by Nindo Mom | Oct 17, 2011 | Entrees and Main Courses, Recipes
There are so many things to love about eating chili–not the least of which is the comforting way the spiciness helps ward off the cold as the weather grows chilly. In addition, Chili can be extremely healthy because of the high iron content in the ground beef...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 16, 2011 | Product Reviews, Service Reviews
A few months ago, my son and I were on one of our regular shopping trips to Target when we found a new cookie that looked promising: Target’s Market Pantry Creme Sandwich cookies. They looked a bit like Oreo Cookies, except that they had a different design and...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 15, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
We’ve always loved Girl Scout cookies at my house. But the trouble is that Girl Scout cookies are only available for a very short time each year. This means that I end up buying a crazy amount of Girl Scout cookies when they come out–usually a dozen boxes...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 15, 2011 | Service Reviews, Shopping, Shopping Smart on Amazon
Let’s face it: once in a while, the stuff we order from Amazon.com might not cut the mustard. Sometimes, we realize we should have bought a different item; other times, the item we ordered is damaged during shipping. In the cases where we purchased the wrong...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 9, 2011 | Holiday, Shopping
At my house, we love celebrating the holidays. So of course, when we see all the brightly colored holiday treats in the grocery store, they’re ever so tempting: from fluorescent frosted cupcakes, cookies decorated with a rainbow of sprinkles, lollipops...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 26, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
On September 18, I ordered a 24-pack of strawberry SoyJoy bars. Amazon shipped the package on September 19. The package arrived on-schedule on September 23. M y order arrived at about 3 p.m., delivered via standard USPS with tracking; the outer carton showed no damage...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 24, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
Soy is widely considered to be one of the world’s healthiest foods. Soy comes from soybeans–a crop indigenous to East Asia–and is the key ingredient in soy sauce and tofu. The people of Japan consume more soy than anyone else in the world; in...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 20, 2011 | Entrees and Main Courses, Recipes
About a month ago, I got the urge to try something new for dinner–so during one shopping trip to Target, I bought a bottle of spicy teriyaki sauce I found on sale. I remembered the sauce earlier today and decided to give a teriyaki chicken recipe a try....
