Although the temperatures haven’t indicated that Spring is on its way, the sun sure has. The days are longer and brighter and all of this sunshine is making me happy. And also, a little squirrely. Suddenly I have the urge to reorganize the freezer, air out the pillows, and generally give everything A Good Deep Cleaning.
Fishbowl patron terra20 has a slew of stuff in store and online to usher in the season, and to facilitate your deep clean (your green deep clean!) they are giving away a Spring Cleaning Kit and a $50 gift card to one Fishbowl reader.
I’ve used all of these products in the terra20 Spring Cleaning Kit and I really like them. I am especially smitten with that cleaning cloth. (It is a minor miracle!) And here’s something good to know: these products are refillable in store, which reduces bottle waste. And you receive a credit for when you bring your bottle back to refill, so it’s also cost effective.
Interested?
- In order for your entry to qualify, have a look at the terra20 website. Is there a green cleaning product that you’d like to try? Do you already have a tried-and-true favourite? Leave a comment and let me know.
- One entry per email address please!
- If you can’t post your comment for whatever reason you can email it to me for posting at andrea at quietfish dot com. Please note, I cannot be responsible if your entry is misdirected or gets stuck in my Spam folder.
- This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
- I will draw one name using Random.org at noon EST on March 11, 2016. I’ll contact the winner via email, who can pick up the prize at one of the terra20 locations (Pinecrest or Wellington West). The name of the winner will be posted here as well. So please check back!
- Did you know that terra20 is on Twitter and Facebook? Following terra20 on social media is not a requirement of this giveaway but it’s a great way of keeping up with great deals and special events.
Now that the sun is streaming through the windows again, I tell ya, it sure is nice to get rid of that winter grime.
I’ve been on a bit of a kiwi binge lately. We’ve already gone through a few bags of kiwis here at Casa Fishbowl and I am sure there are more to come. Kiwi fruit is small, sweet, and is high in vitamin C. It seems like everyone in my family has a different way of eating kiwis! The process either involves peeling off the skin of the kiwi with a paring knife and eating it in slices or cutting the kiwi in half down the middle and scooping out the contents.
Unfortunately, you are apt to lose precious kiwi meat with the peeling method unless you have a very sharp knife and are very good at wielding it around a slippery little fruit. As for scooping it out with a spoon, that’s all well and good until you get a little excited and push the spoon through the skin, which makes it very hard to eat the remaining kiwi. This is obviously what had happened when I saw one of my kids eating kiwi over the kitchen sink. And THAT was when I had my a-ha moment. Why not slice up the kiwi in quarters, the same way we do oranges sometimes?
After MUCH experimentation I’ve discovered that this is the best way to eat a kiwi. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before. This way, I can maximize the amount of kiwi being eaten and there’s no spoon slippage or potentially nasty paring knife incidents.
Mind you, this is not a particularly GLAM way of eating a kiwi (I’m still eating it over a plate or the sink) but this is something I can live with. :)
By the way, did you know that the skin of a kiwi is edible? Apparently there’s good fibre in kiwi fruit skin.
I haven’t written up a “will they eat it” post for awhile now. I was poking around my recipe archive and remembered how fun it was so I thought I’d revisit when I could.
I found a new recipe to add to my repertoire. It’s fast and flavourful and made a pretty good lunch the next day too. (Basically, the perfect weeknight dinner.) Spoiler alert: everyone ate it and I declare it to be a winner despite the fact that ONE individual picked out the leeks. Another person may have even yelled when I attempted to garnish with parsley. Sigh.
This Leeky Linguine with Shrimp recipe is via Rachael Ray. It’s a welcome change from the usual pasta recipes we have on rotation. Sadly, I did not have nearly enough leek as this recipe called for (only one lonely specimen in the veggie drawer) but it was still very good. I will definitely use the full amount next time even though I’ll be forced to put up with a complaint about the “green things.” :)
Let me know if you try this recipe. I’d love to hear how it turned out of you!
