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Gevalia and Safeway Make Get Togethers Easy

June 14, 2013 By Maryann

Thank you to Gevalia and Safeway for sponsoring this post. Visit the Safeway website for more information about Gevalia and Like Gevalia on Facebook.

I live on a pretty small street. As a matter of fact there are only 8 houses on the street and that comprises our whole neighborhood. But we have some great neighbors. I think they are super, and I love hanging out with them. The problem is is they are always so busy it is really hard to get us all together. So I decided to have a little midweek get together. It was so nice to hang out with my favorite ladies and just talk about everything.

To make the event easy and delicious I opted to grab some prepared desserts from Safeway’s bakery section. I selected some house made macarons, and a fabulous lemon bunt cake. I adore lemon in the warmer weather as it just tastes perfect and light, and it goes really well with Gevalia coffee which I also picked up at Safeway. I selected the Gevalia Columbia K-cups because they are a medium roast which is perfect for dessert but also great at breakfast the next morning. I love using the Gevalia K-cups with our Keurig since it makes the perfect brew every single time and my guests can decide if they want a small cup or a big one (the way I like it). (*Kraft Foods is not affiliated with Keurig, Inc. KEURIG and K-CUP are registered trademarks of Keurig, Inc.)

Since I have been struggling with vertigo for a while I also decided to try a few heat and serve appetizers. I figured it would make life a little easier for me since I am feeling so dizzy all the time. I was really pleased by the large selection of heat and serve items in the frozen food section. We noshed on chicken taquitos and mini Florentine quiches. No, none of it was gluten free, but I just felt like it wasn’t something I felt like dealing with that night. We ended up having a small group, but that was fine with me. I got to hang out with some of my favorite ladies, drink Gevalia and munch on some delicious food. Overall it was a perfect night.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Genesis Today Skinny Coffee Review – Sponsored Post & #Giveaway

April 5, 2013 By Maryann

I received two bottles of Skinny Coffee and Genesis Today Total Cleanse for free to facilitate this review.

Skinny Coffee

If you know anything about me you should know that I ♥ coffee. Like I think it is ambrosia, or the elixir of the gods. I could drink coffee morning, noon and night, and sometimes I do. When I was nursing Lorenzo I remember sitting up at night craving a cup of coffee. Not for the caffeine but instead because it just tastes so darn good.

But I like to drink my coffee with some sort of creamer. I used to use half and half until I needed to go diary free. Then I moved on to a coconut milk creamer, and now I use full fat coconut milk. Not the lowest calorie option, I know. And since I am still working the Weight Watchers angle, I need to be conscious of what I am putting into my body. Well, I should always be conscious of what I’m taking in, but trying to lose weight makes you scrutinize even more. I also really enjoy a good cup of iced coffee, which brings me to Genesis Today Skinny Coffee. It comes in two flavors, Creamy Cappuccino and Vanilla Latte. But what makes them so different is the fact that these coffees combine medium-roast coffee with a touch of milk and 600mg of pure green coffee bean extract per serving. I first learned about green coffee bean extract from watching Dr. Oz. Green coffee bean extract is known to slow the release of sugar into the bloodstream and helps to support a healthy metabolism.

I have been drinking Genesis Today Skinny Coffee for a couple of days now. I usually have it in the afternoon over ice. It is only 90 calories per 8 fl. oz. serving. That is not bad at all. I love that while it does contain sugar it does NOT contain high fructose corn syrup and instead uses stevia leaf to enhance the flavors. It also contains some great B vitamins such as B12, B6 and B5. I love B vitamins.

I also decided to try Genesis Today Total Cleanse. It is a detoxifying herbal dietary supplement that comes in a two-part cleansing program. I have only been using it for a few days so far, but I’m already liking it. It has been very gentle on my system, which is really important to me. It contains tons of great herbs and supplements like Pau D’Arco, Fenugreek and Milk Thistle. All things I have taken at one time or another, but this combines them and other supplements into one cleansing program.