Support Breast Cancer with Freschetta Pizza


As part of Freschetta Fresh Connection, I received a kit which included a free coupon to get a Freschetta pizza of my choice, 12oz or larger, and two pairs of "Freschetta-Proud to support PINK" earphones. One to keep for myself and one to give a friend!

Freschetta is supporting Pink-the breast cancer awareness program; And with each pizza box comes a code to enter in at www.proudtosupportpink.com, every code entered, the makers of Freschetta will donate a $1 to the center, up to $50,000 to support the research of breast cancer.
Freschetta also has a place on their site where you can share your stories of breast cancer in yourself, or a loved one, and the journey through it all. With that, they are giving away 50 pink iPod shuffle players to those who have entered their stories and chosen.

Freschetta pizza is a great frozen pizza that uses only all real cheese, sauce made from tomatoes that were picked at their peak of ripeness, and premium meats. Getting one for free is even better!! :)

SO if you would like to win yourself a FREE coupon to get your own FREE pizza and two pair of pink earphones...

Enter the Giveaway by:
First make sure you're a follower of my blog here at TemporaryWaffle.
Follow my on Twitter
LIKE Freschetta on Facebook
Leave me a comment letting me know you did both of these and don't forget to leave your EMAIL address so I can contact you if you win! :)
Giveaway ends on October 28, 2011.

Volcano Cookies

I call these volcano cookies because the tops look like volcanoes! 


I made the cookie dough with this recipe:

3/4 c granulated sugar
3/4c packed brown sugar
1c butter, softened
1 egg
21/4c flour
1tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mixed it all together, rolled it into some plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge over night.

The next day I cute the roll into slices and rolled them into balls, 
flattened em and placed a milky way candy bar atop it.
Baked in the oven at 375 degrees until they were golden.



The caramel in the Milky Way candy bars made the middle of the cookie chewier 
than I like so I just made the rest candy bar-less. :)

Chocolates From Hawaii

My hubby had a friend who went to Hawaii over the Summer and he had Chocolates brought back for me!! Cute Hello Kitty, Chocolate covered Macadamia nut candies.
















Delicious!

Pampers Kandoo wipes

Finally found a place that sells the Pampers Kandoo flush able wipes in the tub 50 count! I had a coupon to get a FREE box of them and I finally got to get it :)

The smell reminds of my grandma, how she smelled when I was a little girl. Kind of has a foundation makeup smell to them lol. Does the job though.

PutTogether Castle

Look what me and my little man made! Well...mostly I made it... :)
I got this at Michael's for only 79 cents! They're having a lot of things on sale right now, I'm lucky I didn't get myself into trouble and buy it all lol.


Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Cake is delicious...and adding in Zucchini?? How smart!


I fell in love with Aunt Shanny's Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe, (which you can check out her's HERE) So I wanted to give it a shot!! Except....I gave it a little twist. Not because I wanted to, but because I didn't have some of the ingredients called for, on hand, so I had to improvise. We're in the process of moving in the next week or so hopefully, so groceries are mellowing out for an easier move...

Yes, I could have made this cake when I had the specific ingredients, But the impatient person I am, I wanted to do it today :) And seeing that it's been a relaxed overcast day, it was the perfect time to!

(Below is the recipe & I wrote in parenthesis my improvisations)
  
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs (I used applesauce instead)
2 t. vanilla
1/2 c. buttermilk (I used milk mixed with lemon juice in place of)
1 t. dried orange peel (omitted-didn't use anything in place of this)
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. cocoa
2 t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
2 c. grated zucchini
(optional) 1 c. chopped walnuts


*The Chocolate Glaze for the cake called for:
1-2 c. powdered sugar
2 T cocoa
3 T. milk
1 t. vanilla

I mixed all the glaze ingredients together and found that I wasn't fond of the taste! A little too powdered sugary for me. So I added in about 1/2c of butter and about 4oz of whipped cream cheese. Mixed it all together and drizzled it onto the cake. Then topped it all with some shaved chocolate. Came out tasting good! BUT...I found that chocolate and cream cheese flavor doesn't mix too well.

The cake is DELICIOUS!!! But I wish I left out the cream cheese in the glaze :)

I LOVE the cake by itself though. It taste very similar to brownies. 
And I actually wish I didn't put ANY frosting on :)

So THANK YOU Aunt Shanny for this wonderful recipe! One I will keep in my book.

I Love it!!

Back To It

Today is my hubbys day back to school and work, after a two month vacation! Kinda sad to not have him around every day all day long and getting to have fun every day. Back to the real world today though. And it is suppose to be my son's back to homeschooled preschool day too but he is sick :( I had his school work all planned out the night before, hoping he'd be better by the morning so we could get school done and then go on a "field trip" to his grandma's house to celebrate her birthday...But looks like it will have to be pushed off for another day when he is better. I guess a sickness is going around again. Filled with coughing, runny noses, and sore throats. I sure hope he gets better soon though or I will be taking him to the doctor soon! His cough sounds terrible.

On a good note, I made myself get up at 5am (but my mind woke me at 4:30 am lol) and I got up and did some stretching and got a good heart healthy 30minute workout in and shower so I'm feeling very refreshed and rejuvenated. Sometimes waking up early to get stuff done, when no one else is awake, feels so good.

Today is going to be a pretty relax day I think. The weather is gloomy overcast and rain is expected. It is quiet and calm since my son is resting on the couch. So looks like I get to catch up on some blogging and computer stuff today. The house is already clean ( I like to keep it that way) So looks like I'm going to have a pretty good comfortable day! :)

Carrot Cake

I made a Yummy carrot cake along with a cream cheese frosting and topped with walnuts!!

I followed the recipe on Joyofbaking.com and it calls for:

1 cup (100 grams) pecans or walnuts

3/4 pound (340 grams) raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)

2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

4 large eggs

1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated white sugar

1 cup (240 ml) safflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

And topped it with a yummy cream cheese frosting and walnuts.














Cream Cheese Frosting:

1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature

2 cups (230 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted

1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)

(Just a tip: I halfened the recipes to make this size of cake though)



Delicious.

Finding New Products: Nusco + Apple Milk Tea

 
   Something you will learn about me, is I love trying new foods!! So when I come across something that seems interesting to try, most times I will get it. So upon my recent shop at the Asian Food Market, I found a similar version of the product, Nutella, but called Nusco. Nusco is made in and shipped from Holland. and has two flavors, Hazelnut Duo and Hazelnut chocolate.  I picked up the container of Hazelnut Duo to try, which is hazelnut chocolate mixed with vanilla swirls. This stuff is delicious and tastes great on bread!
 

Another product I got is Apple Milk Tea. This drink is made in and shipped from Japan. A milk tea with apple flavoring and it is so yummy! My new favorite drink!!
 

Do you think you would like either of these products?



A Full Tomato Dinner

My grandpa gave me a lot of tomatoes and I had no idea what to do with the ones I wasn't eating...
so I decided to make tomato bread sticks!

I started out with 8 tomatoes. I sliced an "X" in each tomato for better peeling once boiled.













Boiled them til the skins start looking peelable. 
Once skins look peelable, dump all into drainer, rinse with cold water (or put in bowl of ice water)












Once cooled off, peel skins off and place into blender. 
Add in some garlic salt and black pepper and mix

 Pour a small amount into breadstick batter-in place of called for liquid. 
And save the rest in a freezer bag!














Breads stick dough ball ready to be rolled and made into bread sticks!



Bread sticks done and sided with homemade pizza and tomato slices.

And this was my great idea to hold the freezer bag upright in the freezer so the tomato sauce could freeze all in a straight area so folding made it easier for storing it in freezer! Using my bag clip I got from Fresh Express Salad, to hold my bag in place on the freezer door!

3 Samples I received

I received these samples over the last week:
Cute box of Honey Nut Cheerios, which I just ate today and they are yummy as usual:



















Suave Products from Walmart. Men's Body Wash which smells sooo good! I gave it to my hubby and he comes out of the shower smelling so clean and fresh :) I love it. Sweet pea lotion which is sweet smelling and a great size for my bag. And Dry shampoo spray. It smells good but it makes my hair feel odd and look kind of dusty.



















And Teachers Tape. Great for sticking things on walls and not leaving a mess behind!



















I Love receiving samples :) As I always say, it's like Christmas in the mail!

Kashi TLC Bar Review

I received a sample from Kashi-a TLC, Perfectly Dark Chocolate Layered Granola Bar and a $1.50 off coupon. The chocolate on the bar was very sticky-but could be because it was mailed in the heat lol. The flavor tasted like something healthy, but it was chewier then I would have liked. I shared half of it with my son who is 4 years old and he loved it :)

Fresh Express Salad Review

I received a coupon for a FREE bag of Fresh Express Salad-through Vocalpoint-
as well as some $1.00 off coupons and a bag clip. I LOVE the bag clip. 
It works great to hold the salad bags together, and even chip bags too :)
The salad was great. We got the American Salad and also the Shredded Coleslaw

It tasted like normal salad, in my opinion, but I loved the fact that it was all pre rinsed. 
Makes for a quick and easy side dish to any dinner! :)

This post is made possible by Vocalpoint, in providing me the products to review. All opinions my own.


Del Monte Fruit Naturals Are Coming!

Make sure you're registered with Vocalpoint because starting next Tuesday, they will be giving away a buy one get one free coupon for Del Monte Fruit Naturals Drink Cups which are packed in 100% fruit juice instead of sugary syrup!!

These could be delicious! :) So make sure you're joined up with Vocalpoint At: vocalpoint.com/registration/screener.aspx