Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Piccadilly Happy Memories Contest: A Follow Up
If you were a winner in the recent Piccadilly Happy Memories Contest and received your gift card prize, please contact me at AllisonMeetsWorld[at]yahoo.com for a brief follow up question. Thanks!
Monday, September 21, 2009
POMx Iced Coffee
"A delicious blend of antioxidants, caffeine and rich coffee"
Confession time: I don't drink hot coffee. Iced coffee, though, I love. Sipping an iced coffee at the park is just so relaxing to me. The downside to that past time is spilling your cup on the drive to the park : P But there is a solution to that: POMx Iced Coffee. Their coffees come in cute, portable bottles you can toss in your tote bag for a day at the park.
POMx comes in three yummy flavors: vanilla, chocolate and cafe au lait. Some of you are probably wondering "Wait, isn't POM a fruit juice ? I don't want juice in my coffee." No worries. Only the pomegranate antioxidants are in POMx iced coffee, not the actual pomegranate flavor. Plus, this beverage is preservative free and made with hormone-free milk.
Aside from drinking the POMx iced coffee, I liked trying it in recipes. For breakfast, I recommend a glass of POMx cafe au lait, fruit, toast and cafe au lait butter. The cafe au lait butter was easy to make. Just mix a smidge of the POMx and some butter in a small bowl with a fork. Don't add too much, as you just want to add the flavor and not make the butter soggy.
For dessert, I added 1/4 cup POMx cafe au lait to a chocolate chip cookie mix. That was the best idea ever. Like chocolate chip cookies aren't addictive enough! X D
As a late night snack, I would suggest the chocolate POMx. I had a bowl of black pepper popcorn and the chocolate flavor. That was a very odd combination, but absolutely delicious. (I sort of get the whole chili and chocolate craze now) I dipped the popcorn in the chocolate POMx. What, it tasted good.
Thumbs up for POMx Iced Coffee *skips off to produce aisle for more*
POMx cafe au lait & POMx chocolate iced coffees
POMx cafe au lait & POMx chocolate iced coffees
POMx chocolate iced coffee and black pepper popcorn
POMx cafe au lait iced coffee and toast with POMx cafe au lait butter
Confession time: I don't drink hot coffee. Iced coffee, though, I love. Sipping an iced coffee at the park is just so relaxing to me. The downside to that past time is spilling your cup on the drive to the park : P But there is a solution to that: POMx Iced Coffee. Their coffees come in cute, portable bottles you can toss in your tote bag for a day at the park.
POMx comes in three yummy flavors: vanilla, chocolate and cafe au lait. Some of you are probably wondering "Wait, isn't POM a fruit juice ? I don't want juice in my coffee." No worries. Only the pomegranate antioxidants are in POMx iced coffee, not the actual pomegranate flavor. Plus, this beverage is preservative free and made with hormone-free milk.
Aside from drinking the POMx iced coffee, I liked trying it in recipes. For breakfast, I recommend a glass of POMx cafe au lait, fruit, toast and cafe au lait butter. The cafe au lait butter was easy to make. Just mix a smidge of the POMx and some butter in a small bowl with a fork. Don't add too much, as you just want to add the flavor and not make the butter soggy.
For dessert, I added 1/4 cup POMx cafe au lait to a chocolate chip cookie mix. That was the best idea ever. Like chocolate chip cookies aren't addictive enough! X D
As a late night snack, I would suggest the chocolate POMx. I had a bowl of black pepper popcorn and the chocolate flavor. That was a very odd combination, but absolutely delicious. (I sort of get the whole chili and chocolate craze now) I dipped the popcorn in the chocolate POMx. What, it tasted good.
Thumbs up for POMx Iced Coffee *skips off to produce aisle for more*
POMx cafe au lait & POMx chocolate iced coffees
POMx cafe au lait & POMx chocolate iced coffees
POMx chocolate iced coffee and black pepper popcorn
POMx cafe au lait iced coffee and toast with POMx cafe au lait butter
Contest Alert: Applegate Farms / Rock the Box
It's back to school time. And you know what that means: new lunch boxes, making memories with new friends and creative meals to go in those boxes. Head over to Applegate Farms to share your favorite school food memory for a chance to win a cool new lunchbox. I don't have a favorite lunch memory, although I did love adding bbq chips to my peanut butter sandwiches. Best combination ever X D But enough about me -- get to writing those entries, my creative little minions ; )
"What is your most vivid school food memory?
Share your school food memories in any written form you'd like – a story, poem, song lyric or Haiku. We’ll post the entries on our website and enter your name in a drawing to win a snazzy OOTS lunchbox. New winners will be selected each week, so there will be lots of chances to win! Enter your school food experience below. Deadline to enter is September 25, 2009."
"What is your most vivid school food memory?
Share your school food memories in any written form you'd like – a story, poem, song lyric or Haiku. We’ll post the entries on our website and enter your name in a drawing to win a snazzy OOTS lunchbox. New winners will be selected each week, so there will be lots of chances to win! Enter your school food experience below. Deadline to enter is September 25, 2009."
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monroe's Smokehouse, Jacksonville, FL: Review 3
Monroe's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
4838 Highway Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32254
904-389-5551,
Fax: 904-384-3323
Today I ate lunch at Monroe's Smokehouse, as a follow up to my January and June reviews.
Homemade Potato Salad
The potato salad is different from what was served in January. It is chunks of potato with a sort of salad dressing coating & celery seeds. The consensus at the table was "That's not really potato salad. And it isn't very good."
Collard Greens
The greens are no longer served soupy and greasy. I was given a beautiful, tasty order this time. However, the greens were gritty. The grit / dirt had probably not been properly washed before cooking. Monroe's did replace my greens with the black eyed peas, though, which I appreciated.
Savory Black-eyed Peas
The black eyed peas at Monroe's were decent enough on previous visits. But now they are excellent. The peas are served thick and well seasoned, with pieces of bacon mixed in. Absolute heaven X D
Bbq Bacon Cheeseburger
The bbq burger was perfect. The bun was warm and toasted. The meat patty was huge and cooked to perfection, with crisp bacon, fresh lettuce, tomato, onion slices and a drizzling of bbq sauce. I could only eat half of the man-sized burger. Definitely worth ordering again!
Memphis Deluxe Pulled Pork Sandwich
No complaints about this sandwich. Monroe's is still making the Memphis Deluxe as great as before.
4838 Highway Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32254
904-389-5551,
Fax: 904-384-3323
Today I ate lunch at Monroe's Smokehouse, as a follow up to my January and June reviews.
Homemade Potato Salad
The potato salad is different from what was served in January. It is chunks of potato with a sort of salad dressing coating & celery seeds. The consensus at the table was "That's not really potato salad. And it isn't very good."
Collard Greens
The greens are no longer served soupy and greasy. I was given a beautiful, tasty order this time. However, the greens were gritty. The grit / dirt had probably not been properly washed before cooking. Monroe's did replace my greens with the black eyed peas, though, which I appreciated.
Savory Black-eyed Peas
The black eyed peas at Monroe's were decent enough on previous visits. But now they are excellent. The peas are served thick and well seasoned, with pieces of bacon mixed in. Absolute heaven X D
Bbq Bacon Cheeseburger
The bbq burger was perfect. The bun was warm and toasted. The meat patty was huge and cooked to perfection, with crisp bacon, fresh lettuce, tomato, onion slices and a drizzling of bbq sauce. I could only eat half of the man-sized burger. Definitely worth ordering again!
Memphis Deluxe Pulled Pork Sandwich
No complaints about this sandwich. Monroe's is still making the Memphis Deluxe as great as before.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Ile De France: Prettiest Platter Contest
You all know how competetive I am. I've entered a photo in the Ile De France Prettiest Platter contest. Remember to vote for me until October 6.
"What ingredients did you use ?"
Ile De France Brie (single serve minis & one large wheel), shredded cheddar, an M&M, salad crunchies, rice and food coloring. I had to keep sticking the brie into the freezer to hold the shapes.
