The Hungry Mouse

I believe I have found my new favorite food blog.... 

 

                                 Have you been to The Hungry Mouse? 

Come along as Miss. Mouse herself, gives you a visual tour of every recipe she makes... and believe me, she makes a lot! She not only has some of the best tasting recipes on the web, but the most stunning pictures of food anywhere. I've been souring through her desserts section... Here are just a few of my favorites.....

Caramel Fudge Bars with Cinnamon Shortbread Crust

St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

Oreo & Irish Cream Milkshake

And my favorite

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups (and smore's cups)

If you have not been to this site. run, don't walk... seriously!

Taste of Bowling Green

Wow... 

     That one word sums up the entire event! 

                                                            Wow.... 

It was amazing! I cannot believe that I have never attended that before! I can promise that I won't miss out on it again! At $ 35 a pop, the tickets were totally under-priced (but shhhh... don't tell them that!.) There was sooooo much food! Oh, and wine... all the wine! It seemed like every time I would get a new plate of food the people at the next table would be trying to fill my glass with something new! The bad news is that in my excitement, I walked right out the door without my camera; So did my mom! I've scoured the internet for pictures, but I haven't found much! Here is a rundown of how the evening went!

We got there a little early. While we waited for the doors to open we took a look at the items in the silent auction. There was a little of everything, from spa gift cards to signed WKU basketballs. After standing in line, smelling all the aromas of what was to come, they let us in! This is when I wished I had brought my camera. The decorations were very elegant. They took balloons and made them into mini hot air balloons, which were over each reserved table. Then each vendor decorated their own booths.

They started out by giving you a program and a wine glass (which you wasn't allowed to keep *sad face* .) You are then set on the path to food fulfillment! We soon realized that the direction they pointed us was not the direction everyone was traveling, but it was the direction of wine! I ended up with a glass of Little Black Dress Cabernet Sauvignon. It was very good. My mom kept calling me a lush, because every time we came to a booth that had wine I tried some. In my defense, I am not a wine person, but I wish I was! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out some new ones! Try I did.

I won't take you through the whole event, as I'm sure it would not be as fun to read as it was to experience. Here are a few favorites of the night, and a few of my not so favorites!

• Southern Foods had an amazing veggie table that was scrumptious! 
• Red Lobster was one of my favorites with their Shrimp Bruschetta. 
• At one of the liquor booths I got to try the new Kraken Black Spiced Rum! It was some of the smoothest rum I've ever drank... try it.... immediately! 

• Brickyard had a pretty good tiramisu, but it still doesn't compare to Verdi's! 
• Four Roses Distillery was there with three different bottles of whiskey/bourbon you could try. I tried the single barrel and it just wasn't for me, but on an up note, I did get to keep the glass!  

• Sysco surprised me by having a lot of green-friendly info at their booth. They have recently started getting all local meats!
• Chuck's Liquor was there with the best wine of the evening! It was Kentucky Orchard Wine's Strawberry! It was awesome. 
• Griff's Deli was a place that I passed by all the time, but never really paid any attention to! I will now! They had some amazing wraps and GREAT salads! 

There was so much food that after the first couple of booths I made a 3 bite rule... 3 bites of each food I got. The rule didn't last long, I had found bananas foster! Oh my!

The best of the evening though was Rafferty's marinated ribeye and peppered prime rib pasta! The ribeye was sooooooo juicy and tender!

Now I have sat here and made myself hungry! I hope that all the locals that read my blog will take part in next year's Taste of Bowling Green! It's worth every penny and it all goes to a help The Dream Factory!

Product Review: Horizon's Organic Milk

As have said before, I always go down the organic aisles to see what items are on sale. Well, this week I noticed that Horizon's Single Serve Organic Milk was on sale 10 for $10! That's really an amazing deal for this area. Usually these run at almost $2 each.

I have recently been looking for something other than juice boxes to put in my stepdaughter's lunch for school, and considering the only other two things she'll drink are milk and water... my choices were limited! I'm always scared to put milk in her lunch because I'm afraid it won't stay cold enough, or it will leak. I know all too well that if milk leaks in a lunch box, by the end of the day it will smell horrible... Trust me! Considering these need no refrigeration I thought it just might work! So when I seen these on sale I thought it would be the perfect time to try them out on my kids.

I only bought one vanilla, one chocolate, and one strawberry. The vanilla one tasted exactly like a melted vanilla milkshake! I was sooooo yummy! The strawberry one was a little too sweet for my taste. It reminded me of the powdered strawberry Quick. When we finally got around to trying the chocolate one, my kiddo was in love! She informed me that it was "the best chocolate milk ever!" I personally thought it was a little too chocolate-y (yes, for me there is such a thing.)

Over all I think these are all great tasting, quick, and super convenient! I will definitely buy these again!


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Product Review: R.W. Knudsen Organic Juice

While I was at Kroger this week I strolled through the organic aisles looking for good sales to take advantage of, and I came across R.W. Knudsen Organic Juices... $1.97!!! I've bought a couple of these before, and they were excellent. I thought I would use the sale to try a few more.
I ended up getting a Cranberry Pomegranate, which was crisp tasting, and very tart. I also got a Yumberry (which lives up to it's name), an Acai Berry, a Pineapple Juice, Prune Juice, and a Very Veggie.

Over the past couple of days I've managed to try them all. They were all excellent. Although I though the acai berry was a little funny tasting by it's self, but when mixed with one of the others it became as yummy as ever! The best part about these is that they're completely organic!

Check out the R.W. Knudsen website to see even more products that they offer!

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**I did not receive any monetary compensation and my opinions are my own.

Product Review: Flax Plus® Red Berry Crunch Cereal

I have been making a solid effort to eat a little better. By eating more organic food, more local, fresh food, and by making sure I eat well rounded meals. The one thing my diet has always lacked is fiber.... fiber, fiber, FIBER! It seemed that no matter what it was, if it was high in fiber... I didn't like it.

So when I went grocery shopping last time, I was cruising down the organic isle and I came across a cereal by Nature's Path called Flax Plus® Red Berry Crunch. Normally I will bu y the Special K cereal that has the berries in it, but this time I thought what the hey, it was on sale and didn't look like it would kill me.

Then a couple days after I bought it, my dear, sweet fiance went digging through the cabinets looking for the special K. That's when I dropped the bomb that *gasp* I bought something else!!!!!! Being the ever-so adventurous soul that he is, he got a big bowl. When he finally worked up the nerve to eat the first bite, the strangest look came across his face. "What's wrong?" I asked... To which he replied, "It tastes like what you would expect a cereal high in fiber would taste like!"

Now coming from him, this was not a good thing.... Needless to say, that put me off trying it for a while.

So, this morning, after everyone was taken where they needed to be I decided to brave the previous review and try it for myself.

The cereal itself looked o' so yummy! I filled about half a bowl, then tossed a bit of granola on top, just for good measure! I took the first bite and was completely surprised by how sweet it was! I'm not sure what I was expecting (cardboard maybe) but the cereal was really, really good. The berries were nice and tart, and the flakes were crunchy goodness! I'm not sure where my fiance is coming from on this, but I think that this was one of the best cereals I've had in a long time (definitely the best organic).