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Our spring box is awesome!! Last week to order.

March 27, 2016 by Mary 10 Comments

First of all, Happy Easter! May you be blessed with new beginnings, all good things, sunshine on rainy days and flowers of all colors!!

I want to tell you that for our spring MARY’s secret ingredients box, we are waiting for a very special item so we are set to ship on April 5th. This is a remarkable box.Sauteed chicken with sugar snap peas.

To give you an idea, with the products in this box, you can make a meal like this, in just 20 minutes. Seriously. And it’s seriously delicious!

Dijon Mayonaise sauce on steamed sugar snap peas.

This incredible product sauces up any vegetable – takes it from “every day” to a company meal!

You know, food is the new medicine. Actually food and herbs are the old medicine, new again, in vogue again. I got sick with a flu this past week on Tuesday night and got rid of it in a day by drinking green and turmeric tea, very hot, with lots of honey, vegetable broth soup with lots of vegetables, bowls of fresh fruit and lots of sleep – did the trick! I was back on my feet on Thursday. But I think that’s also because I eat healthy all the time so I don’t often get as sick in the first place and can rebound quicker. And I take a lot of Vitamin D-3.

My husband was sick with the flu first, but for three whole days! He does not take the vitamin D-3.

Back to the box. This box is so incredible, if you haven’t ordered it, you must. You really must because it is so good and it is doing so much good. First off, it’s got incredible things – the box is worth over $56.00! And with the code 25OFF, you can buy the box for only $25.50. And all of the products in the box, as always, are all natural, good for you, kind of things. They all enable you to turn ordinary meals into extraordinary!

So not only are you getting a “steal”, you‘ll be doing a great deal because this box, as every one of our boxes gives back to Feed The Children, and through 100 Cups A Day, fights for clean water and through another partner, gives back to cancer research. It’s a total win-win all around!

Little yellow cups on a log at the water's edge.

Here’s a peak at these beautiful little handmade cups – great for sake or tea – reminding you of the importance of clean water for everyone.

Heck, you should buy two boxes – one for you and one as a gift. It makes a great hostess gift.

So order one today. You only have this week left before they ship. Remember, I email you custom recipes using each ingredient after you receive the box so you never have to worry about how to use a certain product. You’ll be able to make great meals like this super easily.

joseph joseph serrated knifeAnd if you buy a year’s subscription, only $108.00, you’re also eligible for the golden ticket item, this amazing 4” really sharp serrated knife that has this cool elevated rest, so the blade never has to touch the counter. There are only 10 of these and you must be a full year M club member to be eligible as only 10 random M club members will be chosen to receive this awesome knife by Joseph Joseph.

Wishing you the best day! Celebrate spring and cook with LOVE!

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MSI summer box and foodies

June 26, 2014 by Mary 26 Comments

 

MSI boxes with FedEX man.

Here’s our super happy FedEx man picking up our boxes under Marie’s watchful eye.

Our summer MARY’s secret ingredients (MSI) boxes sold out last week, way before our closing date of yesterday when they all shipped. They are on their way to all of you who ordered. We’re so excited about this box! It’s got great summer treats and I will be posting more wonderful recipes and ideas to use the products, making your BBQ and summer party days ahead a breeze. It turns out that this box is also gluten-free for those of you concerned with this area of your intake, but you would never know it, as everything is so delicious!

I read an editorial by Mark Bittman in the The New York Times yesterday. He was talking about the use of the word “foodies” and how it makes him cringe. How about you? Does it make you cringe too? Are you a “foodie” in search of the next hot restaurant? Or do you like to cook at home to be able to know exactly what you’re putting into your body? Or are you concerned about changing our eating habits or our whole society on the way food is produced, transported and eaten? He brings up some really valid points on all of this.

And then there was this other article I read just last week about how everyone is beating the drum about only eating local, farmer’s market food and really, that’s a very nice idea but you can’t feed a country our size this way. So they were suggesting using a combination of technology (think Wylie Dufresne or new versions of freeze dried) and local, to go way beyond the Alice Waters philosophy.

All are good ideas in my book. Anything that gets us back in the kitchen and makes us fully aware, to want to know what we’re putting into this delicate machine that is our bodies, is a great idea.

MSI open box.Which brings us back to our MSI box. Our whole concept here is to showcase new natural, good-for-you products that will surprise and inspire you and your cooking with fresh ideas to feed your body and keep it healthy. And if you cook with LOVE, you feed your soul too! Happy eating!!!

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Spread LOVE – MARY’s secret ingredients is COMING SOON!

March 5, 2014 by Mary 20 Comments

butter knife

I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching, trying to figure out ways to spread more LOVE in this world of ours. Like many people, I constantly want to try new flavors, and to learn other countries’ traditions and favorites. What are those unusual vegetables or fruits at the Jamaican market? What do you do with all the different dried chilies you see in some stores? How can you fuse certain heritages’ flavors? There are so many new ingredients introduced every year – artisanal, unique, small batch – how can you find them and play with them in your repertoire while continuing to spread LOVE in your cooking?

Well, I’m out to solve that problem, as well as to do my part to help feed hungry children. Soon, we will be bringing you MARY’s secret ingredients, a limited edition, culinary surprise, subscription box service containing unique, gourmet and artisanal ingredients, along with small kitchen products to spice up your cooking. During each quarter in 2014, 100 themed seasonal boxes will be filled with lovely surprises to inspire you, delivered right to your door. The cost will be $25.95 per box (including shipping) and 10% of our annual profits will be donated to the wonderful non-profit organization Feed The Children. No one should go hungry. Not in this country. Not anywhere. Put double LOVE in your cooking!

Our site will go live in the next few days. We have exciting and delicious ingredients to share with you. Terrific partners have signed up to participate with their delectable products. Additionally, I’ll be creating new recipes with these colorful ingredients, so you can refer back here to the blog for further inspiration in your cooking.

As mentioned, there will be only four box themes curated this year, with room for just 100 orders for each, so sign up just as soon as our site is launched which will be early next week. At the moment, we are only able to ship within the U.S. – we hope to be able to serve our international friends in the near future. You, my dear readers, are what makes all of this extra fun, and I want to thank you, near and far, for being part of this community and being here on my food adventure.

I’m so excited to share this with you all, and will let you know when the site has launched!butter knife

My good friend Marie gave this butter knife to me as a birthday present – the inspiration for this new adventure. Isn’t it great?

 

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