a local farm’s wool dryer balls? Well, I have an extra set I was going to donate to a charity auction but it fell through so I thought I’d offer you all a chance to win the set. They are Christmas colors though, just so you know.

Oh and I must add, I am still not sure if we have completely eliminated the static or if the dryer balls are missing some of our loads. Still working on figuring it out. Other than that we do still really like them!

And I fixed the tweet in the Rafflecopter! Sorry about that!

Wool Dryer Balls Giveaway

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Coffee Lovers Moody Sisters Review

Posted by Brande on December 23, 2013
in All Natural Products, Organic, Personal Care Products, Products for Mom, Reviews, Shopping, Uncategorized

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Coffee Lovers Moody Sisters Review

I was so excited to get a box from Moody Sisters. They are 100% natural organic materials! Moody Sisters must have known that I love my coffee. I received Coffee Body Polish and Coffee Bean Lip Balm.

With the holiday’s in full swing, Moody Sisters Coffee Body Polish could not have come at a better time! It naturally reduces the look of cellulite. I can read and understand all the ingredients – love that! Check it out – Demara Sugar, Coffee Infused Oil, Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Beeswax, Vitamin E, and Essential Oils. As you can see in the picture below the texture is grainy but, it goes on smooth. The smell is out of this world, mixed with the warmth of the shower, it smelled like a coffee house in my shower. When I came out of the shower my thighs were smooth, great product!

The Coffee Bean Lip Balm also has minimal readable ingredients and smelled wonderful. It applied smooth and lasted. Coffee Bean Lip Balm also left my lips moisturized, which is a plus during the winter.

Head over to Moody Sisters and order your favorite products today! Don’t forget to Like Moody Sisters on Facebook!

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Simple Moments with Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss & Giveaway

Posted by Brande on December 20, 2013
in All Natural Products, Coupons, Food and Treats, Giveaways, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Reviews, Saving Money, Uncategorized

Simple Moments with Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss

All it took was one smell of Coffee-mate Natural Bliss and I was transported to somewhere else. I’m usually just a cream & sugar girl. But, all that has changed since trying Coffee-mate Natural Bliss. Simply Put: My favorite simple moment is coffee with Natural Bliss + my family.

Coffee-mate Natural Bliss flavors include cinnamon cream, vanilla, sweet cream, low fat vanilla, & low fat chocolate. Check out these ingredients – I love when I can actually read them – Low fat milk, heavy cream, sugar, natural flavor. Count them, only 4 ingredients!

I tried the low fat chocolate. Just the warm smell of chocolate mixed with the coffee, was delightful! Especially during the snowstorm we had here in the Northeast recently.

Coffee-mate Natural Bliss is available at your local grocery store.

Simply Put: My favorite simple moment is coffee with Natural Bliss + my family. Share your favorite moments with Natural Bliss on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram using #NaturalBliss.

If you click here and like Natural Bliss on Facebook you’ll get a coupon!

Take time for yourself with Coffee Mate Natural Bliss, you won’t regret it! It’s a staple on my shopping list from now on!

Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss Giveaway

Here’s what’s in the Coffee lovers Coffee-mate giveaway package:

· Reduced value coupon for Natural Bliss (more coupons may be downloaded here on Coffee-mate’s FB page: http://on.fb.me/HuE3o0)

· $5 Target Gift Card

· Coffee Tumbler

· Vanilla Bean Scented Candle

· Italian Biscotti Cookies

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Babydoll Sheep

Posted by html404 on December 8, 2013
in All Natural Products, Animals, Family Stuff, Farm Stuff, Gift Ideas, Home, Kids Stuff, Organic, Uncategorized

Our farm is going to grow yet again! I’m kind of nervous thinking about it but excited at the same time. When we bought the wool dryer balls from the sheep farmer we also put down a deposit on a breeding pair of sheep for our oldest son! We will get these lambs in the spring so there’s lots of time. It’s just fencing, shelter etc. We do not want to put much money into permanent infrastructure like stalls in the barn because we cannot take it with us. We will probably do temporary housing outside. I know the sheep farm uses calf huts, but I think those can be pricey so we’ll do something like our little hoop house over our raised bed.

The sheep in the photo above are from the sheep farm but owned by our neighbor. When I went there with my friend to look at their Dutch Belted cow, I snapped a photo of the Babydoll sheep. Our neighbor knows the sheep farmers, which is what prompted me to get in touch with them, remembering I had their business card from the Green Expo. I had inquired earlier in the year but never got around to calling them back because we were not at a place of being ready for more animals with all our delays in fencing and waiting for pasture to grow. But our son has been asking so we took the leap of faith and put a deposit down knowing we have to plan ahead for things like this, especially if we want unrelated lambs to breed. Thankfully, we do not have to worry about shearing wool until spring of 2015 and the ewe won’t be bred until she is a year or two old.

Our son’s sheep will be registered Babydoll sheep. He has his names picked out already – Atlas for the ram and Juno for the ewe. It’s always interesting to see what names they come up with. I questioned him gently making sure those were names he wanted before I sent them to the breeder. I just wanted him to be sure. I also asked him if he was going to be able to sell his lambs. He said yes, but we’ll see.

Babydoll sheep are a recovering sheep breed on the Livestock Conservancy priority list. We chose them because they are smaller, plus they are cute!

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Pur Gum Review

Posted by Brande on December 6, 2013
in All Natural Products, Blog Stuff, Food and Treats, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Reviews, Shopping, Uncategorized

Kick Aspartame! Pur Gum comes in 4 flavors Wintergreen, Pomegranate, Spearmint, & Peppermint. They all taste great and are long lasting. It’s not one of the gums that gets hard and is almost impossible to chew after 5 minutes. And yes, you can blow bubbles.

When they say Pur – that’s what they mean. This gum is vegan, gluten-free, non-gmo, nut-free, celiac, & diabetic friendly! And is safe for pregnant moms! It’s the gum for everyone and is flavored with Xylitol.

This is going to be a staple in the car for me. That’s when I’m usually chewing gum.

Pur Gum is available in over 10,000 locations and 20 countries! If you can’t find it in your area, Pur Gum is also available on Amazon.com!

Like Pur Gum on Facebook or find them on twitter @purgum.

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Wool Dryer Balls – Dryer Sheet Alternative

Posted by html404 on December 5, 2013
in All Natural Products, Animals, Eco Friendly Products, Family Stuff, Farm Stuff, Gift Ideas, Handmade Items, Health, Parenting, Safety, Saving Money, Uncategorized

About a month ago my 14 year old daughter “B” and I went to a Green Expo to promote our farm. We collected a few business cards, one of which was a local sheep farmer. I finally got around to visiting their website and discovered they sold wool dryer balls. These wool dryer balls are handmade by M.

When my older girls were little I had to stop using dryer sheets because a couple of them broke out with rashes. I never liked the expense of liquid fabric softener so we’ve basically gone without. I have used a rag with vinegar on it to get rid of static cling.

That’s why I was excited to try the wool dryer balls come in as an alternative. We have been using them since the weekend and they are working. We do not seem to have to turn the dryer on for a second cycle on our larger loads so it is doing what I hoped they’d do in reducing dryer time by soaking up extra wetness. No one has said anything about static cling yet so I am hoping that will be rectified as well.

I think I’ll get my mom a set of dryer balls the next time she comes to visit.

Do you have any dryer sheet remedies?

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Graeter’s Ice Cream for the Holidays

Posted by Professor on December 2, 2013
in All Natural Products

Just in time for the Holidays! GRAETER’S ICE CREAM!

This wonderful creamy ice cream can be delivered right to your door for the holidays!

Here is a little about Graeter’s ice cream:

Graeter’s uses ONLY the highest quality of ingredients in their ice cream!

Fresh cream from farms tat pledge not to use artificial growth hormones (rBST).
Sweetened with 100% cane sugar.
No hydrogenated oils, therefore no trans fats.
PETER’S CHOCOLATE ~ the inventor of milk chocolate.
Premium, hand selected Oregon black raspberries & strawberries
100% Arabica coffee beans.
Madagascar vanilla beans.
OREO cookie chunks and HEATH toffee.

Graeter’s offers retail locations and quality ice cream in your grocer’s freezer. Check out a location near you…HERE.

Graeter’s also offers travel packs in either 6 or 12 pints.

We received a 6 pint travel pack of six different YUMMY flavors… Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Salted Carmel, Black Cherry, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Black Raspberry. The travel pack is a reusable insulated cooler packed with dry ice…ice cream will stay frozen in the travel packs for up to 24 hours.

Not only was our ice cream cold…it was hard… I expected a mushier ice cream because it was “shipped” opposed to bought out of the grocer’s freezer…. BUT this was AWESOME!!

The ice cream was decedent! I cannot express the rich, creamy goodness that is Graeter’s! My ENTIRE family LOVED Graeter’s, each member of our family wanted MORE and MORE! We will certainly be indulging in Graeter’s again this holiday season! Of all the flavors the pumpkin and the cinnamon a wonderful Holiday treat!

What a perfect Holiday treat or gift! I like that I could either pick up some ice cream in the store or have it delivered right to my door…or give it as a gift, how convenient!

You can find more out about Graters and their company offerings at their website:

http://www.graeters.com/default.aspx

Check out ALL of their delicious flavors HERE:

http://www.graeters.com/flavors.aspx

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Calzones Recipe

Posted by html404 on November 24, 2013
in All Natural Products, Family Stuff, Food and Treats, Home, Organic, Recipes, Uncategorized

A couple of weeks ago I was adventurous and decided to make our calzones recipe, except I couldn’t find it. So I did a quick search to see what ingredients I’d need and then made them my way.

Making Bread Dough in a Bosch Mixer

I made our calzones out of homemade bread dough. In the past I have used the frozen bread dough at the store for quick preparation, but now we have a Bosch and mixing up bread dough is a piece of cake!

Warm water, yeast, sugar, oil and salt.

Then add unbleached white flour.

We know the bread dough is ready when it no longer sticks to the side of the Bosch bowl, as shown in the photo below.

Homemade Calzones Recipe

After I make the bread dough, I spread the balls of dough out. You can also roll them to make nicer cirle-ish shapes.

Then I added toppings of sauce, mozzarella cheese and ricotta cheese. I should have added some broccoli but I didn’t.

I usually top them with more sauce but my daughter took some of these photos for me. We divided up tasks so we could feed our hungry crew!

Calzones Recipe

Now for the actual recipe which is a little “rough” because so much cooking that I do doesn’t follow a recipe. Sorry!

Calzones Recipe

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Ingredients

Bread dough (I make a large batch of homemade, enough for 3 loaves of bread to feed our family..)
2 - 28 oz cans Organic tomato sauce (We add our own oregano, basil and a little sweetner to our taste.)
1 packet Organic pepperoni
16oz Organic ricotta cheese
1 Large Farm fresh egg :)
16oz Mozzarella cheese

Directions

Step 1
Divide up the bread dough into equal parts. Then roll or pat the balls out into a small circle-ish shape to create your calzones. Put on greased cookie sheets and put to the side to mix up other ingredients.
Mix 1 egg with a 16 oz container of ricotta cheese. Set aside.
Step 2
Make sauce by adding oregano, basil and sweetener to tomato sauce. Start with a couple teaspoons of each and taste test to see if you like it. Keep adding oregano, basil and sweetener until it satisfies your palate. Set aside with rolled out bread dough.
Fold over dough from corner to corner and press to close. Optional: Paint tops of calzones with melted butter and put slits in the top of your calzones for decorative puposes.
Step 3
Go back to rolled out dough and spread tomato sauce out on the dough. Add pepperoni followed by the ricotta cheese mixture and top with a sprinkle of mozaralla cheese.
Step 4
Put in the oven for approximately 30 minutes or until bread dough is cooked through. They should be a golden brown and the inside should be heated. Top the calzones with a couple of spoonfuls of sauce. Serve with a side dish or salad. Voila! Your masterpiece is served!

Do you play with recipes or create your own? Do they turn out?

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Piggy Paint Review

Posted by Brande on November 12, 2013
in All Natural Products, Eco Friendly Products, Fashion, Fun Stuff, Gift Ideas, Girl Stuff, Holidays, Kids Stuff, Products for Mom, Reviews, Seasonal Stuff, Shopping, Uncategorized

I, like most Moms, am always looking for healthier options for my daughter. I always thought there wouldn’t be a replacement for “regular” nail polish. Well, I’m happy to share Piggy Paint with you! This is a Non-toxic, almost odorless, hypoallergenic, and eco & kid friendly.

Piggy Paint is water-based, dries quickly and is safe to use during pregnancy! Piggy Paint suggests using a blow drier on your nails for about a minute for maximum chip resistance.

Let’s talk colors! Piggy Paint has over 30 colors! They also have their own specially formulated nail polish remover and nail stickers! They have great sets for holiday or any occasion! Piggy Paint even has nail polish for your favorite pup!

My daughter and I had a great time with Piggy Paint. She was happy to be a big girl and I was happy it was safe for her!

Piggy Paint is great for Birthday gifts and don’t forget the Holidays are coming!!

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Click here for your stocking stuffers or stop by your local Walmart!! Don’t forget to visit Piggy Paint on Facebook, they sometimes have giveaways!

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Fall Inspired Recipes with Squash

Posted by html404 on November 11, 2013
in All Natural Products, Family Stuff, Food and Treats, Health, Health and Nutrition, Holidays, Home, Organic, Recipes, Shopping, Uncategorized

Thanksgiving is only a little over a couple of weeks away and I have been looking for fall inspired recipes for squash. I found a couple new ones I want to try. To facilitate this post I shopped at Mariano’s for the ingredients for our traditional recipe.

I really enjoy shopping at Mariano’s. I love that they carry a good selection of organic food. The employees make it a pleasant experience. Each time I have gone, one has helped direct me to a faster checkout. It’s very helpful. Mariano’s also has a reward card shoppers can use to earn 1% cash back on every $50 purchased from November 7 thru February 8, 2014. How’s that for a bit of holiday shopping incentive?

For my very simple recipe I purchased four organic squash, but only used two. Organic parsley, organic butter and ground cinnamon.

Those of you who have never cooked a squash, you wash the squash and cut it into halves lengthwise. Then put it face down inside a 9×12 dish.

Once cut, scoop out the seeds and pulp from the ball of the squash.

The squash seeds may be saved, dried and used to plant in your garden next spring (especially if they are organic, non-hybrid seeds!). Or the seeds may be roasted and eaten as a super nutritious snack.

All four halves would not fit in my pan so I wrapped the last half in foil and baked it along side the pan.

After the squash is baked, it is scooped out of it’s skin and put into a bowl.

Then I mash it to make sure all the clumps are pretty much out before adding the butter, cinnamon and parsley. And that’s all there is to it. Very simple, inexpensive and yummy!

Fall Inspired Recipes with Squash

Simple Squash Recipe

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Serves	8-10
Prep time	10 minutes
Cook time	1 hour
Total time	1 hour, 10 minutes
Dietary	Diabetic, Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Meal type	Side Dish
Misc	Child Friendly, Serve Hot
Occasion	Barbecue, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving
Region	Canadian

This simple squash recipe is a tasty side dish for the holiday season.

Ingredients

2 Organic Butternut Squash
1 sprig Organic Parsely ((I used curly parsley, there is also flat leaf))
1/2-1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2 tablespoons Organic Butter

Directions

Step 1
Wash squash of in warm water.
Step 2
Cut squash in half lengthwise.
Step 3
Place face down in a 9x12 baking dish. I had an extra so I wrapped it in foil because it would not fit in my pan.
Step 4
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 -60 minutes or until soft when poked with a fork.
Step 5
Spoon out squash into a bowl.
Step 6
Mash out lumps.
Step 7
Add butter and cinnamon. Cinnamon can be to taste with more or less.
Step 8
Sprinkle a little extra cinnamon on top and add a few leaves of parsley for garnish.
Step 9
Enjoy!

Shopping at Mariano’s

You can learn more about Mariano’s and get new ideas on a weekly basis on Mariano’s website. Consider liking #MyMariano’s on Facebook and following them on Twitter.

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