Reviews

 

 

As many of you know I gave up my long time addiction to Soda last year.  However, I still like to enjoy drinks other than water at times. So, when I was asked to review Cascade Ice I was thrilled to give it a try. Cascade Ice is a zero-Calorie, sugar free flavored sparkling water that eliminates all the unnecessary  “EXTRAS” that I am trying to keep out of my diet like sugar, carbs, caffeine and gluten.  The best part is Cascade ice is available in 21 great flavors!

 

As you can see, I was sent 5 different flavors to try and of course, the kids wanted to also test them.  I was actually shocked that I loved all 5 flavors, which is a first. I admit I’m picky when it comes to taste.  The flavor was right on and didn’t leave that “after taste” like many of the other flavored sparkling waters that I have tried in the past.  The girls both loved the strawberry banana the best and my son said they were all “Ok” but not something he would prefer.  I think the biggest shocker is we all agreed that the coconut was “different” but in a good way.  It has a great fresh taste that I wasn’t expecting.

 

Check them out on the web:

Be sure to head on over to http://cascadeicewater.com and check out all the great festive drink recipes inspired by Cascade Ice.  And while there be sure to check out the great blog post on Healthy living!

 

Where to buy:

You can find CasCade Ice in all 50 states, in major retailers like Walmart, Albertson’s, Safeway and many more!  Check out http://cascadeicewater.com/ to find a store near you

 

My Final Thoughts:

I really like them and plan to buy more.  After reading other reviews I must admit that the cocktail mixers really have my interest and feel they would be the perfect match for a “Mom’s night in” so I will definitely be looking for those the next time I go shopping.

Did you know that having a fan in your newborn’s room lowers the risk of SIDS?  Recently I learned about a Kaiser Permanente study saying that newborns sleeping in a room with a fan have a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome. A simple house fan can lower the risks of SIDS by nearly 70%.  Having a fan in the room helps maintain air flow and keep a steady temperature. As parent’s I am sure we can agree we are willing to try any and everything to prevent SIDS!  I have ceiling fans in all our bedrooms and have always used them, however I had no idea that it could help prevent SIDS.

If you don’t have a ceiling fan but in search of a great fan for your baby’s room make sure to check out the Miallegro’s Tower Fan 1760.

 

It is designed to refresh, purify, oxygenate, ventilate and calm the air in your room.  The Tower Fan 1760 allows you to personalize the settings with three speeds and shut off timer of up to 8 hours. The elegant standing fan features a digital control panel, ergonomic remote control, and sliding screen. The silent mode option makes this fan a perfect fit for baby’s room.

 

So when I was contacted to do a review for the Miallegro 1760 Air Ionizer Tower Fan I was super excited. I was actually looking at this on amazon the week before for my home office. So talk about great timing! When the fan arrived my son thought he was just going to take it over! However, I did allow him to put it together.  The set up was very easy and it didn’t take no time for him to get it put together and running.  We were all impressed with how quiet it actually was.  I also noticed how well it helped in cooling my stuffy office.

 

About Miallegro’s Tower Fan 1760

Miallegro’s elegant Ionizing tower fan elevates the purity of your indoor air. Its internally oscillating tower creates and disperses ions that minimize allergens and pollution, making for a healthier home or workplace. The harmonious slim design optimizes space, giving you fresh air circulation in even the tightest spaces, and its recessed handle and light weight make transporting a breeze. The included remote allows for setting the timer and gliding through its 3 quiet speeds from the comfort of your bed or couch. To refresh, oxygenate, ventilate and sweeten your surroundings, this ionizing tower fan is the perfect addition.

My Thoughts

This fan gets 5 stars from me! I LOVE IT! I currently have it in my home office and it works great! Even though my home office has a ceiling fan and the air conditioner running it still gets a little stuffy when all the computers and other devices are running when my office door is closed, so this fan helped a great deal!  Now my office is cool like it should be!

PROS

The slim design!

I love how quiet this thing is.

It comes with a remote control! This makes it so easy to change the settings when I am on the phone with a client and can’t get up at the moment.

Makes the air in my office feel and smell a lot fresher, it also helps with all the dust I seem to have! (oops)

Set up was a breeze! My 14 year old son put it together in just a couple of minutes.

Shut-off and timer of up to 8 hours which allows me to set it and not worry about turning it off!

Great price!

Cons

Really I don’t have any issues with the unit. However my son has used it in his room at night and it don’t seem to cool his room as much as it does my office. So I feel that it is better for smaller rooms.   I also want to add that the air coming out is not as strong as you would expect when it is on level 3.

 

Buy Now

This and other great Miallegro  products can be bought directly at miallegrostore.com or you can  also score this great fan for just $74.99 & FREE Shipping on Amazon.com

 

The Miallegro® Brand is a trademark of Idea Team Work, LLC (ITW), a privately held appliance manufacturer which was established in the USA in 2007. ITW has operations in the USA and Latin American countries.

 

With summer here many families have already planted their gardens for the year. Some are new  to gardening and some like my dad seem to be experts.  He will be the first to tell you that fresh home grown food is the best.  As kids we always had a very big garden every year.   I am talking about miles and miles of stuff. I can remember my grandmother working in hers from morning till dark.  That woman didn’t know when to stop! She grew almost everything and bought only the basics at the grocery store.  As kids we use to hate when everything started coming in. That meant we were on our own or outside helping them pick everything in the hot Georgia sun! She canned and froze enough stuff for the whole family.  She had so much stuff that my uncle built her 4 big can houses to store all her stuff, plus she had 2 big freezers on the back porch for her frozen stuff.  Gardening was her life. When she got ill and wasn’t able to garden anymore she wasn’t the same. That was her life and she was so depressed when she had to give it up for good, so my dad took over. He did all the hard work and she was still able to can and freeze with help.  This allowed her to still do at least some of the things that she loved.

When she passed I didn’t expect anyone to take over her “job” however my dad has! I was shocked that he didn’t just throw in the towel because gardening is not easy especially if you have a garden her size. He kept all her canning equipment and used all his knowledge he learned from my grandmother and was able to can just as good as she did. However, her equipment I am sure is as old as me! So when I heard about Fagor’s 10 quart Duo Pressure Cooker/Canner, I knew this would be a perfect addition to the family. So I was super excited when Fagor agreed to let me do a review!

When it came I called to tell my dad all about it. He was super excited. He couldn’t wait to see it. You would have thought he was a kid on Christmas day. When he came over, that was the first thing he asked about it! He was amazed with it.  He did say it was a little smaller than what he currently has but it looks like it would be just as good if not better!

So now we are waiting for canning season to start so we can fully review it. Everyday he seems to call me to tell me the update on his garden.  I think he has found his new love! He is outside all day doing something.  He keeps trying to get me and the kids to come help him, but i admit being outdoors in the hot sun all day is not my cup a tea! I just help can and freeze inside with the air conditioner on blast!

 

Fagor, a leader in healthy and efficient cooking, has created a solution; the Duo 9 Piece Pressure Canning set with all the needed elements to create and preserve healthy meals for the entire family.

What is canning?

Canning is the method of applying heat to food in a closed glass canning jar to stop the natural spoilage that would otherwise take place, and removes the air from the jar to create a seal. This procedure takes fruits and vegetables when they are at their peak, with the most vitamins and nutrients, seals them and preserves them in your pantry for up to one year. The Duo Pressure Cooking Canning Set not only takes the mystery out of the canning process but is also a safe and cost effective way to preserve your favorite foods that retain high nutritional value with uncompromised taste.

What does the Set include?

The Duo 9-Piece Pressure Canning Set includes; a Fagor 10 quart Duo Pressure Cooker/Canner, a full color cookbook containing all the necessary preparation instructions and recipes for home canning and the ultimate canning tools: canning rack, jar wrench, jar lifter, funnel, magnetic lid wand, ladle and bubble freer. (Glass jars are not included).

 

Where to Buy

MSRP for the Duo 9 Piece Pressure Canning Set is $129.99 and is available on Bed Bath and Beyond.com and Sur La table.com. For more information on Fagor’s line of pressure cookers, cookware and small electrics please visit: www.fagoramerica.com.

 

 

The main component, the 10qt Duo Pressure Cooker can also be used independently of the Canning Set to cook a variety of healthy meals in a fast and efficient manner. Pressure cookers are not only fantastic tools for preparing fast, easy & healthy meals in a fraction of the time (up to 70% less), but are also equally useful tools in preparing a wide variety of foods. The Duo Pressure Cooker is also notes as one of Fagor’s most celebrated pressure cookers by Celebrity Chefs all over the country.

 

About Fagor

Fagor America Inc., headquartered in Lyndhurst, NJ, USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fagor Electrodomesticos, Spain. Fagor is currently present in 100 countries, employs more than 12,000 people in 17 countries and operates 16 factories in 3 continents. The Fagor brand name has been previously most visible in the United States since 1992 with high-quality stainless steel cookware as the core product offering, Fagor is currently positioned as a top cookware brand, sold at major retailers nationwide. Fagor America products can be found at Williams Sonoma, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sur La Table, Cooking.com, Amazon.com and many other department, housewares, specialty stores, direct mail and home shopping clubs.

Fagor has upheld major appliance private label operations in the US since 2001. In 2005, Fagor America Appliances Division was created, anticipating that US consumers will perceive the quality of products and category expertise that Fagor has to offer. For more information about Fagor, visit www.fagoramerica.com

 

 Full Review Coming Soon! So make sure you check back in July!  So now the question is do you can? If so leave me some of your favorite tips!

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Cascade. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

 

Let’s face it the dishwasher is one of the best inventions ever! I have always hated washing dishes by hand.  I really don’t know how I would survive without my dishwasher. However, there has been a few times that I felt I would have been better off washing my dishes by hand after finding film and stuck on food still on my dishes after they had been washed! Talk about gross! I learned real fast that all dishwasher detergent is not created equally. I admit I have been pretty happy with the brand that I have used up in till recently when I noticed it wasn’t cleaning my dishes as well as before. At first I blamed it on the new dishwasher, since I moved I thought that may been the issue.  I also blamed the kids! I thought that they just wasn’t loading the dishwasher correctly and just throwing them in. So when my husband decided to buy Cascade Platinum, I saw first-hand that it wasn’t actually my dishwasher that was the issue!  My dishes started coming out cleaner then ever and my glasses were sparkling again! Talk about a happy mom well for the most part lol..I would be even happier  if i didn’t come home to this everyday!

So when I was invited to review and share my experience on the new Cascade Platinum through Mom Central, I knew this was the perfect opportunity to share with you how much I love the new Cascade Platinum formula.  Since I have actually been using it for a month now, I am very familiar with the product and it has now became the product of choice. I used Cascade years ago but change brands for some reason and never changed back. Thankfully I am back to my favorite trusted brand!

With its new premium formula, Cascade Platinum allows you to flaunt your dishes with confidence without having to worry about spots!  It actually helps prevent hard-water film build-up on your machine, so your dishes won’t be the only thing sparkling.

Cascade Platinum delivers the following benefits:

• Eliminates the need to pre-rinse dishes
• Scrubs away tough 24 hour stuck-on food
• Delivers exceptional dishware shine
• Helps maintain the look of new machines and prevents additional hard-water film buildup

Before and After

For this post I decided to put Cascade Platinum to a bigger test.  So I took before and after pictures to see if it would clean this pot that one of my kids used and apparently let something stick to the bottom.

As you can see the pan is spotless! All the stuff that was  left in and on the pan  is gone and it’s shinning like it should!  My kid’s better really be thankfully this came clean! Since this is one of my new pots!

What I love about Cascade Platinum:

I really love everything, and couldn’t be happier.  However my favorite part is Cascade Platinum has the Grease Fighting Power of Dawn!  My family never used anything other than dawn when washing dishes.  Dawn fights grease like no other in my opinion. So now that it’s in the Cascade Platinum you can’t go wrong. I still make sure I have a bottle of dawn at all times!

Cascade is a trusted brand for many years, and has always had  great customer satisfaction ratings.

I don’t have to pre-rinse my dishes, which allows me to save time doing more important things!

No more embarrassing spots and film on my glasses!

My dishes look new again! Even the plastic containers that stain easy and hard to get clean is now clean again thanks to is Cascade Platinum !

 Cascade’s Partnership with Gail Simmons

Now, more than ever, people eat with their eyes, and the evidence is all over sites like Facebook and Instagram. We see it daily, it seems like everyone is posted what they are eating!  With that in mind, Top Chef Judge and editor of Food+Wine magazine, Gail Simmons, has partnered with Cascade to discuss why presentation is just as important as preparation.

 

• From prep to plating: It’s more than just a great-tasting recipe, but also perfect presentation. Sparkling dishes, shining flat ware and spot-free glasses truly let you put your best food forward with culinary creations that pop!

• Gail recommends impressing with a Platinum Presentation: “The easiest recipes pop with unexpected, gourmet presentations. Drizzle bright sauces on sparkling white plates or layer desserts in crystal-clean glassware. Keep your presentation sparkling with Cascade Platinum, which keeps dishes perfect for anytime entertaining and impromptu guests.”

Learn more about Cascade’s partnership with Gail Simmons by viewing additional videos available on Cascade’s Facebook page as well as Cascade’s YouTube page.

 

Cascade Platinum Contest

 

That’s right! Cascade is having a great contest going on and you can win big!  All you have to do is show them how sparkly Cascade^® makes all YOUR pots, pans, plates, glassware and silverware on instagram!

 

Week 1: My Platinum Plate (Entry Period: 6/3-6/9)

Show us your best dish styled from the sparkling plate up!

Week 2: My Platinum Bite (Entry Period: 6/10-6/16)

Show us your best bite and most creative use of sparkling silverware!

Week 3: My Platinum Clink (Entry: 6/17-6/23)

Show us how you serve up creative concoctions in sparkling glasses. Cheers!

 

Week 4: My Platinum Table (Entry Period: 6/24-6/30)

Show us your sparkling tablescape for your most special celebrations!

 

Grand Prize Winner (Entry: 6/3-6/30)

However don’t forget to register at Cascade’s contest page first then upload a photo with the #MyPlatinum hashtag and be sure to tag @MyCascade.  Unfortunately participants who don’t sign up  and do all the steps above will be disqualified from winning.   So head on over and enter now! Each week two lucky entrants will win a brand new Whirlpool!!!  One grand prize winner will win a Platinum kitchen makeover!  SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR HURRY AND SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES NOW