homestyle cup of soup

a staple for lunch is soup. the problem with soup is that it's liquid. and when it gets heated, it bubbles. so if you like soup for lunch but don't take it for lunch because it spills in the car AND the microwave, here's some tupperware for you!

the crystalwave soup mug is the one that we use at our house. never leaks.

it came with the crystalwave set (seen below) that was on sale at my first ever tupperware party that i attended. the same set is on sale again until january 29th - let me know if you're interested. i'll put in an order on the 29th. the three piece set is 40% off - only $38.50.

another (prettier) option for taking soup for lunch is the vent and serve soup mug. a couple dollars more but the seal is a little easier to remove and the little vent pops up much more easily.

both these soup mugs (and all the vent and serve, in fact) have the vents so that you don't need to take the lid off and let your soup spray all over the microwave. however, a tip from experience is to still take off the seal, open the vent (always remember to open the vent), then just lay the seal on top of the mug. this way, when the soup is done being heated, you don't burn your fingers with the steam when taking the seal off!

happy soup eating!

free gifts...and turkey

this past weekend, i attempted christmas dinner at my house with some friends. and what is christmas dinner without turkey? (well, i guess it's a ham dinner...or a roast duck dinner...) and i bought a 19 pound turkey. for 9 of us. needless to say, we had leftovers. i'm pretty ecstatic about them. when you never ever make your own turkey, you never ever have the amount of turkey leftovers that you want. and now i do.

i piled the turkey that was carved up on the dinnertable into one large tupperware crystal wave dish and then i cleaned every bit of turkey off the carcass and put it in my new sheerly elegant bowl. i have big plans for soup...umm...or maybe just throwing all that turkey into my heat and serve and putting it into the freezer for another day...

anyways, i realized as i was laying in bed last night (i haven't been sleeping well) that both of those tupperware containers were FREE GIFTS at tupperware parties that i had hosted. free. just for hosting (and having at least $150 in sales...which is a given at a tupperware party). not only do you get host credits (which is a percentage of your party's total sales as well as one or two half-price items) but you also get stuff for free. it's a pretty great deal.

until february 12th, your free gift for having $150 in sales is a medium fridgesmart container (capacity of 7 cups/1.7 L). fridgesmart containers extend the life and taste of your fruits and vegetables by weeks. they're amazing. if you have not heard a personal testimonial to fridgesmarts from someone, you don't know what you're missing. it will have to be a whole other post. watch for that soon. but medium fridgemart - FREE! until feb. 12th.