The Best Meals Happen at Home (with $25 Publix Giveaway!)

As promised, today we’ve got a fun promotion and a giveaway from Publix!  I know I’m guilty of opting for fast food, when we’re pressed for time, but the truth is that dinner doesn’t have to take a lot of time or ingredients to make.

Publix knows that the best meals happen at home, so they are excited to help you enjoy family mealtime without having to stress about what to prepare or spending hours in the kitchen. Stop by Publix during their “Best Meals Happen at Home” event to find great savings on some of your favorite products. BestMealsatHome.com offers you fantastic recipes, which can be cooked in 30 minutes or less.

Go by and check out their website to find something that your family would love for dinner this week, perhaps something like these Buffalo Chicken Crescents. (You know I love buffalo!)

Buffalo Chicken Crescents:

Prep time: 10 Min
Start to Finish: 30 Min
Makes: 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:

2 cans (4 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent rolls
1 cup shredded cooked chicken
2 tablespoons chopped celery
1/4 cup Buffalo wing sauce
3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
Directions:

Separate or cut dough into 4 long rectangles, press perforations to seal. Place rectangles on ungreased cookie sheet.
In bowl, mix chicken, celery and sauce. Spoon mixture on half of each rectangle; sprinkle with blue cheese. Fold dough over filling; press edges with fork to seal.
Bake at 375°F 13 to 16 minutes.

And while visiting BestMealsatHome.com  you can also sign up to receive emails with weekly recipes and coupon offers that will help you save up to $200 this year.

And from June 21st through June 27th, you can get great savings on participating brands during the “Best Meals Happen at Home” event at Publix, and while your shopping look for money saving coupons that will be valid through July 11th, 2012.

Giveaway: One Simply Sweet Home reader will win a $25 Publix gift card.  To win, use the Rafflecopter form below.

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Disclosure: The Publix gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. If you’d like to sponsor a giveaway or advertise on Simply Sweet Home, please send me an email or see my PR page for details.

Indoor Air Quality and Wave Home Solutions

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Wave Home Solutions for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Living in an older home, I'm often concerned with allergens and poor air quality.  Our house has a crawl space and not the best ventilation, and our windows were painted shut before we moved in, which makes it difficult to air out the house!

Wave Home Solutions offers you a way to improve the air quality of your home.  The EPA states that air inside a home can be 5 times more polluted than air outside. Why?

Basements and crawl spaces create a lot of moisture and no ventilation.  This creates stagnant, damp air. It is the perfect environment for molds and pollutants to thrive and then they flow into the rest of the house.  As a result, your home is likely to have mold, dust mites, insects, radon, and other toxins, which can cause respiratory problems like asthma, as well as headaches, and other ailments.

Wave Home Solutions offers wave ventilation to ventilate and dry out your home.  It works by drawing out damp polluted air from the basement or crawl, and then it expels this air outside.  Then warmer, drier replacement air from upstairs is drawn into the basement or crawl through a vent. This helps to dry out the structure and create a healthy home.

It also runs automatically and is maintenance free.   The system willmeasure the humidity and environment of your home, and from there, it will automatically in crease or decrease the ventilation speed in order to create a perfect environment for your home.

The fact that it's maintenance free alone, makes it superior to dehumidifiers which require you to constantly change the water. But Wave Home Solutions is also superior to dehumidifiers, because dehumidifiers just dry out the air without ventilating it. And unlike dehumidifiers which can cost $50/month in electric bills, Wave Home Solutions only costs pennies a day. 

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ShopYourWay – Be a Personal Shopper and Make Money

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ShopYourWay Program for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

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I’m really excited to introduce you to ShopYorWay!  This is a fun site that fuses together shopping, social networking, and making money from home. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?  Here’s how it works.

When you visit ShopYourWay.com, you sign up to be a Personal Shopper.  As a personal shopper, you browse through merchandise on the site. They have everything from clothing to cameras, and it comes from great companies like Sears, Kmart, and Lands’ End.

As you browse, you pick out items to put in catalogs.  This could be items that you have, items you want, or just items that you like.  For example, I’ve been shopping around for a black dress, so I decided to create a catalog called, “Dresses.”  I added some black dresses that I like as well some other dresses I found on the site.  And if you like, you can add tags and comments about the item.

So how do you make money?  When someone logs on to the site, browses through your catalogs, and makes a qualifying purchase, you get a commission!  Easy!

As a user, I like the fact that there is a variety of merchandise to add to your catalogs, and I love that they’ve made it quick and painless to add items to your catalog, while also allowing you to add comments and reviews.

They’ve also created pages for you to see who’s accepted your invites, which is a plus.  And as it is a social networking site, they’ve made it possible for you to follow other personal shoppers and for them to follow you, which is great. And last but not least, they have a page where you can easily track your sales and see your commissions.

So how do you sign up?  It’s Easy!  Just visit shopyourway.com and Request an Invite to ShopYourWay. You will receive your invite in your inbox.  Then just click the link inside the email and go through the sign up process. This only takes a minute or so.  And then you’ll invite people to sign up as your “customers.”

They even make the invite process easy.  You just have to add your friend’s addresses in the box, and they will be sent an email invite, and they also allow you to invite people through social networks like Facebook.

After the sign up process is over, you will see a welcome screen like the one below, and you can then take a site tour.

 

 


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Then you can go ahead and start browsing their site and creating your own catalogs and making money as a ShopYour Way PersonalShopper! It’s that easy! Go over and sign up!

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Clorox® It Pays to Vacation at Home Sweepstakes

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Clorox Company for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

 


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Clorox® has been helping us clean house for generations! I always use Clorox® Liquid-Bleach for our white clothes, and I often use Pine-Sol® for cleaning our floors.  But my favorite Clorox® product is  Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes.  I use these to clean our bathroom, and they are very easy and convenient to use.

Now Clorox® is not just helping us clean house, they are also helping people enjoy their summer with a new sweepstakes.  Are you going on vacation this summer? Whether you are or not,  It Pays to Vacation at Home with this new sweepstakes from Clorox® and Dollar General.

Just head over to dollargeneral.com for a chance to win.  It is very easy and takes less than a minute to get entered. There will be twenty grand prize winners, who will win a $500 "paycheck" for vacationing at home.  And one hundred first prizes of $25 Dollar General gift cards will be also awarded.


And after you've entered the It Pays to Vacation at Home sweepstakes, by filling out their simple form, you can also play their Wipe To Win instant game, where you have the chance to win a $10 gift card to Dollar General.

Go over to dollargeneral.com today and enter the It Pays to Vacation at Home. The contest will run from May 20 through June 24, 2012.

Also, shop at your local Dollar General store to find great deals on your favorite cleaning products from Clorox®.

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Spring Cleaning with Clean+Green

As a Cat mommy, I’m always looking for cleaning products that are safe to use around my fur babies.  I recently learned about Clean+Green. They have a line of safe, non-toxic, cleaning products, to take care of everything from carpets and upholstery, to wood and tile floors, concrete, auto, and more!  There’s even cage cleaner, litter box cleaner, and de-skunk coat cleaner!

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éclos Anti-Aging Skin Care Review & Giveaway #EclosBeauty

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of éclos Skin Care for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I’m always excited to try new beauty products! I recently learned about éclos Skin Care products. éclos features Apple Stem Cells extracted from a rare Swiss apple which have shown tremendous ability to stimulate skin stem cells, encouraging aging skin to behave like younger skin. Plant extracts, vitamins and anti-oxidants combine with the Apple Stem Cell technology to help minimize the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and tired skin.

The products are also scented with all-natural essential oils and do not have parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrances, synthetic dyes, or petro-chemicals.

I received the éclos Anti-Aging Skin Care Starter Kit to review.  The starter kit sales for $19.99 and includes sample sizes of the following products:

• Facial Cleanser Skin Prep
• Cellular Activator Face Serum
• Moisture Therapy Regenerative Cream
• Restorative Eye Cream
• Instant Radiance Facial Scrub
• Skin Renewal Clay Mask
• éclos Terry Cloth Head Band

 The Facial Cleanser Skin Prep is a gentle cleanser that you use twice a day.  I found it was very good at removing makeup, and it leaves your skin feeling clean.  The Instant Radiance Facial Scrub is to be used once daily, every other day.  It is exfoliant that helps to get rid of dead skin cells. Sometimes I have dry skin, and so I love to use a good exfoliant a couple of times a week, and this a great one.  I was also surprised to learn that the product helps to prepare your skin to absorb the other products and it enhances cell turnover and evens out your tone.

The kit also includes a Restorative Eye Cream, which will reduce fine lines and wrinkles.  I know I suffer from a lack of sleep and am concerned about aging around my eyes, so I really need to use a product like this.

The Cellular Activator Face Serum and the Moisture Therapy Regenerative Cream are said to work best when pair together. You apply the Face Serum, following by the Regenerative Cream, and together nourish and revitalize skin cells, while promoting collagen production to give skin a normal youthful appearance.  I personally loved the feel of these products; they leave your skin feeling refreshed and smooth.

I think my favorite product in the kit is the Skin Renewal Clay Mask.  The product cleanses skin, absorbs
impurities, and helps unclog pores.  It also tightens pores, minimizing their appearance.  The great thing about this product for me is that you can feel it working as it sets on your skin.  And it leaves your skin feeling so refreshed!

Finally with the kit, you get a headband, which is just perfect to pull your hair back, while your apply the products!

Here’s my before and after photo. My skin feels more refreshed and smooth, and I think the products are helping to unclog pores.

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Win it!  One Simply Sweet Home reader will win the éclos Anti-Aging Skin Care Starter Kit, valued at $19.99.

To enter, please use the Rafflecopter form below. For the mandatory entry, you must leave a comment on this post telling us which product in the kit you are most excited to try.

 

 

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12 Patriotic Foods for Memorial Day and 4th of July

With Memorial Day coming up next weekend and the 4th of July just right around the corner, I thought we could get in to the spirit of things with some festive and patriotic foodie ideas! Hope you enjoy these!

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Sponsor Spotlights & Thank Yous

Today I’m taking a few moments to say thanks to my awesome sponsors, affiliates, and others who have supported my blog over the past year or so.  I’ve had so many great opportunities for product reviews, giveaways, and paid posts, and I really appreciate all the good things that have come my way.

The help and support of both my readers and sponsors has led me to swap my blog over to WordPress and try to grow it from there, and I wouldn’t have made the move without that support.   So please visit my sponsors and check out their products and everything they have to offer!  They are truly excellent companies that are run by great people, and they deserve your business!

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Three Little Pixies Hand Stamped Jewelry Giveaway and Magical Mother’s Day

 

This week I’ve got a fabulous Mother’s Day giveaway from Three Little Pixies.  Three Little Pixies is an amazing Etsy shop that offers handstamped jewelry!  And you are going to love all their unique creations!

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A Night Out with CoronaRitas at Chili’s #CoronaRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chili’s Grill & Bar for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

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When it is time for a night out on the town, one of my favorite casual dining restaurants to eat at is Chili’s.  They have so many great choices from appetizers to entrees and of course desserts.  In fact, I even subscribe to their email list so I can get updates on weekly specials and coupons!

Next time you’re going out to eat, you can celebrate the spring and summer season with a drink when you order up a CoronaRita at Chili’s.

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