Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Hello Fresh Review


So...I jumped on the Hello Fresh meal subscription bandwagon!  I stay busy and only cook about three to four days a week.  I get tired of preparing the same meals each week and rarely take the time to try out a new recipe.  I listened for weeks as several fellow teachers raved about Hello Fresh.  I finally logged on and bit the bullet!  I signed up on a Saturday and my first box was delivered on Thursday.  I was SO excited, even though I chose the meals from the weekly menu and knew exactly what was in the box.  

The mister was just as excited and helped unload the goodness.  Our biggest hurtle was deciding which meal to prepare first! 


Sizzling Beef Stir-Fry...This was my favorite of the three meals. 


Each week you have seven meals to choose from.  I picked a pork, a chicken, and a steak based meal.  There's usually a seafood or fish meal each week, which I steer clear of due to my shell fish allergy.   
Chicken Gone Nuts with a Walnut Crust, Glazed Carrots, and Roasted Broccoli

I was able to pack a couple lunches for the next day.
You can pause your meal subscription for up to 8 weeks and of course, you can cancel your subscription at any time.  Due to travel plans I have paused my meals for three weeks and have already picked my menu for my next delivery.  I'll admit I'm a bit obsessed with looking at the weekly menus! 


Creamy Mushroom Pork Chops with Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Crispy Potatoes



















In the process of attempting to pause my subscription, I accidentally cancelled.  A customer service representative called asking if I was displeased with Hello Fresh.  I explained what happened and he immediately emailed me detailed directions on how to pause my subscription and corrected my account to reflect a pause instead of a cancellation.  I can't express how kind and caring this gentleman was in assisting me.  Good customer service is SO hard to find.  Honestly, this made me what to continue using this service even more. Kudos...Hello Fresh!!

Easy to follow step by step directions.

I'll keep you posted on my next shipment and in the meantime if you'd like to try Hello Fresh for yourself, simply click the link below and you can get your first shipment for less than $20.  Yes, that's $40 off!!  




Friday, September 11, 2015

Five for Friday~09-11-15

 It's Friday....who hoo!!!
 So, next week I'm headed to Vegas for the Olympia Fitness Competition.  To watch of course, and attend the expo.  Can we say FREE stuff!!!  The last time we went, we had to ship home a 45 lb box of samples!!!  And that was just the stuff we couldn't jam into our suitcases.  Here's a pic of some of the swag we snagged!


Another fun thing is meeting all the fitness gurus I live vicariously through!

Ashley Horner


                                  Vanessa Tib

Follow me on Instagram for updates on this year's Olympia fun.
Just thinking of being around all those fit people, I decided it was time to detox.  I present to you my Detox Water!!!

Cucumbers, lemons, limes, grapefruit, mint leaves, and grated ginger.  My Pampered Chef pitchers worked great for this.


Do you have a favorite recipe for detox water??

My all time fav skincare is Obagi.  I started using is about 15 years ago when I got a sunspot on my forehead. I still get excited when I get new bottles of stuff.  These came in the mail today.


I also dabble with Rodan and Fields.


What's your go to skin care regimen?



I discovered something new tonight.  While I was cutting up all that stuff to go in my detox water I turned the TV on for some background noise and this was on.  


Of course, I know about and have used Donor's Choose but I'd never heard of Think It Up.  Have I been under a rock?

I got my boarding pass to Mars this week!

Who knew you could do this?  It took about two minutes to sign up and now my name will be sent to Mars on the INSIGHT Mission in March.  You can read all about it here.  Fun, right?  Did anyone else sign up to climb aboard?

Head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching to see more Five for Friday.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Quick, Easy Recipes for Busy, Busy Teachers Linky


All of us "gals" over at the Teaching the 2-Step are having linky party for quick, easy meals to get us through this busy time of year.  I'm sharing one of my all time favs.  Talk about easy...this is easy!!!




Be sure to head over to The Teaching 2-Step to see more quick recipes or you can click around below.  I hope you find something you can use.




Thursday, October 9, 2014

Halloween Hop 2014

The gals from my collaborative blog, The Teaching 2 Step, have put together an awesome Halloween Blog Hop with a ton of goodies!! 

So let's get started!  First, I wanna share an easy Halloween craft that my mom made for me years ago to hold candy corn.


A clay flower pot, a little masking tape, some craft paint, and you have a masterpiece!!  Cute decor for the classroom or your house.

Next, a fun recipe.  Your students would LOVE this or it would be perfect for a spooky Halloween house party. 



INGREDIENTS
  • 6 oz. package of orange Jello 
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 2 cups of boiling water
  • 4 liters of ginger ale
  • 1 can pineapple juice (46 oz.)
  • 1 can apricot nectar (46 oz.)
  • 1/2 cup of lemon juice


DIRECTIONS

1. Dissolve Jello and sugar in a large bowl with boiling water.
2. Stir in the pineapple, apricot, and lemon juices. Place in freezer container and freeze.
3. Remove from freezer 2 hours before serving and place in punch bowl.
4. Crush up the frozen mixture into big pieces.
5. Pour gingerale over mixture just before serving.

Makes about 2 gallons of punch




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