Foodie Pen Pals – July

Sylvia — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:27:08 +0000

There are few things in life that I love more than coming home to a package waiting for me. That is probably why I signed up for another month of Foodie Pen Pals, even after my package never made it to me last month. Even though I was slightly discouraged by that, I am so so so happy I signed on for another month because I was spoiled yet again. My foodie pen pal this month was Lisa from Feed You With a Kiss. If you want to see what I sent to my other Pen Pal, check out Megan at I Run For Wine.

Lisa is from Seattle and when she e-mailed me to ask about my preferences, I told her that I love trying new things, especially local stuff that I can’t get here in New York, and Lisa delivered!

And not only did she send me some awesomely delicious goodies, she included recipes and little notes telling me the back stories of each thing.

Not to mention that the recipe cards are absolutely gorgeous! I need to find some and start writing my recipes down, for posterity, of course.

I also had a bit of help in opening my package.

I received:

Granola from Bakery Nouveau. This isn’t your regular bag of granola, it is sweet, perfectly crunchy and so.so.so addicting. I can’t keep my hands out of the bag. Lisa said that this is one of the best bakeries in Seattle, and after looking at their website, I know I have to visit this place if I ever make it to Seattle. Everything looks in-cred-i-ble!
Organic Date Pieces. Although these babies don’t look all that appetizing (they looked kind of like hamster pellets to me) but they taste great! Never judge a book by its over!
Forbidden Rice. I haven’t had a chance to try this yet, but Lisa sent me a recipe for steamed rice with herbs, which I want to make in the near future. I read the back of the package and apparently this type of rice was reserved for emperors and royalty.
Four Sisters Evermild Sauce. It is made locally in Washington and Lisa met one of the Four Sister’s at the Farmer’s Market when buying the sauce. Pretty cool!
Salted Caramel Sauce. I’m going to be honest here. I have been avoiding opening this little jar because I have a feeling that I will have a tough time keeping a spoon out of there. Lisa also sent a cookie recipe which uses the sauce, so I think I’ll need to make those because they sound amazing and will keep my spoon away.

Thank you again Lisa, I loved all the goodies and the personalized notes!

Now that I’ve convinced you that you need to join in on the Foodie Penpal fun, I’ll let you know what you need to do!

If you’d like to participate, fill out the New Foodie Pen Pals Sign Up Form. She will need to hear from you by August 4th as pairings will be emailed the 5th! (I still can’t believe August is here!)

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The Tale of Two Packages

Sylvia — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:54:03 +0000

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine wasn’t half bad, but I will save that for tomorrow becuase I want to share my new goodies from the Foodie Pen Pal Swap!

I was paired with Katie from Creature of Habit and Rohit, a non-blogger. Katie really outdid herself with all the goodies she sent me.

When she e-mailed me to ask about what I’d like to get in my package, I told her I’m up for everything and anything. My package theme was Fresh & Easy, for the store that Katie bought all my goodies from. The package consisted of Vegetable crisps, Trail mix, Triple chocolate chip cookies and two grain and fruit bars.

I wasn’t the only one that couldn’t wait to try our new snacks. The little sneak couldn’t wait until I finished taking pictures!

Thank you so much Katie for the great stuff! Those cookies were a huge hit with Munchkin. I had to make sure they weren’t within his reach in the kitchen because they would’ve been all he ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Rohit, the pen pal who received my package tweeted me some pictures from his unboxing, so I thought I’d share those as well. When I e-mailed him to ask about what he wanted in his package, he told me he’s a fan of spicy foods, so spicy he got!

I also wanted to send him some things that might not be available in Texas, where he lives, so I found some local New York things. Rohit got Hot Brooklyn Salsa, Wasabi flavored seaweed snacks, Wasabi Peas, Old Brooklyn Brighton Beach Black Cherry Soda and a packet of PB&Co’s Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter.I have to brag just a bit, but Rohit tweeted that he thought Texas salsa was the best, but the Brooklyn Salsa blew it out of the water!! So much for those commercials that make fun of Salsa made in NYC!

I have already signed up to participate in next month’s swap, so stay tuned for more Foodie Pen Pal goodness! If you’d like to participate, please send an email to Lindsay at theleangreenbean@gmail.comand include the following information:

-Your full name

-Your email address

-Your blog name/address (if you’ve got one)

-Your twitter handle (if applicable)

-If your from the US or Canada

She will need to hear from you by May 4th as pairings will be emailed on Cinco de Mayo!

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