Last Year's Gift Guide

If you missed it last year, here's my Tupperware Gift Guide for your whole family - from your thrifty, workaholic older brother to your brand new brother-in-law. Something for everyone!

Microwave Pasta Maker

When Tupperware released this new product, I wasn't sure about it. Really? Pasta in the microwave? But I love my Microwave Rice Maker so I used it and it is fantastic. It works great and makes an entire one of those little boxes of spaghetti aka. 6 servings. Plus it's a lot smaller than you'd expect it to be which makes for easy clean up.

Why is the Microwave Pasta Maker better than on the stove? On the stove, you have to wait for the water to boil. If you've broken the lid of your pot, like I have, this takes forever. Then I usually forget about having water boiling on the stove and half the water has evaporated by the time I remember and put the pasta in...which means there's not enough water for the amount I'd planned on making. Oops. Then after you cook it, it feels like a waste of space to stick the pot in the dishwasher because it's so big so you have to wash it by hand (something that I hate to do!) Instead of dirtying a strainer also, there are holes in the one side of the Maker so that you can put the lid on and drain the water out. (one less dish needed!) In the Pasta Maker, your spaghetti is done in 11 minutes (even the whole wheat noodles since that's what I make) - it just seems so much faster and easier.

SO, I like to buy ground beef in the 5lb packs and then brown it all at once then freeze it. This makes it easy to pull out later and add to spaghetti, chili, etc. Yesterday during my kids' nap time, I started browning then put the meat into my Medium 1 Freezer Mates (holds about 1.5lbs).

Then for the last pound, I added sauce once it was browned so that I could make Baked Spaghetti for dinner that night.

While it cooked, I made my spaghetti in the microwave. Strained the water into the sink, poured the noodles into the baking dish, and...

Put the Microwave Pasta Maker in the dishwasher! See how little room it takes up? (Of course, it's also very easy and light to wash out in the sink if that's how you roll.)Added my sauce to the noodles and put it in the fridge until it needed to be heated up for dinner!

EASY!

The Microwave Pasta Maker is just $35. Perfect for your bachelor brother, new-mother-sister or anyone who is busy, busy, busy!

Make it a whole Pasta Gift set - see it here.

Next order going in on November 25. Or get it free by hosting a party before Christmas! rebeccashulba@gmail.com

storage solution

If you are lucky enough to have giant drawers in your kitchen in which you store all your Tupperware, check out this storage solution! Use a tension rod in the drawer to separate your seals from your stacked bowls and other containers! Love it!

sneaking in the veggies...

love my Quick Chef for sneaking in some extra veggies into my chili! i also chopped some celery, zucchini, and onions this way. sooo much easier than using a knife to get the pieces that tiny!

Tote-em Pails are BACK!

In the first couple months that I started selling Tupperware, these Tote-em Pails came out in a boxed set with a couple other things which made for a higher price tag. When I saw the pails in person, I saw how great they were and bought the whole boxed set JUST for the pails. I put them in the bathtub for my son (who was 10 months at the time) and they have been his ONLY tub toy for over a year and he still loves them. After seeing how much he uses and enjoys them, I wanted to buy more to give as gifts but I never saw them again...UNTIL NOW! They're back in time Christmas!

This photo doesn't do these pails justice:

why? it shows you that they stack but it doesn't show how many other ways that these pails are fantastic! here's what you can't see in this photo...

> on the bottom of each pail there is a different shape: octagon, hexagon, pentagon, triangle, and square, and circle.

> there are animals on the sides of each pail: elephant, hippo, panda, lion, dog, and seal.

> the turquoise, yellow, and pink pails have holes in the bottom for pouring water out of

> the pails nest inside one another and the bottom pail has a handle for carrying. PLUS the seals for the Microwave Cereal Bowls fit the top of that pail to keep everything inside!

Now that my son is two and a half, he likes to line the buckets up on the edge of the tub and sort his foam letters into colours, putting them inside the corresponding buckets.

Of course, these aren't just tub toys. They're awesome for the water table or even just the toy box. I bought another set so that we can have them at the beach next summer too without dirtying his tub ones. They're worth every penny of the $37 original price tag BUT THEY'RE ON SALE FOR $18.75! Love it.

Email rebeccashulba@gmail.com to order or to host a party. Order going in on Nov. 25th.