Las Vegas Restaurant Week runs Friday, March 7 through Friday, March 14, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and providing menus for breakfast, lunch or dinner at a selected price for each restaurant. For additional information or list of participating restaurants, click here.
Dole Chopped Salads are available in four flavors, each chopped Kale. Three are kits, containing dressing (Chipotle & Cheddar Chopped Salad Kit, Bacon & Bleu Chopped Salad Kit, BBQ Ranch Chopped Salad Kit); two are blends (Asian Chopped Salad Blend and Summer Garden Chopped Salad Blend). Each 3-ounce serving of the salad blends has 20-25 calories, 0 grams saturated fat (of 0 grams total), 20 milligrams sodium and 1 gram protein. Each 3.5-ounce serving of the salad kits has 120-150 calories, 2-2.5 grams saturated fat (of 0-13 grams total), 310-390 milligrams sodium and 2-4 grams protein.
Atlantic City Restaurant Week runs Sunday, March 2 through Saturday, March 8, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants. For additional information or list of participating restaurants, click here.
Lindt just introduced their first baking mixed in two varieties — Lindt Classic Chocolate Brownie Mix and Lindt White Coconut Brownie Mix. Each 2-inch brownie prepared has 170-190 calories, 4.5-6 grams saturated fat (of 8-11 grams total), 15-25 milligrams sodium and 3-5 grams sugar.
Honey Bunches of Oats Morning Energy Cereal introduced two varieties — Chocolatey Almond Crunch, Cinnamon Crunch — with contains whole grains, protein and fiber. Each 1 cup serving has about 220 calories, 0-1 gram saturated fat (of 3.5-4 total), 150 milligrams sodium, 33-35 grams whole grains, 12 grams sugar, 6 grams protein and 5 grams of fiber. Plus each is an excellent source of many vitamins and minerals.
Orange County Restaurant Week runs Sunday, February 23 through Saturday, March 1, 2014, featuring over 100 restaurants and offering lunch menus for $10, $15 or $20 and dinner menus for $20, $30 or $40. For additional information, click here.
Denver Restaurant Week runs Saturday, February 22 through Friday, February 28, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering meals at $30 per person. For additional information, click here.
Lindt has two new products — Lindor Coconut Truffles and Classic Recipe Caramel with Sea Salt bar. The Classic Recipe Caramel with Sea Salt bar is made with milk chocolate, caramel pieces and sea salt crystals. Each 1.5-ounce serving (10 squares) has 230 calories, 8 grams saturated fat (of 13 grams total), 105 milligrams sodium and 22 grams sugar. The Lindt Lindor Coconut Truffles has a milk chocolate shell with a white chocolate center and a coconut flavor. Each 1.2-ounce serving (3 balls) has 230 calories, 13 grams saturated fat (of 18 grams total), 35 milligrams sodium and 14 grams sugar.
Vermont Creamery introduced Crumbled Goat Cheese, available in four varieties — Classic Chèvre, Tomato & Basil , Cranberry & Tarragon and Apricot & Thyme. The crumbled goat cheese will last 90 days refrigerated. Each 1-ounce serving has about 70-100 calories, 3.5-4 grams saturated fat (of 6 grams total), 90-120 milligrams sodium and 4-5 grams protein. Use in vegetable or grain salads; on pizza, paninis, quesadillas or flatbreads; or to stuff chicken, pasta, roasts or veggies.
New York City Restaurant Week runs Monday, February 17, 2014 through Friday, March 7, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants offering three-course lunch for $25 and dinner for $38. For additional information, click here.
Jaaili Bean introduced the Cardamom and Currant Lentil and Brown Rice Kit. Their other kids include Creamy Coconut Lentil, Warmly Spiced Lentil, and Cumin and Pea Lentil. One serving has 190 calories, no saturated fat (of 5 grams total), 390 milligrams sodium, 5 grams protein and is a good source of iron and fiber,
Baltimore Restaurant Week runs Sunday, February 16 through Sunday, February 23, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering two-course lunch for $15 and three-course dinner for $20 or $30. For additional information, click here.
For wine snobs and newbies alike, soireehome offers you the Opus gift pack with three wine accessories — the soiree, tempour and stopair. The soiree accessory instantly aerates the wine. The tempour — pictured here — contains four gadgets in one. There's a pourer (no more drips on table cloths), a filter (no more grit in the bottom of your glass), chiller (keeping your wine at optimal temperature), and a bottle stopper. The stopair bottle stopper is like having a built-in vacuum pump to keep your wine as tasty as the first time you opened it. Although the items are sold separately, the three-piece set sells for $60.
The micro-roaster Booskerdoo roasts beans from all over the world, including their two newest varieties" Mexico Chiapas Fair Trade Organic and the Papua New Guinea West Highlands Kimel Estate.
The Stokes Purple Sweet Potatoes is a new variety with purple-hued skin and deep purple flesh, high in antioxidants. The dense flesh of this potato takes a bit longer to cook than most other sweet potatoes, specifically about 1.5 to 2 hours at 350 degrees. Each 4-ounce serving of has 130 calories, 4 grams sugar and 2 grams protein.
Lundberg Family Farms Multigrain Chips — made with organic brown rice, quinoa, amaranth, corn, millet, garbanzo beans and chia and flax seeds — are available in four varieties: Mendocino Tomato & Herb, Mojave Jalapeño, Redwood Smoky BBQ and Shasta Chipotle Lime. Each 9-chip (about 1-ounce) serving has 130 calories, 0.5 grams saturated fat (of 6 grams total) and 150-170 milligrams sodium.
Have a small kitchen? Consider the space-saving Dexas Turbo Fan Collapsible Salad Spinner that not only is easy to use, but it collapses to 4.5" in height making it easier to store.
The Powell & Mahoney Bloody Mary Mixes are available in two spicy varieties — chipotle and sriracha. Each 2.5 fluid-ounce serving has 20 calories, 220-310 milligrams sodium and 4-5 grams sugar.
Pompeian Grapeseed Oil Spray contains oil from grape seeds, high in essential polyunsaturated fatty acids and rich in vitamin E and antioxidants. It's a light cooking spray with a high smoke point to use when stir-frying, sauteing, grilling and baking. The bottle has a triple action nozzle to drip, stream or spray. Like most fats, grapeseed oil contains 14 grams of fat per tablespoon. It is high in unsaturated fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) and low in saturated fat with 1.3 grams per tablespoon compared 1.5 grams in olive oil and 7 grams in butter. Each 1 second spray has 15 calories. Kelly Sloan, Bite of the Best intern: This spray is quick and easy [...]
Triangle Restaurant Week runs Monday, January 20 through Sunday, January 26, 2014, featuring a variety of restaurants and offering three-course prix fixe meals for $20 or $30. For additional information, click here.
