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Fathers Day Gift guide: Recipes For Dad with Mrs Buttersworth

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Fathers Day is this Sunday, so why not give the man you love breakfast  in bed. Mrs. Buttersworth wants to share some recipes with you for that special day.

Hawiian French Toast

Mrs. Butterworth's Hawaiian French Toast

  • 1 tablespoon, BUTTER
  • 2 EGGS, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon, CINNAMON
  • 4-8, HAWAIIAN SWEET ROLS, cut in half
  • 1/2 cup, MRS. BUTTERWORTH’S SUGAR FREE SYRUP, warm

Directions

  1. Heat butter in a large pan over medium-high heat.
  2. In a large bowl mix eggs and cinnamon.
  3. Dunk rolls into mixture and coat thoroughly.
  4. Cook bread until golden brown on both sides about 3-5 minutes each side.
  5. Warm your syrup in the microwave and pour over toast.

***This recipe turned out great and my husband loved it, We love Mrs. Buttersworth syrup, it always makes breakfast taste great.

For more information visit www.mrsbuttersworthsyrup.com

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Fathers Day Gift Guide: Recipe For Dad with French’s

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Fathers Day means quality time with dad and many Americans will gather for poolside parties and backyard BBQ’s. To get dad excited about dinner and make the day easier on him. Here are some delicious easy recipes from French’s Mustard.

Tangy Ranch Grilled Chicken

  • 2/3 cup                      Ranch salad dressing
  • 1/3 cup                      FRENCH’S Classic Yellow or Honey Mustard
  • ¼ cup                        dark brown sugar
  • 4 (5 oz.)            boneless skinless chicken breasts, seasoned with salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  • 1.        MIX salad dressing, mustard and sugar. Pour 2/3 cup mixture over chicken.
  • 2.        MARINATE chicken in refrigerator 30 min. or up to 3 hours.
  • 3.        GRILL chicken on greased rack over medium heat for 15 min. or until done. Serve chicken with remaining mustard mixture.

4 servings

Saucy Onion Hot Dogs

  • 2 tbsp.                       butter or margarine 
  • 2 large                       sweet onions, thinly sliced (1 lb.) 
  • ½ cup                        French’s Classic Yellow Mustard
  • ½ cup                        ketchup
  • 10                  frankfurters 
  • 10                  frankfurter buns 

 Directions:

  1. Melt butter in skillet. Saute onion 10 min. until very tender. Stir in mustard and ketchup. Cook over low heat for 2 min., stirring often. 
  2. Grill frankfurters and buns over medium heat until frankfurters are browned and buns are toasted. 
  3. Spoon onion mixture into buns; top each with 1 frankfurter. 

makes 10 servings

***These recipes are delicious and fun. We really enjoyed making them, the tangy ranch chicken came out very good.  The hot dogs kind of tasted like chili dogs just sweeter.

These are great recipes to make for fathers day.

Visit www.frenchsfoods.com for more information

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Late Addition Mothers Day Gift Guide: Hanes Womens Hoodies

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It may be starting to warm up, but we have still been seeing some cold days, and a lot of rain. Perfect weather for a light jacket.

Description:Say goodbye to baggy sweats. Hanes Women’s Hoodie combines cozy comfort with figure-flattering lines.

Features:

  • Shape defining side seams, create a more feminine fit
  • Plush cotton rich fleece
  • sleeves permit flexible movement
  • roomy hood with drawstrings to block out cold

**** This jacket is so comfy, and perfect for chilly or really cold weather. I have been wearing jackets from when I was pregnant, and they do not fit at all, so this has been a nice change. The hoodie fits perfectly and shows all my feminine curves. Perfect for any woman/Mothers!

Retail:$16.99 at Hanes

My rating:10

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Fathers Day Gift Guide: Hanes for Men Review and Giveaway6/18

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Hanes is a great company that offers bras, panties, underwear, T-shirts, and casual clothing. 

I was able to review for my Fathers Day gift Guide.

Hanes Beefy T-shirt

Cushion Low Cut Socks

Comfortsoft tagless V neck t-shirts

****My husband can’t stop saying how comfortable everything is. The socks are very soft, the shirt he says is light comfortable and perfect for summer. My husband isn’t really a big fan of V neck t-shirts but when he tried these on, he found them to be quit nice. The V neck is not low cut and they are very comfortable.

Retail: $9-$12 at www.hanes.com

My rating: 10

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Mothers Day Gift Guide: Roku Digital Video Player Review and giveawayCLOSED

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The Roku digital video player is like having your own video library at home with over 50,000 choices— from the best movies, TV shows and sports. It’s the easiest way to watch anything and everything from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, and MLB.com instantly on your TV. The Roku player has received overwhelmingly positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal, CNET, WIRED, and elsewhere.

The Roku player also detects internet bandwith and is also wifi ready. It features tons of channels like MLB TV, watch all your favorite baseball games. Most of the channels you need to pay for, but they do have some free channels. Pandora is a internet radio channel, where you can choose your favorite artist or song to play. I choose Taylor Swift and it will play songs from her as well as other popular country artists.

You can even link to your Facebook and Flickr account to access your photos on tv.  With the Facebook channel, you can access any photos that have your name on them. So if someone tags you in a photo you can still access that photo.

We just can not get enough of this player. Its so much easier than having to drive to the movie store or wait for your DVDs in the mail. Its cheaper too, we went to blockbuster a few weeks ago and rented two movies at 5 dollars piece for 5 days. Roku instant watching with Netflix you can watch movies at any time, no waiting, no late fees and there are over 17,000 movies to choose from.The downside is there are some movies that can only be accessed through dvd.

I actually think we have been watching way more tv, then we usually do since I received the Roku. It’s a lot more movie date nights at home though! For 79.99 it is very much worth the money. This would be a great gift for any mom.

Retail:79.99 at www.roku.com

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Fathers Day Gift Guide: Schick Hydro 5 Review & GiveawayCLOSED

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 Product description: The new Schick Hydro will revolutionize men’s shaving by protecting and caring for skin while it removes hair. Thanks to many first to market technologies. These new technologies are proven to reduce irritation, providing men with refreshing, liberating shaves.

Features:

  • Skin Guards — Skin guards are innovative skin protectors that actually smooth out skin between blade tips to reduce irritation. Only Schick Hydro delivers this technology.  
  • Advanced Hydrating Gel Reservoir — The Hydro blade cartridge uses proprietary technology to pack advanced lubrication –  with soothing aloe vera and vitamin E – into a Hydrating Gel Reservoir that reinvents the lubricating strip that is found on most razors today. Men typically shave away their shave gels with the first stroke of their razor. The lubrication delivered by Schick Hydro adds hydration in multiple strokes, providing lubrication from start to finish and reducing irritation.
  • Flip Trimmer — With the flip trimmer on the five-blade razor, men can flip back the Hydrating Gel Reservoir so that all five blades touch the skin, as opposed to the single edging blade on most razors.
  • Ergonomic Handle — It’s something most men may never think about, but Schick even obsessed over developing an extremely comfortable, ergonomically effective handle. Consumer testing helped to whittle down several potential handle designs, applying men’s insights and opinions on ergonomics, grip, appearance and many other factors.
  • Hydro Shave Gels — Designed to work with and enhance the Schick Hydro razors, the new Sensitive Skin™ and Moisturizing™ Shave Gels help to deliver maximum closeness and comfort.

****the biggest concern both me and my husband have when we shave is irritation. We have sensitive skin, so shaving often tends to irritate the skin. Schick Hydro 5 is definitely a razor that is worth trying.  With the extra lubrication tat is added to the razor, there are no worries about skin drying out. The shave creams are great to, I’m fond of the sensitive skin. My legs always itch after using shaving cream, with the moisturizer shave gel, I didn’t have any problems.

Schick Hydro comes in 3 blades or 5 blades. Plus they also have hydro shave gel in moisturizing and sensitive skin.

Retail:razor $7.99, shave gel $3.99

Release: just released in April

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Fathers Day Gift Guide: Black and Decker Readywrench review & GiveawayCLOSED

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Product Description:This all-in-one wrench puts 16 of the most popular standard (SAE) and metric socket sizes in one convenient hand tool. No need to stop and sort through a socket set to find the right size. Simply spin to a larger or smaller socket size. The ReadyWrench makes short work of furniture assembly, fixing bikes or car maintenance – with no socket set to store or organize.
No need to worry about sockets getting lost or not being able to find the right size. Everything you need is on the Readywrench.

****This is really a cool tool.  I hate it when Hubby tells me to go find a socket and i open our case and none of them are in order and there is always a few missing. The Ready wrench ends all that. One simple tool that’s all you need! It was so easy to use, I tried it on my daughters bike and some furniture. This would be a great gift for the fix it dad! 

Retail: $29.99

My rating:9

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Mothers Day Gift Guide: Eatsmart Digital Kitchen Scale GiveawayCLOSED

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Product Description: The EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale is a versatile multifunction home appliance. Designed to be highly accurate and aesthetically pleasing, the Precision Pro is manufactured to the highest quality specifications. Weigh items up to 11 lbs quickly and accurately, with results displayed in four different units: grams / ounces / pounds / kilograms.  For cooks or weight loss.

****This is a great little scale for weighing food, for portion sizes. I am trying to lose weight but admit that I tend to put a little to much on my plate.  This is great for tracking how much i eat. The downside is having to take food and put it in a cup to measure before putting it on my plate.

Retail:$44.95 but $25.00 on Amazon.com

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Mothers Day Gift Guide: Audiovox 8 Inch Portable DVD Player Review & GiveawayCLOSED

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Product Description:Audiovox D1809 portable DVD player gives you the ability to enjoy a home theater experience away from home. Make time fly on a road trip, commute to work or plane ride. Enjoy the convenience of the slim line design making it easy to store and carry in a backpack or luggage. The portable player has an 8-inch LCD high resolution monitor offering the ideal 16:9 aspect ratio viewing. The portable player comes with two headphone jacks allowing two people to watch movies simultaneously; or multiple viewers can enjoy the player using the built-in stereo speakers. The D1809 is compatible with CD, MP3, CDR, CDRW and Picture CD ¿ giving you the freedom to enjoy more than DVDs. The top loading disc access makes it easy to switch between different movies and eliminates the possibility of discs getting stuck inside the player. Connect the portable player to your home television via the included AV cables and use it as your home DVD player. The player includes a built-in high capacity rechargeable battery offering up to two and a half hours of battery life ¿ perfect for any plane ride. Other accessories include A/V cable, car power adapter, remote control and AC adapter.

Features:

  • 8 inch LCD display
  • Slim line design
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • Built in high capacity battery
  • built in stereo speakers
  • Audio video output
  • Dual headphone jacks
  • Plays CDs, DVDs, and picture CDs
  • Includes AC adapter, AV cable, vehicle power adapter, and remote control

*****My first reaction to receiving this dvd player is “This is so small”.I’m just not use to seeing that small of a screen. The video and sound quality is very good. It’s very easy to use and comes with a remote for the dvd player. The remote does not have a volume or power button, which is a downside. The only way you can change the volume is by a button on the side of the player. This is a great portable device for traveling and home use. We use this all the time now on car rides.

Why this is great for mom:  This is great for a distraction stress free car ride with the kids. I know A car ride with small kids, especially a long one can make kids antsy. 

A secret  low-key movie night with the hubby. I haven’t been on a actual date in years, my date night with hubby consists of  a movie in the living room. Which usually is interrupted by the kids. So the DVD player is a great way to watch a movie without the kids waking up. hide away in the bedroom. 

Retail:SRP $199.99  on Amazon for $102.28

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