Smiley 360 Review: Campbell’s Slow Kettle Style soups

I’m always looking for something to send to work with my husband that is not completely bad for him, or full of additives. That is a very hard thing to come by this day in age.
Upon receiving our free coupon to try Campbell’s Slow Kettle Style Soup, I went right out and picked up some up for my husband. I sent it to work with him the next day. For him I decided to pick up the Chicken Chili, since he has a more adventurous taste bud than me!
There are seven different Slow Kettle Style Soups to choose from:

• Chicken Chili
• Braised Beef Stew
• Tomato & Sweet Basil Bisque
• Tuscan Style Chicken & White Bean
• Portabella Mushroom & Madeira Bisque
• Roasted Chicken & Chardonnay
• Kickin’ Crab & Sweet Corn Chowder

These soups are made with the highest quality ingredients and combined in creative ways. My husband really enjoyed the Chicken Chili.. he said it was very tasty, and full of flavor. He is very anxious to try out another one. I want to try the Braised Beef Stew, and the Kickin’ Crab & Sweet Corn Chowder. We found these were great for the winter season.


What one would you like to try?
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*I was given free samples of the product by Smiley360 in exchange for my honest review. All opinions will be 100% mine and my monkey’s.

Sears Review

 

 

 

With the Holidays upon us, it is time to think about decorating again! What is more fun than decorating for the Holiday’s? Putting up all those fun lights, and pretty things around the house, to help you with your holiday cheer.

I don’t like to have to go to many places when shopping for my decorations, since I usually have 3 kids tagging along. Therefore, I like to go to a place that is going to have all my decorating needs. Sears Cheer Headquarters is just the place! Whether your looking for outdoor decorations, lights, tree’s, wreaths, or more!!!

 

I headed off to Sears to look over the selection I was given to choose from. I was happy to see that they had Village accessories and pieces. I collect things for my village every year. I’d like to make it a huge one eventually! This year I was able to pick up a couple pieces for my village and a new building with the gift card I was given for this review. Check out this amazing carousel I’d love to get next year!!!

 

 

Another great thing about shopping at Sears for my decorating needs is that all my purchases give me back money. I have the Shop Your Way Rewards. It only takes a few minutes to sign up, and so worth it. You get 10 points for every $1 you spend, and there is no minimum amount to redeem!

 

 

 

Now for the best part!!!

One of my lucky readers can have a chance to win a $15 Sears Gift Card…

This one is a fast turn around, so be sure to enter and tell all your friends!

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*I was given a gift card to Sears in exchange for my review as part of the Smiley360. All opinions are 100% mine or my moneys.

 

Kikkoman Review:

 

 

Do you use Soy Sauce? It’s a staple in our house. We use it in our Chinese cooking, marinades, and so much more. Recently I was asked to try out Kikkoman’s Soy Sauce, try using it with a chicken in a brine.

 

So I went out to the store and got a whole chicken…

 

 

 

Bought a thing of Kikkoman Soy Sauce (notice how big it is)

 

 

 

 

Mixed up my brine recipe supplied by Kikkoman.. You can get the recipe here.

 

 

Looks kinda scary doesn’t it?!

 

 

Left my chicken in the fridge overnight…

 

 

Then put it in my rotisserie for a couple ours, and this is what came out…

 

 

 

 

I have to tell you! I was so surprised!!! The brine made the chicken so MOIST! I have never had such a juicy breast piece of meat. It was amazing!

My only complaint was that it was rather salty. Even after rinsing it off really well, I felt that it was still really salty. I need to figure out how to get that part down, and then we are in business!

 

My family was very impressed with the chicken, and so happy to eat it! We will absolutely be brining more of our meat in the future!

Go here for a brine recipe for your turkey!

 

You can find Kikkoman on Facebook and Twitter.

 

*I received a coupon for a free bottle of Kikkoman Soy Sauce in exchange for my honest review as part of Smiley360. All opinions are 100% mine and my monkeys!

It’s that time of year again….

when all those nasty cold germs are floating about… and you have to remind them to watch their hands 50 times a day so they don’t catch some nasty virus going around.. 

Although, despite our best efforts as parents, they still get sick sometimes don’t they? 

One great things for us, has been since we have started to Homeschool, they have been pretty healthy, knock on wood (Tap,tap). Don’t get me wrong they still get a sniffle now and again, or a nagging cough, but they are less likely to get something much worse. 

This week for instance, two of the Monkey’s are sick. They have these deep coughs, that don’t go away… especially in the middle of the night. Their heads are congested, and their noses are dripping… ((sigh)) 

So what are some of your go to remedies? For a cough, I love to use a cough syrup with honey in it, or straight honey. However, that doesn’t always do the trick, so we also really like delsyum. 

Before they get to bad, we also give them a glass a day of Emergen-C to drink. That makes an enormous difference. They don’t have the cold for nearly as long, and sometimes it only comes with a few sniffles. 

For those nights when that doesn’t work though, we use a Tylenol or ibuprofen for fever, and pain reliever like Children’s Advil. We recently got a bottle of Children’s Advil to try.. we have had to use it a couple of times since the kids got sick. It worked well, and the kids liked the flavor. It seemed to last longer than some of the no-name brands we have tried in the past. 

Children’s Advil is great for helping relieve a fever for up to 8 hours with only one dose. It comes in 4 great flavors for those kids who don’t like a medicine taste.. You can find it in Dye-Free – White Grape (which I like to get, they don’t need added chemicals), Grape, Fruit, and Blue Raspberry. Two of my monkey’s are not huge on pill form or chewable medicine, so this makes it great for them. Its designed for ages 2-11 but is liquid form. 


What are some of your remedies for when your kids get sick? 


I have some extra $1 off Any 1 Children’s Advil Product coupons… so I’m going to run a quick giveaway and mail them to the winners. These coupons are good until May. 


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*I was given a sample of Children’s Advil and coupons in exchange for my honest review as part as Smiley360. All opinions are 100% mine or my monkey’s.

Redbox Review:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you watch a lot of movies?? Our family loves to watch movies. The problem? Well, it costs anywhere from $50-$100 for our family to go to the movies at the Theater…the higher end if we get popcorn, candy and a soda. Nuts! Therefore, meaning that we don’t go often.

Luckily we are back in our hometown, so we are lucky to have two good theaters about 20 mins from us, and they aren’t as bad with a Matinee.

Back on track… that still is a very rare thing we do. So for us to watch a movie we use Redbox. Most of the video stores in our have closed. Not that we rented from them much, since the cost went up drastically. At the end it was like $5 a movie per night. That is CRAZY!

We now love the abilty to go and rent a movie from the Redbox. We have one at the local grocery store here in town. Another great feature that we LOVE is that you can return the movies to any Redbox location. Which means if I’m out and about it doesn’t have to go to that particular box, or if I don’t need to go anywhere I can just drop it off at the local one.

They have a wide selection of new and older movies, usually. They have regular and Blu-ray movies, as well as video games for all the newest systems.

 

The other great thing about Redbox is that you can rent a movie for $1 per night, as long as you return your movie by 9pm the next day. Which means a cheap movie night for us. As we usually have to rent 2 movies, one for us, and one for the kids.

They also have a program where you sign up for text messages on your mobile phone and they will send you a code every month for a free movie. Or sometimes they have promotions where you can get anywhere from .25 cents to $1 off your movie.

You can find Redbox on Facebook and Twitter.

Go enjoy a movie tonight!

*I received a free nights rental in exchange for this review through Smiley 360.