Showing posts with label ranch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ranch. Show all posts

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Hidden Valley Ranchers


I received another awesome sampling opportunity from crowd tap--Hidden Valley "Ranch Feast." Here's the kit I got in the mail:


team ranch shirt & chip clips to give out, hidden valley ranch samples, farm house originals dressing, coupons & recipes for my guests, and some items for me!

We did a small dinner with a few kids who loved to dip their chicken nuggets (and green beans!) into the ranch sauce! Some of the adults enjoyed a few packets of dressing on a salad (it very well may be the best Italian dressing I've ever tasted!). I sent my 14 year old sister home with the ranch shirt--she got bonus points for enthusiasm! My mom got a clip, as well as my boys (mostly because they already had decided to play with it!). The results were clear: hidden valley has the best ranch sauce! (and the popcorn recipe was a huge hit!!!).

Hidden Valley Farm house originals: Italian with herbs is my new favorite dressing!

Adam decided to go for the green bean dip!


One of the kids went for it with a spoon! yum?

Topher testing out his nuggets with ranch

"Check it out!!"


Thursday, October 31, 2013

Starkist Tuna creations!

October was a good month for me for crowdtap samples! (check out the blog I posted earlier today about truvia sweetener!) The second one to arrive at my door was for Starkist Tuna creations.



I won't lie, I was a tad nervous when I found out I was getting a ranch sample, as I'm the girl whose addicted to the ranch McWraps at mcds....and orders them with out ranch sauce! The thought of ranch and tuna together also made me nervous as I usually take my tuna plain with a pinch of relish on some white bread. However, I love tuna and was more than willing to give it a go--and I was pleasantly surprised!! The ranch flavor was not the over-ly creamy mess that popped into my head when I read the word "ranch." It was a pleasantly seasoned taste, I could have taken a spoon and eaten it straight from the pouch it was so good! However, I was really craving a wrap...



I made a 8-inch tortilla with some shredded lettuce, cheddar jack cheese, and a slice of tomato. The pouch made two of these (and I did spoil myself with a spoonful of relish on the second one!). The taste was amazing and everything went well together. The pouch was the perfect size to make the two snack sized wraps, and the amount left me full and satisfied after I was done. I would absolutely purchase this product in the future (are there coupons for this?? lol), I love tuna and it was a nice change to the plain sandwiches I usually make when the craving hits!