Giveaway | Apple Crumbles

Ted Makes Pizza

What a surprise. Look who got caught in the kitchen… These are his ingredients: 2 ready made pizza crusts 1 TBS olive oil per crust 1 1/2 cups Eggplant Sauce – divided between the two crusts 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese per pizza crust 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese per pizza crust 2 TBS sliced black olives Did you catch that? “2nd Crust Getting “SAUCED”??? …. there was no booze on that counter! You’ve been waiting for this….. The slice actually took a while to sag but I was slow with the camera… Do you cook with your partner? [...]

By Joanne|2010-03-03T17:05:59-05:00March 3, 2010|Food|7 Comments

Hershey’s Chocolate GIVEAWAY

My energy levels are down. What better way to get me out of my slump than to offer you guys a delicious giveaway for chocolate. Yay! Don’t you love giveaways? I do. I just love getting packages in the mail or by UPS. Well, I have one for you, compliments of Hershey's Chocolate. Do you have a favorite chocolate? White? Milk? Dark? How do you like your chocolate? To bake with it? To eat it as a candy bar? Do you like it plain or with nuts? How about a filling? Personally, I like caramel…yummmmy! Have you ever tried any [...]

By Joanne|2010-03-02T11:47:49-05:00March 2, 2010|Chocolate|44 Comments

Quinoa Burgers

First, BIG NEWS! Share my excitement by checking this site out for Egg Lands Best Eggs! Look down the page, just under the heading and SURPRISE! It's an Apple Crumbles Recipe and photo. Yay for Egg-Lands! Second - A Give Away! For all you RUNNERS out there, Kim of Ilax Studio is having a giveaway that you really have to check out. Speaking of running, 65 minutes spent on the tread mill this morning. My pace was slow but it wasn't so boring since the Olympics were on while I was stomping away. The Olympics are replayed from the night before so going to [...]

By Joanne|2010-02-17T08:37:41-05:00February 17, 2010|Food, healthy cooking|8 Comments

Food Safety and Health Facts

In the e-newsletter this week, issued by Food Engineering, there were some very interesting news bits in food manufacturing. It sounds so industrial doesn’t it? But it’s interesting so read on…. Nestle Changes It’s Flour: Remember when the Nestle Toll House cookie dough was recalled last year (June 2009)? It was contaminated with E.coli. Flour was the suspect in the investigation because it is a raw commodity which carries more risk. As a result of new Quality procedures, the Nestle facility has converted to a heat-treated flour to improve safety and minimize contamination risks. The products utilizing the heat-treated flour [...]

By Joanne|2010-01-29T15:13:54-05:00January 29, 2010|Food, Food thoughts|4 Comments

On a Snowy Morning

Sometimes, when you can’t get away from it, you just have to enjoy it. The best time to enjoy the cold and the snow is very early in the morning before the cars begin rushing past on their way to work and the streets come alive with activity. In the very early morning hours, you may see one or two people shoveling snow from their driveways or sidewalks. You might even see the bagel delivery van at the college. But you won’t smell exhaust fumes. You won’t hear loud voices. You won’t hear screeching tires. You will hear your self [...]

By Joanne|2010-01-13T06:57:49-05:00January 13, 2010|Exercises, Food|7 Comments

Tuesday Scallops and an OLD BAY Giveaway

Look at what I recieved from Old Bay yesterday: Old Bay is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year and in celebration of its birthday and the summer season, they offered a “Basket of the Bay” gift that included, OLD BAY Seasoning, an OLD BAY Seafood Steamer bag, some great new OLD BAY-inspired recipes to try out and additional items perfect for the summer season. I have to try out some of the new recipes and share with the folks at Old Bay how much we enjoyed them. Additionally, Old Bay is offering another gift bag to giveaway to readers – so you can also get a chance to try out the [...]

By Joanne|2009-07-14T19:05:33-04:00July 14, 2009|Food|19 Comments