Hi Friends!
Can you believe it’s the end of March already? This week we’re trading Fitness Friday for our monthly reveal for Foodie Penpals!!
This month, I received my box from Halley @ Blunder Construction! Halley is one of my favorite blends. Her blog is amazing and hilarious, especially when she writes about her cat, the escape artist. I knew she’d hook me up with a good box!
Let’s take a look at what she sent!
Ok, first of all…wrapped in tissue paper?! She puts my boxes to shame. They’re not nearly this pretty!
That couscous is my all-time fav! How did she know?! I found it on clearance one time and now i’m hooked! I’ve never tried that PB but i’ve yet to make a PB I don’t like 🙂 And as for steel cut oats, never had those…but lucky for me, literally the day after my box showed up, Janeetha posted Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats! Perfection!
See those peanut butter crackers? The girl is allergic to them but still sent them to be because she knew I would love them! And I do! Taste just like the pb sandwich girl scout cookies! The coffee candy is pretty cool. It REALLY tastes like coffe so if you like coffee, you’ll love these little gems. The coffee taste is a little strong for me by itself. But I’m thinking if I smashed them up and used them as a topping on some bars, with some toffee, it would be phenomenal! As for the seaweed snacks…I’m saving those for a day when I’m feeling my bravest 🙂
HUGE thanks to Halley for an amazing Foodie Penpals box! It was the highlight of my week for sure!
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And now it’s time for some details about Foodie Penpals. In case you’re a new reader, here’s a reminder of what the program is all about:
-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
–Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
-Foodie Penplas is open to US & Canadian residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
If you’re interested in participating for April, please CLICK HERE to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions. You will also find contact information on that page for the UK branch of Foodie Penpals if you’re a blogger across the pond!
You must submit your information by April 4th as pairings will be emailed on April 5th!
**Sidenote: My birthday is April 15th so whoever gets me this month better send me a kick-ass package 😉 KIDDING!!!!!!!!
–Lindsay–
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it looks like you got a lot of great stuff! here’s what i got from my foodie penpal:
can’t wait for april! it’s my birthday month too! hurray!
yay april bdays!!!!wooohoo!
Once again, thank you for being our LOVELY host for FPP! You are amazing! Glad you got such awesome goodies {not shocked because I love Halley too}!
once again, thanks for being amazing and participating!!! xoxo
Great foodie penpals this month, as always. Thanks for coordinating all this Lindsay. You rock! 🙂
no, YOU ROCK 🙂 have a great weekend.
Awesome package!!! Thanks for hosting this monthly shindig my friend. I love giving and receiving and I’ll be having a look at everyone else’s goods this weekend!
get ready to get some GREAT ideas! so many this month!
This is so awesome!!! I am definitely signing up!!!
awesome!!! excited to have you!
How fun!!! I will definitely consider doing this….I love getting things in the mail! I want to know where she got that small little packet of Knees Bees. I’ve never seen those before.
Enjoy your weekend! GO BUCKS!
please do! we’d love to have you!!! have a great weekend! and yes, GO BUCKS!!!!!
That pb is amazing!! And I think I’m gonna have to get my hands on those pb crackers…they look awesome 🙂
you HAVE to try them! my new fav for sure!
that’s awesome how much FPP has grown!! it is seriously such a fun program!! thanks, girl!! 🙂
thanks so much for being part of it!! you rock!
Looks fabulous! I love decorated boxes. Those peanut butter cream cookies look amazing. YUM!
they’re my new fav!!
Bees Knees and the chili pepper spiced PB and Co. are the only ones I’ve never tried…but considering how delicious the others are, I’m sure I’d like them too. 🙂
Um…can I be your Pen Pal AGAIN?!
um, YES PLEASE 🙂
sea snacks are super tasty! don’t save them for when you need to be presentable because they’re super messy and don’t save them for when you’re really hungry because they’re not that filling. but they are a tasty little snack!
haha i can see how they’d be messy 🙂
I got the tea candy version of your coffee candy. Amazingly it tastes just like iced tea.
Indeed you got a wonderful package, and thank you (as always) for getting this together for so many of us 🙂
thanks for being part of it!!
You got a great package! My penpal did an awesome job of packing the box too and put my plastic baggies that I shoved in between items for my penpal to shame! You can do overnight steel cut oats too if you’re into overnight oats. They’re chewy and fun 🙂 Thanks for putting this together Lindsay!
haha i love that you think oats are fun 🙂 food blogger to the core!
ha, guilty. 😉
I had such a fun time participating, Lindsay!! Will DEF. do it again!!
yay!!! so glad you tried it out 🙂
Oh yum – can’t wait to see what you do with that couscous. I’ve never cooked the large pearled variety.
i think i’m gonna try a pasta salad type thing. i LOVE the pearled kind but don’t like the regular kind!
Your box looks awesome. I love Foodie Pen Pals and thank you a zillion times over for hosting and organizing. Gotta go blog hop for some ideas for next month!
yay for new ideas! i got so many this month 🙂
Love it! Your box of goodies looks delicious as does many of the other boxes that have been posted so far! Thanks so much for putting this together – you rock!
thanks you! and thanks for participating!!
Awesome loot! I’d LOVE to try those seaweed snacks. Let me know what you think of ’em. <3 Thanks so much for hosting this and just being all-around awesome!
eeep! scared to try them. but i’m gonna be brave. someday.
thank you so much for hosting this, I had alot of fun putting together my package and eating the goodies in mine!
I’ve been meaning to try that PB, cant wait to hear what you think 🙂
so glad you’re having fun participating!!
GREAT job setting this up this month as usual, girl! I had Halley as my pen pal (I sent her stuff) last month, too funny. That PB is fab, you’re gonna LOVE it! Those PB cookies look good too.
that cookies are SO GOOD! my new vice
It’s just as exciting posting about it as it is to receive the package!!!
i know!!!! it’s crazy how excited i get!!
sea tangle snacks. now that sounds really interesting!
eeep! i’m scared to try them! i’ll keep you posted!
Looking through these I cannot believe how much the penal thing has grown! You’re awesome. 🙂
thanks girl 🙂 you rock my socks off 🙂
Hey~ How much FUN is this!!!! My post will be up at 11:11 today @http://younaturally.net
so glad to see all your blogs!!!!
T
I love that foodie penpals kind of forces you to think outside of your food comfort zones!! I love it!! Those cookies sound perfect 🙂
it does! i’ve tried so many new things from it!
What a yummy looking package! I particularly LOVE Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butter. Their cinnamon raisin swirl is out of control!
I’m super psyched to participate in my first Foodie Penpal next month!! 🙂
ooh cinnamon raisin. have to try that. so glad to have you join us!!!
Thanks so much for putting this together girl, I always have SO much fun with it!! 🙂
you’re welcome! thanks so much for participating!
Um I’ll be coming over soon to help you eat everything but the coffee candy (allergic) and seaweed (um no.)
Awesome package!
bahah i’m scared of the seaweed too 🙂
I just signed up for next month! This seems like a ton of fun; I can’t wait to participate!
so excited to have you!!
I have an April birthday too! April 6th! Looks like someone is going to have to one up the tissue paper:) Yummy eats this time around!
yay for april babies 🙂
Wooooooo what a great parcel you got! Well deserved too, you put in so much work and effort, not least helping me out this month. Love the look of the sea tangle snacks, can’t wait to hear what they’re like 🙂
i’ll let you know! i’m kinda scared 🙂
wow you’ve been getting a really good turnout of participants! I wish I could but we are nut free in my house (cant even do processed in a factory with tree nuts) so I feel like it would be too difficult as bloggers sure do love their nut butters 🙂
I love those steel cut oats! I need to join this fun-ness:)
yes you do!! it’s a blast 🙂
Just signed up!! I am really excited to do this!
so excited to have you join!
Love all the goodies!
Love love love being a Foodie Penpal! Thanks Lindsay! Super excited for April 🙂
How did I miss this before? Signing UP!
Oooh 🙂 cookies that are almost like the PB sandwich Girl Scout cookies but not loaded with crap ingredients..?!?! YUM!
Lindsay…You sure got some great stuff in your package! I am with you….I’ve never met a peanut butter I didn’t love! This is such a fun and wonderful concept. I really enjoyed participating in my first Foodie Pen Pal! And I look forward to the months of fun to come. Thank you so much for all you do to make this happen! : )
Just got your comment on my blog this morning. Sign me up for April. Thank you.
I’ve had Halley before and I agree that she sends awesome packages!! I can’t believe you’ve never had Steel Cut Oats! You’ll love them 🙂 And those pb cracker/cookies look awesome!