What are YOU fueling up for? Kellogg's Vector #Giveaway!

Happy Summer Everyone!  

I sure hope that summer is treating you and your loved ones as good as it is treating us.  

We've been enjoying amazing weather (though a few too many forest fires) - and I have been so lucky to be home with our kids all summer. We've been camping, hiking, biking, golfing, beaching, road-tripping, wine tasting...it's been wonderful. And - we still have just under 5 more weeks until school starts.  Super-duper awesomeness!

So, how do you fuel up in the summer?  When we are outdoors, in addition to the mandatory water, we are always carrying extra snacks for our family.  Our go-to snacks are granola bars - especially ones with protein.  We love the convenience on the bars.  We've also got our favourite post-activity snacks - such as yogurt with fruit and granola - our kids just eat that up (I'm also a big yogurt and granola fan for breakfast).

Speaking of granola, did you know that Kellogg's has recently launched new Vector Granola Honey Almond Flavour?  They have, and it's good.  With 20g of protein per serving, 5g of fibre and 10 vitamins and minerals.  We were fortunate to have been given a sample to try - and while my almond-allergic hubby couldn't have any, the kids and I really enjoyed it with our yogurt and fresh strawberries from our garden!

Now for the best part...YOU have the chance to WIN a Kellogg's Vector Prize pack ($50 value!) - just like the one in the picture in this post.  Lucky you!  Enter below via the Rafflecopter.  Thanks so much...and watch for new recipe posts coming to Addicted to Recipes soon!  Despite our busy summer, we still need to eat, and I have been testing new recipes that will get posted soon!


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Kellogg's Mini-Wheats #TryitHot Giveaway!

We are in BC and have been very fortunate to have enjoyed an early spring this year.  To be honest, I have been waiting for Mother Nature's "last blast" here, but I am starting to believe it might not come this year.  Many of our Canadian friends are still in the thick of winter - for some, they are experiencing crazy cold temperatures and others have boatloads of snow.  I am sure everyone is dreaming of greener, warmer days!

Until then, enter Kellogg's Mini-Wheats.  Have you ever tried your Mini-Wheats hot?  I had never thought about that until now, but hey, why not #TryitHot?!

My kids are crazy excited to try the Maple Flavour Mini-Wheats, and they were huge fans.  They love maple everything, so really. I had no doubt they would also love the cereal :-)

Before we get to the giveaway, I wanted to make sure to tell you to be sure to head over to www.MiniWheats.ca  for all sorts of recipes and inspiration for your Mini-Wheats!

Here is YOUR chance to #TryitHot.  Kellogg's is offering one lucky Addicted to Recipes reader a $50 Kellogg's Min-Wheats Prize pack, which includes everything you see in the photo in this post.  Very cool!  Enter via the Rafflecopter below.  Contest open to Canadian residents only. 



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Flash #Giveaway! Kellogg's Innovation Prize Pack

Happy Sunday everyone!  

I hope that all is well with you!  It's another beautiful day here, the sun is shining, it's wonderfully warm, and my oldest is gone to hockey.  Yup, hockey.  Fall is around the corner and with fall comes a world of new things, including this new product line-up from Kellogg's!

And, guess what?!  One lucky Addicted to Recipes reader is going to win a fabulous prize pack like this one from Kellogg's valued at $50!  Enter via the easy Rafflecopter below. Contest open to Canadian residents only...and is open for TODAY only!


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Kellogg's New Product Line-Up - and GIVEAWAY

The days that we come home to the big red box sitting on our doorstep are always fun days.  Just before we left on holidays, we received a box from Kellogg's containing samples of their new products:

• Kellogg's TO GO Breakfast Shakes in Chocolate and Vanilla
• Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Fruit Crunch Bars in Strawberry and Apple Cinnamon
• Special K Chocolately Red Berries Cereal
• Special K Protein Morning Shakes in Cafe Latte and Mocha
• Special K Pastry Crisps in Cookies & Cream and Chocolately Caramel
• Special K Cracker Chips in Salt & Vinegar

My hubby was eyeing up the Cracker Chips right away, he's a fan of salty, crunchy treats.  Me, I'm more of a sweetheart, and the Pastry Crisps will be making their way into my food stash at work the office.  Hello, chocolate!!  The kids are happy to see the Nutri-Grain bars as these make their way into the treat bag for those days at the rink (which will be continuing well into spring as our oldest has now decided to play spring league hockey).

How would you like to win your own pack of new products from Kellogg's?  The contest is open to Canada only, enter via the Rafflecopter below.  Good luck!

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The Secret to Willpower With Kellogg's Special K - #Giveaway

What fills YOU up?  Besides food, of course.  What in life fills you up?  For me, it's my husband, my kids, my extended family, my friends, my hobbies, and my work. 

Check out this You Tube video and see what these Toronto women had to say about What Fills Them Up

Tis the season of indulging.  Between all the festivities for Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas and New Year's, it is hard to keep that willpower going.  This is the time of year when we are surrounded by all sorts of goodies that fill us up.

Recently we received a Special K Willpower Kit from Kellogg's which included products to try as well as some interesting and useful information about protein.  I know that I don't eat enough protein in the morning to truly satisfy my hunger and provide me with that boost that we all need from protein.  I am sure that is why I am usually starving by lunch!

Lucky for the "me's" out there, Kellogg's has introduced NEW Special K Protein Cereal with 10 grams of protein and 9 grams of fibre to help satisfy that need for protein.  I love mixing cereal and yogurt, and adding in the Special K cereal to my morning yogurt snack is an easy no-brainer for me.

Guess what?  The nice folks at Kellogg's are giving my lucky readers a chance to WIN a Special K Willpower Kit, valued at $35!!  Enter via the Rafflecopter below.

NOTE: One winner, open to Canada only. Winner will be drawn at random via Rafflecopter.  Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond.  Failure to respond within 48 hours will result in a new winner being drawn.  Prize supplied by Kellogg's.

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New From Kellogg's Canada! (and Giveaway!)

Recently we received samples of the new products that Kellogg's has introduced:

Special K Popcorn Chips
These new popcorn chips are lightly seasoned and will satisfy any movie-theatre popcorn cravings you may have.  With only 80 calories for 20 chips, the chips will help you stay on track.  The chips come in two flavours, Butter and Sweet & Salty.

All-Bran Blueberry Brown Sugar Flavour Cereal Bars
These 30g / 130 calorie bars contain blueberry-infused cranberries and brown sugar.  They are a high source of fibre, contain natural wheat bran fibre, are trans fat free and low in saturated fat!

Vector Protein Chewy Bars
The new Vector Protein Chewy Bars are a tasty combination of nuts and chocolate.  They are available in two flavours - Peanut and Mixed Nut - and have 11g of protein and 5g if fibre per bar!

VERDICT:
The Vector bars have already made their way into my secret snack stash at work.  I like these bars better than most that I have tried - and they make a perfect 3 pm snack for me.  The popcorn chips disappeared into the "man cave"...I may never get to taste them!  I'm looking forward to the cereal bars - but am saving them for one of those sure-to-happen hectic mornings when Mama doesn't get a bite to eat before getting the kids out the door to school and daycare on time.

Guess what?!  You have a chance to WIN free product coupons (FPC's) for full-sized boxes of EACH of the new products!  Enter via the Rafflecopter below!





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Scrumptious Sunday #51 - Features

Hello everyone! Welcome to Feature Friday (part 2)! (Did you check out the features, part 1?) I hope your week has been fantastic.  We've been busy as ever - last weekend we had company and there was lots (and lots) of hockey going on.  It was great fun all around!  This week my husband and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary!  At work, things are ramping up...everywhere, all around, life is busy but good!

Did you catch my posts this week?

7th Anniversary Gift

Kellogg's Canada - New Product Giveaway!

Recipe Recap - Baked Egg Cups and Chicken Asiago Dijon

Carrot Spice Muffins

Here are the features from Scrumptious Sunday #51:

If you are featured this week, please grab a BUTTON from my button page! 

My little family has been titled "Honourary Greeks" in our Greek friends' community...and since I love almost all Greek food, this feature is a given for me :-)
Traditional Greek Pita Bread from Half Baked Harvest

I love lasagna, it's one of my favourite foods.  This sounds good.  And since it's from Tara, I am pretty confident it will be!
Lasagna Soup from Noshing With The Nolands

I'm on a bit of a homemade soup kick right now (stay tuned to the blog...you will see!).  And I also love chicken pot pie.  This sounds delicious!
Chicken Pot Pie Soup from Sunflower Supper Club

And we can't forget dessert!  And that I am a total cookie monster...
Peanut Butter Nutella Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies from My Favorite Finds

Thanks so much everyone for all your fabulous recipes!

This week's party marks my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY hosting a link party!  What a ride it has been!  Thanks everyone for your continued support and participation!  

Don't forget, Scrumptious Sunday will be back starting this Saturday night at 8 pm! Can't wait to see all the goodness you bring next week!

Kellogg's Canada - New Product Giveaway!

This week we received samples from Kellogg's of their newly launched products.  I'm a bit of a granola bar junkie, so I am super excited about my new work snacks - the Nutri-Grain Soft Bakes and the Special K Granola Bars.  I have tried the Dark Chocolate Granola Bars before and I really like them.  I am excited for the peanut butter granola bars. My hubby is happy to see the new cracker chips (he's a big chip guy) - and is especially excited to try the Zesty Southwest flavour of the Special K Cracker Chips.  And the cereal is always a great snack for the kids - they both like to eat dry cereal as a snack and we love having variety for them - I think they will enjoy both the Raspberry flavoured Mini-Wheats Centres and the All-Bran Cranberries & Clusters (I'm thinking there my be a muffin recipe with the latter...)

I am happy to let you know that YOU also have a chance to WIN free product coupons (FPCs) for each of these products!  This is a $30 value in free products!!  

Here is the list of coupons that one lucky winner will receive:

1 free Box of Nutri-Grain Soft Bakes

1 free Box of All-Bran Cranberries & Clusters

1 free box of Special K Granola Bars

1 free box of Special K Cracker Chips

1 free box of Mini-Wheats Centres - Raspberry Flavour

1 free box of Kashi Blueberry Oat Clusters & Flakes



This contest is open to CANADIANS ONLY.  Please enter via the Rafflecopter below.  Once selected, the winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond.  If there is no response after 48 hours a new winner will be drawn.  Thank you for stopping by, and GOOD LUCK!

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Resolve to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle with Special K

The season of indulgence is behind us now.  Now we are back to reality, the grind, and our annual "fresh start".  How many resolutions did you make this year?  I made a few, you can check them out here.  

One thing that I am hoping to do this year is get back into running.  I was never a superstar runner, but I always enjoyed running.  It was great "me" time, something every Mother could use more of :-)

How are you doing with your resolutions?  Me? I'm doing alright!  I've started back to the gym a few times a week.  I'm a fair-weather runner, so running in the winter is not my thing.  But I am perfectly happy on a cardio machine, building my endurance up for running outside.  Hopefully I will get there, but in the meantime, I am happy to be more active!

There are tonnes of resources out there to help you with your resolutions - whether they be to lose weight, eat better, or like me, get more active.  One that I've been checking out is My Special K.  It's an online resource that anyone to use to help track our goals and feel good about ourselves.  You can start your own My Special K Plan at www.myspecialk.ca - head on over to check it out and make your own plan too!

Thank you Kellogg's for providing me with some new exercise gear and fuel to help me with my goals!

Kellogg's Rice Krispies Make Christmas Fun!

Recently I received a gift box from Kellogg's containing great ingredients to make Christmas themed Rice Krispie treats.  My oldest son and I were pretty excited as we love to create in the kitchen.  The box included regular and Vanilla Rice Krispies, marshmallows, Wilton decorating supplies, and wrapping bits so that we could make gifts out of our treats!

We spent part of our Sunday creating these treats - making our Rice Krispie squares as per the standard recipe, and then quite a bit of time decorating and creating our masterpieces!  Here is a sampling of our art:

Thanks Kellogg's for the providing me the means to add a little extra quality time with my son!

Merry Christmas everyone!

New From Kellogg's!

I love being a Kellogger!  This week we got the opportunity to try some of the new products that Kellogg's has just released - maybe you have seen them at your local retailer?  I was able to pick up the new Special K Flatbread Morning Sandwiches (Egg with Vegetables and Pepper Jack Cheese) and the Special K Morning Shakes (Vanilla).  I am super excited for us to try the new Eggo Mini Waffles, but my retailer was all sold out (at 7:30 this morning!).  Those must be a hot commodity :-)

My morning was another morning on the go - we've had a house full of sickies this past week, which has resulted in a bunch of sleepless nights and early mornings.  This morning was no exception (which is why I was grocery shopping so early...we were all up, so might as well get it done!).  I didn't have a big window of time between grocery shopping and when we needed to be at the rink for our oldest's hockey game and Christmas party - and when I got home, the baby was napping...so I had a few minutes of "me" time to grab a bite to eat before we met my hubby and our oldest at the game.  Perfect time for the Special K Flatbread Morning Sandwich.  It took me all of 1 minute and 15 seconds to prepare my breakfast...and I was able to enjoy it in peace :-)  It was a tasty treat!  Perfect for an on-the-go morning like today.  I can see these being consumed on hockey mornings when departure time for the rink is 5:30 am...a quick (quiet) way to have breakie before the game.

Would you grab a flatbread sandwich on your on-the-go mornings?  Which flavour would you choose?  Egg, Ham & Pepper Jack Cheese, Egg & Sausage, or the flavour I tried, Egg with Vegetable & Pepper Jack Cheese?

Rice Krispies Halloween Treats!

The other day a parcel arrived at our house from our friends at Kellogg's...our oldest son was so intrigued about what was inside this magical white box, needless to say, we had a lot of fun playing games with him.  It was almost like Christmas...except that it's Halloween!  But there we were, shaking the box, slowly opening the box, slowly showing him the bits inside the box...and what bits they were!

Just some of the great stuff inside the Halloween Box!

All of the ingredients (except butter and vanilla...but that's a little harder to ship!) to make HALLOWEEN RICE KRISPIES TREATS!  Oh yes we did...and what a GREAT time we had doing it!  We went online to look at some ideas of what to do with our Halloween theme, which made for a fun way to shake up our routine treat making.  Because we opened the box on a weeknight, we decided to wait until the weekend to make our treats.

Once Saturday came, there was no containing the excitement.  When it came time to "bake", our son was so practically vibrating about all the candy samples that came with the Rice Krispies and marshmallows.  He laid them all out and organized them just "perfectly" (yes friends and family, you can laugh now...the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!).  We worked together to make the Rice Krispies treats...the "old fashioned way" (following the recipe on the Rice Krispies box) - on the stove top - melting the butter, melting the marshmallows (it's great practice for him to count the marshmallows as they enter to pot), adding in the vanilla, adding in the Rice Krispies, mixing, mixing, mixing!
Then came time to play!  I would ask my son what he wanted for shapes...to use the awesome pumpkin or bat cookie cutters that came in the pack, or roll balls for eyes, faces, etc...and of course, every little boy needs a Rice Krispie snake to decorate!

Halloween Rice Krispies Snakes - Hand rolled and decorated by our 5 year old!

We had so much fun the two of us making and decorating our Halloween Rice Krispie Treats.  It was such great bonding time for us...and my son talked about his creations non-stop until bedtime...and is still talking about them a few days later.  What a wonderful memory!

Close-up of a few of the treats...a few mummy faces, eyeballs, and pumpkins!

VERDICT
Of course, these were TASTY!  I've never added candy to my Rice Krispies sqaures before, and it was a fun little addition for us.  Rice Krispies treats were part of my childhood, and it's great that they are part of my childrens' childhoods too.  Even the baby was smacking his lips eating little bits of the treats (none of the candy for him though!).

Thank you Kellogg's for providing the gift that made an afternoon of memories for me and my son!