Masha electric vegetable masher

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It’s basically mashed potato season, right? I think we can all agree that while the holidays may not be entirely designed around this delicious potato treat, it definitely is not the same without them. Can you imagine a turkey dinner without a scoop of fluffy mashed potatoes ready for topping with gravy? I know, I know, I don’t want to imagine that, either.

Luckily, we live in a world where potatoes exist, and even luckier that we live in a world where we can mash them up and enjoy them any day of the year – but especially this time of year. Now that we agree that mashed potatoes are the unofficial spirit food of the holidays, we have to agree how to prepare them. For this, there is the Masha Masher by Salton that combines the unique aspects of a ricer with specifically designed blades that give you the lightest and most fluffiest potatoes anywhere. Masha rotorSo, how does it work? Many people don’t know this, but conventional hand blenders and food processors actually rupture the starch grains, giving them a glue-like consistency. The Masha is different because it although it looks a bit like an immersion blender, instead it uses a low speed rotor to force food through an outer mesh, much like a motorized ricer. The result is perfectly mashed foods without lumps, in just seconds.

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Get your Fruit & Veggie fix at Jamba Juice the summer


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Are YOU getting enough fruits and vegetables each day?  If you’re my daughter, the answer is definitely yes.  But, if you’re my son, the answer is probably no.  Since he only eats a few fruits and veggies in their raw state, we have to sneak nutrition into his meals just to get him to eat them. 

Thank goodness I found out the kid looooooves smoothies.  And, not just the fake fruit smoothies you can get at most restaurants, he likes the good stuff, like Jamba Juice.  We recently headed to our local Jamba Juice with a $10 gift card from Moms Meet to try out the kid’s smoothies, and both kids were very excited.


Jamba Juice visit
Having not been into a full size Jamba Juice store for a while now since we typically visit it at the mall, I was surprised by the fact that they had food as well as smoothies.  Since we hadn’t eaten since breakfast and our next stop was the grocery store for something to snack on until I could make an early dinner, I ended up getting a pretzel with cheese Jamba Kids Meal and the two kids split it along with a Jamba Juice Fruit & Veggie smoothie. 

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Fun and Learning with the PlanToys Balancing Scale

I love toys with no instructions.  There’s nothing more exciting than opening a box and finding a gorgeous open-ended toy that allows the kiddos and I to get creative.  For this reason, I love PlanToys.  While technically most of their toys do come with some sort of instruction {especially the ones requiring assembly}, you really … Read more

Why I do frozen vegetables

This year I have been making an effort to eat healthy and cook more meals at home.  I am relatively new to the whole concept of cooking but that doesn't stop me from trying.  I have never been a master chef, nor am I overly motivated to go experiment on my dinner, but I am … Read more