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Campbell’s Address Your Heart!

February 19, 2013 By Emily

Heart-related diseases have not been prevalent in my family and I’m grateful for that, but I’m always trying to make healthier choices for my family overall, including heart-healthy foods. There are a few simple swaps you can make and certain foods you can incorporate for a heart healthy diet.

More fruits and veggies!
Choose whole grains!
Cook with less fats!
Use less salt and more herbs!
Look for Heart Healthy Campbells soups

You could win a $50,000 Kitchen makeover courtesy of Campbells by sharing how you care for your heart. Here’s my sample submission:

I care for my heart by exercising and making healthy choices. I try to stock my pantry with healthier choices: low-sodium soups, flax seeds, quinoa and legumes. Simple swaps like whole grain instead of white is an easy heart-healthy choice. Using low-sodium and low-fat soups in casseroles is a healthy choice my family doesn’t even realize I’m making for them! We like to exercise as a family by playing indoor basketball in the winter or taking walks when it’s nice out! Making healthy choices is a combination of healthy foods and a healthy lifestyle.

Follow the steps below and share how you care for your heart to participate in Campbell’s contest and you could win a $50,000 kitchen makeover. Contest Rules & Prize Page.

Step 1: Submit a photo below that shows how you care for your heart

Step 2: Fill out the information required including your name, email address and zip code.

Step 3: Write a short contest entry (up to 200 words) that corresponds with the photo and share how you care for your heart. Please be honest and sincere with all your thoughts and remember to tell us in 200 words or less.

Step 4: Confirm you’ve read the Official Rules.

Step 5: Log in through your Facebook account.

Step 6: Submit your contest entry.

You can share your contest entry on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and visit AddressYourHeart.com for recipes, tips, and downloadable coupons for heart-healthy products from Campbell.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of the Campbell Soup Company’s Address Your Heart initiative. The opinions, text, and images are all mine.

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How We Met

February 14, 2013 By Emily

Last week I shared the new Windows 8 phone I have been reviewing and how I have personalized my start screen. There is an endless possibility of combinations to make your own start screen uniquely yours. The Windows 8 phone is perfect for the all of the technology-savvy users who want to be connected at all times.

I mentioned one of my favorite features is the Kid’s Corner and my son would agree. He gets to play with my phone without constant supervision. With a password protected area just for him, I can rest assured that he’s not getting into things he shouldn’t be.

The How We Met app is a fun feature that creates a story between you and a friend based on all of your social media postings from photos, check-ins and other information. I decided to give it a try with someone I’ve known for years- Chelsea. Chelsea and I met for the first time in Kindergarten and have been friends ever since! The timeline created by the How We Met App brings our notable social media postings together in one place to create a story.

Not only does the app feature social media postings that we were together for: photos and check-ins, but it reminds of us when we lived in different towns and kept in touch only a bit, to when we both moved back to our hometown and our interaction on social media increased.

This is a fun app that helps you re-live memories and put an actual timeline to your history as friends. Go check out the How We Met app and create a story with a friend!

For a chance to win a Windows Phone 8, please click here to take a quick survey!

As you can see, the How We Met app helps you relive memories and captures them in a beautifully designed keepsake that you can value forever.

With Valentine’s Day approaching try the How We Met app and rekindle those lost connections.

For a chance to win a Windows Phone 8, please click here to take a quick survey!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Microsoft Windows Phone 8. The opinions and text are all mine.

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50 Delicious Recipes for Lent!

February 11, 2013 By Emily

Ash Wednesday is this week and it begins the period of 40 days of preparation before Easter. Many Christians practice the act of fasting during this time, which includes not eating meat on the Fridays of Lent. {You can learn more about the specifics of Lent here}. If you are a meat-eating family like us and don’t typically serve many vegetarian or seafood meals, then coming up with meals to serve during Lent {that are more edible than tuna casserole} can be hard. So I’ve come up with a list of 50 recipes for you to bookmark for this Lenten season!