Happy Tuesday!  How about we start the day with a giveaway.  You up for that idea?  I thought it would be great since I did not get home until 7:30pm and didn’t really have time to cook anything. We ended up just eating leftovers at my Mom’s.

Just a recap on my POM post from previous.

POM is the only pomegranate juice that controls its juice from tree to bottle: bottle-to-bottle, batch-to-batch, year-to-year.

They grow and hand-pick our own fruit. And they squeeze our pomegranates using proprietary pressing equipment that we designed ourselves. This stringent quality control process results in 100% pomegranate juice with superior taste and a consistent dose of polyphenol antioxidants.

So with that being said, here it is:

POM Juice Giveaway

How To Enter:

• New and existing email subscribers will automatically get an entry on draw date. Note that only verified subscribers count (you will receive a verification email). (+1 entry)
• Leave a comment about what you think of this idea. (+1 entry)
• Earn an extra chance to win by linking back to this post on your own blog (if you have one). (+1 entry) (please email me if you link back)

The Rules:

• Please only 1 comment entry / person (please enter a valid email address). Your email will be kept private and never given/sold to third parties.
• The winners will receive a 473 ml FREE BOTTLE of POM WONDERFUL

So let me know what you think about this adventure in the comments below! A random generator will be used to pick the two winners. Contest will end at 5pm EST July 3rd, 2009.

I hope you have a great Tuesday and be sure to enter the contest.

Take care

zesty

Happy Thursday!  Would you like to attend a Healthy Living Blogger Conference?  Well if you do, I’ve got the spot for you.  Get ready to meet the bloggers in Boston August 14-15 for a fun-filled weekend of good eats, inspiring talks, a Blogger Kick-Off Cocktail Party, and of course, goodie bags of swag!

Join Jenna, Kath, Tina, Meghann, Heather and Caitlin (and more!) for the Healthy Living Summit at The Radisson Hotel in Downtown Boston.

The weekend will begin with an Official Blogger Kick-Off Cocktail Party on Friday evening August 14. Details TBA!

Saturday’s conference will be held at the Radisson with a Stonyfield Yogurt and Mix My Granola breakfast bar. The day will include seminars, talks, demonstrations and Q&As. Lunch will be provided. We will conclude with a juicy afternoon snack!

Sponsors

Sponsors for the event include Stonyfield Farm and Zestycook.com ( Yes me!! ) as well as foodbuzz and other product sponsors you can see over at the sponsors page.

Site Design

In addition to the sponsorship, I designed and implemented the summit website as a “donation” to the summit committee.  If you are interested in getting some blog work done, contact me and we’ll get the ball rolling.

Registration

Registration for the event takes place tonight at 8:00PM EST so be sure to go over and secure your ticket.

Happy Friday! I am glad this day is here!  What a zoo in the life of zesty this week.  But I would rather be busy than bored.  I have an action packed post ahead…. well not really but I did get you excited I bet.

Zesty Does Design

If you can believe it,  Zesty design work after the blog makeover contest  has been incredibly busy with people interested in making some updates to their existing blogs or starting a new one.   I want to take a few minutes of your time and have a simple survey to see if people would be interested in a blog  manual written to describe a series of common questions and hurdles when setting up your own blog, self hosted vs non self hosted, migrating your blog from a different platform, security issues etc.

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Let me know your thoughts and by all means tell all your friends about the survey.  The manual will have a small fee with a  portion given to a selected charity.

Back to the food.  Remember I told you that zesty will be bouncing around from kitchen to kitchen cooking up a storm - well this has been holding true.  Last night I was invited to my Mom’s for dinner which is always exciting.  We had a gorgeous roast pork with some garlic mashed potatoes - gotta love that.

I always have my camera with me so I was able to take some shots of last night’s dinner.

On the Plate

• Oven Roasted Pork Tenderloin with an Onion Chutney
• Garlic mashed potatoes
• Steamed carrots
• In the Roaster Potatoes ( love these guys! )
• Pan Gravy with the pork drippings ( all low fat so no worries! )

House Update

Everything is packed up in storage and we are living the life of bins and totes but loving it.  The land preparation is coming along quite well.  We just have received the test results regarding the soil, survey of the land is scheduled for this week ( hopefully today) and then we need to move on to the building permit, deed and temporary electric hook up.

In Closing

Have yourself a great Friday and I really appreciate you taking a second to enter a comment or take the survey.  I would really like to make a difference in the food blogging world and if I can do it by helping people get their blogs off the ground - I will work hard to do that.

Take care

zesty

The time has arrived and we have our winner of the first ever “ZESTY BLOG MAKEOVER GIVEAWAY” contest winner.  Before I announce the winner I would like to thank you for participating in the giveaway.

There was a great deal of interest whether it be through commenting, link backs and subscribers which ended with a  total of 551 entries.  After the random number generator pulled out lucky number 11 I am happy to announce the winner of the Zesty Blog Makeover is

Thinspiredblog.com

Lara (Thinspired) says:

May 22, 2009 at 10:56 am (Edit)

This is such a great idea–I’ve been admiring your work on other blogs for a while now! Is RSS subscribing the same as email subscribing? Haha..I am obviously technically challenged and could use the help.

Congratulations Lara and I look forward to working with you and your blog.  Contact me at your earliest convenience and we will move forward in a timely manner.

Final Note:

If anyone else is interested in having a blog makeover by all means contact me!  I can give you a quote and/or offer some ideas on how to spruce up your blog, increase your traffic and make more money.

I hope you have a great day.

Take care

zesty

Happy Monday and welcome back to reality!  I am back in action and today I have a special post to share with you.  Molly Peters from POM Wonderful contacted me a while back and asked me if I would like to try some POM wonderful products.  Of course my answer was YES.  So she sent me some great coupons for some POM Wonderful Juice.  I have tried it many times in the past and I LOVE it.

In addition to the coupons Molly sent me some great information on the products.  I didn’t know this stuff was so powerful.  Below is some information/facts about POM Wonderful.

100% Authentic

POM is the only brand that can guarantee 100% authentic pomegranate juice because we are the only brand to grow, juice and bottle our own fruit. There are no middlemen.

At POM Wonderful, pomegranates are our only business. We grow them, pick them and juice them ourselves. We believe in the goodness and the amazing health benefits of Wonderful variety pomegranates, and we promise 100% authentic pomegranate juice in every bottle we ship. Not every brand is as honest as POM Wonderful. Three independent labs tested ten other brands claiming to have 100% pomegranate juice and found that nine out of ten so-called pomegranate juices had added sugar, colorants and other low-grade fruit juices. So, other juices may be less expensive than ours, but you get what you pay for. Pomegranates are the heart and soul of our company.

For the superior antioxidant health benefits and genuine pomegranate juice taste, there’s only one choice - POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice.

Health Benefits

Prostate Health

A preliminary UCLA medical study, published by The American Association for Cancer Research, found hopeful results for prostate health. The study followed 46 men previously treated for prostate cancer either with surgery or radiation. After drinking 8 oz POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice daily for two years, these men experienced significantly slower PSA doubling times – from 15 months at the beginning of the study to 54 months at the end. PSA is a biomarker for prostate cancer, and slower PSA doubling time may indicate slower disease progression.

Cardiovascular
A 2005 study published in the American Journal of Cardiology showed improved blood flow to the heart in patients drinking 8oz. daily of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice for 3 months. Researchers studied a total of 45 patients with coronary heart disease who had reduced blood flow to the heart. Patients drinking POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice experienced a 17% improvement in blood flow, compared to a 18% worsening in patients drinking a placebo

One pilot study on 19 patients with atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) at the Technion Institute in Israel demonstrated a reduction in arterial plaque growth. After one year, arterial plaque decreased 30% for those patients who consumed 8oz of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice daily, compared to a 9% worsening for patients who drank a placebo.

For more information on POM Wonderful visit www.pomwonderful.com.

Before you go

1.  What is your favorite POM flavor?  Let me know in the comments.

2.  Do not forget to enter in the blog makover giveaway as it comes to a conclusion today at 5:00 PM EST.