You’ve got chocolates in the refrigerator and bananas on the kitchen counter. It doesn’t take a genius to know that chocolates and bananas go wonderfully together! Here are some dish ideas with some chocolate-and-banana love!

Oreos and Bananas. Grab a glass and layer in the following order: 1 Oreo, sliced bananas, nuts, whipped cream. Repeat layering till glass is almost full. Top with more nuts and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
Chocolate Banana Pops. Dip a peeled banana in melted chocolate. Roll in crushed cornflakes. Wrap in foil and freeze overnight.
Fried Chocolate and Banana Wraps. Dice bananas. Mix with chocolate chips. …read more

Today, October 1st, is the first day of  Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every year I seek out the little pink-ribboned products to due my part to help support the cause.
Here’s a list of companies that are doing their part to help bring about an end to breast cancer. They are all sponsors of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.
*Yoplait Yogurt – Purchase a Yoplait yogurt with a pink lid, then send your clean lid to Yoplait. They will donate .10 cents for each lid they receive to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Yoplait pledges to donate at least …read more

Have you ever reached for brown sugar and discovered it was an icky rock? Maybe you’ve poured a bowl of cereal and it tasted staler than last week’s news. Perhaps your biggest problem is biting into a chip, only to find that it has developed a consistency more like a rubber balloon than a crispy wafer. The problem with all of these foods? You weren’t able to keep them fresh.
So, how do you keep food fresh? Well, using a vacuum sealer can really help. I have a Pump ‘N Seal, but there are models in the grocery store for just …read more

Let the crunchy and savory goodness from Cape Cod Potato Chips help you celebrate the last days of Summer BBQ, or unwind in the couch with the lovely family watching a movie, or as a partner to sandwiches for lunch.
So what makes Cape Cod Potato Chips good?
The all-natural ingredients beginning with 3 premium hand-picked ingredients which are, real potatoes, canola oil and salt & seasonings with no added preservatives. The potatoes are kettle-cooked in batches which gives it that distinctive crunch.
They use 100% canola oil with no trans fat. Canola Oil has to lowest saturated fat compared to …read more

I was lucky to be offered the chance to try some new snack packs of organic dried fruit by Explorer’s Bounty recently.  I know what you’re thinking…banana chips are banana chips…but you’d be WRONG!  These are puffed, making them extra crunchy fun to eat, and the flavor of all the snacks I tried is just great.

I had plantains, bananas, and pineapples, as well as bananas with cinnamon, and I loved them all.  So did my DH, and he is particularly picky about his banana chips, being a fan from way back 
Anyway, the snack bags are called Gallop-A-Loozas, and …read more

I like pork rinds, you like pork rinds, who doesn’t like pork rinds? The best pork rinds are the ones in hugs bags. Or the ones from the butcher place. Don’t get the small bags with shiny packaging from grocery stores. I used to get them but once I started buying my pork rinds at the butcher place where I buy our pork supply, and I haven’t it anywhere else since.
Now onto the best way to eat pork rinds/chicharones. Most people would just eat it from a bag. I eat my pork rinds by dipping it into a vinegar, …read more

Happy Tuesday! I hope that all of you are having a blast entering the awesome contests that we are offering this week. Make sure you take the time to visit all of the links that Gayla provided in the last post, in order to increase your chances of being a winner! In our quest to make this week as fun as possible, we are giving away 5 coupon codes for Fruit Roll Ups, valued at $30 each. How fun is that?
Here are the details on how to win:

Go to www.myfruitrollups.com and create your very own Fruit Roll Ups design.
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