* updated* Green Mountain Fair trade coffee..enter to win a free Keurig Machine TONIGHT!!!

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Green Mountain Coffee just posted a video to highlight just what Fair Trade coffee is...its only 23 seconds long so take a look to learn more. Pretty good stuff!!!
Check it out the benefits of Fair Trade Coffee here.

Have you all heard about Green Mountain Fair Trade Coffee? Well Green Mountain Coffee.is giving away 200 Free Keurigs (K65) before 6 PM EST today. Just go here, like them, and complete the form, and come back and tell me if you win.

What is Fair trade coffee you ask..well it is a certified coffee that ensures that the farmers receive a fair amount for their coffee beans which leads to helping the community of those farmers attain fresh drinking water, start new projects like improved schools, improved roads tc... In other words, it helps to improve the farming community's quality of life. Now who does not like that?


Recently I was sent a few packet of Fair Trade Green Mountain Coffee (Three Continent Blend) to try for free from BzzAgent. The package says Extra bold and it was great tasting and perfect for a wake me up in the mornings. Here is the website for choose Fair Trade, and if you wanted to try out some coffee for yourself I have some coupon codes for you  worth $2.00 off  a box of Fair Trade Coffee. Now keep in mind that these codes can only be used once, so let me know if you use one and I will take it down off the blog so others don't get frustrated trying to use them. I also have coupons for 50% off a Keurig Machine if anyone is interested hit me up, I can send them to you.  Have a great coffee break and don't forget to let me know how you like it.

Without further ado...here are the codes:  FTBZZ-JM1DYRN, FTBZZ-JM1GMWB, FTBZZ-JM1HG2J, FTBZZ-JM2BST2, FTBZZ-JM44LGL

Fage Total Yogurt for doggie treats?

Lets face it, in the north east it has been hot hot hot over the past week. If you have dogs, you can feel my pain that I could not walk them or even bring them outside to play without getting them wet first. Most of the time my Saint Bernard would not even go out the door in the heat. My kids eat ice pops and ice cream to cool off in the summer heat and have a treat, so that got me to thinking...maybe I could make something frozen for my dogs to cool off also.

Since I am working on a campaign for Bzzagent on Fage Total Yogurt (I got it free to try) and I have been having so much fun trying out their recipes for my family, maybe I can make a frosty treat for my dogs with Fage Total Yogurt. I know they have Frosty Paws ice cream for dogs in the stores, but I could not bring myself to pay the amount of money they are asking for them. That is when I decided to make my own Frosty treat for my two beef cakes using Fage Total Yogurt. Here is what I did:

32 oz. plain Fage Total Yogurt
  1 mashed banana
2 Tablespoons peanut butter
2 Tablespoons honey

1. Mix all these ingredients in your blender, then pour into ice cube trays or even a kong toy to freeze and serve. Be sure the mold you freeze your treat into is either 1. large enough that your dog won't be able to swallow it whole when frozen solid. or 2. Shaped, like our bone ice cube trays, with slender sections so it can be crunched easier.

 It was that easy! And my dogs loved loved loved it. Now, if you are a fancy smancy baker (of cooker as my daughter would say) you can get your mixture and spread it out on waxed paper (about 1 to 2 inches thick and freeze for about ten minutes, and then use a cookie cutter to cut out fun shapes for your precious pooch! Think doggie bone cookie cutters, or cat cookie cutters if your dogs hate cats as much as mine do! Then just pop back in the freezer until they are frozen solid. Easy peasy and a great yummy frosty treat for your dogs on those hot summer days.

If you have any Fage Total yogurt left after making your doggie treats there are a ton of great recipes here to make interesting new dinners for your family too! If you have a favorite recipe made with yogurt, shoot me an email with it, I will post it and try it! I am always looking for new ways to spice up my dinner menu. Stay cool peeps!

Drive your mother Mad this Mothers Day with Pure Madness Chocolate

Are you in need of a good idea for mom for Mothers Day? If you are anything like me, your mother has everything and anything she needs. I am sure that another picture of the grand kids would be really nice, and yet another bouquet of flowers would be appreciated, but why not add something new and different for mom to indulge in this Mothers Day.

I received a box of Pure Madness Chocolates from BzzAgent to try out and review. I jumped at the chance because, well, who does not love chocolate. Once I opened the beautiful black and pink box I knew these truffles were going to be different and immediately thought to myself that this would make a great gift for mom, or even a pick me up for a friend who is having a tough time. The little truffles were beautiful and so different looking. One had salt on the top and another had shaved chocolate, while yet another had nuts. They were quite decadent looking.

My box of Pure Madness Truffles had such varieties as Espresso, Chili Lime, Rum Raisin, Salt, and Classic. They were a delicious blend of Dark and Milk Chocolate and come in a bunch of different varieties that can be found here. I dont think our box of truffles lasted 2 days in our house before it was empty. My favorite was the Espresso truffle and the Espresso chocolate bar. YUM!

This mothers day I will be getting three boxes of Pure Madness Chocolates, one for my mother, one for my mother in law and one for myself. Only this time, I am hiding my box from the rest of the family. Oh and I am sure I am going to frame a picture of the grandkids, ya know, for good measure!

Disclosure ** I received Pure Madness Chocolates for free via a coupon from BzzAgent and the opinions expressed in this post are my own.

Lysol Touch of Foam=FUN

Today I want to talk about a fabulous product from Lysol. Lysol Touch of Foam. This product is a must have if you have kids in the house. First of all the dispenser releases just enough foam to get those little hands clean, and best of all, there is little to no mess. I don't know about your kids, but my kids make a total mess of the bathroom washing their hands. I am constantly cleaning up sticky dried up soap off the counters, in the sink, and worst yet is when the soap does not easily clean off their hands and they walk around leaving soapy hand prints on everything. Since trying Lysol Touch of Foam that BzzAgent sent me to review, hand washing time has been a non-issue  Well, that is unless you want to count the squeals of delight that come from the bathroom when friends are over and its time to wash up for snack. Foam=Fun!

As a mom, I must say that I am happy that Lysol Touch of Foam kills 99.9% of germs and also leaves your hands moisturized due to the moisture enriched bubbles. OH and to boot Lysol made the pump itself  resistant to bacteria, which means no more stinky soap dispensers in the bathroom!  Lysol comes in Rose and Cherry in Bloom, Wild Berry Bliss, and Creamy Vanilla Orchid, which to me smells more like Lavender 

If you have kids in the house or not why not give Lysol Touch of Foam a whirl. I will be buying this soap for hand washing from now on.  

** Disclosure I received Lysol Touch of Foam for free via a coupon from BzzAgent and the opinions expressed in this post are my own.