february foodie pen pals
Through the wonderful world of blogs and twitter, I came across some really cool ways to make friends with other foodie obsessed bloggers. Foodie pen pals was started by lindsay over at the Lean Green Bean Blog.
The blogger who received my name this month is Richgail. I won the lottery with this girl. She runs her vegan blog at Astig Vegan. You should stop by!
I received my package early in February. I had no idea what to expect. You really are going in blind in these kind of things. there is a fear of the person absolutely hating what you send. I was lucky. No one would be close to getting the stuff I got, and it made me feel special.
When I opened the box, I thought it was my birthday for a sec. I love how she put everything in a gift bag. I opened the card first. She sent me products based on my love for a healthy lifestyle and her vegan filipino way of eating. I couldn’t be more excited.
We attacked the trail mix right away. Richgail put it together herself. It is a delicious mix of filipino dried fruit and nuts. the girls were just as excited as I was. Amani couldn’t put down the freshly picked kalamansi fruit. She included a recipe for a juice blend, but unfortunately, we couldn’t put em down! They were delicious enough as is. they tasted like a mix of an orange and grapefruit.
She also included some dried watermelon seeds. I was a little embarrassed, I didn’t know whether I was supposed to eat these or plant them. But I asked Richgail and she kindly explained there for edible consumption. Shes so kind and didn;t make me feel dumb. So now I carry them with me when I want something to munch on.
2 cans of filipino coconut juice. Very delicious and not too sweet. She does use coconut milk to bake like I did for my banana bread, but didn’t want to send it in fear of it not lasting through the mail.. Th mango candies were just as good as everything else. Thank you again Richgail!!
If you want to check out the goodies I sent to Lily, you can check it out here!
If you want to take part in all of the fun:
-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
-Foodie Penplas is open to US & Canadian residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
If you’re interested in participating for March, please send an email to me at theleangreenbean@gmail.com and include the following information:
-Your full name
-Your email address
-Your blog name/address
-Your twitter handle (if applicable)
-WHETHER YOU ARE A US RESIDENT OR CANADIAN RESIDENT. – this is SUPER important so you get on the right list!
You must submit your information by March 4th as pairings will be emailed on March 5th!
***PLEASE NOTE: if you send an email, you WILL GET A RESPONSE within 48 hours. If you don”t….please re-send your email or contact me via Twitter (@LeanGrnBeanBlog). Last month we had a few emails get lost as spam so we’re trying to avoid that!
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