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Monday, June 17, 2013

7 Tips Keeping Cool in Your Kitchen #cooking

With summer upon us and the weather finally warming up, our kitchens are also heating up.  Too keep your cool in the kitchen, try these tips:
  • Plan your menu according to the weather.  Avoid using your oven or stovetop on the hottest days.  Instead, consider grilling or making crockpot meals.  Another thought is to make meals that are served cold.  For dessert, consider no-bake desserts.
  • Instead of heating up your oven, use a small toaster oven when possible.  Surprisingly, many items fit in these small ovens, including pizzas!
  • Use the microwave to heat or cook whenever possible.
  • If you need to turn the oven on, try to do it in the mornings or evenings.
  • If you turn your oven on, plan to cook multiple items at the same time or back to back.  This saves you from turning the oven on and preheating it again.
  • Only run your dishwasher in the early morning or late evening.
  • Turn off any lights you don't need.  Yes, lights emit heat.

Don't forget about your fridge.  When your fridge motor runs more, it add additional heat to the kitchen. Here are a couple tips to keep the fridge from running so much.

  • Don't stand with the door open.  Know what you want, remove it and close the door as quickly as possible.
  • Keep foods organized.  Basic staple items kept in the same place will make them quicker to find.
  • Need to thaw something?  Remove it from the freezer and place it on an upper shelf of the refrigerator the day before.  While it thaws, it will also cool the fridge.
Remember, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and make reservations!



Super Yummy and Easy Chili Relleno Casserole #Recipe!

Chili Relleno Recipe



I love following Lynn's Kitchen Adventures.  Every recipe I have made of hers has come out delicious, and the Chili Relleno was a huge hit in my family.  In fact, my husband said I outdid myself.  Little does he know how easy it was to make.  I followed the recipe with the exception that I cut back on the amount of cheese.  It was still plenty cheesy and yummy!  Visit Lynn's Kitchen Adventures to get the receipe.

Friday, June 14, 2013

#Giveaway: Olay Regenerist Advanced Anti-Aging Prize Pack @OlayUS

Disclosure:  I received product to facilitate this review.  As always, this review contains my honest opinions.  The Olay Regenerist product, information, and gift pack have been provided by Olay.


As a child, I remember watching my mom rub cold cream onto her face at night.  In my 20s, I wasn't really sure that cold creams and the such really worked, but by my 30s, I found myself using some anti-aging products from department stores.  I felt like I got some results with some of them.  Over the past couple years, I have tried non-department store products and with some, felt they probably were helping me not look worse and with a couple, I noticed improvement.

When I was asked to try Olay Regenerist, I expected to get minimal improvement like some of the others, but was curious as I had heard good things about Regenerist.  Here is the product information that was provided by the company:

Olay Regenerist offers products that incorporate other anti-aging ingredients such as vitamin E, pro-vitamin B5, green tea extract, allantoin, and glycerin.  These advanced appearance correcting and anti aging skin care products will help strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier and regenerate skin surface: 
  • Olay Regenerist Regenerating Cream Cleanser – Speeds natural surface regeneration with oxygenated derma-beads that gently remove dead cells and a creamy formula that regenerates the skin’s surface to detoxify
  • NEW Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream & Lash Serum Duo – The first eye cream and lash serum product from Olay, which instantly thickens the appearance of lashes, and helps achieve firmer, smoother-looking lids, helps soften the appearance of lines, and can help eyes appear brighter, firmer, and younger-looking in just one week
  • NEW Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream – Two new anti-aging ingredients and the same luxurious feel you've come to expect from America’s #1 selling anti-aging moisturizer; penetrates rapidly to deliver anti-aging ingredients 10 layers deep into the skin’s surface

I was able to try two products, Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream and the Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream and Lash Serum Duo.  The Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream has a nice texture and feels good going on my skin.  It doesn't feel greasy or heavy in the least.  I am prone to oily skin in areas and it does not make my skin feel oily.  The box for the Micro-Sculpting Moisturizer boasts visible wrinkle results in one day.  Maybe that is true under a microscope, but I didn't notice anything.  However, after using this product for a couple weeks, there have been times when I have looked in the mirror and thought I had makeup on when I knew I didn't!  I can honestly say I have seen more than minimal results.  In fact, I have seen impressive results in my skin.  My skin not only looks firmer, but looks brighter and younger, like the glow it had when I was in my 20s!

On to the Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream and Lash Serum Duo.  The eye cream is very nice.  The only thing I would change would be the tip of the tube.  At first, I would squeeze way too much out, but after a few tries, I could manage to get just enough out.  I think a pointy tip would offer better control of how much squeezes out.  The cream itself is nice and feels really light.  I have noticed that my eyes looked brighter and smoother.  I have a patch of skin above my eye close to my nose that is historically scaley no matter what product I have used on it.  However, the Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream has dramatically improved that area and smoothed it out!  Amazing!  As far as the Lash Serum, I like it.  I am sure conditioning your lashes is probably beneficial at some level, but feel the best thing about this is that it combs and separates your lashes so when you put your mascara on, your lashes look thicker and healthier.

To learn more about Olay Regenerist:

Olay – http://bit.ly/SGkSf4
Facebook – http://on.fb.me/TWqgG9
Twitter – @OlayUS
Olay Regenerist on Walmart.com – http://bit.ly/18Zoiia

The best part of me trying this is that I get to offer one of my readers a chance to try it for themselves!  I am able to offer one giveaway pack containing the Olay Regenerist Regenerating Cream Cleanser, NEW Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream & Lash Serum Duo, and NEW Micro-Sculpting Cream.  Just enter the super easy Rafflecopter Giveaway below.

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Disclosure:  I received product to facilitate this review.  As always, this review contains my honest opinions.  The Olay Regenerist product, information, and gift pack have been provided by Olay.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

#Giveawy: #Win a $200 Visa Gift Card!


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Words of Wisdom Out of the Mouth of Babes: Rules for My Room (Written by My 9-Year Old Daughter)

I found this list of rules that my 9-year old daughter wrote for rules for her room.  I think it is a great list for anyone to live by and hope she sticks with her own rules as she navigates the pre-teen and teen years.



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