The Gourmet Cupboard Review

The Gourmet Cupboard is a company that offers gourmet food mixes. They make creating a delicious dish fast, easy and manageable for the not-so-experienced cooks. All of their mixes are handmade with high quality ingredients and tried & true recipes. They are MSG and preservative free. The Gourmet Cupboard includes mixes for bread, coffee, cookies, dips, desserts, meals, muffins, salad dressings, teas and more. They have mixes that are diabetic friendly and sugar free. For our review, we Read more [...]

Nutrisystem Women’s SUCCESS Select Program Week 20 Review

This week, I want to share with you some of my favorite Nutrisystem dinners. I am not a big fan of red meat so, it comes as a great surprise to me that my favorite Nutrisystem dinners are the ones that contain beef. My all-time FAVORITE dinner is the Steak Tagliata. This meal makes me feel like I am dining at a fancy restaurant. It is absolutely delicious! I also enjoy the Citrus Barbeque Glazed Pork, Moroccan Inspired Chicken, Beef & Wedged Potatoes, Ravioli in Meat Sauce and Lasagna Read more [...]

Only Hangers Review & #Giveaway US 01/18

This year, I wanted to start things off on the right foot. I looked around my home for things I could improve to make our day-to-day life a little less chaotic. I decided to start by cleaning and organizing our closets. It took some time to go through each of them cleaning out and donating unused items and then organizing what was left. The closet that needed the most help in our home was mine. I began my closet make-over by removing everything. I did a quick sort removing all clothing that Read more [...]

Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil Review

The founders of Tropical Traditions are Brian and Marianita Shilhavy. Marianita is a degreed dietician whose family is from the Philippines. In 1998, Brian and Marianita and their three children returned to the Philippines. At that time, the coconut industry was very depressed and coconut farmers were no longer able to provide for their families.  Although income associated with the sales of coconut and coconut products was very low, that didn’t turn the older native population away from continuing Read more [...]

Nutrisystem Women’s SUCCESS Select Program Week 19

With the help of Nutrisystem, I made it through our multiple family Christmas celebrations making healthy food choices. Although I let myself have a few treats, I kept reminding myself that those few seconds of delight weren’t worth derailing my hard work. I am proud of my accomplishments. Speaking of accomplishments-  This week’s measurements show a loss of- 0 in my upper arms, 0 in chest, 0 in waist, 0 in my hips, .5 in my thighs, for a weekly total of .5 inch and an overall total of Read more [...]