Perk Your Coffee and Win a Prize Too

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of NESCAFE. All opinions are 100% mine.

Get yourself prepared for Coffee Heaven with the NESCAFE Dolce Gusto machine.

You can win 1 in 6 of these fabulous machines that can brew you up a latte, capuccino or fancy hot chocolate with ease!

Whether you’re an incurable gourmet bevey drinker or if you’re trying to save money not going to Starbuck’s, the Dolce Gusto can help.

It professionally prepares your hot favorites: Caffè Lungo, Espresso, Americano, Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Iced Cappucino, Café Mocha, and even “Chococino” or hot chocolate for kids of all ages…

This single serve machine is designed with a 15-bar pressure system that’s comparable to what coffeehouses have to make that oh-so-important, crema layer and frothy milk.

Since it’s single serve, the Dolce Gusto prepares your hot drinks on a made-to-order basis, ensuring freshness.

Not a hot beverage type of person? No problem, it also makes your gourmet cold coffeehouse drinks too!

You’ll have complete control over the heat, froth and pressure with which your drinks are prepared.

Krups and T-Fal both make the Nescafe Dolce Gusto and they’re available in three different colors: candy-apple red, sophisticated black and a creamy white. The Dolce Gusto is priced between $179-199 and seems to me to be a steal of a deal.

Just think about how much money you could save making your drinks at home, not to mention the gas money you’ll save not having to drive to your favorite coffee pub.

So, get on over to the contest by clicking on the link above and enter online at Sweetspot.ca before December 20th, 2009.

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Be Ready to Be in Coffee Heaven

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of NESCAFE. All opinions are 100% mine.

Do you love coffee, especially from your favorite coffee house?

No doubt, it gets to be quite an expensive habit, as I have an addiction to Chai Lattes!

Maybe you’ve tried to make these specialty beverages at home with no success because you simply can’t seem to duplicate the flavor or techniques, and you don’t have a machine that’ll do it for you!

“Pas de problème!” Have you seen the NESCAFE Dolce Gusto machine? They are made by both Krups & T-Fal.

This happy, little machine can create 8 single cup coffee-house specialty drinks that you can customize too. Everything from piping hot drinks to iced lattes.

It comes in 3 colors with chrome detailing and has some serious power behind it to make fabulous froth, just like you’d get at your local Starbuck’s or William’s Coffee Pub…

…And now you can even win one of these bad boys! How awesome is that? It’s officially on my Christmas wishlist!

Among the Dolce Gusto’s specialties are Caffè Lungo, Espresso, Americano, Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Iced Cappucino, Café Mocha. It will even make Chococino for the kids – hot chocolate!

With that, you can also control the heat, froth and strength of the drink – totally customized.

* Oh yes – The contest is for Canadians only. Contest runs from November 2nd, 2009 – December 20th, 2009. Hurry and get your entry in – You know I did!

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The English and Tea

Personally, I love English or British food, but many people often complain about their ideas about cuisine…

What expertise people can NEVER take away from the English is their tea!

(You might have seen my posts about my English Nanny and PG Tips! LOL)

They take their tea drinking very seriously…There are specific rules and times they sit down to have tea! It’s an important thread in the quilt of their existence.

I absolutely love tea and this appreciation started with my English nanny, Doreen.

The thing is, in addition, you can’t simply have tea without enjoying a “bickie” or biscuit. So, be sure you stock up on Christmas biscuits because ’tis the season!

The English are experts in tasty treats like that, namely shortbreads are my favorite.

Another thing my nanny always made sure of was that there were tasty candies around the house.

That may be why we love to make toffee and fudge this time of year.

So, this was intensified around the Holidays. So, in English spirit, break out your Christmas candy and enjoy them! Don’t save them for a special occassion – it is the most precious of occassions!

Looking for that English tea, biscuits and candies?  I’ve found a place – the English Tea Store.

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Health Benefits of Reishi Mushrooms

How Can Reishi Mushrooms Benefit You?
By Keith Kearney

It’s not a big secret that mushrooms have been known to be very good for you. Reishi mushrooms are one of the top three medicinal mushrooms that has been used for centuries in ancient Asian cultures. The great thing about the Reishi mushroom is the balance it gives to both your body and mind.

This ancient ingredient has been used to help treat many ailments such as liver disorders, bad circulation and for cardiovascular health. Though, the most common use for the Reishi mushroom is for people suffering from asthma or other respiratory problems. One study has shown that over two thousand people suffering from extreme bronchitis used these Reishi mushrooms in a cough syrup and almost all patients were feeling better within two weeks of this treatment.

This component has also shown that it can help improve hepatitis patients and reduce hypertension. One study testifies that nearly 92% of 355 study patients suffering from hepatitis showed improvement in their overall health. Though it helps treat many ailments, liver disease is the longest standing traditional utilization. Many chemotherapy patients have used Reishi mushrooms and noticed Read more

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My English Nanny’s Tasty Tidbits

When I was young, I had an English nanny, Doreen. She was a rather influenial part of MyLife.

What an amazing lady that I loved so much. She was so sweet to me, my sister and my family! She always made sure we’d eaten and had something to drink in traditional English style, and that I was prim and proper in a clean, beautiful outfit!

I’ve spoken of her before on my blog when talking about making Southern Style Sweet Brewed Iced Tea:

My Story:
When I was little, I had an English nanny straight from England. The first time she offered to make my mother a cup of tea, at our house, she noticed that my mother didn’t have PG Tips tea. This is a British favorite and is imported from England, but is available at our grocery stores in Canada (especially A&P). She made quite a fuss about us not having the right kind of teabags, and said that we’ve never had a great cup of tea until we had PG Tips. Well, what followed was that she threw out all of our other brands of plain tea. When she came over the next day, she stocked us up with PG Tips.

We’ve been believers ever since, and we always make sure we are stocked up to this day.

In addition to the PG Tips tea, which I’m drinking as we speak, she always gave me these English “bickies” or biscuits called Farley’s Rusks Biscuits. They’re about the size of a human palm and they’re especially for babies, toddlers and children.

You can eat them dry or as Doreen gave them to me, she’d put it in a bowl and pour hot milk on top of it and I’d eat it sort of like a hot cereal.

I have a box of them on my counter right now…They’re rather difficult to find these days. There are times I find them at Nordstrom’s, believe it or not.

She would always call me “her little Kimby”. I can hear her English accent in my head!

We have lost contact with her, but I’m pretty sure she must still be in the area. So, I checked to see if she was on MyLife.com – I couldn’t find her, but it was well worth the try – I mean, my mother and aunts are on Facebook…LOL…

Maybe you can find your lost friends or mentors in your life there…

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Bahama Buck’s in Rockwall, Texas: Dallas Restaurant Review

My hubby and I made it out to Bahama Buck’s last night for a tasty drink after our dinner.

We’d never been there before and didn’t know what to expect.

For those of you who haven’t been there before, they only serve cold or frozen drinks, ices and some ice cream stuff.

Since we ate some fried food for dinner, we decided to get something with less fat and decided on a shaved ice beverage – super sour pineapple flavor, to be exact.

We usually love sour treats and were excited about the pineapple flavor instead of our usual favorite, sour apple.

The service was great, the drink looked amazing with plenty of flavor in it and a cute, little umbrella.

Although the drink looked awesome and the shaved ice was so fine it melted in your mouth, it Read more

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Jimmy Buffett’s Land Shark Island Lager Review

I had the opportunity to try Land Shark Lager yesterday, which is apparently affiliated with Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” brand.

On the bottle, it says it’s “Original Island Lager” – and after you take one sip of it, you’ll understand why.

It’s a light lager that tastes similar to a combination between a Corona with lime and a Bud Light with a twist of orange.

It’s light, slightly sweet and flavorful! Absolutely delicious – you can almost hear the waves on the sand and smell that clean, ocean air. What a great beer to pack in a cooler and head down to the lake or enjoy pool-side.

This is one of my new favorite beers. I wonder how great it would be to cook with – hmmm…

Much thanks to our friend, Kent!

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Cuisinart Stainless Steel Coffee Maker Review

If you’re in the market for a new coffee maker, consider the Cuisinart Stainless Steel Coffee Maker.

I love it because not only does it match the rest of our stainless steel appliances in our kitchen, but it’s heavy duty.

You’re getting top of the line quality for a better price.

It’s programmable – you can program more than 1 time to brew.

When you fill it with water, and only want to heat it, say for tea, it only takes 4-5 minutes to finish! That’s so fast!

It’s easy to clean and you won’t Read more

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Whole Foods Market 365 Brand Organic Milk Review

If you want a great glass of milk, first of all, go organic!

Secondly, try the 365 brand organic milk, which is Whole Foods Market’s own brand.

It’s creamy, you cannot taste that “antibiotic flavor” most milks on the market have nowadays that aren’t organic.

The milk makes everything you use it with taste even more unbelievably delicious!

Cereal tastes better, cream and cheese sauces are more wonderful, chocolate milk is fantastic and tea with this milk in it is divine!

I know what you’re thinking…”Buying organic is so much more expensive!”

Not so – In fact, I was in a pinch the other day and had to buy a small milk, much smaller than that which we get at Whole Foods Market, and it was nearly double the price of a larger 365 brand organic milk.

Seriously, a 1 qt bottle runs us around Read more

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AH!LASKA Organic Chocolate Syrup Review

If you’re looking for a fabulous organic chocolate syrup in stores to make chocolate milk, hot chocolate or to drizzle over ice cream…

…This is fabulous!

Ah!laska is certified USDA organic, 100% dairy free, gluten free, peanut and tree nut free, cholesterol free, sodium and fat free!

Anything else? Oh yeah, flavor…

…Ah!laska is Read more

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