Just in time for Valentine’s Day! The promotion runs from tomorrow (2/12) – 2/19. You have to print out a coupon, but I couldn’t click on it from any browser (I tried Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari). I think if you just go into any Pinkberry and ask for the B1G1 promotion, they’ll honor it.
I wonder if the new Chocolate yogurt tastes like the European style chocolate and mocha yogurt from Trader Joe’s. I hope it does!
Update – here’s the coupon:
On Friday, CupcakeStop is having a promotion with Benefit Cosmetics – if you’re one of the first 300 people to buy a cupcake on Friday, you get a free full-sized container of Sugarbomb:
I’m definitely going! Hopefully I’ll be one of the first 300 because I also LOVE Benefit Cosmetics (especially She Lag and Dr. Feel Good)
This pizza is a perfect appetizer if you have last minute guests or if you’re having a bunch of people over to watch a sporting event. I was a little skeptical at first, but the pizza was really delicious (and I can definitely see it being a sweet dessert if you tweaked the recipe a little!)
Quick and Easy Pizza
Ingredients
2 containers of Pillsbury croissant dough
1 large cup of cream cheese
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
2 Roma tomatoes
3 carrots
1 head of broccoli
1/2 onion
First, unwrap the croissant dough and pinch the edges of the dough together so it bakes into one flat sheet:
Bake at 375 until golden brown (about 20 minutes):
While the dough is baking, shred your carrots:
Chop the onions:
Add the chopped onions to the cream cheese:
Then add the mayo to the onions and cream cheese:
Remove the dough from the oven and let it cool down completely. Once it’s cooled, start spreading the cream cheese, onion, and mayo mixture:
You should use about half of the spread on one croissant:
Top the pizza with some shredded carrots:
Then add a diced tomato:
Then add broccoli florets, salt, and pepper:
Cut the pizza into little slices and serve cold:
The pizza is really delicious cold – if you wanted to make it sweet, I’d use cream cheese with a little sugar and add strawberries, kiwis, and raspberries as a topping!
I just received a Hamilton Beach blender in the mail and wanted to try it out by making some personal-sized smoothies. David and I have smoothies all the time, but after I went to this editor’s showcase last week, I’ve been changing it up. Here’s my video explaining who to make an awesome fruit smoothie:
My list of ingredients for a vitamin packed smoothie:
– Berry blend from Trader Joe’s – high in antioxidants and really great in any smoothie
– Frozen papayas from Trader Joe’s – promotes digestion, adds creaminess to the smoothie, has a lot of potassium, and is high in vitamin C
– Pomegranate Kefir from Whole Foods (I purchased this bottle but have received samples in the past) – my brother calls it’s Kefierce (with hand motions as well) because we love Kefir so much. It comes in really great flavors and we like to keep it stocked in our fridge
– Omega Shakers’ Strawberry Banana Flax Seed Oil emulsion (this was given to me at a trade show, but can be purchased at Sam’s Club) – flax seed oil is great for digestion, also has a lot of omega 3’s, and this is a really tasty alternative to taking flax seed oil pills (for some reason, I just can’t swallow them!)
You can also add water to make this smoothie a little more watery – I love it because it’s really thick and has just the right amount of sweetness. What do you add to your smoothies?
*I received a VIP coupon, prize pack, information, and giveaway from Yoplait through MyBlogSpark, which included the Hamilton Beach blender. However, I haven’t reviewed the Yoplait smoothie packs because I just can’t find them in NYC! Any help?
Last week, I had to serve on jury duty (criminal court) and had a super long lunch break in Chinatown. After having a big bowl of wonton noodle soup at Big Wong, I stopped by Mulberry Street for some fruit. Look at the apple I picked up:
Have you ever seen an apple so large? The Fuji apples on Mulberry Street are freakishly large compared to the organic ones Dorren brings for me everyday:
For once in my life, I wasn’t able to finish it on my own and had to have Dorren help me out. The apples were crisp and flavorful and were only $1 each! Also, the avocados were 2 for $1 and they were the best avocados I’ve had this year – perfectly ripe, creamy, and really flavorful. They’re so cheap that I ended up buying 6 (that was all I could fit in my backpack) and David and I already finished them!
