Celebrate Passover and Plan a Fun & Simple Seder...plus Passover Meringues!

 

Jewish Holidays in a Box has just let me know about their new holiday guide, 

"Celebrate Passover: How to Plan a Fun, Simple Seder."  The Jewish holiday of Pesach is approaching fast and they have a special deal for only $2.99 if you purchase before March 15.  The "Celebrate Passover: How to Plan a Fun, Simple Seder"  package comes with a 36-page PDF + 2 audio tutorials.  After March 15 the price for this wonderful Passover planner goes up to $4.99.  Hurry and buy it quick!

Celebrate Passover: How to Plan a Fun, Simple Seder will help you:

•  Share 3 core Passover concepts with young children

• Organize your Seder around the 15 steps in every Haggadah

• Understand the key Seder symbols

• Shop faster at the grocery store

• Figure out what to prepare the day ahead

• Set the Seder table using our handy checklist

• Involve children during the Seder

• Build anticipation for the Seder with the Family Discussion Guide

This is a great Passover guide for any busy mom, dad or even someone hosting Passover with small guests!  Everyone needs something to make the holiday seder easier and simpler. Let me know what you think and try the Passover dessert recipe I found on Allrecipes.com below:

Cardamom Rose Meringues

Rated: Submitted By: chikalin Photo By: littlesakuranbo Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 45 Minutes Servings: 12

"Crisp light meringue cookies, made without flour, have the exotic flavors of roses and cardamom."

Ingredients:

2 egg whites 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 2/3 cup white sugar 1/4 cup water

2 teaspoons rose extract 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 drop red food coloring (optional)

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2.	In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar together with an electric mixer on high speed until the mixture forms stiff peaks.
3.	Place sugar, water, rose extract, cardamom, salt, and food coloring in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer the mixture for a minute or two, stirring constantly, and very slowly pour the syrup in a thin stream into the egg whites, beating constantly with electric mixer on high speed. Beat until the syrup is incorporated and the meringue is stiff and shiny.
4.	Drop by spoonfuls or pipe into rosettes with a star tip onto the prepared baking sheet.
5.	Bake in the preheated oven until the meringues are hard, 1 to 1 1/2 hours; turn off the oven, and allow them to cool inside the oven to finish baking the insides.

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New Pantene AgeDefy Shampoo & Conditioner

I was pleased to receive a two new products from Pantene this past week through the Vogue Influencer Network. Pantene Experts just launched AgeDefy Shampoo & Conditioner plus an Advanced Thickening Treatment. I received the shampoo and conditioner.  I had to try it right away so it went into my shower and I used it the very next morning.  I have been using it for a few days now.  The AgeDefy Shampoo and Conditioner smells luxurious and mad my hair look and feel soft and lustrous...even after only a few washes. I used both the shampoo and conditioner each time.

Pantene created the AgeDefy line to help fight 7 signs of aging hair.  I know my hair was not as shiny and bouncy as it used to be but I didn't realize it was my age! I love that AgeDefy uses pro-vitamins and caffeine to restore bounce and luster.  The AgeDefy line of shampoo, conditioner and Advanced Thickening Treatment can make your hair act up to 10 years younger..who wouldn't love that.  I work so hard to keep my skin looking younger, why not my hair?  I did notice a difference and am hoping my hair will continue to look shinier and healthier as I keep using it. I will let you all know.

*Thickens existing hair strands; when used as a 3 step system: AgeDefy Shampoo, Conditioner, and Advanced Thickening Treatment.

Disclosure:  I received a free sample of Pantene AgeDefy Shampoo and Conditioner through Vogue Influencer Network in order to review the products.  As always, my opinion is my own.

e-cloth Perfect Cleaning with Just Water review plus 20% off Coupon Code

I was very excited to hear about e-cloth, a new line of cleaning products. and give their products a try.  I was able to have a bunch of my friends over this past week for a little GNO GDI (girls day in) get together. We popped open a few nice bottles of wine and I put up some nice fruit and cheeses on platters along with crackers.  I baked a banana bread too.  It was nice to chat and catch up and I was able to share some information about e-cloth with them.

You know I always try to limit junk in my diet but I also try to limit cleaning chemicals. It is hard though. We all want our houses to be really clean. I was interested in hearing more about green cleaning with e-cloth.  They sent me a mop, a Glass & Polishing cloth, General Purpose Cloth and a Washing Up Pad. I posted pictures of all of them so you can see just what they look like. You can't feel them so I will tell you they feel like they are very well made.  The information that the company sent me tells me that e-cloths are not just ordinary microfiber cloths.  e-cloths have 1.6 million fibers per square inch.  That is a lot of fibers!  Using their unique fiber technology along with just ordinary water, they break up and hold grease, grime and bacteria that would be left behind using ordinary cloths.  Sounds pretty amazing, right?  The best part is they guarantee up to 300 washes.  I started thinking that if you are still using paper products just imagine all the cash you could save every week!  I spend so much on paper towels alone.

The Glass & Polishing cloth cleaned and dried my windows to a sparkling finish.  I thought they worked really well.  My little one always loves to look out the windows by the couch and I find those fingerprints vexing. Not to mention my other windows that just get plain dirty.  The e-cloth with water alone did a good job of removing those fingerprints.  It was kind of unusual to not have to use any cleaner but I have to say it worked.  No streaks either. Happy days!  Some of the places you might want to consider using it on:

• windows and window sills
• mirrors
• glass cooktops
• stainless steel appliances
• faucets, taps and shower fixtures
• glass shower doors
• granite or stone countertops
• car detailing...it can remove that icky film on the inside of the windshield
• glass doorknobs
• jewelry
• various shiny objects that need to be shined up!

I was happy to see the Washing Up Pad.  I really needed a new one so the timing was kind of good.  The Washing Up Pad has two different surfaces.  The blue side is rougher for scrubbing  pots and pans and the yellow side is for general washing up.  The fascinating part is, with e-cloth, even for washing dishes you don't need cleaning chemicals.  This pad is for all hard surfaces including pans, cutlery, dishes and glass...even wine glasses. I tried it on my wine glass (had a bit of red tonite!) and on the dinner dishes with no dishwashing liquid and it did a good job!

 I love the e-cloth Deep Clean Mop too.  It is great that I can use one mop on my tiles, wood floors and even the laminate in the finished basement (okay, I know but the wood was SOOO expensive and I looked at stone and that was even more expensive so I went cheap-o in the basement). It worked really nicely on all the floor surfaces with just the water.  I just followed the instructions above and it removed the dirt. I rinsed it twice during my cleaning process and just kept cleaning.

Would you like to try out e-cloths? You can receive 20% off your total purchase when you shop e-cloth and use the Coupon Code momsmeet13 at checkout.  You also get free shipping and handling on your order to boot!  To connect with ecloths visit them online., or follow them on Twitter and Facebook.


Disclaimer: Green Moms Meet and e-cloth provided me with samples to review their products. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.