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Mediterranean Snacks was founded in 2005. Their mission?  “Innovation To produce great tasting, nutritionally superior snacks”

Their snacks use the superfood powers of lentils along with whole grains and legumes to make a very tasty and uniquely healthy snack.  Using only high quality ingredients that are gluten free and non-GMO they are great for a variety of healthy snackers.

Even though they’re healthy, they never want to lose site of the great taste of the snacks.

I received 3 different flavors of the Baked Lentil chips and 2 different flavors of the their Wingers snacks.  I had actually bought the Parmesan Garlic Baked Lentil Chips prior to this review.  The texture and flavor of chips are amazing and taste like nothing I’ve ever tasted before.

The lentil chips have only 110 calories per serving.  I know what you’re thinking “but yea how big of a serving?”  22 chips is considered a serving!  So you can snack without much guilt and get a satisfying portion  That’s not all, the baked lentil chips have 70% less fat than regular potato chips.  They contain 3 g of fiber, 4 g of protein, and 10% iron and 6% Calcium per serving.  They contain no trans fats, they’re all natural and gluten free, vegetarian and celiac friendly.  They are also made in the US.

All the Lentil chip flavors were amazing.  We received Sea Salt, Cucumber Dill, and Parmesan Garlic.  Our favorite was probably the good old Sea Salt flavor of the Lentil chips.  With a family of 5 those were gone within the first day.  That’s right, even my kids loved them.

Here is a picture of my oldest son enjoying the sea salt Lentil chips.  

Then of course there are the Wingers snacks.  We receive the Wingers snacks in the flavors “No Bull Barbecue” and “Fiery Buffalo Bleu”.  They also come in “Hone Mustard Horsepower”, “Nacho Chilichanga”, and “Caribbean Zing”.

My husband dove right into the Fiery Buffalo Bleu flavor, as I knew he would.  These cool snacks are shaped something like small, buffalo wings.  The Buffalo Bleu flavor had a “heat index” of 5.  Meaning they were the spiciest flavor in the line up.  You could definitely feel the bite. I’d liken it to, if you ever ordered medium heat buffalo wings.  The No Bull Barbecue had a heat index of 1.  In other words, they were not spicy at all.  The flavor reminded me something of a barbecue flavor potato chip.  The light crispiness of the Winger and he texture made sure you realized it wasn’t a plain potato chip.

Only 125 calories in 1 serving.  Again a hearty serving size of 25 Wingers are included in your portion.  Only 4 g of fat with no trans fats.  Made with all natural ingredients and 60% less fat than a regular potato chip.

Mediterranean Snacks have been featured on the TODAY show,

You can find Mediterranean Snack on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MediterraneanSnackFoods
On twitter: @medsnax
and on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MediterraneanSnacks

I would recommend these snacks to anyone.  My family really enjoyed them.  Even my toddler.
If you wanna try them right now, save yourself some money by requesting a $1.00 off coupon: http://www.mediterraneansnackfoods.com/coupon/  while you’re here, why not enter to win your own variety of Mediterranean Snacks?

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Knot Genie is a new product that helps get rid of knots in your child’s hair (or your hair) without the pain and tantrums of conventional ways.  It’s unique design lets hair slip right through and helps to prevent split ends and hair breakage.

 Yes, I got it for me.  My long hair often gets knotted.  I use a regular brush and detangler but it still hurt and I would end up pulling out hair in the process.  When I first pulled the Knot Genie out of the box I thought it almost looked like a bug of some sort.  The bristles on the brush looked almost spikey.  I wondered what it would feel like on my head and in my hair when I actually used it.

To my surprise, the bristles were actually comfortable on my head and it really did slide through my hair easily.  I tried it on my hair wet and dry. It worked well both ways.  I was especially impressed with how it worked on my wet hair though.  That’s when I usually have the most trouble.  It didn’t take any effort at all for this to go straight through my hair.

The Knot Genie comes in several colors. There’s even a camo colored one that your guys with the longer hair might like.

At a cost of $19.99 it’s just a little more than a regular brush but for someone with a young girl or someone like me with long hair this would be well worth it to save your/your daughter’s hair and stop the tantrums.  You can purchase the Knot Genie on their website or from one of the salon/boutique retailers listed on their facebook page

You can interact with Knot Genie on facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/KnotGenie also if you’re still unsure about whether this will work or not, there are a lot of customer comments on their facebook wall. It’s worth checking out.

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UNEEDIT.com offers a variety of supplies to keep your business or home running smoothly. Whether you’re looking for  fire extinguishers, first aid kits, cordless drills, microwaves, garbage bags, keyboards, well…I could just keep going on and on but I think you’re getting the idea.

I started looking over the site and asked myself, what would make my life a little easier.  I found lots of stuff on there that I would have liked to have.  Especially in the Technology section.  Then I remembered what I needed. Why my kids have to call me over to the computer all the time to help them.  Why my dad needed me to help him navigate to a website when he came for visit.  It wasn’t because they didn’t know how it was because….here, here’s a pic.  Can you tell why they needed help?  Keep in mind that they haven’t learned to type yet.

Can you see why?  Most of the letters are missing off my keyboard.  I can type just fine without them but my boys are just starting to learn how to type in school and my dad never learned how.   Then there’s my mouse.

It’s old, probably 8 years old but it works just fine.  Still, I always did like my hubby’s wireless mouse.  No worrying about the cord pulling the mouse back or knocking things over when I pull my mouse over.

UNEEDIT.com has keyboard and mouse sets.  Including wireless keyboard and mouse sets.  I particularly liked the MK520 Logitech wireless set.  The batteries in the keyboard last up to 3 years and the battery in the mouse lasts up to a year.  They take AA batteries which are included. This set also comes with a unifying Logitech receiver that you can use with your laptop and other unifying devices.

I never had a wireless mouse or keyboard before.  I was worried that it was going to take me a while to get it set up.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a simple as plugging in the unifying USB and flip the on switch on both the mouse and keyboard.  That’s it, seriously that easy.  In fact I’m using my new keyboard and mouse right now.

Here’s a picture of my new additions:

UNEEDIT.com can help you with your needs too.  Besides the website, you can also find UNEEDIT.com on  facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNEEDIT
and on twitter: @UNEEDITcom

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AHCC which stands for Active Hexose Correlated Compound, is a mushroom based nutrient that comes from Japan. It comes from Shitake mushrooms.  It has been shown to boost immune systems and also has anti-inflammatory properties along with other benefits.

A recent clinical study at Michigan State University shows that AHCC enhances the the seasonal flu shot to make it even more effect.  20 human clinical studies have also helped support the findings.  The flu season goes through March but many of you know it’s important to keep a strong healthy immune system all year long.  It is the world’s most researched specialty immune supplement for over 80 years.

There are others things we can do to help keep our immune systems healthy like getting daily exercise, eating healthy, and getting 8 hours of sleep each night.  Adding Kinko Gold AHCC from Quality of Life labs to your daily routine would also be beneficial.

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