Author: MamatheFox

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Y Grow Up Review

Y Grow Up Review

Y Grow Up Review

About Y Grow Up

YGrowUp.net is a premier children’s educational and developmental virtual toy store. Viki, the owner and director of YGrowUp.net started this adventure after running a success children’s center. She knows what toys are best for educating a child in a natural and comfortable way. Learning through play, in my opinion, is the most effect tool for children. When children are engaged, having fun and fully absorbed in their activity, their brain is ready to soak it all in. If you can add in valuable educational points it’s a win/win!

Adults must be accompanied by a responsible child –  Y Grow Up’s Slogan

As a parent you will be constantly asked “What does your child want for their birthday/holiday”. You want to say, “no more junk!” When you are stumped and need a great idea, in a ton of price point ranges, head over to YGrowUp.net. It is the perfect resource to shopping for a fun and unique gift to bring to a party you have been invited too as well. You can shop by a ton of categories, making online shopping way fast and more efficient.

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Mama’s Experience

There are so many places to shop now-a-days. It can be hard to find one you can trust and rely on. When I found out about Y Grow Up, I knew there was something special going on. They focused on products that are truley educational and fun. Ones that will bear fruit when a child plays with it. Toys that are more than just toys. As a mom I only have so much room in my house. I cannot handle too much clutter. I mean are these toys spawning and making clones?! HAHA! I joke of course. But seriously, when it comes down to it, after having 2 kids now I see how useless some toys can be. If I am going to spend my money, or have a friend or relative buy a gift for my kids I want it to be special.  I want it to be a useful toy that will be played with. One that will help educate them while they play. All of these things can be found with YGrowUp.net. This is a special website. They are not just out to make a buck and sell you toys. Y Grow Up honestly wants to provide us with the best possible toy options on the market. They are constantly on the search for the newest and best toys out there. They really do the dirty work for us. She even has her site organized so that I can shop in ways that are best for me. I like to shop by age and by skill.

I love how easy the site is to navigate. With tabs at the top of the screen and the left side bar, I can click around and find fun and unique toys I never knew existed. Their format makes each item easy to see, read and click on. It’s really dummy proof, which tired moms everywhere need. They tagged every toy with keywords that you are see when you click on them. You can easily find more toys by typing in any key word into the search bar or by clicking the key word as show below.

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You can live chat with a rep to help you with your shopping and all your questions. They are fast, helpful and polite. You may even get to chat with the owner! The chat box is easy to find and use. Look at the bottom right hand corner of the screen to find the small circle, it may be a picture of a persons face or an orange circle (if you have used the chat feature previously it will turn to an orange circle). This will allow you to instantly connect with YGrowUp.Net.

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easy to use chatbox

I love the ability to quickly navigate around the site while browsing for ideas. Clicking the side tabs or top tabs are a fast way to explore.

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barnyard activity set

I was able to try out one of the phenomenal toys sold at ygrowup.net – the Guidecraft Barnyard Activity Boxes

This is now my favorite toy my children play with. This barnyard is perfect for children ages 2+. My son, age 2 and my daughter, age 3, equally love playing with this Barnyard Activity Boxes set. This toys helps us work on things like, shapes, spacial awareness, cognitive, color matching, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination language skills, matching skills, problem solving, shapes, thinking skills. I love that its made with quality wood and beautiful bright colors.

Barnyard activity boxes

My 2 year old likes to match the animal to the correct house. He can recognize the same color and match them using color matching skills. We make the animal noises the animal would make. This helps with building confidence in knowing these real animals we see while driving around (we live in the country). My best friend has 6 chickens for goodness sake! He loves being able to peek into the iridescent window to see if there are animals inside the box just as much as he loves opening and closing the tiny door.

My 3 year old loves to work on her counting skills with the animals. We work on finding all the animals in a particular color, then count them out loud together. I have introduced basic addition by talking about if we put 2 chickens and 1 horse together how many animals will we have? (it’s 3 if I stumped you) She also loves to help her little brother with his animal noises and color matching.

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Kushies Bedding Giveaway

Kushies Bedding Giveaway

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Kushies has everything a parent of an infant needs. Bedding, clothing toys, bath tub toys, diapers! Kushies has you covered. One of the biggest sellers are their crib sheets and changing pad covers. They come in gorgeous designs and colors, are made with high quality materials in a Canadian based facility by well loved employees. Everything about Kushies is family friendly; from their products, to their manufacturing process to their customer service. They now carry a new line of organic bedding that is out-of-this-world.

Read more about Kushies bedding in my review here.

You can now enter to win a stunning bedding package from Kushies that includes:

A value of $76!

Kushies Bedding Giveaway

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Blessed Grove Keepsakes

Blessed Grove Keepsakes

Having a keepsake could be a great way of remembering the past, there are so many different types of keepsakes from quilts made into this college tshirt keepsake to jewelry. You may have not yet heard about Blessed Grove Keepsakes, but you may have heard of the type of services they provide. Blessed Grove Keepsakes makes amazing keepsake jewelry to help you hold on to and remember some special times and people in your life.

Owner and founder, Monique is a doula as well as a photographer. If you’ve not heard the term doula before, researching midwife vs doula should give you an explanation. She has seen and experienced a lot of different circumstances while doing both of her jobs. What did knew for sure was that people are looking for a way to capture their “birth, surrogacy or breastfeeding journey, a lost child, first hair cut, a parent or pet who has passed on…this is how Blessed Grove Keepsakes was born.”

Blessed Grove Keepsakes specializes in offering beautiful wearable keepsakes that preserve your most intimate moments.

Using breast milk, placenta, hair clippings or created ashes, Blessed Grove Keepsakes can make a special memory last a lifetime by transforming them into amazing wearable jewelry.

MamatheFox is having a breast milk necklace made and will keep you posted once it arrives!

Kushies Bedding Review

Kushies Bedding Review

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Kushies is a strong and growing company that has been helping families with their high quality products for over 50 years. Kushies is a Canadian based company that is now sold in 35 countries around the globe. All Kushies products are manufactured in a state-of-the-art physicality in Canada, so you are rest assured that you are supporting a safe and worker-friendly environment.

Kushies has a broad selection on bedding available for Canadian and American mothers
Crib Sheets

Kushies crib sheets are just so perfect. They fit both of my children’s mattresses with just right right amount of snugness I look for in a sheet. Being so soft to the touch Kushies makes their sheets luxuriously soft for their little bodies customers. They can be easily washed with like colors and dried in the dryer (I prefer medium heat as not to shrink them up too much). I hear that the longest selling bedroom set goes really well with this these crib sheets, if you’re interested in keeping your room you share with your child consistant, stylistically.

“Kushies premium quality 100% cotton flannel sheets are available in adorable rainbow of colors and prints to match any nursery! All fitted sheets are fully elasticized for a perfect fit. Finished edges for quality & durability. Sized to allow for shrinkage – fits perfectly after each wash. Proudly made in Canada.”Kushies Website

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Organic Bedding

I have used both Kushies standard bedding and their organic bedding now. I can say they are both crazy soft and very high quality. Perfect for babies, toddler and children alike (I wish I had a set for my adult size bed they are so nice!). What makes their organic bedding stand out so much is how well I think it washes. It doesn’t have any pilling (that I have experienced). They are 100% certified organic cotton jersey material. They are pure and natural, and for those of you who love organic products as much as I do, they are worth putting your mind at ease having your child lay on organic materials. The bedding show below is the gray and its a very light and soft color. Very muted and perfect for any little boy or girls room. Making sure your little one’s bed is free of bed bugs is important for their health, having a company similar to Tampa Pest Control can help keep your children’s bed clean.

Kushies organic bedding in gray

kushies organic gray bedding

Pack N Play (Playpen) Sheets

Pack N’ Plays (Playpens) are practically a staple in every home with a newborn. They are great for travel and for newborns. I used mine with my first child as a place for her to sleep while still in my room before we transferred her to her crib in her own room. We all know how often babies eat, go to the bathroom and spit up (if you are expecting – its a lot!). We have to have spare sheets, or several, on hand for the middle of the night half asleep moments. I love how easy it is to quickly change a Kushies sheet. They are crazy soft and fit perfectly to a standard size pack n’ play.

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Size: 28″ x 52″ (71cm x 132cm)

Click here for a link to this exact, gorgous sheet

Changing Pad Cover

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Changing pad covers in my house are changed weekly if not sooner. Those ‘special’ days that are extra messy cause me to change a tad more frequently. Kushies changing pad covers are smooth, come with slits for the buckles to loop through safely and easy to wash. They also come in several sizes, so that no matter what size your changing pad is, you can get a Kushies cover for it (yes there are different sized changing pads!)

Kushies offers: 18″x 36″, 22″x 36″ & 17″x 33″ – Click here to see their huge selection of sizes and designs.

Waterproof Changing Pad Cover

I love to use my travel changing pad at home! I love to place it over my changing table cover. This way if I have a messy diaper change I can simply toss the changing pad cover in the dirty laundry and a clean, new changing cover is still on my pad! I love this set up and I am sure you will too! Its fun to get different designs to you can add dimension, style and depth to the color pallet in your nursery.

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Click here to see the broad selection of changing pad cover Kushies has for sale.

Bolero Essential Hydration Review

Bolero Essential Hydration Review

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About Bolero

Bolero is one of the coolest products I have ever come across. I love water, but I really love a drink with a kick once in a while. Knowing that pop is NOT the best choice, that juice has way too many calories and all those powdered additives are packed with chemicals and added sugars I have really been left without any options….until now!!

Bolero Essential Hydration are individual cachets (packets) of SUGAR FREE, all-natural drink flavors! One cachet transforms 1-1.5 liters of water into a fun, sweet and flavorful drink. The trick is in their use of Stevia, the all natural way to sweeten. Bolero is VERY low in calories and carbohydrates. It’s perfect for those on diets, as well as those trying to make Better Choices while staying in better physical condition. Staying in peak physical condition and consuming the relevant nutrients can be very beneficial to your health. When it comes to exercising, it doesn’t have to involve strenuous workouts but can be something relaxing, like yoga. By incorporating surya namaskar, (or sun salutations) into your yoga regime, it can give you the same benefits as some other forms of exercise. Alongside drinking Bolero, this may be the perfect combination to allow you to stay in better physical condition.

All Natural Powdered Mix

There are so many ways to use Bolero:

  • Mix with water to stay hydrated
  • Mix with club soda or other beverages to get a unique taste
  • Teas can be served hot or cold
  • Make homemade pop-cycles for kids and adults alike
  • Add to eggs or oatmeal
  • Add to gelatin for a fat free snack

The Bolero packets are easy to carry in your purse, wallet, diaper bag, gym bag and are perfect for traveling. Each cachet has its own full nutritional value and proper usage information, so be sure to read each packet.

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Mama’s Experience

I have been able to try a large selection of flavors available from Bolero and I am thrilled to say there was NOT ONE that I didn’t like! Of course I have my favorites and ones I would totally reach for again.

I was happy to see that they are just as easy to make, drink and store as they claim. I just shook the packet in the bottom of a pitcher. I added water and it naturally dissolved while I was filling it with water. I didn’t even have to mix it or stir it up! Typically there are “floaters” and gross chunks that are stubborn and don’t want to break down when you add water to a drink mix. Not Bolero! I knew that something special was happening when this was the my first experience with Bolero. The drink was smooth, tasty and sweet! I was not expecting such a awesome sweetness from such a healthy drink option. I couldn’t believe it. I thought it must have been the flavor option and that other flavors cannot possibly be as strong and sweet, but they are! Each flavor, one after the other, is just as sweet and tasty. If you add more water to the packet, of course it will be come more watered down, and the less water you add the more powerful it will be. You are the creator of your treat so play around and see what ratio works best for you.

Bolero assortment

At home I like to keep a pitcher of Bolero available at all times. My kids are constantly asking for juice. I don’t mind giving them Bolero every day now. It’s low in calorie and their teeth are not being coated with added sugars that would be in other juices and powered juice mix options.

When you order Bolero you can choose from 45 different flavor options in 3 different categories. Each box contains 12 cachets of Bolero for only $9.50. I like to mix mine with 6 cups of water per cachet. 12 cachets makes 72 cups. $9.50 divided by 72 cups makes each cup only .13¢! I seriously see no reason why everyone wouldn’t try a few flavors out. But remember, you can add as much or as little water to your Bolero as you like. This is just what I do.

Bolero powder

Bolero is NON-GMO and Low in Calories

If you crave sweets but want to cut back on calories and sugar, then Bolero is for you.

Click here to see their full selection

Debbie Meyers Giveaway

Debbie Meyers Giveaway

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Read the full review here

Welcome to the Down The Bunny Trail Giveaway Hop

At each stop in this hop you will find a prize worth at least $25! Come back daily for your bonus daily entries to increase your chances to winning. This hop is sponsored by On Honeysuckle Hill

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Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit Giveaway

Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit Giveaway

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Color Garden has an amazing selection of natural dyes that can be used in things like frosting, drinks, foods and just in time for Easter, an egg coloring kit!

Color Gardens all-natural dyes so they DONT’ STAIN your hands or clothing!

(That is every parents dream am I right?)

Now you can enter to win a Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit to use this Easter!

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Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit Giveaway

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Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit Review

Color Garden Egg Coloring Kit Review

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About Color Garden

Color Garden knows that bakers and parents alike are looking for a way to use colors in their foods in a fun and safe way. A natural way. Now we can use coloring that is safe for the whole family. The best part about Color Garden is free from ‘scarey’ dyes like FD&C Red 40 or FD&C Yellow 5. Some children and adults have sensitivities to those dyes and reactions like irritability or hyperactivity. If you are looking for Custom Easter Eggs you might want to look around online to see if you can find some tips on how to make some.

Color Garden has a great selection of every day dye’s as well. They can be used for things like: frosting, temporary hair coloring for kids and adults alike, mashed potatoes, white wine, club soda, the options are practically endless!

egg coloring wont stain hands or clothing

Color Garden™ pure natural food colors are 100% plant based – therefore they don’t stain!

Color Garden has a large selection of food colors that can be used in icing, frosting, added into cakes or foods and drinks alike. Now that Easter is just next week, you can use Color Gardens Egg Coloring Kit on your Easter eggs this year!

They have dyes for everyday use, and themes with colors for Spring/Summer, Halloween and, Holiday. No matter the occasion, you will find the color you are needing at ColorGarden.net

Here is some basic information about Color Garden food coloring:

  • Each packet is to be used all at once
  • Each packet contains enough coloring to frost a medium sized cake
  • Natural dyes don’t work like artificial dyes – your dark red velvet will be more brown after baking (but just as yummy!) in the heat – the heat is what effects the color. The dark red will stay that shade in frostings (not heated)
  • Being natural the colors often turn out more of a pastel color rather then dark

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Mama’s Experience

color garden eggs

With Easter here we are hopping with joy & excitement! My kids think playing with any form of artwork is beyond cool. When I told them they will get to color Easter eggs they about hit the ceiling! The best part for me was knowing going in that the dyes are all natural, which means that they will not end up with brown/green/red hands at the end of this adventure and an outfit that goes straight into the trash can. Being all natural, these dyes will not stain your skin or clothing. Yes, your kids clothing will get messy if your family is anything like mine, but it’s nothing a little washing care can’t fix.

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  • Each color is for 1 time use and comes in a little plastic package that can be cut opened very easily.
  • Be sure to use the full packet to get as much color on your egg as possible. As these are all natural, they are not as deep as an artificial and you need all the boost you can get.
  • Red, Orange and yellow will do better if you add a few drops of lemon juice to the water/dye mixture.
  • Green, blue and purple will be better if you add a little bit of baking soda to the water/dye mixture.
  • The more water you add the more diluted it will be become, so slowly add more water as not to make it too weak in color.

add lemon juice to dye eggs

I have always been so used to being scared of coloring eggs and doing projects with dyes. I gasped more than you can image while we dyed these Color Garden dyed eggs. It’s a habit! I am so used to worrying about the staining that I forget to let go and just enjoy the moment, which is why we color the eggs to begin with. I had to keep reminding myself that the dyes are washable. It’s okay to spill and splash a bit. I was hesitant to truly believe that these dyes would really not stain, but they didn’t! My hands along with my toddlers are totally clean. The table wiped off like it was only water splashed on the table. I am so happy with how smoothly this process went. I was able to enjoy the memory instead of worry about my table and their clothing. It was by far the best egg dying experience I could have hoped for.

Click here to order the egg coloring kit for your family!

Debbie Meyers Review

Debbie Meyers Review

Review

About Debbie Meyers

head shotDebbie Meyer is known as the “Home Problem Solver”. She looks for ways to make life better and easier for the every day person. She inventions and products are useful to anyone who eats, so that means you! By co-founding her own company, she has become a successful entrepreneur.  Having already won a lifetime achievement award due to her amazing products, she is taking our kitchens by storm by rescuing our fridges, pantries and grocery bills!

She has invented loads and loads of extremely helpful products to be used around your home. She is most known for her Green Bags, Green Food Storage Containers and cooking bags. These are the products I will be reviewing.

 Mama’s Experience

I have seen Debbie Meyers Green Bags around for a short time now. Only recently been noticing them. Just this past week I saw them in a friends cupboard. I asked her what she thought of them and how she found out about Debbie Meyers Green Bags. She got all excited that I knew about them and proceeded to tell me how her housekeeper got them for her and they are amazing! She buys a ton of produce, like a ton, as I do. By the end of the week a lot of times those berries get moldy, the lettuce wilts and the pears get way over ripened and to mushy to enjoy. She swears by these bags, so it got me really excited to try them out for myself.

Debbie Meyer Green Bags – 20 Count

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Debbie Meyer Green Bags “Help preserve the freshness and prolong the life of fruits, vegetables, baked goods and snacks with this revolutionary set of GreenBags®, by Debbie Meyer. Made with a natural mineral that creates a beneficial storage environment and helps extend the life and freshness of foods.”Pfaltzgraff Website

These bags can be used 8 to 10 time each! I was so excited that these have so much life to them. I can use them for all types of produce. Mushrooms, apples, peaches, beets, carrots, you name it!

Fruits and vegetables release gases during their ripening period. This is a natural occurrence after being harvested. These gases cause the product to age and eventually deteriorate. By using Debbie Meyer GreenBags, which are made with food grade polyethylene and a food safe natural substance is has been proven to preserve the freshness and extend the life of fruits and vegetables alike!

To reuse a bag simply rinse, allow to dry and reuse!

How to Use:

Product should be DRY when placed inside of a Debbie Meyers bag. Fruits and vegetables naturally contain moisture. If moisture builds up in the bag just wipe it out with a paper towel and keep using the bag.

Don’t mix your foods in the same bag. Keep the lettuce in one bag and the pears in another.

Just fold the top over. Do not use twist ties as they can make holes in the bags.

Debbie Meyer GreenBoxes

Debbie Meyer Boxes

The same technology used above in the Debbie Meyer Grilling Bags are also used in these Debbie Meyer GreenBoxes. They are also BPA free. These GreenBoxes will extend the life of baked goods, snacks, fruits and vegetables.

For produce: Use separate containers for each food. Pears in one and kale in another. Don’t mix.

For baked goods: Separate the soft baked goods like bagels & breads from the crisp baked goods like cookies and crackers.

BPA Free • Reusable • Microwave Safe • Dishwasher Safe • Stackable • Made in the USA

My husband and I were amazed at how well our lettuce kept. We eat salads throughout the week. Its a very normal lunch for us. But life happens and sometimes a day or two will go by and we never got around to using that lettuce. I hated tossing lettuce. I would waste so much. Now that I am using Debbie Meyer GreenBoxes to store self portioned qualities I always have a perfect little container to make my salad in! My husband can easily grab a GreenBox filled with lettuce and add the toppings when he is ready to eat. I am so thrilled with the amount of money we have saved already. 

Debbie Meyer Grilling Bags

Grilling BagsDebbie Meyer Grilling Bags have so much to offer:

  • For BBQ or oven cooking
  • Cook meat, fish and vegatables
  • Avoids cross-contamination
  • Keeps appliances clean
  • Locks in flavor

Often in the summer time my family will cook a ton of chicken or beef to be eaten with lunched throughout the week. I don’t have time to grill out for lunch daily. Instead we grill a bunch of chicken on a Sunday to be used on my salads or in my lunch. These Debbie Meyers Grilling Bags are perfect for this routine. I can easily bake or grill my chicken in them with some choice spices. The bag locks in the flavor so well! Then I can toss them into the fridge or freezer in the Grilling bag! No mess! No extra dirty dishes. No grill to be scrubbed. I can even microwave my food in these bags!

If you have the habit of accidentally burning your food on the grill, then you have to try out these bags. They help prevent burnt food while locking in the flavor and moisture.

Debbie Meyer Microwave Steamer Bags

Microwave Steamer BagsThese Debbie Meyer Microwave Steamer Bags have several benefits:

  • Delicious vegetables in minutes
  • Quick cook perforated bags
  • Healthy cooking: no added oil or fat
  • Locks in flavor

Steaming is one of the basic ways people prepare vegetables. Its healthy, its tasty and its easy. Now, with Debbie Meyers Microwave Steamer Bags it is every easier! Simply place you veggies into the Steamer Bag. Close the page using the tie that is provided. Place the bag on a microwaveable dish or plate with the perforations upper most. Allow the bag to stand for at least 30 second before opening (hello steam!). Open the bag at the top or cut with scissors for easier opening. BEWARE OF STEAM!

Broccoli and beans cook in little are 2-3 minutes and potatoes in only 4-5 minutes. If you want to add a teaspoon of water to the bag before cooking you can, this can help the steaming process. These bags also steam fish!! Steaming fish in a micro with some fun seasonings is the perfect way to add some excitement to your week.

Debbie Meyer OvenBags for Roasting

OvenBags for RoastingThese Debbie Meyer OvenBags have so many great benefits!

  • Suitable for meant, fish and vegatables
  • Healthy cooking: no added oil or fat
  • Keeps food succulent
  • Oven stays clean

Keeping my birds (chicken, duck, turkey) moist can be tricky! A dry bird is a sad bird. By using these OvenBags I can now keep them super moist and tasty. The bags seal in the moisture so that instead of being evaporated, it stays put and stays yummy!

How to Use:

  • Fold over the opening of the bag to fill it easily.
  • Pace the bag in an over dish and carefully put in the ingredients
  • Add seasoning is your choose to
  • Tie off bag with tie that is provided
  • Massage the meat/poultry
  • Cut off the top corner of the bag with scissors.
  • Place dish in oven

Cooking times can vary – Food cooks approximately 10% faster in a Debbie Meyer bag

Debbie Meyers Slow Cooker Liners

SlowCooker LinersI cannot image how horrible crockpot cooking was before Debbie Meyer SlowCooker Liners! Once I discovered them I never went back. What makes these crockpot bags stand out is how durable they are.

How to Use:

  • Remove the slow cooker lid
  • Open the Slow Cooker Liner, fold over opening of the slow cooker
  • Fill the liner to cover the bottom and sides of the dish
  • Place all ingredients in slow cooker
  • Replace the lid
  • Cook according to manufacture directions
  • Serve food directly out of bag. Do not attempt to pick up bag when filled with food
  • Once bag has been emptied of food you can take out the liner bag and throw bag away

These bags have strength! After we used on with our corned beef this St Patrick’s Day we were able to pick up the bag (after we saved all the food for course) and it didn’t rip in the crockpot! So may slow cooker liners rip and this help true. I am so thrilled with this quality of theses bags.