My Blogaversary!!
My Blogaversary!
This is a Big Week!!! On Friday, I will celebrate my Blogaversary. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since I started blogging, first at Nutrition By the Numbers and then later at A Better Bag of Groceries. To celebrate, I’d like to present you, oh faithful readers, with a little Giveaway.
One lucky Voter will win a NuVal t-shirt, a NuVal shopping bag and a NuVal pen.
All you need to do is leave a comment for me anytime this week voting for your favorite post from the past year. I will select one winner at random for all the votes on Friday at 7 am EDT.
Here are the Top Ten Contenders:
- My Top Ten Favorite Foods (8/30/09): I think the title is self-explanatory
- My Kids Top Ten Favorite Foods (8/20/09): Ditto
- Hip Hip Hooray (9/4/09): This is the blog post I had the most fun writing. Any Mom who has ever heard the Superwhy song from PBS will know why.
- Lunchables: How Bad Are They Really (7/12/10): The grossest post I ever wrote. It was like a horror movie.
- Marvelous Meals with Rachel: Seeded Chia Quick Bread (6/30/10): This is the post that has the highest number of pageviews on my blog. Way to Go, Rachel!
- The Healthy Pasta Night That Changed Everything (6/9/10): Writing this post about Peter Streit at Hy-Vee gave me goosebumps. What a guy!
- The Beans That Scored 100 (1/13/10): Wow, you ABBG readers REALLY love beans! This was the top-read post for a long time.
- Twins Take On Cooking With Kids (2/24/10): This is also one of the top-read posts of all time. My colleague Kim and her twin sister made the ever-famous No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars from Love Veggies and Yoga.
- Incredible Vegetables: Brussels Sprouts (12-17-09): The only thing you ABBG readers love more than beans are your vegetables. This is one of the posts with the most comments (except for Trade Up Tuesdays, of course!)
- School Lunch – 1988 and Today (9-18-09): Your chance to see my ’80s hairdo!
I can’t wait to see your the Number One Pick from ABBG Readers! Thanks for voting!
Posted by: Melissa 25 comments
Posted in: Giveaway
Tags: Blogaversary
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Congratulations, Melissa! It’s been fun to get to know you over the year.
Keep up the great writing!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Congrats on making it a year! I am OBSESSED with the no-bake protein bars and have created many versions at home, but my favorite post was “The Healthy Pasta Night That Changed Everything”. It was very inspiring.
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 9:47 am
My favorite was the Twins take on cooking with Kids!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 10:19 am
CONGRATULATIONS Melissa on a beautifully written, fun and informative blog! YOU ARE THE BEST!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Loved the Beans post – I have completely changed the way I buy canned beans now
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
I love ALL the blogs in which your kids are involved. I also love “The Healthy Pasta Night That Changed Everything”. Congratulations on your blogaversary!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
I loved them all, but I especially remember this one “Tyler Trades Up: Trop 50″ because I had been buying the wrong one too! and I taught my parents to also buy the one with calcium. It is fun to see that one in their fridge now:)
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Congratulations!!!!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Congratulations on your blogaversary!! I have loved all the greaet information you have shared on this blog. It has really opened my eyes!! My favorite blog is definately the one with your 80′s hair!! Love it!!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I love the My Top Ten Favorite Foods. Most of your top 10 are mine as well and I love that you gave the scores to all of them.
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Congratulation Melissa! Love your blog and have learned quite alot over the past year and used quite a few recipes you have shared with us….My favorite blog was the 80′s lunch one. Love looking at your photos…brought me back to my big hair, spiral perm days and made me smile.
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
my favorite was the “School Lunches” post. some friends and I were just reminiscing about the decline in quality school lunches. happy blogaversary!!!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
I loved hte post about your Top Ten Favorite Foods. Most are mine as well.
Happy Blogaversary!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Congratulations on your blogaversary! I would have to say I loved the Peter Streit sucess story – having spent a good portion of my twenties well over 200lbs making poor eating and drinking choices I have a soft spot for feel good stories
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I loved the Lunchables post! Happy Blogiversary!
on Jul 19th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Congrats on your blog anniversary! I loved the recent muesli posting and going to the grocery store this past weekend, I knew which muesli I would buy when I need to make a purchase!
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 7:11 am
I love the blog on lunchables. So unhealthy, but in so many lunch boxes.
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 8:20 am
congratulations! I read your blog all the way down in NC. I like the school lunches blog. I’m so sensitive to it with my kids heading to elementary school. Day care lunches aren’t much better. My kids would come home asking for sugar for dessert
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 8:37 am
I like the blog on lunches as well as the ones with your kids (making creations, spaghetti, etc). Love seeing ideas on how you educate your kids about eating well practically in the kitchen!
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 9:47 am
I loved reading about your top ten favorite foods. Its great to hear what others like and see if there are any similarities. Congrats on the one year anniversary!
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 10:20 am
I’m voting for the post with the Chia Seed bread recipe- I actually made some this week and loved it!
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I liked th Twins Take on Cooking with Kids post!
on Jul 20th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I like the lunchables post! Great insight into a product a lot of people consider health food!
on Jul 22nd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I love “My kids top ten favorite foods!” I think it’s great that you were able to really listen to what your kids love and find a healthier alternative. Happy Anniversary, I hope you have many more!
on Jul 22nd, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I really really loved your post on beans — it was really interesting to see a canned product with a perfect score. usually it is the produce. thanks for writing this blog! i find it super helpful, as i don’t have nuval in my area.