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Getting Fit with Stonyfield Organic’s OP Smoothie

March 26, 2015 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

Getting Fit with Stonyfield Organic’s OP Smoothie

I’ve been working on getting myself back into a fitness regime — I started up at a local gym; my son and I have been walking to/from school most days now that it’s above freezing temps; and I’ve been logging my calorie consumption and tracking my exercise on a fun little app called My Fitness […]

Filed Under: Food, Health & Well Being, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: OP Smoothie, organic smoothie, organic yogurt, protein smoothie, smoothie for weight loss, Stonyfield yogurt

Say Freeze With Kidfresh {Giveaway Closed}

March 10, 2015 by Lisa Pisano 7 Comments

Say Freeze With Kidfresh {Giveaway Closed}

March is National Frozen Food Month, and continuing with our theme of frozen foods we love at mom a la mode, let’s talk about Kidfresh. If you follow this blog and you follow me on social media, it should be NO surprise that we’re over the moon for Kidfresh.  In particular, we especially love Wagon […]

Filed Under: Food, Kid & Family Friendly, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: easy school lunches, Kidfresh, national frozen food month, quick healthy meals for kids, Wagon Wheel Mac n Cheese

The Flying Meatballs: The Frozen Meatballs My Family Actually Enjoyed (and will buy again!)

March 5, 2015 by Lisa Pisano 1 Comment

The Flying Meatballs: The Frozen Meatballs My Family Actually Enjoyed (and will buy again!)

As an Italian-American girl from New Jersey, I can confidently assert that my family and I take our meatballs seriously. When we have them for dinner, they are typically part of a Sunday Gravy, swimming around in thick red sauce along with their pals: sausage, spare ribs and braciole. Or it’s a Tuesday night, and […]

Filed Under: Food, Kid & Family Friendly, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: frozen meatballs, Italian American, meatballs, New Jersey, The Flying Meatballs, turkey meatballs

Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee & Gift Card Giveaway Closed {Metro NY/NJ/CT}

February 23, 2015 by Lisa Pisano 25 Comments

Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee & Gift Card Giveaway Closed {Metro NY/NJ/CT}

We’re big fans of coffee in the mom a la mode household, and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee is top of our list.  So when the folks at DD shared some recent news about their Refill Travel Mug program — and a smoking hot giveaway for coffee lovers — I knew I had to share it here […]

Filed Under: Everything Fabulous, Food, Perks, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin Donuts mGift, Giveaway

{New Video} Show and Tell with Deb & Lisa: Gifts for Grown Ups

December 7, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

{New Video} Show and Tell with Deb & Lisa: Gifts for Grown Ups

Deb and I are back with our second video blog from our Show and Tell with Deb & Lisa series, and this time we’re talking about Great Gifts for Grown Ups.  Catch it here: More information on the products I talked about is below.  Be sure to head on over to The Harried Mom blog […]

Filed Under: Blogs & Blogging, Books I'm Reading, Everything Fabulous, Fashion, Food, Fun, Health & Well Being, Home, Kid & Family Friendly, Music & Movies, Product Reviews & Giveaways, Techy Cool Tagged With: holiday gift ideas, My Yoga Mat, personalized gifts, personalized yoga mat, Show and Tell with Deb and Lisa, Slow Cooker recipes, The Harried Mom, Vera Bradley bag

Ushering in the Holidays with Sprout and a Letter from Santa

November 30, 2014 by Lisa Pisano 5 Comments

Ushering in the Holidays with Sprout and a Letter from Santa

Anyone who has dealt with a loss will tell you that the first set of holidays are always the hardest. So frankly, I was prepared to have a rather lousy Thanksgiving, ridden with anxiety. I’m happy to report that it was quite the opposite: it was a Thanksgiving filled with joy, surprises, peace and calm. […]

Filed Under: Deals & Specials, Everything Fabulous, Food, Fun, Perks, Reflections Tagged With: elf on a shelf, kelly and chica, king's, macy's parade, NYC, personalized letter from santa, santasentmealetter.com, sprout channel, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving dinner, the chic show

Sampling Italian Tapas at Spuntino Wine Bar {$50 Giveaway}

November 23, 2014 by Lisa Pisano 5 Comments

Sampling Italian Tapas at Spuntino Wine Bar {$50 Giveaway}

The Hubs and I had Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas on our radar for some time now and were looking forward to the opportunity to try out “Italian Tapas.” Our babysitting plans, however, had another idea. So on a recent Thursday night as a party of 3, off we ventured to the Clifton, New […]

Filed Under: Food, Wine & Cocktails Tagged With: clifton, clifton commons restaurant, Italian, new jersey restaurant, nj restaurant good for groups, small plates, spuntino, tapas, wine bar

Hooray for Halloween 2014!

November 2, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

Hooray for Halloween 2014!

Halloween 2014 was a hoot for the mom a la mode family, complete with parades, parties and lots and lots and lots of candy. Festivities began just about a week before Halloween with a Monster Mash at our local YMCA for the kiddies and culminated with an extravaganza at the home of our friends — […]

Filed Under: Entertaining, Food, Fun, Reflections Tagged With: Halloween 2014, Halloween entertaining, Halloween party ideas for adults, Jack o Lantern, LuSheann catering, Monster Mash, Parade

Guest Post: Tales from Behind the Pizza Counter

October 21, 2014 by Lisa Pisano 1 Comment

Guest Post: Tales from Behind the Pizza Counter

It’s National Pizza Month! Our special guest contributor this week is Ariana Garbaccio, of Garbo’s Italian Deli & Pizza in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.  In this week’s post, Ariana shares a first-hand perspective on owning a mom-and-pop pizza shop and what she sees from behind the counter.  Enjoy!   Owning your own business takes a lot […]

Filed Under: Food, Kid & Family Friendly, Reflections Tagged With: bergen county pizza, garbo's ho ho kus, national pizza month, pizza

National Coffee Day: Cool Beans, the Best Deals on Free & Cheap Coffee

September 29, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

National Coffee Day: Cool Beans, the Best Deals on Free & Cheap Coffee

A Special Guest Post by Wendy Lees, Freelance Writer: September 29 is National Coffee Day! So let’s raise our mugs in celebration… and fill them with the best freebies and “pocket –change” deals that are being served up. No downloading an app, no printing a coupon and no purchase required. To take advantage of these […]

Filed Under: Budget Friendly, Deals & Specials, Food, Perks Tagged With: coffee, Dunkin Donuts, free coffee, McDonald's, national coffee day, Starbucks

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