Welcome Home Brands Review

                                           
~ By Patricia ~

I just love baking, especially as the weather turns cold and I start to crave those warm baked goods. It is also fun to share your tasty treats with friends and family. Showing up to a friends house with a nice warm treat or having someone bring you something is always welcoming. I am always looking for a great baking dish or cupcake liners to take them in. But ever want to take them fresh out of the oven and not have to worry about getting your dish back? Seriously how many bakeware dishes have you left behind at a party?  There is a great and convenient way to bake and take your goodies with you and they even come in so many shapes, designs and colors and patterns! Welcome Home Brands carries Oven-Safe Paper Bakeware. I thought it sounded too good to be true, I had to try it to believe it.

Here is a little about Welcome Home Brands from their site about the Oven-Safe Paper Bakeware:

Welcome Home Brands Paper Bakeware replaces metal bakeware with style, offering a whole new way to bake, serve, store, and give in one unit. It’s oven safe to 400°F and freezer safe, so consumers can bake and freeze in the same paper pan. Because it cuts down on cleanup, it streamlines the baking process and makes home baking easier and more fun. Manufactured in partnership with Temma Shiki of Japan, a global leader in paper bakeware, the Welcome Home Brands collection includes a variety of shapes, styles, designs, including everyday and seasonal collections.

I made brownies for a shower I was going to attend with the Festive bakewear pattern. It was so great and so easy. I made my brownie mix, poured it right into the paper bakeware, cooked them (just be sure to watch them because the cooking time varies) and served them nice and hot to my friends. The pattern is fun and festive, they were a big hit and everyone loved how convenient they were. I had no idea these even existed, and now that I do I will be using them again!

Wordless Wednesday - Halloween Prep at our house!

Almost Halloween!

~By Laura

Its almost Halloween! I think I am more excited than my son lol. I love to see him dressed up in a costume and try to say trick or treat, although I do say it like Lucy on the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by saying Tricks or Treats. We will be watching that movie with dinner as soon as I get home from work. Thankfully my boss is rocking and I can leave work in time for dinner and to take my little guy out trick or treating.

I wanted my son to be a dragon, my husband liked the Mario outfit but my son wanted to be Buzz Lightyear, so Buzz it is. I know we will have a fun time. I dont think I will dress up this year but next year I want us to do a family theme for us all to dress up.

Happy Halloween from my family here in Northern Cali!

Zuvo Water Review and Giveaway

                                                





I love feeling like I am giving my family a healthy start with everything from the food we eat to the water we drink. Zuvo Water is helping me do that with clean healthy water and it's five step process using nature's own cleaning process right in my kitchen. A Zuvo Water Filtration system can easily be installed above the counter right to your faucet or under the counter for a space saving idea. It treats non-pathogenic organisms, taste and odor contaminants, reduces aesthetic chlorine, lead, and tiny particulates that can be in your tap water using a UV light.







                                      


What I like about Zuvo Water is how easy it is to install, we installed it under the counter, we have limited counter space in our kitchen so it was great to have that option. Our water tastes crisp and clean with just the run of the filtration system. The boys are trying to sneak under the sink to watch the bubbles as the water filters through!

There are two models to choose from, the Zuvo Water Filtration System - 300 and 100 Series, here is some information about the Series and differences-

There are two different series of the Zuvo Water Filtration System including the 100 and 300 Series.

There are a number of key differences between the two series. The 300 Series systems include both a filter indicator light and buzzer to tell you when to change your filter. This takes the guesswork out of knowing when to change your filter.

Another key difference is that the 300 Series systems come with a high-capacity filter (400 gallon filter life) and the 100 Series systems come with a standard-capacity filter (250 gallon filter life).

The 300 Series systems include a charcoal-colored reservoir, and the 100 Series systems include a clear-colored reservoir.

All Zuvo replacement filters including the standard-capacity, high-capacity and VOC filters are compatible with all Zuvo systems. A standard- or high-capacity filter combined with any Zuvo system reduces the following water contaminants: chlorine taste and odor, lead, cysts (Cryptosporidium and Giardia), tiny particulates and non-pathogenic microorganisms.

Any Zuvo system combined with a VOC (volatile organic compounds) filter reduces all water contaminants that the standard- and high-capacity filters do plus VOCs (volatile organic compounds). The VOC filter has a filter life of 250 gallons.

An added bonus, if you often buy water bottles this is also a money saving and better for the planet solution. Nice!

GIVEAWAY:
Enter to win a Zuvo Water Filter System for your kitchen sink

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San Fransisco Bath Salt Company Review & Giveaway

                                                              



As the weather changes and the temperature drops and there is a chill in the air the idea of a nice warm bath comes to mind. To make your bath even nicer, there are so many beautiful colored and scented bath salts to chose from. I like to turn to the San Fransisco Bath Salt Company when looking for a new scent for myself or for a gift to a friend. Their variety of bath salts is amazing with everything from colored and scented bath salts, scented only bath salts, foaming bath salts, luxurious milk baths, non scented bath salts, to customer favorites. And for the cold and flu season they carry a cold and flu vitamin soak packed with Vitamin C, Lemon Essential Oil, Eucalyptus Essential Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil, Rosehips, Hibiscus flower, Echinacea Root and Ginseng Root.




 



For an even more inviting bath they also have a variety of Body Scrubs, Salt Scrubs and Sugar Scrubs.  If you are looking for a gentle exfoliation pamper yourself with a sugar scrub, for deeper exfoliation use a salt scrub. Both seem heavenly!


                                                                                                                      

Here is some information about San Fransisco Bath Salt Company from their site-

About Us

Salt is both a necessity and a luxury. We need it in appropriate quantities to survive, but we can also use it to soften skin, soothe muscles, and relax our bodies (to name just a few benefits).

Our mission is to raise your awareness of the amazing benefits of natural sea salts - to harness the power of the ocean to enhance your well-being, from the inside out.

We offer an extensive line of bath and shower salts to soothe, cure, and promote relaxation, as well as a line of gourmet chef salts to guarantee just the right flavors for your dishes. We design, develop, and package all of our own products in our two San Francisco bay area facilities.


After a luxurious bath a delicious meal is perfect! I found on the San Fransisco Bath Salt Company website that they also have Sea Salt. They have gourmet varieties like Pacific Ocean Pristine Sea Salt. Their Pacific Ocean Gourmet Salts are made through the ancient and natural process of slowly evaporating Pacific Sea water to collect its salt. This all-natural sea salt is Kosher and contains no additives. This would be a great gift for any cook in your life.

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 *Limited to US residents 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts Oct. 30,  2012 and ends on Nov. 14, 2012 at 12:01 am EST. Winner will be emailed and has 72 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others. The sponsor is responsible for providing the prize. I was sent a product to review for this post.