Soggy Cereal? No MORE! - OBOLCEREALBOWLS #ObolCo

Try - Obol Cereal Bowls

Obol Cereal Bowls - (Image from Obol)

From Obol:

Cereal Never Gets Soggy!
"It's the champion of breakfast bowls" - a quote from ABC NEWS!

Obol "The Original Crispy Bowl" made in the USA is the favorite for cereal lovers around the world. Originally inspired by a playground slide, its Spiral Slide Design changed the mundane cereal bowl into an everyday kitchen sensation. 

The pleasure of eating cereal at the table, while watching TV or even is bed is easy,
All you do is, Swoop n Scoop crispy cereal... your way, your pace.

No More Soggy Cereal!

I can't wait to try the Obol Cereal.  If it's one thing that I cannot stand, it's soggy cereal!  It just doesn't feel right in my mouth!  This is perfect for me.  It's how I eat yogurt, adding a tad granola at a time!  My husband will be so excited that I have a neat and clean way to eat my yogurt & granola without making a mess everywhere!!

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See the Obol as featured on "The Chew"

  ** I have not tested or tried this product.**

Ozeri Elite Knives Set: A Gift Idea for the #Foodie #HolidayGiftGuide2015

Ozeri Elite Knives

Ozeri Elite Knvies

A #SassyHolidays Gift Idea

Part of the 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Featured In:

Foodies - Queen - King - Holiday Tinsel

* I received this product for Review Purposes
This Post Contains Affiliate and/ or Referral Links

What it is:  Ozeri Elite Chef Black Ceramic Knives

Sold On:  Amazon

Link to Purchase:  Ozeri Elite Knive Set  

Product Details:

• 100% Ceramic Blades
• Black Ceramic Color (Blades are Black)
• Ergonomic Handles for Comfortable Use
• Ceramic Material Means: No Corrosion or Rust
• Stays Sharper 10x Longer than Steel Blades
• Weighs less than 1/2 of Equivalent Steel Knives: Reduces Pain & Fatigue

Set Includes:

      6" Chef's Knife
      5" Slicing Knife
      3" Paring Knife

Unboxing Ozeri Elite Knives

Beautiful Packaging

 The Ozeri Elite Chef's Black Ceramic Knife Set truly is gorgeous.  I wasn't aware that the blades were black, it's hard to see in the pictures that it's not a Silver looking color, so when I opened the box I was in for a nice surprise.

Gorgeous Black Blades 

COMFORT:

They truly do fit in your hand quite nicely.  My hands are quite small and so it's always hard for me to find a good handle that doesn't cause my hands to tire or to cramp up.  Especially a job like peeling potatoes can be extremely wearing on my hands, but I didn't experience any tension or pain while peeling potatoes with the Ozeri Knives.  

Ergonomic Design: Less Fatigue & Pain

My Thoughts:

Well, I've already told you what I think about the sleek design of the knives as well as the comfort.  But none of that really matters unless it can actually perform.  This is a great set, whether you are needing to peel potatoes, slice onions (YUCK), or cut up some bacon or other small meats; This set really gives you a range of tasks in which you can perform with this set.

Price:  $39.95

The price isn't bad at ALL!  Not for a high quality knife set.  You can pay astronomical prices for a good set of knives.  So, this is definitely an affordable option.

 A #SassyHolidays Gift Idea

I actually decided to put this in several of the Guides.  It's a great gift idea for Men or Women (Please, if you do decide to purchase a knife set, I would recommend asking the Receiver of the Gift to please give you a penny...  People who are superstitious believe that if you "Gift" knives that you are essentially "Cutting off that relationship", so unless you are trying to tell your Aunt Zelda that you don't really want to ever speak to her again...  Ask for at least a penny so there are no hard feelings...).  It's an especially great gift idea for the "Foodie" in your life.

OR Perhaps you realize that the Holidays are coming up and you are going to be entertaining or preparing a bundle of food for all those events coming up and you don't have any good knives.  This would be a great purchase for yourself to be prepared for the Holidays (Which is why it's in the Holiday Tinsel Guide)

Buy it ON Amazon:     Ozeri Elite Knive Set  

Checkout MORE great Gift Ideas:

Gifts Fit for A King

Foodies

Holiday Tinsel

Gift Ideas For HER:  Queen

Holiday Gift Guide 2015

Homemade Decadence by Joy the Baker: Birchbox Book Club (December)

 Birchbox Book Club: December Selection

Please Note:  All Pictures are my own photos of Joy the Baker's Book: Homemade Decadence

Homemade Decadence: Joy the Baker (Blogger & Author)

Please Note:  This Post May Contain Affiliate and/or Referral Links

Birchbox Book Club:

Birchbox is now a well known brand, most well known for catering to the world of beauty lovers.  The brand that started the "Subscription Box" revolution and that has relied heavily on YouTube "How-To" videos and "Word of Mouth" marketing to gain a foothold in the beauty industry, has now dipped it's toes in a variety of areas.  One of the latest items on the Birchbox agenda is their "Book Club".  Birchbox started it's book club in June of this year, debuting with the summer hit from Emily Straub, "The Vacationers".  They have since covered a wide array of book genres including fiction, as well as non-fiction books from celebs turned authors such as: Mindy Kaling, Amy Pohler and now blogger turned author Joy the Baker.

To learn more about Birchbox and their Book Club: 

birchbox.com

Homemade Decadence 

Joy the Baker: A blogger turned Author

Bloggers everywhere are probably giving a big yelp at December's Birchbox Book Club Selection.  Afterall, blogging is one of those "hobbies" that can instantly make you feel a "kindred" spirit with others.  Granted, I'm personally nowhere near as great at blogging as "Joy the Baker" is, but still it's really awesome to see someone find such success in blogging and their other pursuits.

To follow Joy The Baker's Blog:  joythebaker.com

With 145 THOUSAND followers on Facebook, 171 THOUSAND followers on InstaGram, it's safe to say that Joy has "arrived".  She started blogging in 2008 and now her list of accomplishments include weekly podcasts, two cookbooks and a huge ton of fans who follow her every move.  She must be doing something right!

She began her blog out of a love for all things cooking.  She was raised by parents who shared a love of cooking delicious food and it was a love that was passed down to Joy herself.  She's a self-taught cook, following with the likes of Rachel Ray who is also a "Self-Taught" cook.  On her "About Me" page she labels herself:  Author, Photographer, and Donut Enthusiast.  Being a blogger myself, I know that there are many more hats that she wears.

A Baker, I am Not...

I sadly am not a huge baker.  There's something about the Precise measurements that totally throw me off.  I'm a southern girl where we are raised to cook with a "pinch of this" and a "itty bit more of that", I was self-taught from watching those around me cooking and I can tell you measuring cups play almost no role in my own everyday cooking.  Give me a recipe that requires exact measurements and I'll show you how to "Sure Fire Screw it UP"!  

My mother, however, is a Queen at baking.  Growing up friends delighted in her homemade Rice Krispies (That tasted FAR better than Kellogs ever made them), her Rice Krispies recipes varied from butterscotch Rice Krispies to Chocolate Covered Rice Krispies.  So, when I found out what the December Birchbox Book Club Selection was, I knew I had to have it so that my mother could discover some new hits in which to treat her adoring family at family get-together's.

Peeking between the Pages of: Homemade Decadence

Five Delicious Sections:

Joy The Baker has cleverly placed her delicious looking recipes into five easy to navigate sections:

Intro: Table of Contents

• Brunch
• Cookies, Brownies & Bars
• Pies, Crumbles & Cobblers
• Layer Cakes, Cupcakes & Skillet Cakes
• Ice Cream Social

The sections all feature amazing recipes with unique flavor profiles and combinations.  Some of the recipes seem a tad intimidating to a self-proclaimed CRAP BAKER like myself.  However, they all look so amazingly delicious that I may someday be forced to break out of my comfort zone to try a few of these out for myself.

Delicious Recipes, Gorgeous Pictures....

Brunch: Breakfast Nachos p. 52

The mark of a great "Cookbook", in my eyes is a combination of unique recipes with flavors I haven't thought of before mixed with gorgeous photography.  This book definitely has both.  She's taken sometimes ordinary ingredients and the ways in which she combines flavors turns them from simple, everyday recipes to sensational discoveries.

With 125 different recipes, this book is destined to have a recipe or two that everyone can fall in love with.  There's even on recipe inside the Brunch section that I am definitely going to be trying as soon as I can gather all the required ingredients.  It's more "Cooking" than baking and it seems like something I definitely could try!  The recipe, found on page: 52 is called "Roasted- Potato Breakfast Nachos" and while it's labeled as a breakfast item, it seems a delicious treat anytime of day!

A Look Inside the Sections...

Just a peek at some of the type of recipes you'll find in Homemade Decadence.

The Breakfast   which starts out with "Fresh Raspberry-Honey Butter" and features recipes for different flavored scones, Hawaiian sweet pineapple breakfast rolls, Roasted Strawberry & Balsamic Grits, to French Onion Quiche there are a ton of new recipes for you to sink your teeth into! These are definitely recipes that make you get outside of your comfort zone and try new and exciting flavors!

Vanilla Bean Confetti Cookies: Page 88

The Cookies, Brownies & Bars  features recipes: Dark Chocolate, Pistachio & Smoked Sea Salt Cookies, Vanilla Bean Confetti Cookies, Lemon Bars and a sure fire hit with Toasted Marshmallow Squares (These are just a HIGHLIGHT of all the recipes featured, there are so many more delicious recipes)

Chocolate Dipped Cookie-Dough Balls: Pg. 99

Pies, Crumbles & Cobblers

Church Party Peach Cobbler w/
 Orange & Cinammon Dumplings  (Pg 169)

Joy the Baker starts out this section with "How to Make Perfect Buttermilk Pie Crust" With just a handful of ingredients she teaches us how to make our own HOMEMADE pie crust!  She makes it seem fairly simple!

Recipes range from: Happy Birthday Brownie Pie, Chocolate Pudding Pie, Lemon-Blueberry Pie, a Strawberry-Ginger Crumb Cobbler, and ends with an intriguing "Mango-Rose Water Cheesecake".

There are also a few different recipes for different crusts as well.  She seems to be taking it to the basics and teaching us "newbies" how to make magic in the kitchen.  

Layer Cakes, Cupcakes & Skillet Cakes

S'More Cake: Page 193

Much like she did with the pies and teaching how to start with a basic crust, she does the same with the Cakes!  The section begins with a Basic Three-Layer Yellow Cake recipe and features other basic cake recipes.  She's sectioned the cake recipes from the frosting recipes so that they can be easily mixed to your heart's desire.

There's even a "Vegan" cake recipe.  Recipes like Under-Baked Chocolate Chip Skillet Cake, Brown Sugar Cupcakes,S'more Cake, and Almond Angel Food Cake w/ Vanilla Scented Citrus the recipes in this section with leave your mouth watering.

Ice Cream Social:

Lavender-Earl Grey: Pg 238

Last, but certainly not least is the Ice Cream Social.  Probably not for the faint at heart, ice cream recipes require a lot of elbow grease and a ton more dedication.  But, if you are brave enough to withstand, the results I'm sure will be well worth it.  With your standard French Vanilla Bean ice cream to a bit more bold flavors like: Rose Water Ice Cream with Pistachios & White Chocolate this section probably features the most unique flavors out of the whole book.

If I sat here and talked about every yummy recipe in this book, this post would end up being a mile long.  There are truly an outstanding number of unique flavor combinations that Joy the Baker has put together in this cook book.  There are even a number of recipes for unique Drinks that have been included as well.  From Red Snapper Cocktail to Mango-Watermelon Tequila Sunrise (Pg.63-69 showcase some of the drink recipes included in the book) these are definitely some interesting flavorful drinks!

Caramel Swirled Sweet Corn Ice Cream
Pg. 241

Bread & Brown Butter Ice Cream
Pg. 250

Overall: 

Gosh, this is probably the longest book review I've ever done and trust me I've put out some long-winded book reviews in my time!!  Although I'm not necessarily a baker, I do enjoy my food and even more I love to look at delicious food.

The mark of a great cookbook should leave your mouthwatering and you searching for ingredients to see if there is anything you could make RIGHT NOW with the ingredients you have on hand.  If a cookbook doesn't make you want to rush out to the store to pick up strange sounding ingredients, you probably aren't reading the right ones.

This cookbook even has a non-baker like myself wanting to test out and try some new and exciting recipes!  While I may not try all of the recipes, there are definitely a few that are on my "Must Try" list!  I think that the recipes Joy the Baker has produced in this book are truly unique.

Buy The Book:

Homemade Decadence is available on Amazon in either Kindle or Print:

Joy the Baker: Homemade Decadence on Amazon

Tuna Squish: Mess Free Tuna

TunaSquish.com

No More Stinky Hands....

Love Tuna??  Hate the tuna mess??  Now there is an easy and convenient way to open your tuna without getting tuna all over you!

This handy little Tuna Opener is made precisely for opening jars of tuna!  I can't personally stand tuna.  It just icks me out, so this was actually a gift for my step-dad who LOVES his tuna!  He absolutely LOVES this thing!  He was really thrilled when I gave it to him.

Besides being a great way to open your tuna without getting the icky stuff all over you, it's also SUPER cute!!

I apologize that I don't have more pictures to show you, unfortuntaely, I've lost my memory card that I had a ton of pictures stored on and so I've got a lot of photos that I've lost.  Normally I would just retake the picture, but that was a tad hard to do since the item in question is about oh 60 miles away from me at this moment!!

Please Note:  I received this product for review purposes

GIVEAWAY ALERT: A Greener Kitchen Apron

A Greener Kitchen Apron

Part of the SassyHolidays Gift Ideas

http://www.agreenerkitchen.com/

A Greener Kitchen:

Behind the Apron: A Look at a Greener Kitchen's Story

Lacey Lybecker was raised around simple and wholesome foods.  Raised in a family steeped in traditions of using fresh ingredients, combined with growing up and watching her mother grow her own business, Lacey took the two worlds and combined them to start her own company: A Greener Kitchen.

As the founder of A Greener Kitchen, Ms. Lybecker partnered with her mom's sewing manufacturing company to create a company with a focus on Quality, Fair Trade items made with organic materials.  The company focuses on producing top quality organic cotton kitchen textiles.  They use one of the few eco-friendly textile artisans to create items from fair trade certified organic cotton.  

They are part of Green America Approved Business.

Choices, Choices, Choices....

With several gorgeous patterns to choose from, A Greener Kitchen offers a wide array of beautiful products that are sure to turn your ordinary kitchen into a stylish haven.  From pot holders to aprons, they offer gorgeous, stylish items to accessoriese your kitchen and leave your friends green with envy.

NOW About My Apron:

Beautiful & Bold Print!

For starters, this apron is absolutely insanely GORGEOUS!  I love the vivid Black & White print! It's an eye catcher, for SURE!!!  

The design of this apron is also extremely funtional!  With the collar of the apron, it's super easy to take on and off without having to find someone to grab and ask to tie it up.  The only downside to the design is, being a little bit of a skinny person, it's a tad looser and lower than what I'd like, but not extremely so.  It's still beautiful on and it's not so low that it's not functional or pretty on.

I love the placement of the pocket.  Not only is it super convenient, it's also HUGE!  And so you can slide tons of stuff inside this one little pocket!  I love the wide trim on the pocket!  It's insanely GORGEOUS!

The backside of this apron ia just as gorgeous as the front is!  I love the tie strings and the black trim edging!  It really makes it pop and makes whomever is wearing it feel like a throwback to a 50's era housewife.

I love wearing this around the house when I'm cleaning, etc.  I am so scared to mess this gorgeous apron up, that I actually haven't used it for cooking.  Perhaps I'll try it when baking sometime, but I use a lot of cooking oil, etc and I always, ALWAYS find it all over me.  I do NOT want to mess my gorgeous apron up!

It would be great for holiday parties or whatever that you might be hosting at your home.  You are sure to stand out and make everything look super easy donning this super fab apron!  Your guests will picture you as having it all together!

Giveaway:

This giveaway has been highly anticipated since folks saw it on my Facebook page!  It's FINALLY here!!

Enter to win YOUR OWN apron!  I promise, it own't be my stinky apron!  The winner will get their very own new and shiny apron!!

A Greener Kitchen Apron Giveaway

A Big thanks to our sponsor:  A Greener Kitchen for providing this apron for review and offering my readers this fabulous giveaway!!

** I received this item for review purposes.  However, my thoughts and opinions are 100% MY OWN and honest!

Ozeri: Artisan Glasses in time for the Holiday Season

A SassyHolidays Gift Idea: Men or Women

Ozeri Moderna Artisan 8 oz Glasses: Set of 4

on Amazon

Ozeri Artisan Glasses:

These gorgeous artisan glasses made by Ozeri, are double insulated glasses.  They each have a unique design.  They case comes with four glasses, each with a different wave type pattern design.  They are descrbied as being dishwasher, microwave safe!  They also are designed to be able to hold hot beverages in addition to cold beverages, making them perfect for any drinking occassion!

My Thoughts:

I was pleasantly surprised when my box of glasses arrived.  I wasn't expecting for them to have a different design in each of the glasses.  That was one of the coolest parts of unboxing this set of glasses!  They also are short, but with a capability of holding 8 oz of fluid, it is large enough for a single drink serving!  These would be ideal for holiday parties this Christmas season!  They also have a larger version of these that come in a 12 oz size, and those are just as pretty as these are!

If you aren't looking to purchase yourself some new glasses for your own home, this would make a great gift for someone else this holiday season!  They scream sophistication and I'm sure whomever received these glasses as a gift would leave with a smile on their face!!

I love my glasses personally, we've used them a few times and while they are great for everyday use, I prefer to keep them put up for fancier occassions!  I am really pleased with these!!  I was planning on using them as a gift, but um then I used them and fell in love.....  That's a side effect of this job.

SassyHolidays Gift Idea:

Make someone's Christmas special this year with a gift from Ozeri!  These glasses are super special and I'm certain that they would make anyone smile when they see the unique curves on each of the four glasses in this set!!

Purchase:
ON AMAZON:

Ozeri Moderna Artisan Series 8 oz Set

OR

Ozeri Serafino Double Wall 12 oz Set

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

TeChef 12" Color Frying Pan: Review

TeChef - Color Pan 12" Frying Pan

TeChef ColorSeries 12" Frying Pan:

What it Is:

TeChef Frying Pan

A Frying Pan in an EXTRA large size!  12" of cooking space, this pan is enough for you to fry up your FAV foods!

Coated in Teflon: Non-Stick, making it a breeze to clean up!

Offering four color options:  

• Aubergine (A Beautiful Purple color)
• Olive
• Lavender Blue
• Black

The colors that TeChef have are so gorgeous and bold and they have a variety of options to gurantee that your kitchen is looking extra lovely! 

My Thoughts:

Made with Teflon

I absolutely LOVE this pan!  I'm a southern girl and so I FRY EVERYTHING!!!  So, I really needed a great pan that could handle the bulk of my food!  This pan is perfect for when I want to fry up some taters or corn for my family!

I love the Teflon NON-stick surface as well!  I tried using one of those non-stick pans that REALLY don't stick at ALL and it was HORRIBLE for frying, because NOTHING would stick, it woudln't fry up my foods right.  With this pan, it's just the right balance of "Non-Stick" and Stick...  IF that makes sense, it's not SOOOOOO non-stick that you won't be able to fry up an egg if you want, but it's perfectly just RIGHT for when you fry and then clean up it's not going to hold on to the food!  I hope that makes sense to y'all.  I know what I mean!!

It didn't come "Put Together", but with a simple screw driver (I recommend using a manual one, NOT an electric one, you don't wanna strip the screw!) it took maybe two minutes to put it together and I was GOOD to GO!!

The Bottom is Made for EVEN heat distribution!

 Your Thoughts..

What do you guys think about my pan, or "Skillet"?  What brand do you currently use for cooking??

Pretty Olive Green Color!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.