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Avoid messy fingers and split yolks by cracking an egg directly into this mini sieve over a bowl and shake gently
Yolk remains in the sieve and white is collected in the bowl underneath
Mini hand-held design is easy to use and even easier to keep clean
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Being a caffeine addict, specifically Coke, Cherry Coke + Dr Pepper, I am always tossing cans out. From the four people in our household, only one does not drink soda, but we go through about three 12 packs a week. You should have seen the smile on my face when I found out I had the opportunity to review the SodaStream. We received the SodaStream about a week ago and have NOT purchased soda from a store since!
Putting the machine together was as simple as removing the top, placing the carbonator bottle (carbon dioxide) into the machine, place the lid back on and you're good to go! There are two 1-Liter bottles (BPA-free, as well as free of phthalates and PCBs) that fit onto the machine. You fill the bottle up, with tap water, to the water fill line and place in the fridge to chill. Once chilled, attach the bottle to the machine. Then with a few pushes of the button, you have carbonated water.
Once carbonated, you can simply removed the bottle from the machine and pour + enjoy! Or you can add flavoring mixes of your choice. We received a number of soda flavors, teas and flavored waters to try out. I personally like the Dr Pete and love the original Soda flavorings. My kidlets liked the Orange and Cranberry Raspberry ones. The only ones I would not drink are the flavored waters as they seemed to have tasted dull to me.
The cost of the machine at $99.95, it's self is a bit steep but if you think about the long term cost of sodas + flavored waters, you could very well save a lot if you drink them as much as I do. If you swap your old one in, a replacement cartridge will cost $15 or purchase a new cartridge for $25 each. The flavor mixes can be purchased for about $5 a piece and the servings per flavorings vary (some up to 50 servings!). Having the SodaStream there's no worry of having to recycle cans + bottles, it doesn't use electricity and it takes up very little space on a counter top.
Green Business! Yep, not only does Eco Lunch Gear have green products (using 100% Certified Organic Cotton), but a green office too. This is one of the great things behind this company that I loved from the start. They recycle in the workplace, no paper products; They do their dishes the old fashion way + use cloth napkins!
I had the opportunity to review the Sandwich Wrap + the Snack Bag. Two great products for any lunch pail. Both are cute, durable + EASY to clean!
Left: Sandwich wrap + snack bag folded up. Right: Sandwich wrap opened as a placemat.
REUSABLE SNACK BAGS
Adorable fabric prints, folds like an envelope + Velcros shut. Fits a good size handful of fresh veggies or fruit, chips, cookies or even a brownie. Approximate size is 3 1/2" x 6".
REUSABLE SANDWICH WRAP
Same great fabric prints as the Snack Bags, folds up like an envelope as well + yet again Velcros shut for freshness. Bring a left over burger, bbq sandwich or just a PB+J to work with you; Even the biggest of "sandwiches" (ok, within NORMAL reasoning) will fit in here! When the Sandwich Wrap is opened all the way, it doubles as a placemat. Approximate size is 13" x 15".
I put these to the test before even allowing my children to get a hold of them because they were so cute. I pulled + tugged + twisted to my hearts desire. These babies are strong. These can be hand washed right along side of your regular dishes or machine washed if you're really in a hurry. Either way, Eco Lunch Gear is easy peasy. A+ in my book!
How many times a week do you ask yourself, What’s For Dinner? How much time a week are you planning out your family’s dinner meals, shopping lists and grocery shopping?
A lot! I know that I was spending more time than I wanted to in planning for our meals – probably just as much time or more as I did in cooking & eating them! Then a few months ago, I came across Menu In A Box. I won a free one year membership to the site by simply entering a giveaway on the blog. I was thrilled at the thought of it and trust me, it’s came in handy!
Advantages of 200 Weeknight Dinners
My favorite part of the membership was actually the free gift that came along with it, an e-book. Menu In a Box 200 Weeknight Dinners Budget & Family Friendly includes 40 weeks of meals along with shopping lists. All organized and ready to print for shopping and preparing your meals! You could add one night of leftovers and one night as a take-out or go out to eat and print a page from this ebook and you have an entire week planned in seconds!
Example of How to use 200 Weeknight Meals
If your family is easy to please in the meal department, you could print the lists off and use them in the order that they are. Everything, and I do mean everything, sounds great! I, however, have one child that eats everything in sight and one that is allergic to eggs as well as has some sensory issues (picky about way certain foods feel and/or look in his hands and/or mouth). While he seems to be doing a bit better lately with those sensory issues, I do usually have to make sure I have something else on hand that is most likely microwavable or quick to throw together like a sandwich. As there are 40 weeks to choose from, I have been known to skip through a few of them and print out ones in which everyone in the household is more likely to eat all or close to all the meals from that week. And others I have used a blank printable meal planner of my own and created the shopping list for a few of the meals from the e-book and a few of my own recipes. Since my children are toddler/preschool age, I’m sure they will out grow the picky stage and I’ll have more opportunity to use each and every one of the recipes!
Nicole
Disclaimer: Menu In A Box provided me with a free service / digital product in exchange for my honest opinion.
