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SodaStream A Smarter Way To Enjoy Soda {Review}

 I have a family that loves Pop. (Yup we call it pop around here.) SodaStream makes it very easy for my family and kids to make our own pop at home. Very cool idea if you ask me! I do not drink a lot of pop, but I was thrilled to know that they offer more than just soda flavors. I was interested in the Green Tea and  Sparkling Water flavors. This company is awesome! They sent me the SodaStream and a HUGE starter kit to try out.

Do you see all of that great stuff in the above picture? Yup they sent all of that to me to review! This is a very generous company! We have not tried it all. But we will! Anyway, since I am not always the best person at putting something together, my Brother was over visiting, and he was excited to try this amazing machine out too. So I asked him to get it all ready for me. He set it up. Jeez it was super easy, I can't believe I was afraid to do it myself.

Well the kids, my brother, and I all decided we wanted to try out the Orange Soda first. So we did. Well at first I do not think my brother pushed the carbonation button enough because when I tried it, it tasted flat. But that was a very quick fix. We put it back on the SodaStream and added more carbonation. And guess what? It tasted great! 

Check that out! Looks just like some Orange Crush huh? It tasted like it to me! Yum! Well after we experimented with the Orange flavor, my Brother wanted to try out the Energy flavor. So I let him mix up a liter of that. He said it tastes like Red Bull, but only better. I can not compare, Ive never tasted Red Bull. I did take a tiny sip of the Energy Flavor, and I did not like it. So Im sure that what my Brother said is true. I know he liked it because he drank the entire bottle of it that he made.

Yup that bottle was gone in no time.. I never did ask him if he was able to sleep that night. LOL. Since the pictures have been taken we have tried other great flavors including Root Beer, Cola, and the Green Tea Pomegranate Peach. I must say I LOVE the Green Tea Pomegranate Peach.

From Their Website:

How Does SodaStream Help the Environment?

SodaStream is an "Active Green" product, meaning that consumers  are actively reducing their CO₂ footprint every time they make soda  or sparkling water at home instead of buying it from the store. The more the system is used on a daily basis, the more CO₂ footprint the user actively saves. (This differs from "Passive Green" products, which use green-friendly production processes, but their products are not inherently helping the consumers save on their daily footprint.)

Because SodaStream uses water straight from the tap, the system makes traditional store-bought beverage bottles obsolete. That means less plastic manufactured, less plastic waste is created, and fewer bottled beverages must be transported from manufacturers to distributors to stores to homes.

Globally, 206 billion liters of bottled water were consumed in 2008 (Zenith International Global Bottled Water Report, 2008). The energy required to make water bottles in the US only, is equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil (Container Recycling Institute, 2002).

According to the US Recycling Institute, more than 80% of bottles in the US do not get recycled and end up in landfills. Also, an estimated 4.7 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions were produced in the process of replacing the 134 billion bottles and cans not recycled in 2005.
 

Using your own home carbonation system means:

• Less packaging waste from cans and bottles.
• Less pollution caused by transport of bottled beverages.

One SodaStream carbonator makes 60 or 110 liters, equivalent to 170 or 310 aluminum cans! When empty, the carbonator is refilled and reused, ready to make more fizzy and tasty soda whenever you want it.

As most of you know, or even if you didn't know. I try to live my life the "Green" way. So I love this product. It truly is awesome, and so much fun to make Sodas or "Pop" with the kids. There are so many different flavors to choose from, so everyone can have something the love. The quality is excellent. I have nothing negative to say about the SodaStream. Its a very easy and convenient way to have several flavors of soda around the house, but with a lot less packaging. Yay! I would recommend this machine to anyone who loves drinking beverages other than boring water!

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You can Purchase the SodaStream at many different retailers, or at their Online Store.

Disclaimer:  I was provided the SodaStream and other products mentioned above free of charge upon my request to do this review. All opinions are 100% mine. I was not monetary compensated for this review.

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Grandma Dee's Seasoned Nuts & Snacks {Review}

So as I've stated before I love Granola. And when I had the opportunity to try Grandma Dee's Seasoned Nuts & Snacks I was thrilled! There is nothing better than having a great tasting granola for a snack late in the day. These very nice people sent me a couple of samples of their granola. I was sent Grandma Dee's Nutty Granola, and Organic Peanut Butter and Banana Granola.

Don't these just look amazing? Let me tell you... BOTH flavors I tried were really really good. I can't decide which one is better.  They both have distinct flavors. They made very nice snacks that my whole family enjoyed.

Grandma Dee's Nutty Granola

Lightly sweetened, toasted Oats, Raisins and Cranberries combined with sea salted whole Almonds, Pecan halves, cracked Hazelnuts, Pumpkin and Sunflower Seeds.

Peanut Butter and Banana Granola

Organic Peanut Butter, Roasted, Salted Peanuts &

lots of Sweet dried fruit. Our granola recipe was inspired by everyone's lunchtime favorite...

the Peanut-Butter and Jelly Sandwich!

 

 We also heard "The King" (yes, Elvis!)

was a fan of fried Peanut-Butter and Banana Sandwiches and that sounded pretty good to us so we bake our old fashioned rolled oats with yummy bits of banana chips.

From their website:
 Using the best quality nuts and hand mixed spice blends we craft seasoned nuts and snacks that are healthy, unique and simply addictive!

Grandma Dee’s gourmet nuts are hand-made in small batch recipes relying on the freshest whole nuts (no bits and pieces!) which we lovingly roast and season with premium spices. Our nuts are naturally free of artificial colors and sweeteners, preservatives, gluten, trans fat and cholesterol.
Whether ordering the chocolate covered cashews, sweetly spiced pecans and walnuts, seasoned nuts, granola or raw nuts and seeds, you will always recieve a fresh and delicious batch.  Try our Gourmet Gifts too!
Each order is hand packed and promptly shipped to our happy customers. Enjoy!

If you are looking for the perfect gift for those people who aren't easy to shop for, or even the easy people.. I suggest checking out Grandma Dee's. I assure you, there is something for everyone.

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You can purchase the 2 flavors of granola I tried for $8.95-$8.99 for a 16 oz. bag.

Disclaimer: I was sent the above products free of charge for review purposes only. All opinions are 100% mine. I was not compensated for this review.

Kroger Trip 12/7

Well today at Kroger it was truly a great trip for me! Now I don't know exactly what I saved. I forgot to take my receipt. :( and I wasn't really paying attention. Im Sorry. But I did only spend $1.66!!!

(11) Knorr Sides $1.00 each used (11) .45/1 coupons which tripled to $1.35 off = .35 overage for each pouch!

(2) Nesquik Chocolate Powder Pouches $1.09 each used (2) .60/1 coupons = .49 each

(3) Glade Candles (Not sure of the price they were 50% off though) used $1/2 coupon

I really wish I would have remembered to take my receipt, but Im sure I saved atleast 98% today.