Perdue Farms Direct-to-consumer Boxes and a Recipe

Disclosure: I received a Perdue Farms Box and compensation for promotional purposes. As always all opinions are my own.

Our family eats a lot of chicken! I have always bought Perdue products and now I am happy to introduce the first Perdue Farms direct-to-consumer boxes which just launched on December 17th! I recently received a box called the “Gatherings (Medium)” with some awesome products including more than just chicken. Best of all it was delivered straight to my door!

The box includes much more than just chicken with a full line of premium protein products and brands, including Niman Ranch, Coleman Natural, Perdue Chicken, Perdue Harvestland, Panorama Meats, Spot Farms, Full Moon and more. This box included: Sonoma Red Organic Pasture Raised Whole Chicken With Giblets, Niman Ranch Pulled Pork, Perdue Herbed Olive Oil Seasoned Wings, Niman Ranch Kielbasa, Niman Ranch Fat Tire Ribs, and Coleman Organic Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders. The “Gatherings (Medium)” box is priced at $82.99 on the site. This is an 11% bundle discount vs. purchasing all products individually.

The products were packaged nicely in a box with dry ice keeping everything perfectly frozen.

My son loves wings and these came in the perfect time for watching the Patriots game. They are PERDUE® Herbed Olive Oil Seasoned Wings. What I loved is that you don't have to thaw them. I always forget to take food out of the freezer in the morning to make it later in the day. These are also seasoned in a roasted garlic and sea salt-infused olive oil before being frozen and have a resealable bag. They were yummy!

For 100 years, the company has worked with small family farmers to raise animals with care. Perdue Farms is passionate about farming, land preservation and healthy and nutritious food. Plus you can receive free shipping on orders over $119.

https://www.perduefarms.com

 For every bundle shipped, Perdue Farms will donate to the Arbor Day Foundation, which is working to replant damaged areas of our nation’s forests. This donation will help reduce the carbon footprint required to ship our products to you. Every box is made out of 100 percent recyclable cardboard and insulated with Green Cell Foam®. You’ll also receive a reusable and recyclable grocery bag with every purchase. Reach for our bag next time you go to the store to avoid using paper or plastic. A pollinator seed packet is also included in every box. 

As a bonus I wanted to give you a quick and easy recipe that my family loves made with Perdue Thin Chicken Breasts. It is Chicken Roulades. Or as my kids call it, chicken wrapped with cheese!

To make it preheat your oven to 350 degrees and lay out thin chicken breasts and lay a piece of swiss and provolone cheese. You can also add a thin slice of prosciutto.

Roll the chicken around the cheese and place toothpicks in to hold it together.

Heat a pan with some butter and place the chicken in. Turn and cook until the chicken is almost all white.

Place all of the chicken in to a glass pan in the pre-heated 350 degree oven.

Cook for about 30 minutes and Voila you have a yummy dish. I pair it with a vegetable and rice. The kids love it!

I hope you will check out Perdue Farms direct-to-consumer boxes! They give you plenty of options for great meals! Order now and get 10% Off + free Perdue Harvestland Diced Chicken Breasts on your first order.

Parents Deserve a Great Night's Sleep: Solay Mattress $100 Discount and Pillow Review

Everyone told me get sleep before you have kids and I really didn’t believe them until I had the first few sleepless nights. Well now my kids are 14 and 12 and now I can’t sleep for other reasons. The stress of family life, being overly busy with limited breaks takes a toll on my body. Plus, my mattress is older than my kids are, and I have literally tried every pillow on the market! Either they are too hard, and I get a pain in my neck or they are too soft and not supportive enough. Read on as I try out a Solay pillow, and I have a $100 discount on a Solay Mattress! 

I am a side sleeper and have to be in a certain position to fall asleep. I also have Hashimoto’s Disease Hypothyroidism which puts my makes my body temperature higher, so I tend to sweat at night. When I heard of Solay Mattresses and their cooling to layer I was intrigued. This breathable cooling foam layer sits on top of hundreds of springs for the best night sleep. No matter what age your kid are you need the energy to keep up with getting them to activities, helping with homework, working, cooking dinner, doing laundry and cleaning the house. It is exhausting and without a good night sleep I get run down and sick. I also tend to roll back and forth a lot and feel bad if it wakes my husband up as he is a light sleeper. Another cool thing that each Solay mattress has hundreds of individual Quantum Edge® pocketed coils for motion transfer reduction so you won't feel all that movement at night.

Plus, I love that Solay comes with a 180 Night Trial and a 25-year Warranty! You really can only tell so much by lying on a mattress at a store, the proof is sleeping night after night. With 180 nights to try it out you can be sure you will know that this mattress is comfortable, and you can get a good night’s rest. If it really isn’t the mattress for you Solay will pick it up with no questions asked and give you a full refund. They also have Premium Foam Pillows which are also designed with their premium cooling foam. No flipping pillows to the cool side of the pillow anymore! They come in both standard and king sizes. 

I received one of the Standard size pillows to try out. First off, I felt the cooling as soon as my head hit the pillow. For me getting comfortable and finding the right position to sleep in is key or I toss and turn. When I laid my head down on the pillow that is the last I remember, I fell right to sleep. The proof for me is right there, plus I woke up feeling refreshed with no neck pain. 

Shellie our Sheltie decided to try out the pillow too and gave it two paws up! 

As her face shows here, “Mommy stop taking pictures with that flash so I can sleep”. I think I have found a new market for Solay, dog beds! 

 What amazes me is that you can buy a luxury Queen hybrid mattress for only $999! What a high-quality mattress for a great price! 

Plus, I have a Promo code of $100 off a Solay Sleep mattress! Head to Solay Sleep and enter code: GILDA 

 As parents don’t we deserve the best night’s sleep that we can get? 

Disclosure: I received a Solay Pillow for promotional purposes. As always, all opinions are my own, but I may speak for our dog Shellie.

At Home Teeth Whitening: Does it Work?

We all want to look our best and our smile is a huge part of looking good. Over the years I have tried many teeth whitening products including white strips, whitening toothpastes and basically any new product I could try. Recently I found the Smile Brilliant Teeth Whitening and I have been impressed with the results. Read on for a discount code and a chance to win your own teeth whitening system!

The process started with mixing a blue and white putty together and pressing your teeth in to the putty in the trays. It was quick and easy. The kit included all the directions and packaging to mail back the impressions. Within a week and a half I received my custom-fitted trays for my mouth. This is a key benefit to this system. Having the teeth whitening gel put in to a tray that is made especially for your mouth is key to the success. In this picture you can see the catalyst and base putty and the impression trays that you put the putty in to make your impressions.

 Now I was ready to start whitening my teeth and I couldn't wait! Before starting I brushed my teeth with just water. I then put a thin line of the whitening gel along the front of the tray. Then just sit and wait. I typically would leave the tray in for about 2 hours at night before bed. I have to admit it was also a good diet technique as I couldn't snack late at night. I then brushed my teeth as normal. Another key is the next step of using the desensitizing gel which I dispensed in to the tray as I did with the whitening gel and kept it on my teeth for 20 minutes. This is a great step that most whitening systems don't have since sensitivity can happen with any teeth whitening. By using this gel I had no issues with teeth sensitivity.

Would you like to win a Teeth Whitening Kit of your own? Enter here and you will have a chance to win! Giveaway ends on July 25th!
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It does work!!!! I was so impressed by the results. The top picture is my after and the bottom is the before. As you can see there is quite a few shades of white difference. I was very happy to see how my teeth looked. I could see improvement day after day and this is the result after 7 full days of whitening. I highly recommend trying this wonderful kit!

Buy the kit here:

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Get 30% off sitewide by using code: evanandlauren30

Disclosure: I received the Smile Brilliant Kit for review purposes. No other compensation was received and as always all opinions are my own. Tooth Whitening Gel

My Gift Stop Father's Day Gifts and a Giveaway!

It is almost time to celebrate the Dads in our lives. To me this includes my Dad, my husband, and my Godfather/Uncle who was like another Dad to me. I have a wonderful option for stress free shopping! Head to My Gift Stop and you will find a huge selection of options. has you covered! Plus read on and I am giving you an opportunity to win a $300 Gift Card!

They have an amazing array of watches, sunglasses, clocks, writing instruments and more giving you many options.

I find the men in my life to be the hardest to buy for. My husband buys things when he needs them so it is hard to come up with something he might want. Are you looking for a Father's Day gift? There are plenty of options at all price points with an easy return policy. I loved a lot of the watches, many were deeply discounted.

 There are dress watches and sporty watches including brands such as Bulova, Casio, Citizen, Invicta, Movado, Seiko and more!

Another option are these awesome bluetooth headphones.  

There are tons of fragrances for men too including Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Dolce and Gabanna and more.

Enter here for a chance to win a $300 gift card to My Gift Stop:

http://bit.ly/EvanandLaurenSCoolBlogjunegiveaway

Entry closes on Friday, June 29th at 11:59 PM EST Winner will be selected at random on Monday, July 2nd, 2018. 

I am sure my husband would love this Swiss Army Knife. What a great all around tool. Plus I love that they donate 5% of every sale to the global medical relief nonprofit, Direct Relief! 

Get shopping for all the special men in your life!

Disclosure: This is a compensated post for My Gift Stop however as always all opinions are my own.

Circuit Cubes STEM Fun

My son loves building. He likes building robots in his VEX Robotics Club at school, and building with LEGOs. I love seeing toys that involve his passions and get him off their electronics. Recently we received Circuit Cubes from Tenka Labs and Evan had fun trying it out.

We received the Bright Lights Kit which comes with a ultra-bright LED cube, Motor Cube and Battery Cube. The Battery is the power supply that drives the Motor to rotate the gears, and lights the LED.

Before starting you will need to charge the blue battery cube so plan ahead to do this in advance of giving this to your child to play with. Here you can see Evan connecting the components to make it light up.

 With this kit you can make a cool flashlight with the telescope tube and mylar disks it comes with.

Here is his finished flashlight. You can also put pretty star stickers on the side of the tube or make designs on the mylar disks to project on to surfaces.

Evan said the connections were easy to work with and also loved that he can connect his LEGOs with these components. It also works with Mega Bloks.

Here you can see the components close up. Here Evan is connecting the components up so that the tire will spin from the motor.

Even Shellie are dog was interested in this toy. Especially when it was lit up she liked that.

There are so many options for this kit, there are no limits to what your imagination can build. Here is the kit in the package. You can purchase it on Tenka Labs website or on Amazon.

Disclosure: I received Circuit Cubes Bright Lights for review purposes. I was also compensated for this review. As always all opinions are my own.

Disney Consumer Products Adorable Easter Stitch

Our family loves all things related to Disney.  In fact my daughter loves Stitch!  We make sure to visit him every time we go to Walt Disney World.  When I saw Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media come out with an Easter Stitch I knew she would love it!  Seriously how adorable is he?

He rested well in her Easter Basket.  She immediately screamed when seeing him and grabbed him and gave him a big hug.  He has now been sleeping in her bed since she got him.

I love Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.  Check out this adorable Minnie Mouse!  Shellie our Shetland Sheepdog thinks she is pretty cute too.

Check out all the cool products from Disney Consumer Products on their site:  https://www.shopdisney.com/ 

Disclosure:  Easter Stitch was received for promotional purposes.  Easter Minnie Mouse was gifted to me from Disney Consumer Products.  No other compensation was received and as always all opinions are my own.

8/11/17: The Beach Plum, Great Seafood in Portsmouth NH

Yesterday was a beautiful summer day in New England which made it a great day to go to the beach to relax a bit.  A perfect compliment to a day at the beach is a seafood dinner!  We headed to The Beach Plum in Portsmouth, NH and it was so yummy!  I knew we wouldn't be disappointed as the beach house owners we were visiting have grown up in New Hampshire and had been going to The Beach Plum for years and said it was really good.

It is a super cute place.  They also have locations in North Hampton and Epping but we headed to the Portsmouth location.  The Phantom Gourmet even visited them and gave them high marks.  You can see the review here.

I got the two way fried combo with haddock and scallops.  I really liked that it was not really greasy.  Usually you have to put a napkin on the food to get some of the grease off.  The batter was really good and crunchy and the scallops and haddock were moist and flaky.  The french fries were also not over salted.  It also came with a dinner roll and their homemade tarter sauce that was really good.

They have been awarded Best Lobster Roll my many Festivals so this was an item we had to try.  Believe it or not I don't like lobster however my husband does so he got the 8 ounce lobster roll to let me know how it was.

He said it was really good with not too much mayonnaise and tons of lobster meat.  He also got the onion rings and I tried some.  They were really good and again not greasy.

I also tried out the clam chowder and it was really good.  Plus they give two packets of oyster crackers which is a plus for me as I like extra crackers.  There were tons of clams and potatoes in the chowder.

The kids are more landlubbers and opted for more traditional kid's meals.  Evan got the cheeseburger kids meal and gave it a thumbs up.  This kid is hard to please with cheeseburgers and won't even eat the ones I make so this was impressive.

Lauren opted for the Chicken Fingers and loved them.  Only problem, too much food and she wanted to save room for their ice cream!  That is a big kids meal!

We also tried the homemade lemonade that did not disappoint.  They also serve wine and beer so I had one of their beers on tap.

There is indoor and outdoor seating.  It was a beautiful day so we opted to sit outdoors.  It was very clean indoors and outdoors.  You can tell they kept up with cleaning the tables as people left which was impressive as they were really busy when we visited.

They give you this cute little guy to put on your table and they bring the food right out to you.  It was super quick too!

Here is some of the indoor seating.

You go to the counter to order.

They have a very large menu.  You can see it here online.  There are also healthy options with many salads on the menu.

Up next was ice cream!  The kids couldn't wait and made sure they saved room.  They have 78 flavors of ice cream and frozen yogurt!  Guaranteed they will have something you will love.  Here Lauren is holding a Kiddie of Cake Batter.  Look at how huge it is!

You can see the list of flavors online here.  Look at the size of that cone!

I would definitely check them out if you are in the New Hampshire area.  Plus they have a promotion going on now on gift cards, get 25% more free!

Make sure to say hi to Mr. Lobster.  He has a big appetite eating two huge ice creams!

Find them online:  http://www.thebeachplum.net

Facebook:  facebook.com/TheBeachPlum/

Twitter: @TheBeachPlum

Instagram:  @the_beach_plum

Disclosure:  I was provided with a complimentary meal for review purposes.  No other compensation was received and as always all opinions are my own.