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I took the Glad One Bag Challenge #giveaway

     Do you ever look around at all the waste we produce? I know that every time we have a party it involves a lot of paper products. Some aren't so environmentally friendly, either. One thing we do at parties is write names on everyone's cup. By doing that we seem to cut down on that extra waste. One of my party friends washes her plastic cups and reuses them for the next party. This is fun because the names are already written on the cups. So for the party you might end up being Joe instead of Jill.
     I was asked to participate in the Glad One Bag Challenge for my next party. This meant I was to send less to the landfill and recycle and compost the rest. I was thrilled to take on the Glad One Bag Challenge to see if we could use just one trash bag at a party. We did it! We actually did it for several parties.
     As part of the challenge, I was sent a Glad One Bag Party Kit. It came with a beautiful green insulated collapsible Metro Cooler Market Basket, Glad tote bag, Green Works all purpose cleaner, box of Glad's new trash bags and an environment friendly soy candle. It also included wonderful eco-friendly products to use with our outdoor events. The paper products in the kit were some that I have never used nor heard of. These paper products could all be used in the compost pile. Have you ever heard of such a thing? The plates and bowls were better quality than the ones I normally buy for outdoor parties!  

     Our party was full of fun, friendship, games, drinks and FOOD! Food is always served in abundance. This spring we have celebrated our Church picnic, graduation parties, birthday parties and confirmation parties. What parties are you hosting? Are you thinking about products you can buy that are eco-friendly? 
     Glad's new trash bag product is 65% recycled plastic to help conserve natural resources. Glad is committed to bettering the environment. For more information on how Glad is caring for the environment, head on over to their website gladtowasteless.com. The bags are strong enough to protect from messy trash disasters. We found that you could stuff A LOT into the bag with no rips or messes. We also used a compost bag for all the eco-friendly compost products. I have never done that before. It really felt great and everyone got into it, too!
     We found that it is easy to take simple measure to cut down on landfill trash and use more eco-friendly products. Parties are no longer an exception with all the products that are available to us. How about you? Do you use any eco-friendly products? If so, which ones? 

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Here is what is in the kit:

• Box of Glad Tall Kitchen Bags
• Glad One Bag Tote
• Collapsible Metro Cooler Market Basket
• Veneerware compostable flatware & supplies
• Earth Friendly Soy Candle
• Green Works All-Purpose Cleaner

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Glad and received a One Bag kit to facilitate my review, a kit to give away, and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya

Need a little bit of spice in your meal plan? If so, give this shrimp and sausage jambalaya a try. This recipe is very much like jambalaya we would eat in New Orleans during Mardi Gras and any time of the year. Hope you like it! 

homemade jambalaya 

Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya

Servings:  6-8

Ingredients:      

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 pound of The Original Brat Hans® Spicy Andouille Chicken Sausage, sliced

1 pound smoked ham, cubed

1 tablespoon butter

1 medium onion, diced

1 cup diced celery

1 green bell pepper, cored and diced

1 red bell pepper, cored and diced

1 cup seeded and diced tomato

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced OR 1/2 teaspoon cayenne

2 teaspoons diced fresh oregano

1 teaspoon diced fresh thyme

2 tablespoons tomato paste

6 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade

3 cups long-grain rice, rinsed

3 bay leaves

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

6 to 8 dashes hot sauce, optional (recommended: Tabasco)

1/2 cup chopped scallions, divided

3/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, divided

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 pound medium shrimp, deveined (20 to 24 count)

Instructions:     

Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or black iron pot over medium heat, add the kielbasa and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, until browned. Remove the kielbasa to a bowl, and set aside. Add the ham to the same pot and cook 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove to the bowl with the kielbasa, and set aside. Add the butter, onion, celery and peppers to the same pot and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent. Add the tomato, garlic, jalapeno or cayenne, oregano, thyme, and tomato paste and cook until all the vegetables and herbs are blended well. Add the stock and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in the rice, and add the sausage, ham, bay leaves, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Return to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of the scallions, 1/4 cup of the parsley, the lemon juice and the shrimp, and stir well. Cover the pot, remove it from the heat and allow the jambalaya steam, for 15 minutes, before serving.

Garnish with the remaining 1/4 cup scallions and 1/2 cup parsley, and a dash of hot sauce, if desired.

The Original Brat Hans® sausages are made from all-natural meats, which mean NO ANTIBIOTICS, NO ADDED HORMONES, and NO PRESERVATIVES...EVER! This also means NO NITRATES, NITRITES or MSG. They shared this recipe with me. 

Healthier Lifestyle Journey 60 Days

Ok so 60 days later and I'm still playing the mental game of life. What is this you ask? Check out my Day 1 post. I wanted to walk off my weight. Guess what? I've lost #20 in 60 days. I like where I am today but I'm ready to move on.

I started my journey by healthy walking. I wanted to walk 3 times a week. Well folks I easily walk 6 days a week. So basically that is 6 days walking, off 1 day. I have taken 2 days off (not in a row) a few times do to schedule issues but for the most part I am at the gym every day.

When I first started walking I could barely go 4 minutes and around the track 2 times. To put the track in perspective... 18 times around is 1 mile. I could only go 2 times around and need to stop. I had absolutely no endurance. So I played a mental game. Encouraging myself to go more every time I walked. Walk another lap, go one more minute, etc. I just had to keep going.

I have kept records of most of my walking. I would look at it and vow to move more every time I went to the gym. I wanted to also get to 10,000 steps. That is a far cry from barely getting 300 steps around the house.

Here are some of my records over the past 60 days.

April 16, 2012 Steps 1178 Time 10 minutes (with a lot of stops) .45 mile
April 30, 2012 Steps 2182 Time 18 minutes     1.03 miles
May 1, 2012    Steps 3467 Time 30 minutes      1.64 miles (started Treadmill)
May 8, 2012    Steps 4036 Time 34 minutes      1.91 miles
May 18, 2012  Steps 4684 Time 41 minutes      2.22 miles
May 19, 2012 Steps 6291 Time 56 minutes       2.98 miles
May 22, 2012 Steps 9032 Time 1hr 14minutes 4.28 miles (went twice to gym)
June 6, 2012 Steps 7382 Time 1 hr 4 minutes 3.58 miles
June 12, 2012 Steps 8901 Time 1 hr 17 min 4. 21 miles (went twice)
June 18, 2012 Steps 10,552 Time 1 hr 23 minutes 5 miles (went twice) *MADE 10,000 step goal

Ok so for me I had to keep track of my steps because I wanted to get to 10,000. I was extremely thrilled to get there. Little goals keep me going.

I've learned to not check my weight daily. I do it once a week. It took 2 weeks before the scale showed a loss. In those 2 weeks I was felling better and was loosing inches. I'm not measuring them. I don't care to know. I'm going on how I am feeling.

I started off cutting down my food in half and making sure that I eat at least 3 meals a day. I'm trying to say away from all bad carbs with occasional splurges. No soda of any kind, drinking water and eating fruits, vegetables and yogurt. I eat more protein and choose healthier options when eating out.

I feel good. I'm ready to keep on going. I'm on the mental game and not stopping.

Weekly Menu Plan, recipes and blog hop

Winnie's Vanilla & Chocolate-chip-Cookie Cupcakes - most clicked dessert

(Couscous Summer Salad - most clicked salad link by Couponing & Cooking)


Welcome back to a new week of recipes and menu planning. What have you been cooking? I hope you link up so I can come check them out. I have 3 top clicked links to share with you this week! The most clicked menu plan was Ronni's Resources.  Go check it out and her blog! I link up at orgjunkie.com and always check out 3 Boys and a Dog menu!


You still have a chance to enter to win $25 Amazon Card. All you have to do is link up something Red, White and/or Blue! That easy.




I decided to have a different menu plan post today. I'm listing my Top 10 recipes so far for 2012. These would be the most clicked recipes on my blog. I hope you enjoy them. Check my recipe box for more meal ideas. Feel free to link up your menu plans, recipes and even do your own top 10. You can also take the code and add this blog hop to your own blog. Happy Monday!

TOP 10 for 2012

#1 Soft Brown Sugar Cookies- most clicked link EVER and most pinned link EVER

#2 Buckeye Brownies

#3 Oreo Cake Balls- you can't eat just one!

#4 My version of the Nebraska Runza

#5 Warm Christmas Drinks & Cookbook Review - The Christmas Table

#6 BLT Pizza- so delish!

#7 Amish Friendship Bread Starter

#8 Slow Cooker Beer Chicken

#9 Herb Biscuit Knots- quick & easy

#10 No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls dipped in chocolate!

So if you want more recipes, check out my Recipe Box. Have a great week and I hope you link up some tasty recipes below!