Applegate Pizza Party in a Box Giveaway

It's no secret I LOVE me some Applegate.

I mean I did a whole lunch series with them back at the beginning of school, I buy their Sunday Bacon in bulk at our BJ's, and I always have some form of their cheeses on hand 

{another not so secret, I LOVE cheese}.

When I heard they had come out with new mini pepperonis in turkey and pork options, I was stoked.

And my excitement continued when my Pizza Party in a Box arrived.

When I pulled all the goodies out and said to the kids its PIZZA night, they responded with 

"Can we have calzones?" 

Um, sure why not.  

Cause pepperonis aren't just for pizza right?!

A little bit of important info on these tasty bites that will make you feel good about feeding them to your clan:

-100% vegetarian grain-fed pork or turkey - no fillers

- No antibiotics

- Less fat and sodium than conventional brands

- Made from humanely raised pork and turkey

- No hormones

- Perfect on pizza, salads, a meat and cheese board, and just snackin’

We leaned towards the turkey, thats not to say the pork isn't delicious.  But I think since we have been using turkey pepperonis for so many years it was just a taste and texture we were more use to. 

And yes I have a "fancy" calzone maker.  It's really not necessary but the kids love to flip it and cut the excess dough off so we use it. 

And for a little extra veg option I also made zucchini boats. Simply half and cut the ends of, then scrap the seeds out.  Fill with sauce, add you pepperonis and cheese and bake with your calzones or pizza.  

All in all I think Applegate has another home run on their hands. 

And they want to send one lucky person their own Pizza in a Box to see for themselves!

Box includes:

·         Both varieties of new Applegate Naturals Mini Pepperoni and Provolone Cheese

·         King Arthur Flour Pizza Crust Mix (also available in Gluten Free!)

·         Small batch tomato sauce

·         Recipe for mini pizzas

·         Pizza cutter

·         Kitchen towel

·         Apron

Just leave a comment below.

Open to US residents only til midnight Feb 16th. 

Winner will pick randomly by random.org and announced Monday Feb 17th.

GOOD LUCK!

Week of lunches with Applegate Day 5 {Build your own Pizza Sticks}

Well this is it.

Last post of school lunches with Applegate.

Which means last day of the first week of school for us.

We made it!

The fact that I survived the carpool lane without getting banned for life from it is my biggest accomplishment of the week.

People that thing is CRAY CRAY.

Todays lunch was another easy ready in two minutes deals.

We had made whole wheat pizza earlier in the week, when we did I made some little pizza sticks and put them aside for today.

 And for pizza toppings I added a little sauce, some Applegate Natural Pepperoni and Organic Provolone Cheese {which I cut into heart shapes to fit easier in the container}.

A drink, a GoGo SqueeZ, and some yogurt covered pretzels and this thing was a wrap.

Of course you could easily make these in the oven if you kids would rather have them that way.

Of course I had to sample, you know, just to make sure it was good

{wink, wink, elbow, elbow}

A few takeaways from this week:

- Making lunches the night before is so freeing. To wait up and not have to scramble around the kitchen at 7am trying to think of lunch when I barely had a sip of coffee is pretty epic.

- Bean LOVES school and his after school stories are the best:

"The little boy in the red shirt flicked my paper."

"Did you ask him to stop?"

"Yes, then I flicked his."

"I didn't eat my wasagna, just my salad"

5 mins later

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Wasagna."

- Applegate is truly a great company with an amazing mission.  But I knew that their food was great before this week, I just hadn't sampled such a large variety of it. It is just nice to know that there is a line of food that is working to provide a good natural and organic product and that is committed to remove GMO's. I look forward eating more and making more recipes with them.

So with the first week down, now my mind has switched to Halloween, eek.

So excited.

Things are a brewing...

Natural Pepperoni and Organic Provolone provided by Applegate