Product Reviews by The Experimental Mommy
Mom and Baby Product Review and Giveaway Blog
Here we go! The latest winners at Experimental Mommy are:
Frito Lay: Carol
Shrek: Grand Prize (Beth), Runner up (Belinda) and Runner up (Steph)
Disney Family: A Kruse
XprotectX: R Hicks
Letters to Juliet: Liz
P&G with Target: Vickie C.
Colorwheel: Kim H.
Domino’s: Nicole G.
Tukaiz: Jill M.
Leapfrog: Melissa C.
Aquafresh: Sharon
Congrats to all the winners! You will all be emailed shortly. Please respond within 72 hours to claim your prize and check out my winner’s policy.
Many members of my family served our Country in several branches of the armed forces. My Grandfather served in the Navy (WWII), my Uncle was also in the Navy during times of peace, my husband’s father served in the Army (WWII) and my Father in Law was a member of the Air Force (Vietnam). On Memorial Day, my family definitely takes time out to thank our family members who served this Country to ensure our Freedom. In addition to our thoughts and prayers, we also celebrate!
How to you plan to celebrate Memorial Day?
Whether it be a beach vacation, picnic or barbeque, Frito Lay has some great products to complete your meal! The website has some great ideas for recipes and healthy snacking options including this Baked Bean Dip:
Ingredients:
Directions:
Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon, crumble and set aside. Drain bacon grease but do not wipe out pan. Add can of baked beans (including sauce). Bring beans to a boil. Stir in grape jelly and reduce heat. Simmer until liquid is reduced by half (about 5 minutes). Mash beans with a fork or potato masher and allow liquid to absorb. Add crumbled bacon. Serve with Fritos corn chips. Makes 8 appetizer servings
Nutrition analysis: 86 calories per 2 oz. serving, 2g fat (0.7g saturated fat) per 2 oz. serving, 3 mg cholesterol per 2 oz. serving, 283 mg sodium per 2 oz. serving, 13.2 g carbohydrate per 2 oz. serving, 2.8 g fiber per 2 oz. serving, 3.8 g protein per 2 oz. serving.
GIVEAWAY
Want to try some of the yummy recipes? Frito Lay has generously offered one lucky reader a wonderful picnic basket filled with great Frito Lay products!
How to enter:
1. Visit the Frito Lay recipe section and tell me which one you would try first!
Additional entries:
1. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog and Frito Lay (10 extra entries).
2. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)
3. Subscribe to my blog.
4. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog on Facebook.
5. Place my blog banner on your sidebar.
6. Subscribe to my Feed.
Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on June 14th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.
Here’s the latest round of winners! Congrats!
Bebe Soleil: Lori
Walmart gift card: Sarita R. and Cheryl L.
Frito Lay: Katie
Wendy’s gift card: Arla
Tyson: The Hamilton Mom, Beth C., and Jessie C.
You will all be emailed shortly. Please respond within 72 hours to claim your prize. Thanks for supporting the Experimental Mommy!!
The holidays can be a blur between cooking, cleaning, shopping, wrapping, and getting together. Just when you think you can’t cram another thing in, you get that last minute call from someone in town who is about to stop by. When the holidays approach, I try to keep a stash of quick snacks on hand so I am not left hanging when the unexpected guest pops in. Thank goodness for Frito-Lay!
One of my favorite dips takes almost no time to prepare but is soooo good your guests will think you’ve been cooking all day!
BROCCOLI-CHEESE DIP
1 stick butter
1 large onion, chopped finely
1 roll garlic cheese, sliced
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can mushroom stems and pieces, drained
1 frozen block chopped broccoli
Frito-Lay Tostitos, Baked Tostitos, or Fritos Scoops (I like the Scoops best)
Boil broccoli until tender, drain. Saute onion in butter until clear and tender. Reduce heat, add garlic cheese, stir until melted. Fold in soup, mushrooms, and drained broccoli, heat through. Serve with your favorite Frito-Lay chips!
Your guests will think you went to a lot of trouble but only you will know the secret and come off looking like June Cleaver! Go ahead, make me proud!
Frito-Lay wants you to be able to pull off the impressive last minute hostess with the mostest stunt as well. They are sending one Not So Blog aspiring June Cleaver a “Party in a Pinch” gift basket!
Your gift basket will contain an assortment of delicious Frito-Lay products and a guide to entertaining during the holidays, all tucked into a decorative bowl. This little gem of a book has TONS of great tips and recipe ideas to keep you on your toes when Aunt Edna says she’s “right around the corner!” ACK! Can Frito-Lay send a housekeeping fairy too?
How to enter:
1. Tell me which Frito Lay Snack is your favorite!
Additional entries:
1. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog (10 extra entries).
2. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) and @Fritolay on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)
3. Subscribe to my blog.
4. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog on Facebook.
Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on January 12th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.
The Frito-Lay Tailgating Kit will be a great way to prepare a “better-for-you” recipe that is sure to be a crowd pleaser for the next Saints football game.
One Frito-Lay Tailgating kit including better-for-you Frito-Lay products, a gift card for purchasing recipe ingredients and a stylish dish to serve your delicious recipes. About Frito-Lay:
“We know few people go to tailgate parties for the veggie – it’s definitely a time to indulge and enjoy. But it doesn’t have to be a total eating catastrophe. At Frito-Lay, our portion control sizes make it easy to enjoy all your favorite treats – in moderation. And simple “tricks” like offering dips made with reduced-fat sour cream or that offer positive nutrition like salsa or guacamole, cooking with lean turkey meat and fat-free refried beans can cut hundreds of calories off your meals and still taste great for you and your hungry fans.”
Because I have recently started losing weight, I have been dreading football season. New Orleans natives are die-hard Saints fans and with our loyalty comes our FOOD! Tailgating parties usually include chicken wings, hamburgers, hot dogs, donuts, and jambalaya. While quite tasty, none of these options are particularly diet friendly. So, when Frito-Lay challenged me to come up with a “better-for-you” tailgating recipe, I was all over it! After calling Jennifer for a recipe to start from (y’all know I don’t cook!), we decided that making a chili cheese dip would be awesome!
I started by packing down some fat-free cream cheese at the bottom of a dish. In a bowl, I mixed one can of turkey chili with one can of Frito-Lay’s jalapeno cheddar cheese and poured the mixture on top of the cream cheese. I topped with shredded cheddar and baked for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. The dip was served with Fritos in my really cool football dish! Very easy and much lower in calories that the traditional chili-cheese dip.
Frito-Lay wants you to join the effort to create a “better-for-you” recipe and has generously offered one Not-So-Blog reader a Tailgating prize pack! This kit includes a variety of Frito-Lay chips, a stylish football dish and a $25 American Express gift card to purchase your ingredients.
How to enter:
1. Visit Frito-Lay and tell me what snack is your favorite!
Additional entries:
1. Leave me a “better-for-you” recipe containing Frito-Lays products (either directly IN the dish or used for dipping) in this post. (10 extra entries)
2. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog (10 extra entries).
3. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)
4. Subscribe to my blog.
5. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and FoldTuk on Facebook.
6. Favorite me in Technorati!
Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on October 26th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.
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In 2009, Bridgette co-founded a consultation service, Double Duty Divas, LLC in order to connect brands and bloggers. Expanding on this business, she will host the first blog conference geared towards product review bloggers, Reviewer's Retreat in May of 2010. [Read More …]
