I am excited to tell you that Gorton’s Seafood has announced their newest promotion and with  more than 100 chances to win, it’s sure to be a hit with consumers. The  Fisherman’s Friday sweepstakes takes place now through May 8 and includes more  than 100 prizes that will be revealed each Friday on the Gorton’s Facebook page, as  well as one grand prize worth more than $5,000 that will be announced at the  conclusion of the sweepstakes. Throughout the week, clues and teasers for the  weekly prize, seafood meal suggestions and trivia will be provided on the  Facebook page.

You will have the opportunity to enter the giveaway once each week for  the weekly prizes and upon entering for the weekly prize, will automatically be  entered for the chance to win the grand prize.

“We’re excited about the Fisherman’s Friday promotion,” said Zach Soolman,  Director of Consumer Marketing. “We’re looking forward to revealing the prizes  each Friday and providing clues for what’s in store over the coming weeks. We’ll  also be sharing great new ways for consumers to enjoy Gorton’s Seafood every  week, including new products like our lightly-coated Skillet Crisp Tilapia  fillets. And, we see this as a great opportunity to say thank you to all of our  loyal consumers who trust the Gorton’s Fisherman for delicious seafood.”

To enter the Fisherman’s Friday giveaway without purchase, go to the Facebook app and “like” the Gorton’s Facebook page and fill out the required fields in the entry form.  To enter without going through Facebook, go to gortons.com/giveaway and fill out the  required fields in the entry form. Only on-line entries accepted or  permitted.

Gorton’s offers downloadable coupons and a free digital newsletter that  provides monthly recipes and coupon offers on the Gorton’s website, http://www.gortons.com.  In addition, Gorton’s Seafood is on Facebook and Twitter where consumers may  connect with the brand in social media and be the first to hear about news,  contest announcements and special promotions.

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If you have missed Progresso^® Souper You Contest, then it is time to consider how you will stick to reduce weight loss and maintain your weight management plan, without sacrificing on variety or the taste of foods you love. Thanks to Progresso^®, you can have your soup and eat it too!

With 40 delicious soups with 100 calories or less per serving, Progresso Soup has a variety of offerings that help you beat diet boredom and satisfy your taste cravings, while helping you stick to your weight management calorie goals. Progresso soups are packed with hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, rice, meat and vegetables that suit your taste buds and make you feel good about including it in your meal choices.

I am sure you’ll love to try Vegetarian Italian Pasta Skillet Dinner. It takes 30-minute meatless skillet dinner, made with a can of Progresso® Light soup, comes to the rescue and serves two.

Ingredients:

Directions:

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How frustuating it can be to leave tons of small bottles of water in the fridge and wait for it to get cooled during the summer months. I saw cooler & Dispenser top loading in my friend’s house and I am not strong to lift 3 to 5 gallons for the top load. So, I decided not to buy it evern I knew my family drink lot of water and it’s not convenient for me to change the top load often.

Primo has solved my problems of trying Primo Water Cooler & Dispenser Bottom Loading. It looks prettiest than ever with its stainless steel model. My  model ( 900135) is elegant and designed like fridge as you don’t have to look at the ugly gallon bottle. You have to open up the dispenser door to install the gallon bottle. Before installing it, you have to follow its intstruction carefully. It will take 12 minutes to fill the tanks for the first time. This unit is of highly relevant with convenient top-mounted push button controls, energy saver switches that are located on back, and hot push button control with child safety feature. Slide the red button away from you and depress control to dispense hot water. You will find 3 settings for hot, cool and cold water. It is really hot enough for my cup of noodles, hot chocolate, and oatmeal. You don’t need to expect to come it to the boiling point.

 
Product Description
• Bottle sits in base for easy loading and unloading
• Flashing light alerts you when bottle needs to be replaced
• High-flow mechanism dispenses cold water twice as fast as competitors’ models
• Near boiling hot water is great for instant beverages, soups and cereals
• Convenient top-mounted pushbutton controls
• Child safety latch on hot water button
• Leak-proof design
• Dual nightlights for using dispenser in low light conditions
• Accepts all 3- and 5-gallon bottles
• Includes coupon for free Primo Water (water bottle not included)
• 1.0 gallon per hour output with our fastest recovery time
• Removable dishwasher-safe spill tray
• No filters to maintain
• CSA listed
• ENERGY STAR rated ¬– uses 25% less power than traditional dispensers
• Power down switch for hot tank saves even more energy
• 1-year mfr. limited warranty
• Assembled dimensions – 43.2″ (H) x 12.6″ (W) x 15.0″ (D)

Thanks to Primo for specially designed for those who are dealing with backpain and side pain. They will be happy with this model which is much better looks than standard top-loading units. It makes life saver for loading and unloading the bottle. It’s nice to have rooms to fit water bottles and big glasses. The nitelight switch is perfect for seeing to get a drink without turning on a light. Overall, we are impressed with this attractive unit and Hot & Cold Water Stainless Steel Dual LED Night-lights!

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Three days back, I received something that make me drool and feeling fresh. That’s not the ordinary lemons you get in the store. Thanks to Karen Morss for sending fresh and sweet lemon. Do you know drinking lemon juice reduce your weight? Drink lemon juice with a tablespoon of honey (no sugar) in every morning before breakfast & coffee. It has the effect of reducing weight and cleaning your body system. It helps you to reduce weight and constipation.

I feel soft when rolling it on the cutting board to get more juices. After squeezing the juices from the lemons, I will not throw it. Tomorrow I am going to cook mutton and so, I will use the lemon wedges to clean it on the cutting board and knife. It leaves them smelling fresh and then I will throw.

What you need:
Cooked Rice – 1 cup
Cumin seeds
Mustard seed
Turmeric powder
Red whole dry red chili
Green chili
Fresh curry leaves
Chana dal
Urad dal
Roasted peanuts
Salt
Lemons

It’s very easy to find all the above ingredients in any Indian stores. It’ll not take more time for you to cook as it’s nothing and only these seasonings to add more flavor while cooking it. You can prepare it with left over rice.

Seasoning:

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 red whole red chili
• 1 green chili sliced in four long way
• 12 to 15 fresh curry leaves
• 1 tablespoon chana dal
• 1 tablespoon urad dal
• 1/4 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
• 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
• 1/4 cup lemon juice

1.Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat; stir-fry the peanuts for about 2 minutes until peanuts changes the color to light brown not dark. You have to throw if peanuts become dark black in color.
2.Take out the peanuts from oil and use the same oil for rest of the seasoning.
3.Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds after seeds crack
4.Add red chili, curry leaves, and green chilies, and stir for a few seconds.
5.Add chana dal and urad dal, stir-fry for about a minute
6.Add turmeric and mix it well.
7.Add the cooked rice, peanuts and sprinkle salt and lemon juice over the rice.
8.Mix gently, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Now, Lemon Rice is ready!

The best is to serve it with any grilled chicken or fish or lamb or veggies. It has a good combination with any grilled food. It keeps you full longer than eating salad with any grilled food.

You will find dozens of beautiful meyer lemons picked fresh from the Lemon Ladies Orchard trees in Meyer Lemon Gift Bag with custom lable. They are ripe and ready to eat. Its retail is $25 and you can get more information for ordering.

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Oh, I shouldn’t forget to tell you that I am a big fan of seafood. Both my husband and Jaihari are picky eaters in seafood as they don’t like to eat it with bones in. I love to cook Fish or Shrimp. It always give delicious taste if you gonna cook it bone in as you get stock from the bone during cooking proposes.

I also love to grab something easy and fast to toss seafood straight from the oven. The best  brand to cook from scratch and make elaborate meals for your whole family by creating your own  recipes is SeaPak. You don’t have to be creative to make own recipes with Seapak frozen foods. You’ll find more simple recipes that save your time and money in their website. I also received Seapak recipe booklet and found healthy food
Both  myhubby and Jaihari love SeaPak Popcorn Shrimp as they are kid friendly, perfect no-hassle way to bring the taste of the coast home for the whole family to enjoy. Ready to bake and easy to coat this whole tail-off shrimp with a light, crisp, Japanese-style breading that’s sure to please. And because this shrimp includes a healthy dose of Omega-3s and vitamin D per serving, you can feel good about serving it. 12-ounce and 20-ounce packages. It comes in  big resealable bag and you can get fresh taste.

Popcorn Shrimp Nachos

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 450°F.
PREPARE the shrimp according to package directions.
SEASON the tomato with salt to taste and set aside.
PLACE chips into a 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Sprinkle half the cheese over the chips. Drizzle with barbecue sauce. Scatter shrimp and jalapenos over chips then sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and bake until cheese melts and nachos are golden on top, about 10 minutes.
SCATTER the tomatoes and scallions over the nachos and serve immediately with additional sauce and sour cream.
Recipe courtesy of the Food Network Kitchens.

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I can say that Bella Viva Orchards is the best selling organic dried fruits. They are freshly made and sell exceptional fresh and dried fruit, nuts and chocolate to loyal customers at our stands in northern California’s celebrated farmer’s markets, in select restaurants and to their online customers across the country.

Quality is of utmost importance to us here at Bella Viva. Growing the fruit that we dry and market enables them to have complete control over the fruit quality from the initial growing phase on through the final packaging and delivery.

I am very sure you’ll love what I received California’s Organic Gift Basket for review. It is environmentally friendly gift basket filled with organic,  sustainably grown dried fruits from our farm in California and an organic sparkling tangerine juice. This organic dried fruit and sparkling tangerine is all packaged in one of  their hand crafted peach-wood boxes made from an old peach tree from our orchard.

What’s in it?

Contains 6 different bags of organic fruits, nuts, & beverage (6
lbs)
8 oz Organic White Nectarines
8 oz Organic Pears
8 oz Organic
Yellow Peaches
16oz Organic Bing Cherries
16oz Organic Thompson Raisins

16oz Organic Almonds
750 ml Organic Sparkling Tangerine (by Santa Cruz
Organic)

Bella Viva Orchards neatly organised large portion sizes of the dried fruit and nuts in hand crafted peach-wood boxes. It’s easy for us to munch each dried fruit and nuts in moderation daily to maintain healthy. It has succulent taste of fresh fruits that we get it in season. We know a variety of dried fruit & nuts have the benefits of different nutrients.

I cant wait to make my own trail mix with a variety of nuts in my cereal and yogurt parfait. It gives me energy and also keeps me full longer during my breastfeeding. You can also find recipes in their website. Now, I am thinking of making load with variety of dried fruits and nuts to give chewy in texture.

If you are searching for healthy and environmentally friendly gifts, I would suggest to try any of thier fruit tray or basket. Then you’ll understand its unique aspects as it was at one time a tree in their orchards producing the exceptional fruit we all get to enjoy!

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Eating small portion of any seafood is so expensive in seafood restaurant. No need to sacrifice for your kids to buy it in restaurant. First try few varieties of delicious seafood that Gorton’s offers. Eating fish every week is a healthy choice. I bet you’ll be tempted to eat more. Go ahead to eat delicious and nutritious meal that can improve your diet. Both my husband and Jaihari are picky eaters in Seafood. They’ll take few pieces from me just to taste it in restaurant.

Thank you to Gorton’s giving this chance to try their product line. They liked it lot which is a good thing for me. I can cook it from  scratch in no time. It’s packed with  NEW Resealable Bags and keep them fresh. Have you  visited their recipe gallery?
Cheesy Fish Fillet Broccoli Casserole is super easy to cook with  frozen chopped broccoli, milk, cheddar cheese soup, cheddar cheese and Parmesan cheese. Jaihari refused to eat cooked broccoli. It’s easy way to hide veggies and give it a healthy boost.

You can find Gorton’s coupons, promotions, and special offers. Gorton’s promotions & coupons page changes frequently so make sure you visit often for great savings on your favorite seafood.

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