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What’s better than eating some delicious, fresh fruit that’s been delivered to your door? Eating fruit and helping to fight MS, that’s what!

Edible Arrangements fruit arrangements are a healthy and beautiful gift for any occasion. I am a huge fan, as you can tell by the below photo from my birthday last Tuesday. My mom sent me this Edible Arrangements basket, and we polished it off in just a couple of days. It was a sweet way to celebrate, and it provided us both with healthy snacks.

Edible Arrangements

Orange Blossom

For the month of March, Edible Arrangements has been donating a portion of sales of their Orange Blossom arrangement to the National MS Society, New England Chapter. To celebrate this month of giving and to promote the initiative in its final week, Edible Arrangements have offered to give one lucky (New England) reader an Orange Blossom arrangement. Sounds pretty sweet to me! More details on the partnership between Edible Arrangements and the National MS Society can be found in the press release at the end of this post. Here’s how to enter to win:

1) Leave a comment here telling me your favorite fruit of all time.

2) For an extra entry, link back to this post on  Twitter with “I want to win fruit from @DoFruitNE and @traveleatlovemm.”

I will choose a winner on Friday morning.

Please note:

* Delivery is within a limited area only.  (Most of MA and Southern NH is included)

*Delivery to the winner will be during the week of April 2

Good luck!

National MS Society Partners with Edible Arrangements® to Raise Money for Multiple Sclerosis Research and Services

Proceeds from Edible Arrangements Orange Blossom® Sales During the Month of March Benefit National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter

Waltham, MA—March 1, 2012 —Today, the National MS Society, Greater New England Chapter announced its partnership with the Boston-Manchester Co-op of Edible Arrangements in a campaign to raise funds and awareness to stop progression, restore function and end multiple sclerosis forever.

During the month of March, coinciding with the National MS Society’s MS Awareness Month, Edible Arrangements stores throughout Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire will donate a portion of their sales from every Orange Blossom arrangement purchased to the National MS Society. This arrangement is especially fitting because orange is the official color of The Society.  As long as arrangements are ordered and paid for during the month of March, they can be delivered at any time throughout the year.

“We are honored to have the opportunity to give back to the community and help fight a disease that affects so many people across the world,” states Chris Dellamarggio, inaugural Edible Arrangements franchise owner and president of the Boston-Manchester Co-op.”

“The National MS Society, Greater New England Chapter is thrilled to work with Edible Arrangements, a company that was built around celebrating life. This fundraiser helps individuals and families move together toward a world free of MS,” said Arlyn White, President & CEO of the Greater New England Chapter.

To order an Orange Blossom bouquet, call or visit any of the participating MA or NH locations or visit www.EdibleArrangements.com/MS and select any Orange Blossom arrangement (product codes: 1025, 1064 or 1066).

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Greater New England Chapter addresses the challenges of more than 19,000 individuals and their families affected by multiple sclerosis in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS organizations around the world and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move forward with their lives. 

Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at www.MSnewengland.org or 1-800-344-4867.

About Edible Arrangements
Edible Arrangements International, Inc. is the leading purveyor of delicious, high quality, artistically designed, fresh fruit arrangements that are practical and healthy gifts and centerpieces for everyday occasions and events. Brothers Tariq and Kamran Farid developed and launched the company in 1999 in East Haven, CT, after many years in the floral industry. Edible Arrangements stores are located in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Italy, Turkey, Hong Kong, Jordan, Oman, India and China.  Customers may order arrangements by telephone at 1-877-DO-FRUIT, at one of the company’s retail stores, or online at EdibleArrangements.com

Tags: charity, fruit, giveaway

Good Stuff

I’m not quite sure how it’s already Monday. I feel like the weekends have been flying by, especially because I worked yesterday but mostly because Marathon Monday is barreling down on me. I don’t feel ready. At ALL. Let there be panic!

It’s been awhile since I have done a post on favorite things, and since I discovered a few over the weekend, I thought it would be a fun way to kick off the week.

Here are some things I am loving this week.

Nespresso Naora coffee – I love my Nespresso machine, like a lot. When I received an email from Nespresso’s PR agency offering to send me samples of their newest coffee pods, Naora, I was pretty excited and even happier that they arrived on a weekend so that I could enjoy a leisurely cup.

Naora is 100% Colombian coffee and has rich, complex flavor, without being bitter or too strong. Like tasting a wine, I tried to incorporate my senses of smell, touch, and taste with my first cup of Naora to see if I could get some of the tasting notes that define the coffee, like a juicy acidity. I got some very subtle flavors of dark fruit; mostly I sipped and enjoyed. This coffee is a Limited Edition from Nespresso, and I will be stocking up.

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More Target grocery shopping discoveries

Archer Farms Dried Mango – Lately, especially after long runs, I have had a major craving for fruity candy. I bought a bag of Swedish fish and thoroughly enjoyed them, yet felt really unwell after. While shopping at Target this weekend, I grabbed these dried mango slices which are perfect for that sweet, fruity craving. Note, they do have added sugar so aren’t a great fruit replacement, just a candy replacement. The flavor is super fruity, and the chewy texture makes the slices take longer to eat so I don’t overdo it.

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Archer Farms Strawberry Cheesecake Yogurt – This yogurt actually kind of tastes like strawberry cheesecake; it is delightfully fruity and has that cheesecake richness, along with a yogurt tang. I wish they had more low fat yogurt flavors; I find fat free to be pointless for filling me up but Archer Farms has some delicious-sounding flavors in its fat free line. Maybe I’ll give them a try anyway. I have been pleasantly surprised at every Archer Farms product I have tried!

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Philadelphia Dark Chocolate Cream Cheese – Uhhhh yes. I shouldn’t have discovered this because from the second I stuck my finger into the dark, chocolatey tub for a taste, I was smitten. And when I followed the serving suggestion and dipped some salty pretzels in. . . oh my.

There isn’t a sugary flavor at all to this; it’s smooth, rich, decadent, with deep chocolate flavors. This will be a go-to dessert item in our house from now on. I can not wait to make some sort of fresh strawberry shortcake with layers of this cream cheese in the middle.

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Harvest Moon Winery – Our last day in Sonoma was pouring and resulted in many sprints from the car to tasting rooms, leaving my camera and other electronics in the car. The focus was just on getting inside, and I missed out on photographing some incredible tasting experiences. From the second we burst into Harvest Moon (literally sheets of rain falling), tasting room director Erin was an absolute delight. She shared with us some food prepared for a party that had cancelled due to the weather, told us fun anecdotes about the wines and winery, and poured us some of my favorite wines of the trip. I especially enjoyed their sparkling Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer. The wines were beautiful, the tasting room cozy, and the company a lot of fun. Not bad for a random stop!

Harvest Moon

 

Things I am not loving? People who are passive aggressive and rude in emails when you know that in real life they are not quite that brave. And downstairs neighbors who buy DRUM KITS with cymbals over the weekend. I literally thought there was a joke on me when I heard it yesterday, a day I ended up working on a really frustrating account. But since Sunday was kind of awful, Monday will be fabulous, right?

Do you have any new favorites or fresh frustrations to share today?

Tags: chocolate, coffee, favorites, Food, fruit, Nespresso, wine, yogurt

I don’t really care much about dessert. I am the type of eater who fills up pretty quickly to the point where people question if I eat enough, but gets hungry an hour after a meal. It’s just the way my body works, and I have learned to roll with it throughout the years. So, by the time dessert at a restaurant arrives, I usually don’t even want it; stuffing it in just doesn’t feel good.

There are of course always those exceptions, and I do like a snack an hour or two after dinner at home, especially when it involves incredible, seasonal local fruit.

I am trying to completely take advantage of local peaches until they are all gone, so last night I whipped up a sweet and creamy treat using a few peaches, goat cheese, and honey.

It couldn’t be any easier, I cut the peaches in half and pitted them, then placed them in a pie plate in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Once the 10 minutes were over, I turned the oven to broil for another 2 minutes.

I removed the peach halves from the oven and plated them on a simple white salad plate, then stuffed each half with crumbled goat cheese.

roasted peaches

The final step was to drizzle honey over the peaches and a little on the plate for decoration. . . and dipping 🙂

roasted peaches

I absolutely loved this dessert with its gentle, natural sweetness from the peaches and the creaminess of the goat cheese. My husband thought it was “weird” but he also liked it. Boys. . .

Are you a dessert person or would you rather a good appetizer?

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Tags: dessert, fruit, goat cheese, peaches, recipe

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