• Choosing the Healthiest Foods for Your Family

    Welcome! I am a mom of a busy 8 year old and an adventurous 6 year old. I also happen to work for a great company called NuVal. NuVal is a nutritional scoring system that rates foods on a scale of 1-100, based on how nutritious they are. We are implementing NuVal in grocery stores around the country.

    NuVal may not be in your area yet. But I see the scores while they are "hot off the press" and because of that I am able to make better decisions about what to feed my family.

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    I am not a registered dietitian. I am just a mom who happens to work for NuVal. I am also an AFAA-certified Group Exercise Instructor. NuVal is a system designed to lead customers to the most nutritious food choices. It is not a diet or weight-loss plan. Before starting a diet, you should always consult your personal physician. The opinions expressed in this blog are the opinions of the writer and not the opinions of NuVal LLC.

CSN Stores Cookware Giveaway!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 06:50 AM

I have a very special giveaway today! 

Have you ever heard of CSN Stores?  Well neither had I until last fall when I bought a coffee table.  CSN Stores is the number 3 online retailer for home goods and they have been in business for over 7 years.  At CSN stores, you can find everything from lights to furniture to fitness gear to cookware!

Alexandra from CSN Stores contacted me last week to see if I would review one of their products on my blog or if I would host a giveaway.  As much as I would love to try out a new piece of cookware for myself and keep it, I decided that you, my fabulous readers, deserved the gift more.  So today, one lucky A Better Bag of Groceries reader will win a $40 gift card for cookware from www.cookware.com.  You can actually use the gift card at any of CSN Stores websites.

I had a great experience purchasing my coffee table.  Here’s how it all went down:

  • I needed a coffee table.
  • At this point in my life, with a 7-year-old and 5-year-old fighting the forces of evil with their Star Wars light sabers, you know, in my living room, I need to get a very good deal on any furniture.
  • I wanted a coffee table without any sharp corners or edges.
  • Instead of searching at the usual places, I checked out a site called www.coffeetables.com.
  • I bought this beautiful coffee table for $165!

When my coffee table arrived, I realized that www.coffeetables.com was part of www.csnstores.com. Who knew?

So one lucky commenter today will win a $40 gift card to spend any way you want at CSN Stores.

Since most of you like to cook, I thought you might check out some cookware.

Like this Emeril Pro-Clad Fry Pan for $39.95 with Free Shipping.

Or this Hamilton Beach 7-Quart Slow Cooker for $39.95 with Free Shipping.

CSN Stores also has a great selection of fitness accessories.  While you can’t get a whole elliptical machine with $40, you can get a great Pilates ring:

The Stamina is my favorite Pilates ring and you can get it at CSN stores for only $29.95.

Oh, there are so many ways you can spend $40 at CSN Stores.  I wish I could win!  But this is a giveaway, so that means that it’s going out to one of you! 

To Enter:

Just do one of the following:

  • Leave a comment below telling me a Trade Up you’ve made since leaning about NuVal
  • Leave a comment below telling me how you would spend $40 at CSN stores
  • Tweet this giveaway

I will choose one winner at random at 7 am EDT on Thursday morning.  Good Luck!

Yesterday’s Winner

Congratulations to Commenter #68, Doreen!  You’ve won my Muesli Giveaway.  Be sure to send me an email at abetterbagofgroceries@gmail.com with your mailing address.  Thank you to everyone who entered!

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