Recipes Reviews and Gadgets

If anyone has a Foodsaver this is a new product they have come out with for their sealer. I bought my husband one a couple years ago and he loves it. I have never used it! He uses it for meats mostly, but I have made up cookie dough ahead of time before the holidays and it works great on that, so I am not mixing up dozens of cookies at the last minute.

His favorite thing to use it for is to marinade meat in it. He thinks it works great in that. I am guessing the Freeze N Steam Bags will be best for vegetables especially in the months where we have our own garden.

We have the hand sealer also which is used just for the cylinders to keep items fresh in the fridge longer, and he uses it for marinades also.

Here is the link for the free bags which are available until May 31, 2009 or until supplies last https://secure.foodsaver.com/freegift.aspx

My cousin, Karen, has a lost a great deal of weight on Weight Watchers. She is always looking for alternative products to keep her cravings at bay. She recently told me about this great alternative to peanut butter, and gave me this review for my blog. It is called PB2 and it is a powdered peanut butter. It basically is peanut butter with all the oil taken out all that is left is the roasted peanuts. You can either add water, or jelly to it to make your sandwiches.

Two tablespoons has only fifty-three calories, and 1.87 grams of fat. For those of you on Weight Watchers, my cousin so nicely calculated that two 1 point! They seem to have a very limited distribution here in the United States, and if you order online you must purchase at least four jars. My cousin assures me the best place to pick this up is Ebay!

The website has a great deal of information about their products and some great recipes also http://www.bellplantation.com/