Popcorn Factory Snowman Assortment Giveaway

Popcorn tins have always been a fun and popular gift to give at the holidays and are always enjoyed. Who doesn’t love popcorn? We do in my family and were excited to “test” the Popcorn Snowman Snack Pack for you!   Ha. This tin came with not only assorted flavors of popcorn but cookies and candy.   My favorite was the snowman cookie, delicious!   Popcorn Factory has a ton of different Popcorn Tins, Towers and baskets to choose from. Even cuter, gifters can now add a custom photo or message that really makes the tin memorable for only $4.99. You can do this with gift tags for the towers for $4.99.  I love the photo gift tag idea.  Not a lot of extra cash to really personalize your holiday (or any time of year) sentiment. They have a variety of price ranges to fit in any budget. You can order on their website www.thepopcornfactory.com.

GIVEAWAY

The Popcorn Factory is generously holding another giveaway for one of my readers of the Snowman Popcorn Snack Tin!  You will love it for you or someone on your gift list!  This overstuffed 2 gallon Popcorn Snowmen design tin is ideal for the couple next door, favorite cousin or teacher. Inside, they will be delighted to find our delicious, premium popcorn (Cheese, S’Mores, White Cheddar and festively tinted Holiday Kettle), 2 snowman butter cookies, Jelly Belly® beans, 3 secret-recipe Popcorn Balls, foil-wrapped chocolate snowmen and sourdough pretzel nuggets.

TO ENTER: VISIT POPCORNFACTORY AND LEAVE A COMMENT HERE ON WHAT OTHER ASSORTMENT YOU WOULD LOVE TO TRY!

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THIS GIVEAWAY WILL END DECEMBER 13 AND I WILL E-MAIL THE WINNER. YOU WILL HAVE 48 HRS TO REPLY. THANKS FOR ENTERING AND VISITING AND GOOD LUCK!

Bake Me a Wish Cake Giveaway, Yummy!

When you ask my family to review a cake, we will leap to that “difficult” challenge! Bake Me A Wish is an award winning on line bakery that will make all of your sweet dreams come true. They have tons of gourmet cakes that you can personalize and each one comes packaged in an elegant gift box. We were sent the Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake . Here is the description from the website: Our moist & fudgy brownie cake goes through three chocolate “passes” before it’s “done”: first it’s enrobed in rich chocolate, then it gets completely blanketed with a shower of dark chocolate shaves; last, the cake is finished with milk and dark chocolate glazes drizzled all over and the Belgian chocolate plaque of your choice; for a brownie dessert that’s over-the-top-triple-delicious!

BOOKROOM REVIEW

The cake arrived securely packaged in a cooler surrounded by ice packs. It was hot the day it arrived, but the cake arrived perfectly intact and nice and cool. Pass! Now on to the taste, I am not a huge chocolate fan, (I’m a cheesecake gal) but this cake was absolutely yummy! It handily passed the taste test for all the members of my family, especially my husband. Pass! What else I like is Bake Me A Cake will personalize the cakes and the cost is comparable to what you would spend for a special occasion and very convenient to order from their website. You can order them at www.bakemeawish.com. Below is more information from their website. Also 5% of your order will be used to assist our effort in sending gourmet occasion cakes to soldier’s overseas, which is so awesome!

Our gourmet birthday cakes, baked in our award-winning New York City bakery, can be sent overnight, nationwide and are guaranteed to arrive on the day you request or your money back. Each delicious cake includes a greeting card that you can personalize and comes packed an elegant gift box. Make your loved one’s next birthday, anniversary or holiday an occasion to remember by sending a gourmet cake from Bake Me A Wish!

We accept advanced orders for Birthday Cake deliveries, up to 2 months from today. Send a cake today by ordering on line or calling us at 888-YUR-WISH (987-9474) M-F, 9am to 5pm; we have experts waiting to assist you on everything from the appropriate cake flavor to recommendations on how and when to ship your cake.(from the website)

GIVEAWAY

One of Bookroom Reviews lucky readers will win their own Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake! You will LOVE it you guys!

TO ENTER: Visit Bakemeawish.com and comment here what other cake you would love to try.

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This contest will end on August 18th and I will e-mail the winner. You will have 48 hours to respond. Make sure and check back for more giveaways all this month! Bake Me A Wish provided the review and giveaway products to Bookroomreviews and was not an influence in the honesty of this review.

Sensei Giveaway: Free Membership and Grocery Cards!

You know about all of the On-line Weight Loss Programs, but did you know there is a new one that will keep in constant touch with you? Well, in our busy lives we seemingly can’t live without our cell phones or Blackberries and SENSEI.COM will deliver your personalized diet plan directly to your cell phone. Not only that, they give you daily menus with recipes, shopping lists, and fitness plans. How cool is that! I was excited to get the opportunity to review Sensei! I agreed to review it because it looks like a practical, inexpensive and healthy support system for people who want to eat healthier and lose weight. Especially busy moms like me, who needs all of those aspects. You can read my review here.

Not only is Sensei one of the most affordable weight loss programs on the market, it is one of the most nutritious. Sensei’s Healthy Eating Index (the measure of diet quality that assesses conformance to Federal dietary guidelines) score is an astounding 90 out of possible 100, compared to the American median score of 49 and the 69 for the top 10% of American diets.

Sensei’s highly anticipated new platform, released last month, includes the new budget-friendly feature, which automates the creation of healthy, personalized and cost-effective meals. Also new is the “Favorites” function and “My Coupons” tab, featuring users’ local grocer sales conveniently available on the site, and affords them to select and repeat favorite foods and meals for their meals to further leverage savings.

Current subscribers to Sensei, a program that transforms a consumer’s mobile phone and desktop into their own “virtual weight loss coach” (PDC), will notice a newly enhanced Web site that is richer in functionality and easier to navigate. The new program will be priced at $15/month for Web-only access, and $20/month for mobile and Web access.

Sensei for Weight Loss is available on most BlackBerries, as well as on most AT&T and Sprint mobile phones. The program is also now available in the App Store for iPhone and iTouch users. To enroll in Sensei For Weight Loss™ or for additional information, visit www.sensei.com

GIVEAWAY

SENSEI.COM has generously offered to give THREE Bookroom Review Readers a free SIX MONTH MEMBERSHIP TO SENSEI.COM. NOT ONLY THAT, THOSE THREE WINNERS WILL ALSO GET A $50.00 GIFT CARD TO WHOLE FOODS!!! AWESOME!

ALSO EVERY PERSON WHO ENTERS TO WIN CAN TRY OUT ONE MONTH OF SENSEI.COM FOR FREE!  ANYTIME YOU WANT YOU CAN SIGN UP, JUST ENTER THE PROMO CODE BOOKROOMREVIEWS. YOU WON’T HAVE TO ENTER YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER.  NO STRINGS.  HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

TO ENTER: VISIT SENSEI.COM AND COMMENT HERE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

ADDITIONAL ENTRY: SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE COMMENT IN A SEPERATE ENTRY

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THIS CONTEST WILL END JUNE 15TH. RANDOM.ORG WILL CHOOSE THE THREE WINNERS AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU. PLEASE RESPOND WITHIN 48 HOURS.  THIS CONTEST IS OPEN WORLDWIDE!

Fiber One Spa Giveaway

Have you tried Fiber One Chewy Bars yet? They are so delicious.  I love the new Chocolate Mocha ones and my other favorite is the Oats and Apple Streusel bars. Both of my boys helped me “test out the bars” and they really liked them too, so you can even bribe your kids with a healthy treat!

And the chewy bar bonus? Each bar has 35% of your fiber for the day. Currently, 9 out of 10 Americans aren’t getting enough fiber in their diets. And research has suggested a link between high fiber intake and healthy body weight. Want to know if you’re getting enough fiber? Try the Fiber-o-Meter.

First, you can print a coupon here for $1.35 off a box of Fiber One chewy bars. (Stores frequently run sales on these, so you should be able to find a nice deal in the coming weeks.)

I also have Fiber One Chocolate Mocha Chewy Bars Spa Break gift baskets to give away to THREE lucky winners!  YEAH!

The baskets include:
-one box of Fiber One chocolate mocha chewy bars
-a bath pillow
-chocolate scented soap, lotion, and bath salts
-a coffee scented candle

TO ENTER: LEAVE ME A COMMENT ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO WIN

ANOTHER ENTRY: STUMBLE THIS CONTEST, TWITTER(FOLLOW AND TWEET,(HEART BUTTONS BELOW) OR SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER OR BLOG. (IN SIDEBARS) LET ME KNOW LINKS IN A SEPARATE ENTRY

ANOTHER ENTRY: GRAB MY TWILIGHT GIVEAWAY BUTTON(in sidebar) AND LEAVE ME THE LINK AND COME BACK THEN TO PARTICIPATE, IT WILL BE FUN!

THIS CONTEST WILL END MARCH 20TH AND RANDOM.ORG WILL CHOOSE THE WINNER. U.S. AND CANADA ONLY PLEASE. PLEASE RESPOND WITHIN 48 HOURS OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE PRIZE AND I WILL RE-DRAW ANOTHER WINNER.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Stop and Shop for Healthy Ideas

Feeding a family of four healthy food can be challenging.  “Healthy” grocery stores make things easy by stocking only items that are good for you, however, the prices are often high, and not budget friendly.  Our local grocery store, Stop & Shop, has been working hard to make choosing healthy foods easier.

Stop & Shop’s new Healthy Ideas program features a “healthy ideas” symbol that is placed on over 3,000 items in the store.  It makes it easy to shop for healthy foods without having to dissect the label.  Stop & Shop considers calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium content in their criteria for labeling items as healthy.  In addition, they offer healthy recipes, and healthy “swaps” — foods that can easily be swapped to make a meal healthier.

To learn more about the Healthy Ideas program visit their website at www.stopandshop.com. Thanks to Mom Central for the information.

“No More Naked Popcorn” Giveaway

One of the biggest challenges to healthy eating is between-meal snacking. Popcorn, a whole grain food that’s low in calories, is a great snack food that’s economical and also fun to eat. We are HUGE popcorn eaters in my family. One of my fondest memories of childhood was looking forward to Friday nights, because my mom would cook (on the stove) a big pot of popcorn and then we would settle in to watch a movie. KERNALSEASONS has a line of yummy Popcorn Seasonings to add some kick to your Popcorn. They have everything from Butter, Kettle Korn, Nacho Chedder, Ranch and much more!  We were so tickled to try some of their flavors and my favorite is Sour Cream. My husband is a Ranch fanatic and the kids love the White Cheddar and Butter. Tip: You can use the seasonings for other food too, we love it on potatoes.

One cup of popped popcorn, eaten plain, contains:
24 calories
1 gram of protein
6 grams carbohydrates
1 gram fiber

Keeping healthy snacks on hand is important for the whole family, especially with childhood obesity on the rise. “Popcorn is one of the best snack foods around. It’s low in calories and high in fiber which makes it a healthy, nutritious choice for between-meal snacking for kids and adults,” says Elizabeth M. Ward, registered dietitian and author of The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to the New Food Pyramids. Sprinkling popcorn with herbs or other seasonings is a fun way to add flavor without adding extra fat and calories. Children love to mix and match a variety of flavors to create their own healthy popcorn creations.

Ideas include: Spray popcorn with low-fat cooking oil such as Kernel Season’s Popcorn Spritzer, sprinkle with Kernel Season’s toppings such as flavors as White Cheddar, Nacho Cheddar, Butter, Ranch and Kettle Corn. Add raisins and dried fruits for variation on trail mix. Sprinkle popcorn with Kernel Season’s Chocolate Marshmallow flavor to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate. Consider popcorn as a healthy alternative to more fattening desserts by adding Kernel Season’s Apple Cinnamon, Caramel or Kettle Corn flavors. Because popcorn is a good source of fiber it provides many health benefits and is often recommended by health and medical associations including The National Cancer Institute, The American Dietetic Association and The American Dental Association. Popcorn is healthy for the wallet, too. One cup of plain popcorn costs only pennies. (For example, Kernel Season’s popcorn costs between 12-14 cents per cup). Kick off the New Year with healthy eating habits that are easy and fun. Adding wholesome snacks like popcorn to the family diet is one resolution that everyone can keep.

KERNAL SEASON’S, headquartered in Elk Grove Village, IL, is the number one popcorn seasoning in the country. The flavors are all natural blends made with real cheese and are offered at more than 20,000 movie theater screens nationwide as a free shake-on topping. They may be purchased for home use at more than 18,000 grocery stores across America including Wal-Mart, Target, K Mart, Blockbuster Video, Safeway and Food Lion. Kernel Season’s products and popcorn accessories can be purchased at www.NoMoreNakedPopcorn.com. You can buy four and get one seasoning free for only $15.96 on their website. The website also has other web offers, recipes, and a Kernals Club.

KERNALSEASONS has generously sent me some extra Popcorn Seasonings to share with you! YUM! I love to give away the products that I enjoy. One person will win a three pack of popcorn seasonings. The flavors are Ranch, Nacho Cheddar and Kettle Corn.

TO ENTER: VISIT KERNALSEASONS WEBSITE AND COME BACK AND COMMENT WHAT OTHER FLAVORS OR PRODUCT YOU WOULD LOVE TO TRY.

FOR SECOND ENTRY: STUMBLE, TWITTER (FOLLOW ME AND TWEET THIS) OR SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE THE LINK IN A SEPARATE COMMENT.

THIS CONTEST WILL END FEBRUARY 6TH AT MIDNIGHT. RANDOM.ORG WILL CHOOSE THE WINNER AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU. PLEASE RESPOND WITHIN 48 HOURS OR I WILL HAVE TO RE-DRAW. U.S. AND CANADA ONLY. GOOD LUCK AND KEEP CHECKING BACK, I HAVE SOME AMAZING GIVEAWAYS COMING UP

MARK YOUR CALENDERS AND GRAB THE BUTTON TO PARTICIPATE/ OR HOST A BOOK GIVEAWAY MARCH 2-8TH!  FOR MORE GIVEAWAYS GO TO BLOGGY GIVEAWAYS CARNIVAL WEBSITE AND HAVE FUN!