Easter and Mermaids (gift ideas)

  Spring is here and it's time to start Easter planning.  Here we prepare a dinner, decorate a bit and make baskets for the kids.

  Easter baskets are a combination of a spring item, candy and some fun toys.  The spring item is fun but, toys are really what my kids want. Something new to play with that will be there the next day unlike a piece of candy.

  I found a great selection of girls toys here.  I have my eye on this mermaid journal for my daughter.

She is learning to read and write at school and this would be a great book to document her day in a way only she can do.  The invisible ink pen and black will add a little fun to her creativity.

Find the direct link for the mermaid journal  here or check the other themed journals. 

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Sticky Treats (review)

  I finally made a batch of popsicles with my new review product.  Find the recipe we tried here.  I can only vouch for a sample of it as the three that I made were gobbled up by 3 kids.  Thankfully I still have a fruit blend available.

  My take on these popsicle molds is its nice to have the ability to stand the mold and fill it.  The mold snaps into the base for easy filling as well as they can be placed on the counter.  The two bonus pushup pops  I place in a cup and fill then place in the freezer.  The pushup pops are definitely more kid friendly.  Less drops or atleast the drips are more contained.  Little hands can hold the popsicle sticks but there will be drips.

  The seal was great after the popsicles were frozen that I needed to run them under some water to loosen the tops and the mold to separate as well.

 I was provided this product for free for my honest review and all opinions are my own.

Find out more about this product here.

Tea for two

 

I have seen Matcha Tea everywhere. But have yet to taste it.  I even saw a recipe the other day for Matcha Tea sugar cookies. Matcha Tea is a finely ground powder specially grown and processed green tea.  So the sugar cookies in saw were green in color and it had nothing to do with food coloring or frosting.

  The tea comes with instructions and I even received a followup of tea recipes in my email.  There was emphasis put on the possible flavor.  Comments have been made about the flavor.  Suggestions of adding honey or a sweetner to enhance it is strongly encouraged.

  The container provided different dose measurements.  I tried the 1/2 tsp portion and will try the 3/4 tsp.  With the portion I took I drank some with just the tea then added honey.  The tea alone was not that bitter or bad tasting.  I could have drank it without anything.  After adding honey to it; the flavor was sweeter but still had the same green tea flavor base.

  I did wisk it up with a kitchen wisk as I don't have a Chasen.

  I have read that using this utensil makes a better froth and makes the tea taste better.  I guess I will not worry about it at the moment as I was fine with the tea as it was.  I did however chose to not whisk traditionally but placed the whisk in between my hands and rubbed the whisk shafts in between it.  Think of hand warming motion.  

Overall my opinion on Matcha Green Tea is definitely favorable.  Not only was I pleased with the taste it has many benefits as a tea.  Matcha Tea is a cancer fighter, fat burner and much more.

I was provided this product for my honest review and all opinions are my own. 

Reviewsio: a review group

  I am excited to tell you of this new group I just joined.  You know I have been reviewing products and I share them with you on my you-tube channel as well as a few on here.  Well I am excited with joining this new group as it will provide me with more opportunities to review products as well as more exposure.

  It is hard to find a good review group.  Some groups have a pick me type of order, some allow you to select one or two products at a time, another group started me at the bottom with the lower priced products for a period of time and this group like a few others lets you shop around.  You select items you are interested in reviewing and await a code to be emailed to you.  This code applies the discount upon checkout on Amazon.  What you pay depends on the product you select.  You also do not pay shipping as long as you are a Prime member. 

  Feel free to check this group out with my referral https://reviewsio.com/register?mref=Meanroel.  Let me know what product you got and how you liked it.