Kashi crunch a hit

Recently we were asked by BuzzReports to sample (for free I might add) Kashi Hummus Crisps. I have heard of Kashi from my years past working retail and knew how much people love this brand name, I understand their cereal is quite good. I realize that it's in the organic department and thought it would be too expensive as healthy eating typically is, sadly. I was intrigued by the idea of a free sample though and really want my kids to eat healthy and was delighted when my 2 year old daughter liked them right away.

 

As soon as the mail man dropped off the box at the door I opened it and then the bag inside. My curious daughter was in tow and was begging for some; then some more and some more... I too was surprised that it was not super strong of a taste but tasted good. My sample was Sea Salt and Olive Oil and was light, tasty and no guilt!

I had seen there is another flavor I really want to try and I am happy to have the coupons that came with my sample box.

In all fairness, I'm not a big time snacker. Never have been. I am very interested in the caramelized onion if I can find it though.

 

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Gorton's Skillet Crisp Tilapia is FANTASTIC! We are avid hunters and Fish as much as we can here in Ohio. This not only means to get our fill of trout, bass and Catfish at our local club pond but to do lots of trolling for our favorite: Lake Erie Walleye! The two years since we sold our boat we have not had any Walleye filling our freezer like in the past and since then we have not had much in the way of our usual fish frys and occassional fish dinners. That being said, I was eager but skeptical about trying Gortons Skillet Crisp Tiliapia, but I can't argue with a free sample.

I went to our local Giant Eagle and got the Garlic & Herb seasoned fillets (which were on sale as well). I did not cook these right away as it was not added into my monthly meal schedule at the time but on one particular day when I was feeling a little under the weather, my husband decided to give it a whirl. In reading the instructions I was surprised when he said that it didn't require any oil or anything to coat a frying pan to cook these,so naturally I thought for sure they would be dry. He was pleasently surprised and happy to tell me that it was fantastic, tasty & moist!

Recently we finished the whole box in cooking the last 3 fillets with our Pirogie night and I too sampled some along with our 1 year old daughter. She gobbled the fish up and was asking for more, more, more. I managed to get a little bit of fillet from her to try myself and I do have to say Gortons has this nailed! Fantastic!

My husband has since told me that this is the best fish he has ever had, frozen from any store and wants me to buy more!
Our ONLY question is this: wonder if you could deep fry these fillets?!

Candy Unjunked- Unreal (good)

Well, we've tested our Unreal candy- Unjunked thus far. (we meaning myself and my 14 year old candy consumer daughter) Myself, I will say I prefer MORE peanut butter in my peanut butter cups, but it was good. I do like the candy coated chocolate candies and the Chocolate peanut nougat candy bars were also good. My daughter liked the candy coated chocolates and the chocolate nougat bars herself. We both agree that the candy has a "different" taste than those well known brands we all eat. Possibly because these candies are "natural" in that they have none of those extra artificals.
Would I purchase these items, you may ask? The answer is as long as the price is good, and possibly a coupon or two here and there then YES! I feel better as a parent of a daughter who LOVES to eat "junk food", giving her these candies for occassions!

I also plan to purchase more this weekend and continue our testing by offering my daughters best friend to try them as well!

My surprise from Covergirl & Olay!

This WAS my daily routine, to get ready for the day. My moistureizers, foundation, concealer and pressed powder.

 



 



Since testing for BzzAgent the Covergirl & Olay foundaion and pressed powder I have fallen in love. The foundation goes on seemingly dry at first but as a few days go by you start to notice a difference in texture. I beleive this is because to be fair, I did quit totaly, the use of all my moistureizers to get an accurate and honest feel for the product.
One day recently, I was quickly hurring through my make-up routine and grabbed my old foundation (Covergirl TruBlend) and was imediately surprised to notice a total difference in coverage on my face. My dark circles returned under my eyes, the creases and fine lines became noticeable and I QUICKLY grabbed the CoverGirl/Olay foundation to FIX my look! I barely need any concealer (use it only in the corners of my eyes) and it hides any blemishes (don't you hate those middle-aged blemishes).
I have spread the word to people I talk to and have passed out coupons, thanks to BzzAgent. I plan to do my bi-weekly shopping tomorrow (Friday) and will stop at my local CVS where they have CoverGirl on sale b1g1 50% off! I also plan to offer up coupons and speak to any customers I see in the make-up asile!

groceries on $100 a week

A stay at home mother of 3 children and 3 boxers I have had to really tighten our grocery budgets. Thanks to my mother in law and her sister, I am hooked on finding the fantastic deals at our Amish salvage stores. Every 2 weeks I take any left over budget and shop to get scratch, dent and discontinued products that our Amish are able to purchase and resell for VERY cheap. I bring home $300 plus of groceries, health and beauty, tax and general merchandise for under $80!!! I am educated in my pricing to know that I CAN sometimes get products else where (other than these salvage stores) for less as well. For example: some grocery stores carry Pampers and Huggies (as we know, very exspensive). The salvage stores resell these items for around 15+ which is good. However, I know I can get a case of diapers (parents choice) at Walmart for less than this!

Same with dryer sheets, Salvage stores may sell that snuggle dryer sheets for $1.99 (again, a great price) but I can get an off brand at Dollar tree for only $1.00. **mind you, I can reuse these dryer sheets after soaking them in softner in a mason jar, for one more use!

I know I have said it before, but as an educated consumer and a former grocery retail manger I know all the tricks of the trade. This is exactly why the rediculous Walmart commercials really irratate me! I realize that there ARE persons out there who beleive anything that they see and would fall for their price compare (against Giant Eagle) commercials are fact. What they won't show you is that here in NE Ohio, Giant Eagle Doubles coupons up to .99! Add this to their sales with their Giant Eagle Advantage card and you CAN save more than what Walmart can/will match. Given the knowledge that what you spend will also go toward earning money off your fuel at the Giant Eagle Get-Go gas stations! When you use your "fuel perks" and get that price of fuel to go down on a fuel up (and in some cases a totaly free tank of gas), you earn "food-perks" which is a percentage off your total grocery bill the next time you grocery shop.

Now I realize, this doesn't always work. You DO have to really pay attention to prices, dollars off and more. I personally only purchase non-necessity foods etc at Giant Eagle if I can save 60% or higher!

Here in NE Ohio, there is literally no way to honestly save money and be one of those persons you see on that "Extreme couponing" show on TLC.... But to feed a family of 5 persons and 3 dogs on $100 a week, I think I do pretty dang great!