*I was not paid for this review! I received this product heavily discounted for my honest opinion! I'm starting to really be a huge fan of silicone baking materials! After years of frustrating food sticking to my pans, I've finally tried out a silicone baking mat. I am absolutely impressed with the results! The Gore Green Silicone baking mat is 16.5" x 11.6" and easily covered most of my standard sized baking sheet. It rolls up very nicely to easily store in a drawer without taking up much room at all. Setting it up was the easiest I've ever done- I simply laid it in my pan and placed my cookies on it, then just popped it in the oven! I loved that I didn't have to spray my pan or use troublesome parchment paper that doesn't always work right. My cookies baked perfectly and easily came off without sticking the slightest or leaving any residue behind at all! The mat didn't even seem to be dirty even after baking three batches of cookies! To clean, I basically just rinsed it off. They are also dishwasher-safe too! The silicone baking mat is reusable and seems very durable. I'll be using this baking mat over and over again- I love it!
If you'd like an easier, cleaner time baking, you can get one here- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0143DOKQ4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00 #GoreGreenSiliconeBakingMat
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*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
I love baking and cooking, I make homemade meals every day! One of my favorite things to make is homemade tortillas! My husband and my six year old son love them, and I usually have to chase them out of the kitchen while I guard the tortillas until dinner is ready. If I turn my back for a second, I'll see a tortilla fly off around the corner like magic. I'm used to a regular old fashioned rolling pin with the handles, but the handles always seem to get in my way somehow. I was thrilled to try out The Original French Rolling Pin since it seemed to be exactly what I needed!
The rolling pin is made of 100% beech wood and is one solid piece of wood without seams or nooks that leave tracks in your dough. One thing I hated about my old rolling pin was the sharp square edge that would make my dough uneven with marks sometimes. The French Rolling Pin has smooth tapered edges and measures a wonderful 18" long. It's definitely big enough to comfortably roll out pie crusts and large tortillas without having to layer your rolls.
I tried out the French Rolling Pin to make tortillas last night, and it was wonderful! I like to make my tortillas super big and had no problem doing it with this pin! It was so easy to use and I could get the full roll in by even rolling back onto my wrists at the end comfortably. I loved having my hands directly on the rolling pin for way better control than the traditional rolling pin with handles. Each roll was one smooth motion and my tortillas came out bigger and thinner than they usually do! They were the best tortillas I ever made! I generously use flour to keep the dough from sticking, but nothing seemed to stick to the pin at all. The pin came with some handy care tips, and when I was done, I rinsed it off without soap and toweled dry. Then I let it air dry for the rest of the night. This pin is nice and thin and easy for me to store in a little cranny with my baking sheets. I absolutely love this rolling pin, and I'm going to retire my old clunky pin to the storage now!
If you'd like the smoothest, easiest rolling pin ever, you can get one here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AVFEWNE #OriginalFrenchRollingPin
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
I love baking and just cooking in general. A very important tool in the kitchen is a good potholder or glove of some type to handle all the hot pans! I'm used to old fashioned cloth potholders which have several downsides to them. They can't resist heat for long and if they get dirty, you have to throw them in the washer and possibly go without one for a day. Then you end up using a spare towel or whatever may be handy nearby. A nifty new solution is to use silicone baking gloves!
The silicone baking gloves by More Cuisine Essentials cover my every desire. The package actually included two gloves so I can even easily handle my cast iron pots safely, which can get very heavy when full! The gloves are made of 100% silicone and are very flexible and they seem to fit nice and snug without slipping around. They're not too snug though, they easily fit my husbands hands which are quite bigger than mine! The gloves are textured to provide a better grip and are actually quite comfortable!
I tried them out by baking some cookies in my gas oven. My oven was at 350 degrees and I was able to comfortably grab the pan and even hold it for a few seconds without feeling much heat. The gloves were very easy to slip on in a hurry and it was very, very easy to handle the pan. They gave me a lot better coverage than my old potholders! One of the best things about them is if they get dirty, you can just rinse them off or even throw them in the dishwasher! I absolutely love these silicone baking gloves and I'm going to retire my clothe potholders to the back of some dusty shelf now!
If you'd like a versatile pair of silicone cooking gloves too, you can get some here: http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Odor-Eco-Friendly-More-Cuisine-Essentials/dp/B00VP670QK #MoreCuisineEssentials
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
A favorite fruit that me and my family love to eat is Pineapples. While delicious, they are always a mess! It's always a pain to prepare the pineapple though. first you have to chop off the top and cut off the outer peel. Then you have to slice it all up, losing a ton of juice and making a huge mess all over the place. When I used this simple little pineapple gadget by RubiWo I was pleasantly surprised. I've never prepared a pineapple so fast and effortlessly!
The pineapple corer slicer is incredibly easy to setup and use. The package includes a stainless steel sharp blade, a black plastic handle and a little pair of serving tongs. To setup the tool, you just simply pop the handle into the top of the corer blade and you're ready to go. Chop the leafy top off the pineapple and set aside. Using a firm downward pressure, center the tool on the pineapple and twist it until it goes all the way through. It cores the pineapple as well as slices and peels at the same time. It cleaned out my pineapple very well leaving just the outer shell with almost no pineapple remnants left. The slices are nice, clean and perfectly uniform. There was almost no juice leakage, it was very clean and mess- free! My family loved the neat little easy to eat slices. They were packed full of juice and so delicious and easy to handle. I've never prepared a pineapple this fast and effortlessly!!
As you can see, it only took about a minute to get the pineapple completely prepared.
If you'd like to prepare pineapples easily and mess-free, you can get one here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WIOTNFE #Pineapplecorer
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
A luxurious shower is always a treat for anybody, young or old. Sometimes the little 2" shower heads just really don't have enough power or coverage. Happy Moon makes an outstanding shower head that instantly transformed my shower from blah to ahhh!
The shower head was very easily installed. The package included The 6" shower head, a white silicone gasket, a chrome plated brass swivel ball and a 1" bushing. To install, you simply remove your old shower head and thoroughly clean the threads. Drop the white silicone gasket onto the new shower head body. Slide the swivel ball onto the 1" bushing and screw onto the top of the shower head body. Wrap teflon tape around the shower arm's threads and screw the new shower head on, making sure to tighten securely. It was very easily done and installed within 10 minutes. The hardest part was cleaning off any old gunk from you r old shower head.
The 6" rainfall shower head has silicone rubberized nozzles that are also self-cleaning to resist hard water and calcium buildups. The shower head chamber is engineered to allow optimal pressure buildup for a balanced, drenching spray. The 6" range is nice, wide and smooth for full coverage. This shower head will spray with full pressure even under the lowest pressure!
I took my first shower with this head earlier today, and it was so refreshing! The water felt great and the pressure was very strong. I could actually feel the water massaging my back and it felt amazing! It rinsed the shampoo out of my long hair in about half the time it usually takes with my old shower head. I loved the full coverage as well. I could easily stand under it and have my full body covered with water easily without having to shift around a bunch. I absolutely love this shower head! It instantly transformed my so-so shower into a full on spa experience! If you'd like to bathe in luxury as well, you can get one here- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0189KT1PM #HappyMoonBathEssentialsHighPressureShower
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
My family absolutely loves camping! We usually go quite a few times a year and have just about every gadget and gizmo you can think of for tent camping. However, one thing we didn't have was a hammock!
Rallt makes a wonderful ultralight hammock that is perfect for camping, hiking or just lounging in your backyard. Everything you need to get set up is included right in the package- the hammock, carabiners and rope. The whole setup weighs less than a pound and packs up into a tiny 6" x 6" x 4" package that will easily fit in a backpack or among other camping gear without taking up too much room at all. The 6mm polypropylene rope does not stretch and each rope measures 10' so you can string up between trees up to 20 feet away from each other! The hammock itself is 9' long and 4'7" wide and made of a strong 210 nylon fabric that is tear-resistant and can hold up to 400 pounds!This hammock guarantees that you won't end up on the ground in the middle of the night! The hammock folds up into a little pouch that is sewn onto the hammock itself.
Installing the hammock was very easy and we had it done within 5 minutes. We simply looped a rope around a tree and tied it to the carabiner with a square knot. Then we repeated on the other side, and it was completely set up. My six year old son just couldn't wait to climb into it and it was near impossible to get him out of it! The hammock is very comfortable and feels very secure. When it came time to putting it away, it was very easy to roll back up and stuff into the attached pouch on the hammock! This hammock was super easy to setup and take down, me and my family absolutely love it!
If you'd like an ultralight hammock to take camping too, you can get one here - http://amzn.to/1kQjFl4 #None
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
My family loves to go camping. A true must have item is a lantern, otherwise you're outta luck after dark! The LED lantern by Vodiy covers all of our basic needs and is safer than our other kerosene lanterns. I have a six year old son and he's forbidden from touching our glass-domed kerosene lanterns. However, this lantern seems completely safe for him to use- even unsupervised! Made of a durable military grade materials, the triple sealed base makes it rain, moisture and condensation proof. The rubberized coating on the top and bottom is meant to withstand even the most drastic of dropping. There's even a removable outer globe that is of a soft plastic type material guaranteed not to break. The lantern is very small and easy to use with a convenient carrying handle as well. Overall, this lantern is very safe for kids to use by themselves and can withstand habitual clumsiness.
The lantern also has six lighting modes to suit all your different needs. There's 4 white light modes- high, med, low and SOS flashing. Then there's also two red light modes- red light still and flashing. Each can be cycled through by pressing the lit green button. To turn off, you just press and hold the button for 2 seconds. The lantern runs off of 3 D batteries and can last up to 6 days of solid lighting.
I absolutely love this lantern and my six year old has officially made it "his". I feel completely safe letting him run around on his own with this lantern! There's no risk of broken glass or getting burned!! If you'd like to get one for yourself, they're available here- http://vodiystore.com/collections/frontpage/products/fonuslight-led-lantern #VODIY
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
Lately I've been seeing a lot of pictures and videos of people making artistic pancakes with pancake pens. I'v never done it before and was thrilled when Smokeyjazz offered me a pen of my own to try out!
THe smokeyjazz pancake pen is very simply made, but delivers amazing results! The pen itself measures 11.5 inches long and 3" wide which seems big, but it actually fits in the hand very well and is easy to handle. The pen is made of durable contoured plastic and the tip is heat resistant up to 600 degrees! You definitely don't have to worry about the tip melting if you touch it to the pan! The pen has a screw bottom on one end for filling with batter. The other end has the pen tip with a nice clear lid that helps keep it from leaking. You can also easily store extra batter in the fridge as well!
Filling it was very easy to do. I simply mixed up my desired amount of batter, unscrewed the bottom cap and poured the batter in. The opening was nice and large and very easy to pour the batter in without it spilling all over the place. I barely spilled a single drop and that was when I was using a spatula to scrape the bowl clean. The pen holds up to 3 cups of batter which is actually a lot! I only did a small batch of 6 pancakes for me, my husband and my son and it wasn't even halfway full.
Using the pancake pen was incredibly easy. For having such a wide tips, it actually created some pretty fine lines. Me and my six year old son had a ton of fun coming up with different designs to draw with the pen. The possibilities are endless! Just make sure that you don't take too long drawing with your pen before flipping, or else they'll get a little toasty on the parts you first drew in! The pen was very comfortable and very easy to control, my six year old was even able to handle it all by himself.
This pancake pen is a really fun way to get kids involved with cooking and makes them excited about actually eating! I can't wait to get some more experience with this and create some more awesome pancakes! If you want to have fun making breakfast too, you can get one here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017D6A3LY #pancakepen
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
I'm currently six months pregnant, and starting to get pretty big now. It's hard for a pregnant woman to feel special when she's waddling around and having trouble bending over. This Mom to Be sash is a perfect little accessory to help her feel more special! The sash is made of a satiny material that is smooth and pleasant to the touch, it's not all scratchy where it can irritate you if you need to wear it for a long time such as a baby shower. The words are in a beautiful silver glitter that really sparkles in the light! The sparkles actually stay on very well and you don't leave a trail of fairy glitter behind you as you walk around. The sash is large enough to easily accommodate riding over the most pregnant of bellies. This sash is absolutely perfect for a baby shower, photo op or just to wear around and feel special when you're pregnant!
If you'd like to get a new mommy a special sash, you can get one here (they also have pink ones for girls!):
http://www.amazon.com/Mom-Be-SASH-SILVER-GLITTER/dp/B0187P6FXA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1452796467&sr=8-5&keywords=mom+to+be+sash #BnMEMomToBeSash
*I was not paid for this review! I received this product free of charge for my honest opinion!
As I'm expecting my second lil boy in just a few months, I'm starting to really look into slings and carriers. The Mamaway Baby Sling exceeded my expectations in what I was looking for in a sling! Baby slings are a very widely encouraged way to keep your baby close to you. They have so many benefits, it's hard to list them all! They help reduce crying by being more comfortable for babies than the traditional carriers and they develop a sense of security and trust by being closer to you. They also promote learning by letting the baby view all your activities and learning from you rather than staring at a ceiling or wall from a crib or stroller. Baby slings are also ideal for breastfeeding by improving their posture and frequency of breastfeeding while still staying discreet. Wearing a baby in a sling will also ease the strain on your back!
The Mamaway baby sling came in a nice pewter gray color with pink stitching. It is very well made from 100% Pima cotton and is of a very sturdy and durable material. The stitching is very tightly done and overall, the whole thing is very sturdy and high quality! The sling is breathable, allergy-free, and soft enough to not irritate your baby's sensitive skin. The rings are made of a plastic like material and are smooth to the touch in case the lil one decides to teeth or play with them.
Putting the sling on can take a little bit of practice but it's pretty easy once you figure it out. You basically set the ring over one shoulder, loop around behind your back and then around over your belly to thread through the loops. There's several different ways you can position the baby, mainly depends on size, activity and preference. I absolutely love this baby sling, and I'm super excited about using it soon! I love the color and the style of it! They also have a ton of other different colors too! If you'd like a high quality baby sling, you can get one here: http://www.amztk.com/ring-sling #Mamaway |
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