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Sheba – Feed Your Passion

May 6, 2013 By Anne

SHEBA Entrées for Cats enters the U.S. pet care market with two new lines, PREMIUM CUTS® and PREMIUM PATES, each featuring recipes made from carefully selected, quality ingredients. SHEBA Entrées are always made with real beef, poultry or seafood, and all recipes are held to a high standard ensuring a premium meal with an irresistible taste cats will love.

As well, Mars Petcare US begins its fish sustainability journey, offering five varieties of SHEBA Entrées that follow the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® recommendations. SHEBA currently offers responsibly-sourced whitefish, tuna and seafood options, and by the end of 2013, all SHEBA fish recipes—including salmon—will meet the Seafood Watch recommendations.

“I am excited to partner with SHEBA for the launch of the ‘feed your passion’ campaign and help celebrate the many passions of cat lovers,” said Eva Longoria. “My fans know that I am passionate about things like acting, charitable giving, cooking and dancing, but taking part in this campaign has helped me showcase my passion for pets – especially cats.”

I was excited when Sheba Cat Foods asked me to review their line of foods with my two cats, Spice and Zena. We received 6 varieties, a food dish and a feather toy!

My daughter couldn’t wait to get that feather toy out of the box and try it out on Zena!!

We tried out the new food and bowl and while both cats were interested, I needed to feed them separately. Once Zena wants to eat, Spice will just walk away and let Zena enjoy.

I liked feeding them Sheba because I know the food is made with real beef, chicken/turkey and seafood and no rice or grains are added. And they love it too!

Like to enter contests?

Sheba is hosting Feed Your Passion Contest right now!

You could be one of three people to win up to $5000 to Feed Your Passion!!

What would mine be? A new camera and photography lessons!

Just go to www.Sheba.com/FeedYourPassion to enter. All you have to do is share a picture of your cat along with a caption that shares how you would celebrate your ultimate passion in a big way.

Contest ends May 31st.

See rules that may apply.

I received product to review. Opinions are my own.

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

Peanut Butter Fudge

April 26, 2013 By Anne

This is a sponsored post.

I was asked to come up with a recipe to share with sugar as an ingredient. Easy right? There are so many desserts made with sugar.

My mom’s birthday is coming up so I was thinking a cake. But when I was talking with her and told her what I was up to, she said why don’t you make Grandma’s Peanut Butter Fudge. There’s sugar in there and I would love some she says. And of course my husband was like, yeah!! (It’s his favorite.)

So, Peanut Butter Fudge it is. This is a family favorite!!

Ingredients are easy:
1 pound Confectioner’s Sugar
1 jar (8oz) Peanut Butter
1 jar (7oz) marshmallow
1/2 cup milk

Mix sugar and milk in sauce pan. Let boil 5 minutes or less, no more! I do about 4 1/2.

Take off heat and add peanut butter and marshmallow quickly. Stir until it starts to get hard, then pour into greased pan. I use a glass pan.

I always put the peanut butter and marshmallow in a glass bowl so it’s ready to add. I’ve made the mistake once or twice and it took too long to get out of the jars.

The main ingredient….sugar.

I like to use a nice heavy duty pan. to boil the milk and sugar in.

Gooey awesomeness!!

The pan is already 1/3 gone! It’s that good!

Anne

Free McDonald’s Breakfast for FCAT’s April 15th

April 14, 2013 By Anne

This is the fourth year that McDonalds is offering free breakfast for students in Florida . Students taking the FCAT this coming Monday April 15th can receive a free breakfast!

Now I’m not sure I will be taking my son as he has to get to school by 7:30 am but we’ll see.

What students will get: a free Egg McMuffin, apple slices and a choice of 1% low-fat white milk, fat-free chocolate milk or orange juice at any participating McDonald’s restaurant.

Local students in grades 3 through 11 are eligible to receive the free breakfast.

The breakfast offer is only available in-store at participating Mc Donald’s restaurants in Florida on Monday, April 15 only. The offer is valid while supplies last, and no substitutions or group redemptions are permitted.
Students under the age of 15 must be present and accompanied by a parent or guardian to redeem the offer.

Anne

Big G Cereal Gone Retro (Giveaway) #MyBlogSpark

April 3, 2013 By Anne

I’ve always had cereal in the house. My husband is one of the biggest cereal eaters I ever met! And with a house full of boys ( I married a man with 3 boys ) we always had an ample supply of cereal. Those boys are grown, but my little guy, who is not so little, has followed in their footsteps and is a big cereal eater too. Lucky Charms is a big hit right now. The favorites change form time to time.

Right now through the end of April is General Mills going “Retro” with special edition classic packaging from the 1950’s, ’60s and ’80s!

They are only at Target, so head on over and pick up some cool retro looks. Big G has teamed up with Hasbro to celebrate by offering a $5 coupon on Clue® Vintage, Scrabble® Vintage, Parcheesi® Vintage or Risk® Vintage board games at Target!

I grew up with Parcheesi. My family played it all the time! That was always the go to game for us. My mother always won! It’s a family favorite.

If you do head out to Target, download and print a coupon for $1 off 2 General Mills cereals .

Each cereal box has a $5 coupon for a Hasbro® board game. These are only available at Target from March 15, 2013 to April 30, 2013 while supplies last. And the coupon is only good at Target stores from March 15, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
Cereals to look for are: Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (16.2 oz.), Lucky Charms® (16 oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Cheerios® (18 oz.) and Cocoa Puffs® (16.5 oz.)
Games to buy with coupon are: Clue® Vintage, Scrabble® Vintage, Parcheesi® Vintage or Risk® Vintage

I received a gift pack through MyBlogSpark and General Mills. We got our favorite Lucky Charms and Cheerios, my favorite Parcheesi and a gift card to Target!!

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The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. Opinions are my own.

Anne

My Eggland’s Best Eggs Brunch

March 20, 2013 By Anne

Did you know March is National Nutrition Month? It is! I’ve slowly been changing out some of normal foods with healthier versions.

One thing I hadn’t thought about were eggs. Eggs are eggs, right? Wrong. Eggland’s Best send me a package of goodies and coupons to try their eggs and share by hosting a brunch with family and friends.

When compared to ordinary eggs, Eggland’s Best Eggs contain:

· 10 times more vitamin E

· Double the amount of omega-3’s

· Twice the amount of vitamin D

· 3 times more vitamin B12

· 25% less saturated fat

· 38% more lutein

I had no idea!!

I decided to make Breakfast Burritos. My burritos may be plain for some if you, but I know my picky family will eat them. Of course, Savannah wanted to help whisk and take pictures.

I made sausage, eggs, potatoes, sausage links and bacon. I then made some burritos with sausage, cheese, egg and potatoes. And a few with just sausage, cheese and eggs. The extra sausage links and bacon were added as sides. Salsa, hot sauce and sour cream were used by some us. And I served orange juice too!

I invited my mom and her friend Marcia over last Sunday, which was St. patty’s Day. That’s why we are all wearing green. It was a wonderful brunch. I even ate 2 burritos!! Bad girl!

I gave the extra coupon to my mom so she can get her own Eggland’s Best Eggs to use at home!

Check out Eggland’s Best Facebook , Twitter and Pinterest. Plus if you go on their website you can find tasty recipes.

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(1) coupon for one free dozen Eggland’s Best eggs
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(1) egg-shaped wooden cutting board
(1) whisk
(1) bowl scraper
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