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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I would love to try some of the chocolates and flavored coffee.
Fig & Olive Relish sounds good!
I would love to try any of their cheese, they all sound great!
Um, beer & pretzel caramels?! Three of my very favorite things all jammed into one…yes, please!
gluten-free goodies
I would definitely say some of the cheese–probably the Barely Buzzed cheese. It looks amazing!
I think I would have to try their chocolate orange granola. That sounds delicious!
I’d love to try to the gluten free organic brownies. Finding yummy gluten free treats can be difficult, but these definitely look delish
the pear balsamic vinegar looks so great!
Tough decision…I am leaning towards the Pumpkin Cheesecake!!
i would have to choose between the ginger spice cookies and the cherry almond scones.
I looked around for about ten minutes and loved so many things, but granola is a favorite and definitely the Banana Walnut Flax Granola. That looks fantastic!
I would love to try the Olde Shenandoah Soup mixes, I love making soup and these look amazing!
Definitely the Organic Fair Trade Sumatra and Ginger Pear Salad Dressing!
I would like to try anything on the gluten-free menu! It all looks amazing.
The fig and nuts granola sounds so yummy! But of course, so does all the granola!
Beer and pretzel carmels! sounds delish!
What a variety of things to choose from.. but the ginger spice cookies and truffles definitely caught my attention!!
Gosh, I didn’t EVEN get past the first page–I saw exactly what I would want! I think about my grandmothers fig tree all of the time and how we used to go pick figs, wash them and eat them right away! I would definately love the fig and granola or the fig relish. YUMMY!! I love your blog!
I would get some of their mulling spices – I love using that in the fall/winter with some apple cider…yummy!
Hi Tina! Once again, thanks for the giveaway. I would love to try pretty much anything on their website. The muesli and coffees would probably be the stuff that I would order if I won the gift certificate.
Murphy is the cutest ‘lil pug ever, by the way
oh my goodness! cranberry horseradish sauce!?!? beer & pretzel caramels!?!?!? rosemary shortbread!?!? fig & olive relish!?!? how do you decide? that $25 wouldn’t take me as far as i’d like to go, but it sure would be a lovely start. : )
I would totally get the Hot Cereal Variety Pack. Or coffee. You can never go wrong with coffee
Wow, such great things going on this Monday!! I love the BSW idea too.
I would definitely go with the Coffee Lovers Gift Pack because I am in the market for a French Press and some great new coffee! I just tweeted about it this morning!
Well, really, what wouldn’t I want to try?! Seriously though, the nut butter, pear-balsamic vinegar, or any of the teas.
Oooooh!, The organic hummingbird nectar tea looks yummy!
Happy Monday! I <3 Marley pictures!
*Murphy! Doh!
Definitely the Figs ‘N Nuts granola!!! I’m on a neverending mission to find the perfect granola.
Holy Yum! I’d pick the Southern Pecan Toffee or Gingerbread Spice Cookies! My mouth is salivating as I type
Do you know the guy who wrote that article? He clearly is a fan!
That website is pretty cool. It may sound weird, but I would probably buy some grass-fed filet mignon. It’s so expensive and could be a nice healthy treat (all the chocolates and nuts also look quite good but I’m being good today).
Sour cherry jam from Tait Farms!
Maybe the mini-cheesecake sampler to share with family at Thanksgiving!
Wow, Tina, this is a great giveaway! This company really has a lot to offer! Thanks for sharing their info., as they have tons of goodies that would make great holiday gifts. I would love to try the organic french roast coffee.
Wow! Tough choice between the cheesecake sampler and the coffee sampler!
CUTEST PUG FACE EVER methinks
Thanks for the great giveaway, Tina.
I’d have to go for some maple treats. I miss my New England tastes.
YUM!
Either the hot cereal variety pack or the Coffee sampler….can you tell Im not good at choosing ONE thing?
awesome giveaway!!
I would buy the organic pear oil! That just sounds so delish for winter salads.
its so hard! but i would say either the almond butter or Fiddler’s Organic Muesli! =)
It all looks unique and delicious! But, if I had to choose, I pick the wild berry ice cream! DEEELISH! http://heavenlyhedgehog.regionalbest.com/detail/bens-berry-blast/
Almond butter looks great!
I would have to try some chocolate .
I’d love to try some of the fruit chutneys!
Wow! What a neat giveaway………. I would love to try the TX Strawberry Creamed Honey. I have never heard of such a thing but it sounds wonderful
The Vermont Maple Syrup!
Ahhh!! So many choices!! The Beer & Pretzel Caramel “Six-Pack” sounds great but so does the Southern Pecan Toffee…and all of the coffees!
Kohana’s Best Sampler! Would be great to try a little bit of each coffee!
Maybe the almond butter or the granola or the maple syrup..too much good stuff there.
Almond butter and apple butter! …But i’d have to look through everything one more time just to make sure that’s what I want
Wow, they have sooooooooooooo many great things! beer and pretzel caramels, chocolate covered almonds, almond butter… yum!!!
The coffee lovers gift pack includes a french press which i have been *dying* to get! But everything looks so good it would be a really hard choice!
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