PRODUCT REVIEW: Swanson’s Vitamins Organic Spices

The wonderful people over at Swanson’s Vitamins sent me a package of organic spices to try out. I have been trying to cook with more organic products lately, so I was VERY excited to try out the products.


The first product is ground Cinnamon, I use it in my coffee every morning. I love to the smell of fresh brewed coffee with a touch of cinnamon in the morning. It is FANTASTIC! First off…I have been having a really hard time finding ground cinnamon in the store lately {I can only find the cinnamon & sugar combo – and I do NOT want that} so I was super excited to get this one to try out. I am pretty sure that organic product have more of a ‘kick’ to them, I can actually taste the cinnamon in my coffee. So I give this product a thumbs up! I loved it.


Product number two is the Cayenne pepper! And what perfect timing…I have been wanting to try out my Red Pepper Hummus recipe. This recipe didn’t call for a measured amount of the Cayenne pepper, so I added as much as I wanted. I was great! I never realized how much I like spicy hummus and this cayenne pepper was the perfect touch. Again, another thumbs up!


The last product that I used was the Cumin. Tonight I made a Mexican Black Bean soup that required cumin…I have never purchased cumin before, nor had I used it. And NOW I know what most of my Mexican dishes have been missing. This spice finished off the soup perfectly! Thumbs up!!

All in all, I was very impressed with the Swanson products! I highly recommend them.

PRODUCT REVIEW: Mrs. Dash Grilling Blends

I love this time of year…grilled food is the BEST! Since we eat a lot of chicken in our household we are always looking for new ideas for chicken breast marinades. I am a big fan of Mrs. Dash Original on my vegetables; since I had to give up salt a while back this was a great alternative and gives a good burst of flavor. So you can imagine how excited I was to see that Mrs. Dash had come out with grilling blends! I always like to marinade the meat before we put it on the grill so I combined 3 teaspoons of light olive oil, 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken breast and 1 capful of Mrs. Dash Chicken Grilling blend. Let it marinate in the fridge for about 20 minutes and fire up that grill. Grill the chicken as you normally would and you have a fantastic tasting piece of chicken. I ended up serving this chicken with a side of Grilled Vegetables (don’t worry…I’ll post that recipe soon!). What a healthy and tasty meal! Below are some pics for you…

Ingredients…


Chicken cooking on the grill…


Final product…


Happy grilling!

PRODUCT REVIEW: Chicken Stir Fry

Greetings all, sorry it has been so long since I have posted. It’s been busy busy around our household. I have always been a fan of stir fry since it is a lower calorie Chinese food option. While grocery shopping, I found a quick mix by ‘Sun Bird’ for stir fry, so I thought I’d try it out. Since this isn’t a recipe, I figured I’d just tell you the ingredients that I ended up using.

INGREDIENTS:
1 pound boneless chicken breast (cut into chunks)
1 bag of frozen stir fry vegetables
1 can of bamboo shoots
1 can of water chestnuts
1 can of baby corn
2 tsp Splenda
2 tbsp Low-Sodium Soy Sauce
2 cups Brown Rice
1 package Sun Bird Stir Fry mix

On the packaging of the Sun Bird Stir Fry mix it asks for sugar and soy sauce, so instead I used Splenda & Low-Sodium Soy Sauce to make this a little healthier. I really enjoyed this meal, it wasn’t too heavy and it wasn’t salty. I would recommend this Sun Bird stir fry mix!



The stir fry cooking…


Final product…


Happy cooking!