Greedy Giveaway: $100 American Express Gift Card to Plus Up Your Day!

So which one of you wants to win the $100 AmEx gift card I’m throwing at ya, courtesy of Kellogg’s FiberPlus? Just think of how easily you could Plus Up Your Day with 100 bucks. Here are some fancy suggestions for the winner that might be YOU:

Indulge in a high-end, $100 professional toenail clipping session.Buy 100 of your closest friends an awesome holiday gift from the Dollarmania store.Purchase a $100 pre-paid calling card to telephone your long lost uncle in the Bermuda Triangle Islands.

Say what!? You don’t like my suggestions? Then you better get a move on and enter this Giveaway so you can Plus Up Your Day any way you wanna. As for me? I used my $100 AmEx gift card (thank you, Kellogg’s) for a fancy dinner with husband. Then we hit a cozy coffee shop for sipping on the java and chewing on delicious, high calorie desserts. ‘Twas a very lovely evening.

My hungry teeth have been properly sharpened and I am currently working my way through all the boxes pictured above. But this is not my first time at the FiberPlus rodeo. I was a customer before Kellogg’s ever came knocking on Yum Yucky’s door with free food samples. But, err, I do love me some free food.

Newsflash! You need to know that the newest FiberPlus bar variety, Caramel Coconut Fudge (130 calories, 7 sugars, 9 grams fiber), is FREAKING DELICIOUS!! I want another one. Like right now. Although I’m not a fan every single ingredient (boo to the High Fructose Corny-ness), my highly skilled, flavor-loving taste buds declare to you my desire to tote Caramel Coconut Fudge in my purse for a hungry emergency and pack it up for after-lunch dessert.

How To Enter The Giveaway

Show me your fiber-knowledge! To enter for the $100 AmEx gift card, leave a comment telling me what you know, think you know or don’t know at all about fiber. Let’s talk fiber, people.

Read the official giveaway rules. Your chance to win ends Sunday, 12/11/11 at 9pm EST. Winner to be announced by 12/13/11.

Ready? Set. FiberPlus!

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Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express Egg Sausage and Cheese Smart Morning Wrap Review

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express Egg Sausage and Cheese Smart Morning Wrap (points for one of the longest product names to date), is described as, "Scrambled eggs and cheesy sauce with breakfast sausage, vegetables and cheddar cheese in a soft tortilla."

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 113 grams (2 pieces)
Calories: 240
Total Fat: 8 grams, 12%
Saturated Fat: 2.5 grams, 13%
Sodium: 560 mg, 23%
Carbohydrates: 38 grams
Fiber: 7 grams, 29%
Sugar: 2 grams
Protein: 11 grams

As you can see from the picture, this wrap was very cheesy, and that's just how it tastes. It was pretty good though, although I wouldn't go so far as to say delicious though. The portion of 2 of these thin egg wraps was a little small for me, but I suppose if it's PART of breakfast, say with an apple and maybe even a small container of low fat yogurt (like Dannon Light & Fit Blackberry Yogurt), then it would make a filling meal. For some reason, I also couldn't get this to heat evenly, but it might be my microwave, so although the directions said to heat for 90 seconds, I turned the wraps over and put them in for another 90 seconds to get it all warmed up.

I decided to open up the wrap and get a look at what was inside.

As you can see, the pieces of sausage are hidden, but there and I did taste it, but the veggies were practically non-existent.

A box has 2 servings or 4 egg wraps. Each serving (2 wraps) provides 240 calories from 8 grams of total fat, 2.5 grams of which is saturated fat (12% and 13% of the daily value), 560 mg sodium (23% of the DV), 7 grams of fiber (29% of the DV), 2 grams of sugars and 11 grams of protein. The portion is also 6 Weight Watchers Points. The ingredients list is lengthy because, this is not an all-natural product.

I received samples of Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express Egg Sausage and Cheese Smart Morning Wrap from the company, but WW products can usually be found for between $2.50 - $3.00. This is something that I could very easily make myself with less cheese, so less fat, and substituting Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits for the sausage to lower the fat and calories even more. For the wrap, look no further than FlatOut Multi Grain Wrap or French Meadow Bakery Organic Fat Flush Tortillas.

So I would buy this over Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express French Toast with Turkey Sausage Review, but really, this is one thing I would rather just make myself - it's not that hard or time consuming.

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Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express French Toast with Turkey Sausage Review

You've got mail! And in the package was Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express French Toast with Turkey Sausage. I thought this was an ambitious undertaking as a frozen, microwaveable food product, so I was really curious as to how this would turn out.

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 126 grams (1 pkg)
Calories: 280
Total Fat: 8 grams, 12%
Saturated Fat: 2.5 grams, 11%
Sodium: 570 mg, 24%
Carbohydrates: 38 grams
Fiber: 2 grams, 8%
Sugar: 18 grams
Protein: 14 grams

Inside the box are 2 french toast slices, 4 small sausage ... bits, and a packet of syrup. I followed the directions to microwave, and the result was a pretty decent tasting breakfast meal. The french toast was slightly sweet on it's own, and of course, with the added syrup, the sweetness factor explodes. And the turkey sausage was like what a slightly smoky, salty turkey sausage should taste like. If you've ever looked at the astronomical fat content of sausages, you'll understand why there was not more included in this meal. The question I asked myself is, would I rather purchase this product for $3.09, or make my own french toast? More on that later ...

The contents of each package of Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express French Toast with Turkey Sausage provides 280 calories, 8 grams of total fat which includes 2.5 grams of saturated fat (12% and 11% of the daily value), 570 mg of sodium (24% of the DV), 2 grams of fiber, 18 grams of sugars and 14 grams of protein. The ingredients list is quite the lengthy diatribe you would expect it to be since this is not an all natural product, and this is 7 Weight Watchers Points.

This product retails for $3,09, so, back to the question, would I buy this instead of making it myself, especially since it's so easy to make? For me, french toast & sausage is an indulgent breakfast, and Weight Watchers Smart Ones did a good job of providing a portion that wasn't too high in calories and fat, but this is not something I would really be eating if I were following a "Weight Watchers" plan, or trying to lose weight. If I were indulging as a weekend breakfast for example, then I would prefer to make it myself. But as I said, WW did a good job on the taste.

What do you think? Would you buy this?

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