Taco Bell and the Super Bowl

Once again I was selected to test a product from CrowdTap.  This time I got four bottles of Taco Bell sauces, you know, the same sauces we all sneak into our bags whenever we eat at Taco Bell.  Well, they now come in full size bottles to take home thanks to Kraft!

I was supposed to have a party for the Super Bowl to help share the yum and since my in laws were having a combined Super Bowl and birthday party for my hubby it was perfect.  Perfect until we have been in an area gripped by the Polar Vortex.  My girls had started getting sore throats and fevers so I stayed home with them.  After all part of the party was for my hubby and it is his family.  Don't worry we tried the sauces before he took them to the party. 

Here are the sauces I got to try! 

Since I was with my daughters what better food to try these with than tacos. 

You can never go wrong with tacos.  Note the Salsa Verde sauce is not pictured.  I had a friend that reeeaallly wanted it and so I gave it to her.  (She forgot to take pictures for me of the recipe she used it with).

This is my Ava.  Bless her heart, she's the only hard shell eater in the family.

She chose Taco Bell Mild Sauce.  (See it dripping down her face?)  She liked it and it didn't get too spicy until she was almost finished the taco.  Then again that could also be due to the taco seasoning.

This is my Katherine. My daredevil, the one out to prove you wrong, hard headed.....  I talked her down from the Taco Bell Fire Sauce but she "can totally handle hot sauce.  I ate all those Mighty Wings at McDonalds).  So I sat back and let her have a go.

Note: She doesn't like lettuce on her tacos. She's so weird.

Taco Bell Hot Sauce is still a little out of her league.  (I guess I shouldn't have been laughing while I took the picture). 

As you can see from this picture we are a bunch of light weights and mainly stuck to the mild.  It is true to the flavor pouches at the restaurant. With this in mind I plan on trying it on chicken fajitas next!  We loved it.

---------------------------At the Party-----------------------------------------------

I do not have pictures from the party but they did use more of the hot sauce and my spicy crazed father in law tried the fire on his wings. 

From what I heard they also enjoyed them.  It gave the desired spice without the odd after taste that other brands give you.  My mother in law asked where she could find them.  (they should be popping up in stores all over by now).  I told Justin aka hubby, to let them keep the hot and fire sauces.  Mild got pretty used up in one day so if you have a large family or are getting it for a party you may want to buy two bottles.


Again - I got these items from Crowdtap to give my opinion of.  No other compensation was awarded.  These are all my personal, and families, personal feelings in regards to these sauces. 

Inspired by others: Weight Loss

I was just on Pinterest and followed a link about gardening for beginners.  While on the blog that wrote that story something caught my eye.  A badge linking me to another blog, The Curvy Housewife.  She was sharing about starting her weight loss journey over again.  Turns out we both use My Fitness Pal to help monitor what we eat!  Funny thing is that I had just started logging my food again today! 

After reading her blog it was set.  I decided to just be open and post my journey also.  

So the basics :  I am currently at 230 lbs.  Not a very happy thing to have to admit.  I've been here before and lost it until I was at 163.  Then I was down to 153 after having my first daughter.  (A perk of constant morning sickness I suppose).  Even after my second daughter I was still in the 160s.  What happened?  How did this get so out of hand?  

                        My goal is to get back to the 160s.  I know this will take time and that it is more than just losing the weight.  I need to really CHANGE myself.  Change the way I eat, what I eat, and make an effort to be more active.  

Feel free to link any of your blogs if you are going through the same thing or maybe already have been there!

Hopefully this will help me stay accountable and be an encouragement.  

Now I just need to get a scale.  

 

Hershey's Spread

I was selected through CrowdTap to sample and share a jar of Hershey's Spread.  It is a new product that came out last month and can be found in three flavors.  I was sent the basic spread. 

Now was the time to decide what to use it on.  Luckily I had just the thing!

Who doesn't love Smores?  Plus they are so simple to make even my kids can make them.  It's also amazing to be able to have them in the winter time as we were in the grip of a Polar Vortex.

The Hershey's Spread was incredibly spreadable.  Yes, I know it is called a spread but how many times have we gotten something and it was anything but spreadable?  This went on really smoothly.  So smoothly that it would make a great dip on its own. 

My smore is complete.  Now to taste test it!

The taste was amazing.  When making smores the more traditional way I usually put just a fraction of the chocolate because it seems to make it a little dry tasting.  The spread however was amazing and smooched (the technical term) out the sides just like a traditional smore would.  The chocolate reminded me of the taste of chocolate frosting.  This of course gave me a great idea and I have since used it to dip pretzels.  I also plan on using it as a frosting to put on top of brownies!  Now to wait until strawberries come back in season to try it on them also! 









Disclaimer:  I was given this sample to try and share with others.  That was the only compensation I was given and the thoughts and review is my own.