Juicy Yummy Goodness...Pork...It's what was for dinner!

Are you inspired?  If not, maybe you should give this a shot!

Imagine, juicy, mouth watering pork that melts in your mouth with each bite!  It can be done, I promise!

First things first...get courageous, get out of that rut, and get creative!  Check out www.porkbeinspired.com for some great tasty recipes using different cuts of pork you wouldn't normally use.  Once you pick a recipe that sounds good for you and your family, the next step is a little easier!

Head over to Kroger and buy some pork, look for the silver and blue select label on the packaging, don't buy it if it's not there!!  Be sure to pick up those succulent sides and all the flavoring you need to work on your pork creation.

Head home and get started on cooking!  Be sure to check the temperature of your meat, you don't want it to hit 160, you want to go right around 145 degrees.  WHAT?!?! yup you heard me right, 145 degrees, I promise you'll be glad you did.

By cooking it to 145 degrees, you are now going to enjoy a mouth watering, juicy piece of pork that will melt in your mouth.  Because Pork is leaner than ever, we can now cook it at a different degree to help keep those juicy flavors instead of drying out the pork by cooking it to 160.

Go try it for your self, I know you'll thank me later :)

Happy eating!

Burts Bees Intense Hydration Line Review

I love beauty products. I have tried many different kinds and enjoy trying out a new beauty product to see how it is in comparison to what I use regularly. The first time I used the cleanser my first thought was yuck this smells awful. The second thought came after I rinsed it off my face and hands and my skin had this weird feel to it (hard to explain) but it was not pleasant. But I kept pressing on. I decided to do the mask. I read the instructions and thought to myself...hmmm...never have used a mask you don't rinse off, this could be interesting. Again, the smell is something I couldn't get past and this time it caused me to go into a sneezing fit. I kept it on though for the full five minutes and wiped it off with tissues like it said. This was weird to me. I didn't like the way it felt on my face once I wiped and after wiping my face several times it still wasn't right, something was off. I kept rubbing it in my face making sure it was nice and blended in and then went about my morning. After my first cup of coffee, I noticed that oil was coming out all over my T-zone area. Being someone with habitually dry skin, this was a new thing for me and I hated it. For the next hour, I kept wiping my face and finally decided I needed to wash my face off with my regular cleanser.

I waited a week and decided to give it one more chance so I did the same steps as above and this time used less of the mask but still, unfortunately had that same oily feel.

The ONLY pro that I can find in this is that it does make my skin soft, and the hydration does last longer than a day, however, the getting to that point was too much work and I don't think I'll be using it again. I am going to pass it along to a family member to see if they have better results!

Green Mountain Fair Trade Coffee Review

Recently we received our Bzz Kit for Green Mountain's Fair Trade Coffee.  We love coffee in our house so we were very excited to get this!

It came with four different flavors to try and we did try all four.  Our overall rating of the grouping was 4 out of 5 stars.  It would have been 5 stars, but there were two flavors that we didn't really care for.

Extra Bold Sumatran Reserve - This coffee is a very strong coffee.  It is much too bold for our taste.  If you like strong/bold coffee, however, then you will like this coffee.  It just isn't for us!

Colombian Fair Trade Select - This coffee was our favorite out of the four.  It has an excellent taste and we definitely recommend it as a daily choice.  We will be buying more of this flavor!

Vermont Country Blend - This one was ok, but not great.  It is a little too bold for our liking.

Wild Mountain Blueberry - This coffee is very good!  It smelled wonderful when making it and when tasting it, you could taste the blueberries as well.  If you don't like blueberries, however, then you won't like this coffee.  The flavor wasn't too strong, wasn't "fake" it was just the right amount to add a flavor to coffee without overpowering the coffee.

Overall, we recommend the Green Mountain Fair Trade Coffee!  If you haven't had it yet, give it chance!

Glade Expressions - a win win!

I have received my new Glade Expressions products to try out and WOW! what an amazing product! The scent is strong but not over bearing and is long lasting, not like some of the other brands. The sleek style of the mist and the reed diffuser is great and works with my decor without looking like a tacky plastic air freshener you mostly get. I highly recommend this product to everyone who loves scents in your home. The reed diffuser is stylish but functional. I have them in rooms that tend to have smells like bathrooms, near the trash, etc. They have made these areas much more pleasant smelling. Thanks to Bzz Agent for such a fantastic campaign and to Glade for making such an incredible new product line! Can't wait to try other scents!

Bzz Agent Review - Unreal Candy

Get Unjunked!

I was very surprised when tasting this candy.  I thought for sure it would taste like other "diet" or sugar free candy out there, but was pleased when the chocolate actually didn't have that taste to it, but yet was more like candy.

I think my favorite one is the Unreal 8 Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar.  This is similar to a Snickers bar but wait until you see the side by side comparison:

Snickers Nutrition Facts:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size  1 bar (2 oz) (57.0 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories  271 Calories from Fat  122

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  13.6g 21%

Saturated Fat  5.2g 26%

Trans Fat  0.2g

Polyunsaturated Fat  1.7g

Monounsaturated Fat  4.5g

Cholesterol  7mg 2%

Sodium  140mg 6%

Total Carbohydrates  34.5g 12%

Dietary Fiber  1.3g 5%

Sugars  28.8g

Protein  4.3g

Vitamin A 2% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 5% • Iron 2%

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Unreal 8 - Chocolate Caramel Peanut Nougat Bar Nutrition Facts:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 bar (49.0 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 200 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 12.0g 18%

Saturated Fat 5.0g 25%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 5mg 2%

Sodium 90mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 25.0g 8%

Dietary Fiber 5.0g 20%

Sugars 17.0g

Protein 5.0g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 8% • Iron 4%

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

See more extended nutritional details

The Dark Monk

Be sure to check out this great read!!!

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Link to The Dark Monk: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JTTK3O/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darkmonk_bzzagent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006JTTK3O

Link to The Hangman's Daughter: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003P9XMFI/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=darkmonk_bzzagent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003P9XMFI

THE PLOTS!

ABOUT THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

The story: Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl - whose wisdom and empathy are as unusual as his despised profession - is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play.

Magdalena, the hangman's clever and headstrong daughter, is destined to be married off to another hangman's son — except that the town physician's son is hopelessly in love with her. After the gruesomely injured boy is pulled from the river, the villagers suspect local midwife Martha Stechlin. Jakob Kuisl is charged with extracting a confession and torturing her until he gets one. Convinced she is innocent, he, Magdalena, and her would-be suitor to race against the clock to find the true killer.

ABOUT THE DARK MONK: A HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER TALE

The story: Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer and servant is indoors the night a parish priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength to scratch a cryptic sign in the frost.

Hangman Jakob Kuisl, his daughter Magdalena and the town physician's son team up again - this time with the priest's aristocratic sister - to investigate a trail of riddles. What they uncover will lead them back to the Crusades, unlocking a troubled history of internal church politics and sending them on a chase for a treasure of the Knights Templar. But they're not the only ones after the legendary fortune. A team of dangerous and mysterious monks is always close behind, tracking their every move.

ABOUT OLIVER PÖTZSCH

Oliver Pötzsch, born in 1970, has worked for years as a screenwriter for Bavarian television. He himself is a descendant of the Kuisls, one of Bavaria's leading dynasties of executioners.

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