Foodie Lover’s Gift Guide + Giveaway with Melissa’s Produce

Foodie Lover’s Gift Guide + Giveaway

By Erin

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Foodie lovers I have a fun giveaway for you (and it includes WINE)! Happy Holidays fellow foodies! Are you still looking for something for your favorite foodie for the holidays? Melissa’s Produce has you covered with some great ideas that would fit any foodie’s tastes, like the Royal Treatment Wine Basket, which makes a great gift for any occasion.

Foodie the Royal Treatment Gift Basket from Melissa's Produce

Fill the hearts of your loved ones with a gift fit for a King or Queen! Filled with a fresh assortment of apples, pears, dried cranberries, pumpkin seed Clean Snax, salami, crackers, cheeses, roasted salted nuts, shell nuts and nutcracker, all complement the flavors of a 750 ml bottle of The Hilt 2015 Pinot Noir.

Be sure to enter the giveaway below for a chance to win this AMAZING basket of deliciousness from Melissa’s Produce! This would make an awesome gift for your favorite foodie or a nice treat for yourself to celebrate the holiday season with. Melissa’s has some of the most beautiful gifts to give and receive!

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Note: How to enter for a chance to win!
 Open to US Residents in the 48 contiguous states. +21 years of age and older where wine can be shipped as the signature of an adult 21 years of age or older is required at delivery. No purchase necessary. Must enter for a chance to win. Melissa’s Produce will be mailing out the gift basket to the winner. Ends 12/23 at 12AM PST. For all contest rules please see the Sweepstakes tab on my blog. Good-Luck everyone!! Enter through the Rafflecopter above! 

Sending Wine as a Gift: You may purchase wine as a gift as long as you and the intended recipient are both 21 years of age or older. The signature of an adult 21 years of age or older is required at delivery.   Wine also cannot be delivered to AL, CO, GA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MS, NY, OH, OK, SD, TX, UT, VT. 

MORE GIFT IDEAS

Pinkglow Pineapple

The Pinkglow Pineapple will enhance your dishes and has a delicious unique taste with hints of candy pineapple.

Pinkglow Pineapple Rose Gift Basket

What could go better with a pinkglow pineapple than a nice bottle of rose? This Pinkglow Pineapple Rose Gift Basket includes a pink pineapple, Chocolate Bridge Mix of nuts, caramels and dried fruit, and an award-winning 2019 Rose of Pinot Noir by Sonoma-Cutrer. You’d be ringing in the new year in style with this gift basket!

Garcia de la Cruz Olive Oil

Garcia de la Cruze Olive Oils are organic extra virgin olive oils that are bursting with delicious rich flavor that will add flair to any recipe and enhance your cooking and dining experience.

Cooking Through Cancer

Cooking Through Cancer: 50 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Treatment and Recovery is a cancer fighter and cancer caregiver’s best friend for combating the symptoms caused by treatment and for enhancing the recovery process. Written by Richard Lombardi, The Cancer Fighting Chef and a cancer survivor himself, it is packed with nutrient-rich recipes—some from Richard’s own award-winning restaurant—and is conveniently organized by tabs for delicious food during treatment and recovery. 

Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook

Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook delivers the benefits of the Mediterranean diet with fewer carbs, satisfying a mostly plant- and seafood-based regimen that is higher in protein and good fats. This book includes the healthiest, most crave-worthy ingredients and flavors of the Mediterranean diet that are sure to induce wanderlust

Hatch Pepper Cookbook

Melissa’s Hatch Pepper Cookbook is perfect to help you savor and enjoy Hatch Pepper season all year long! Every foodie needs this book! So many delicious recipes using Hatch Peppers!

Katie Chin’s Global Family Cookbook

Katie Chin’s Global Family Cookbook will show you how easy it is to prepare new and exciting meals from many cultures. Discover comfort food from around the world, and add some international flair to your dinner table.

The Instant Pot® Kosher Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Nourish Body & Soul

The Instant Pot® Kosher Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Nourish Body and Soul, includes timeless Jewish favorites tailored to this modern appliance: stuffed cabbage, Israeli cooked salads, corned beef, brisket, cholent, Yemenite and Persian beef and lamb stews, chicken soup, beet soup, kasha varnishkes, tzimmis, even apple cake. There are weeknight meals as well as recipes for Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, and Passover, along with kosher versions of international classics such as lasagna, sesame noodles, arroz con pollo, Asian noodle soups, and risotto—all expertly and deliciously adapted to the Instant Pot®.

Even More Holiday Foodie Gift Ideas

Happy Holidays!!

The Mitchells vs. the Machines “The Katie Mitchell Edition” Blu-Ray + Giveway

The Mitchells vs. the Machines– Blu-Ray Giveway

By Erin
The Mitchells Blu-ray DVD

Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet “her people” at college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond as a family one last time. Katie and Rick are joined by the rest of the family, including Katie’s wildly positive mom Linda, her quirky little brother Aaron, and the family’s delightfully chubby pug Monchi for the ultimate family road trip. Suddenly, the Mitchells’ plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love – from phones, to appliances, to an innovative new line of personal robots – decide it’s time to take over. With the help of two friendly malfunctioning robots, the Mitchells will have to get past their problems and work together to save each other and the world! The Mitchells vs. the Machines is on Digital, DVD and Blu-Ray NOW! Just in time for Christmas! Would make a great stocking stuffer… ::hint::hint::: 😉

Katie Mitchell’s Special Edition – available on Blu-Ray and digital- features over 2 hours of new content including an all-new short (Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter) and Katie’s Extended Cinematic Bonanza Cut. The Blu-Ray edition is made as if Katie Mitchell would have made it herself, down to the packaging, menus and even a “surprise and delight” insert booklet from Katie.  Katie’s Extended Cinematic Bonanza Cut includes over 40 minutes of deleted scenes. In addition, the Blu-Ray, DVD and digital versions of the film include fun activities to enjoy as a family and that kids will love: How To Make Sock Puppets and How To Make Katie Face Cupcakes.

Blu-ray Exclusives include:

•Mini-Movie

•Katie’s Extended Cut

•Deleted Scenes

•Filmmakers’ Commentary

DVD Includes:

•Making Of

•How To Make Sock Puppets

•How To Make Katie Face Cupcakes

•Katie’s Cabinet of Forgotten Wonders

THE MITCHELLS BLU-RAY GIVEAWAY

Now, who would like a chance to win a copy of this fun family film on Blu-Ray? Enter through the rafflecopter below for your chance to win your own copy. Must be a US resident +18 years or older. Ends 12/20/21 at 12AM PST. Go to the sweepstakes tab on the blog for all giveaway rules. Good-luck & Happy Holidays! You will want to ad the Mitchells to your family this holiday season!

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Disney on Ice Presents Dream Big

 Disney on Ice Presents Dream Big 

By Erin

Disney on Ice Dream Big Logo

Disney On Ice presents Dream Big, where courage leads the way for Disney’s most adventurous heroes. Skating into the Southland this holiday season playing in Anaheim, Los Angeles, Ontario and Long Beach from December 8th – January 2nd.  Dream Big features favorite Disney friends such as Mickey, Minnie, Miguel, Moana, Elsa, Belle, Genie, and more highlighting all the magic and adventure of Disney’s tales through world-class figure skating. Audiences will be transported to exciting worlds where heroes of every kind seek to fulfill their dreams at a live experience families will never forget!

Disney on Ice Moana

Join the fearless Moana and the greatest demigod that ever lived, Maui, on an action-packed voyage to restore the stolen heart of Te Fiti. Explore the Land of the Dead as Miguel from Disney Pixar’s Coco brings the festivities of Día de los Muertos to the ice. Get tangled up in Rapunzel’s hair-raising quest to see the floating lights. Travel to the kingdom of Arendelle with Anna, Elsa and Olaf in a dramatic retelling of the sisterly love that saved a kingdom. And discover the strength, bravery and kindness that inspired generation after generation with Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, Belle and Cinderella. 

While delivering the same magical experiences guests expect from Disney On Ice, Feld Entertainment is continuing Guest Wellness Enhancements to help keep families safe at its live events. Feld Entertainment is working closely with venue partners to establish and follow COVID-19 health and safety standards in accordance with all federal, state and local guidelines.  Full details on Feld Entertainment Guest Wellness Enhancements can be found here.  Please monitor the venue websites at Honda Center Reopening PoliciesSTAPLES Center SAFE, Toyota Arena COVID Response and Long Beach Arena Reopening for health and safety policies, including face covering and entry requirements, which are subject to change.

Disney on Ice Cinderella

Guests looking to purchase Disney On Ice souvenirs will find the process easier than ever thanks to a new contactless shopping experience with touch-free payment and digital purchasing options.  Guests can pre-order items prior to arriving at the venue.  Once ordered, guests can pick up their purchases at a convenient, contactless pickup station during the show.

 *Special Discount!!*

To make things even more magical, I have a special MOM Discount you can use!!! Save 20% off select performances and price levels.
Use Code: MOM20

You’re welcome!! 😉

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