Lyfe Kitchen: At Home


Disclosure: I was provided samples for review purposes.

Have you heard of Lyfe Kitchen before?  If not, let me introduce you.

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Lyfe Kitchen is on a mission.  They want you to: “Love Your Food Every Day.” Lyfe Kitchen has five core values they’re sticking to:

LYFE tastes great. Every recipe from our LYFE Kitchen is crafted to delight your taste buds.

LYFE is good for you. Every single ingredient in LYFE is natural.

LYFE is ready when you are. One of our main goals at LYFE Kitchen is to help you find less time-consuming ways to eat great tasting, nutritious food.

LYFE lifts you up. We realize there’s more to an abundant life than what you eat. So we also provide a steady diet of inspirational fuel for the mind and the soul.

LYFE loves life. Our sourcing and supply chain processes are designed with a “sustainability first” approach.

So how are they helping to achieve this?

One: Restaurants

Lyfe Kitchen has a restaurant chain available.  And a recent restaurant has just opened up in Culver City.  I, myself, can not wait to try it out.

Two: Frozen Foods

Lyfe Kitchen has come out with a variety of frozen food meals available to you at your local grocery store.  These meals focus on breakfast and dinner entrees.  From meals such as: Steel Cut Oatmeal, Farmer’s Market Frittata, Oat Bran Ricotta Pancakes, Southwest Breakfast Wraps, Chicken Chile Verde, Orange Mango Chicken, Whole Grain Pilaf, Nine Grain Pilaf, and Whole Grain Penne Pasta.

So I tried out a few:

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First up: The Whole Grain Penne Pasta. 

I have to admit, this wasn’t my favorite of the meals I tried out from Lyfe Kitchen, but one thing I loved about this frozen meal is that the pasta was whole grain, and of course, I loved how the meatballs tasted.

Next: Steel Cut Oatmeal

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I was a little hesitant about trying a frozen oatmeal with fruit, but I was pleasantly surprised with this meal.  The fruit couldn’t have been more perfect.  And the oatmeal was a great combination.

For a person that isn’t the best at eating a full breakfast, these frozen meals are great.

And last but not least: Orange Mango Chicken

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What’s great about these meals is that they come in a steamable pouch.  You cook it how you like, and then you cut the pouch open and it pours out perfectly on your plate.  The picture above is exactly how it poured out of the package.   This Orange Mango Chicken is my favorite.

So, have I sold you on Lyfe Kitchen?

To learn about more about Lyfe Kitchen and what they pride themselves on check out their site here.

 

 

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It’s Frozen Foods Month at Smart and Final!


I use to be  Dairy/Frozen foods manager.  Every March was the month to honor Frozen Foods.  There were lots of great deals and specials and this was the time of the year I’d always stock up on my frozen food items.  Do you realize this is the month the very first frozen foods product was made, and look what has happened since?

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Just this past week I headed over to Smart and Final to take advantage of their big Frozen Food month deal they have going on right now.  If you shop in a Smart and Final and spend 40 dollars on Frozen Food items you will receive a 10 dollar off coupon to use towards your next future purchase.  You have until March 26th to take advantage of this deal.  They made things super easy by labeling which products were about of the deal as you shopped, and also had a flyer showcasing all of the participating products.

We, of course, stocked up on some of our favorites:

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All the brands we love.  When I saw the fudge pops I couldn’t resist.  It’s been so long since I had some.

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See the coupon does exist! And I have until April 9th to use it which is more than enough time to go out for groceries again.

That evening I went home to begin creating one of my favorite frozen food meals: Tater Tot Hotdish:

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Ingredients needed:

1 Bag of Tater Tots

1 Large Bag of Mixed Vegetables

1 Large can of Cream of Mushroom Soup

You can add one pound of hamburger or sausage if you choose.

Directions:

In a casserole dish spread out the can of cream of mushroom soup.  Then layer with the mixed vegetables then add the final layer of tater tots.  Cook in the oven at 350 for 25 minutes.

Super easy dish to create, and one of my favorite MN dishes I love to make and eat from time to time.

We then decided to have fun with ice cream by making some ice cream sundaes, or for my love, just a Nestle Drumstick:

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And here’s us enjoying our fun treats:

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Connect with Smart and Final on Facebook and Twitter and be sure to check out their Social Circular. 

When you connect with them on Facebook you can receive money saving offers including a new coupon that is expect to come out on March 18th!

I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Smart & Final #CBias  #SocialFabric.  All opinions are my own.

 

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and chance to win ends 3/24!


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes to Blu-Ray on March 19th.  Our friends at PartnersHub has created a fun new app in anticipation of the movie coming out:

 

So have fun playing around with this app.

Take the “Are you 100% Hobbit” Quiz.

Learn about the Creatures of Middle Earth from goblins to elves to dwarves.

And check out The Hobbit Handbook which gives you insights into throwing the best Middle Earth viewing party. 

Now one of my lucky readers has a chance to win The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey blu-ray combo pack.

Retail value: 29.99
a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

No purchase necessary, void where prohibited.  All entrants must be 18 years or older, reside in the US.  All other rules can be found here.  Winner will be chosen through the use of Rafflecopter and notified via email.

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation from this post.  PartnersHub will be providing the winner with their DVD combo pack.

 

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