Mmmmm… good iced coffee this morning! 
I got to try a new variety: Organic/Fair Trade Berkshire Blend from the Barrington Coffee Roasting Company. It’s described as “bold and luxurious, this coffee yields a uniquely complex cup with a smooth finish.” Now, doesn’t that sound delightful? 
The folks from Regional Best recently sent me a gift certificate to shop their website, which is an online food marketplace where you buy direct from all sorts of food artisans across the country. Mal and I seem to plow through coffee, so I used my gift certificate to purchase this bag of coffee from the Berkshires.
I loved the Regional Best concept so much, I asked the company if they’d like to do a giveaway on my blog because I love supporting small businesses and I know you guys do too. So, the folks at Regional Best offered to giveaway a $25 shopping certificate for anything you want.
To enter: Visit the Regional Best website, shop around, and leave a comment on this post about which product you would buy if you won the shopping certificate. I will randomly pick a winner tonight.
Good luck! 
Besides coffee, breakfast included a bowl of pumpkin oats with raisins and pumpkin seeds cooked in and scoop of peanut butter on the side.
While I was snapping photos, Murphy gave me the most pathetic-looking pug face. Poor baby. His life is SO hard.
Boston Sports Woman
BostonSportsWoman.com launches today! I’m a blogger for the site, so, of course, I am excited about the big reveal.
Boston Sports Woman is an online magazine dedicated to female sports fans in the Boston area and is designed to cover everything relating to an active lifestyle in and around the city. I know some of you are serious Red Sox and Patriots fans, so be sure to check it out! BSW is also on Twitter.
I’m thrilled to be involved with such a wonderful resource for Boston women!
Blog Your Way to a Book Deal
Check out this neat article that Google Alerts pinged back to me: Blog Your Way to a Book Deal. The article mentions Carrots ‘N’ Cake and talks about how you can monetize your blog, which, if you spend hours and hours each day creating free content for your readers, is usually well deserved!
Just to note: The article mentions getting paid to review products, but I have never received payment for a product review. I do, however, receive products for free, and, of course, I will give you my honest opinion about them.
Watch Healthworks on Dr. Oz
Healthworks will be featured on Dr. Oz TODAY (5:00 pm on Fox 25)!!! Two HW trainers help a couple shape up for their wedding day. Cool!
Holiday Recipe Contest
Don’t forget about the Eggland’s Best Holiday Recipe Contest. I’ve already received some delicious submissions and some of the recipes will be featured on the Eggland’s Best website. You can send your recipes directly to me at tina@carrotsncake.com or submit them on the Eggland’s Best website.
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the Aurora Borealis tea sounds delicious and relaxing!!
I would have to go with the Barrington Gold Espresso Blend. I LOVE good, strong, bold coffee! and have trouble finding companies that can keep that good espresso flavor.
PS: All of Murphy’s faces are so cute!
I would love to try the Kohana Blend!
Yum, mulling spices for wine or the pear balsamic vinegar. I will put good balsamic vinegar on anything.
Everything sounds amazing! Since I have to choose, I would pick the cranberry nut granola
I <3 GRANOLA!
organinc evoo? yum! but the coffee lovers gift pack is what I’d really like — I’ve never even seen a french press in real life!
The Barely Buzzed Cheese sounds amazing!
I would get the pralines!!!
butter toffee peanut butter— sounds delish! i would love to try some on an english muffin
the Butter Toffee Peanut Butter sounds delicious,
Flowering tea…because it’s so fun to look at
i’d want to try the Mac Daddy granola! YUM!
The cranberry chipotle cheddar sounds amazing! So many cool products on this site!
butter toffee peanut butter…..heaven!!!
hard to choose-but think it would be the fig and almond or some of that great looking coffee!
Spicy Ginger Pear Mustard and Cranberry Horseradish sound like fun condiments!
I would love to try the Kohana Coffee sampler. We just returned from our honeymoon in Hawaii and would love to sip coffee from Hawaii in the morning and reminisce about that fabulous trip!
Wow – so many delicious choices. I would select the Butter Toffee Peanut Butter!
The Vienna Roast coffee and Cocao Mint tea both sound yummy!
I would buy the Hannahbells Select Pack! Those cheeses sound amazing!
I would try one of the hawaii blends or maybe some chocolate!
ohh the Kohana coffee sampler!I’m obsessed with coffee
Oh my gosh, I could easily spend an hour looking through their products.
Top Faves
Olive and Fig Chutney
The milk chocolate bar with candied almonds and maple syrup
artizan cheeses (but a bit over the price limit!)
Mac Daddy Granola
Butter Toffe Peanut Butter
Vienna Coffee
Holy Yum!!!!!
The Hannahbells cheese pack sounds awesome
No doubt the granola and toffee bars look delish!!
I would loooove to try a selection of the granolas!
Organic Seasalt Caramels have my vote!
Oh my, what an amazing selection they have! Both my Mom and niece have celiac’s disease so I would order the gluten free brownies for the chocoholic in them!
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i would love the Organic Milk Chocolate Seasalt Caramels and the Cranberry Horseradish sauce! sounds awesome.
The BT Brownies look amazinggg!
I would love to try the Organic Milk or Dark Chocolate…yumm
cranberry horseradish!
the chocolate is callin my name
All of the coffee sounds great to me!
I’m torn between the chocolate page (everything looks great) and the strawberry creamed honey! Yumm!!!
hard to choose between cheesecake sampler or fig ‘n nuts granola…guess it depends how my sweet tooth is feeling
Mini pralines in the tubes would be an awesome stocking stuffer! Yum!
I’d go for the blackout cookies. Three types of chocolate…yum!!
The Maine Breakfast Package looks incredible!
everything looks great! i think i would pick some fair trade coffee or some granola. yum!
Mh, The Banana walnut flax granola looks totally worth it! Yum!
Haha, a glimpse of Murphy’s face never fails to make me smile:)
Your oatmeal looks mighty delicious! Do you live in a warm climate, or do you just prefer your coffee iced…even in November? : )
This website is great, i want everything, would love to try
the Hoity Toity Toffee & rosemary shortbread.
Murphy is too cute.
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