Manna Bread Organic & Healthy Review & Giveaway! US 7/6 ***CLOSED!!!***

MANNA BREAD® is remarkably simple and wholesome, made entirely from sprouted organic grains, seeds, fruits & nuts. It contains no salt, leavening, yeast, oil, or sweeteners. By fully germinating our grains, we convert the starches into easily digested natural complex sugars, similar to those found in fresh fruits, hence the sweetness. The sprouts are ground and hand-shaped into loaves, baked at a low temperature, then packed and frozen to preserve shelf life, without any chemical additives

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Manna Bread is available for purchase at your local Whole Foods! If you don't have one local to you, you may buy it online!

What is Manna bread? It is a cake-like, sprouted bread, yeast free bread, organic bread, free of salt, no oils, no sweeteners, no leavening agents. Manna is a moist and delicious, high in protein and fiber. Available in 9 delicious flavors in your favorite health food store, and most Whole Foods markets, in the USA and Canada. Or order here on our website!

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MANNA BREAD® "...moisten your wheat, that the angel of water may enter it…and the blessing...will soon make the germ of life to sprout... then crush your grain and make thin wafers as did your forefathers..." — Essene Gospel of Peace.

• 5 Days @ 65º F (Countertop)
• 2-3 Weeks @ 35º F (Fridge)
• 1 Year @ -10º F (Freezer)

My thoughts on Manna Bread!

I have never eaten a bread like this before. This is more like a cake to me. A fruit cake consistency actually. This bread is extremely small loves, and extremely heavy. Very robust. All four breads were moist and kept refrigerated.    They arrived on ice. I think my favorite was the Banana Walnut Hemp Manna Bread (click me!) 
It was so healthy I could feel myself reversing in age like Benjamin Button!

No, but seriously. It was quite tasty, hearty and robust!

I sliced it thin as I could. (Its quite hard to slice by the way.)  I made homemade french toast with it! I sliced bananas on it, and drizzled honey all over it! I "fry" my french toast in 100% olive oil.  It was sooo yummy! The kids loved it and I felt great knowing I was providing my children with the best nutrition possible. I was super impressed with this bread from the start. I didn't know what to expect, I thought all bread was "bread" this is bread, but not in the typical sense you would expect. Its small, thick and heavy and kind-of hard. But that is not to say it doesn't taste good. Just different from what I am used to. The sour dough bread also has the same consistency that the Banana Walnut Hemp has. (They all do) The Fruit & Nut bread was Devonny's favorite. She is only one, but she was chowing down on it. But then, that baby loves any kind of bread anyhow. I knew she'd love it! The nuts are large but sliced thinly. The ingredients in the bread make it extremely moist and I recommend refrigeration, because as stated in this post, the bread doesn't have a very long shelf life outside of the fridge,because things that are not in it, preservatives, and whatnot. Which is actually a good thing. Maybe this is off subject, but I got to thinking about it one day, how we eat cakes that sit on the counter for days. Its pretty gross. All cakes are made with milk and eggs. Would you eat french toast that was coated with egg and sat on the counter for two days? It bothered me so much I got to googling it, and found that the sugars act as a preservative. As we are all aware, there is an enormous amount of sugar and especially corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup too in majority of our diets, the numbers on it in children are even worse and staggering. So I am glad this bread doesn't have those sugars and such in it, because its just gross. The obesity epidemic is nothing to laugh at!
There are some breads that do not have sugars, but this bread definitely doesn't. Its sweeteners are all natural and i love that it is organic. I am not organic to the core, where everything that comes into my household is organic. Unfortunately I cannot afford that. I still have not figured out why organic stuff is so much more expensive. Its the same food, just without chemicals. In that aspect  you'd think it would cost less.

Back to the Sunny Sour Dough (changing subjects quickly, as usual) it was very small loaf, very dense. It has enormous chunks of Sun Flower seeds and Caraway seeds. I appreciated that it was pre-sliced.   I love that it is high fiber. That is an essential part of our diets. I only wish I had tried the carrot raisin bread. I do not know how I missed that one! I love carrots. They are so good for you. 
The Fig Fennel Flax. I know fennel seeds are VERY healthy, in fact, iI know they are also good for nursing. I wish I was aware of this bread while I was nursing. Instead I bought supplements from GNC of it. Not that I am nursing anymore - but I would have regarded knowing so.


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The winner will receive :


Sunny Sourdough
Fig Fennel Flax
Fruit & Nut
Banana Walnut Hemp

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I don't want to be known for JUST doing reviews and giveaways! They are quickly becoming another chore! Maybe you should learn some stuff about me.

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About me - hm, I am self taught on the computer. I can type so fast. But I am weird because I look at the keys when I type and not at the screen. If I look at the screen it completely throws me off. To hear me typing up a  blog is an extremely loud click noise. I have a lot of typos too, which I correct in my blog posts, usually, but do not bother correcting on Facebook, which might make me come off as looking ignorant. I cannot stand it when people do not know how to spell. I am a spelling drill Sargent. It drives me up the wall!
The most important thing and the first thing you might notice about me, is while I am a fiercely loyal friend, and very dependable, I do not care what others think of me.  I say whats on my mind, and I am very impatient  (My worst attribute) when it comes to stupidity! I am a Leo through and through. If you don't like me, my world doesn't stop. I could care less what you think. Said it before, I'll say it again. Life is too short to spend it worried about people who do not matter, and life's too short to spend it worried about what others think!!

What matters?  My close friends, but more than that, my family, and more than that, my husband. But at the top of that list is my gorgeous daughters. Survival of the fittest, ya know? We have to take care of our young 'uns! (No matter how much they drive us crazy!)

I am the youngest of us three sisters, and a half brother who I barely halfway know.
Being the youngest I was the scapegoat. I got left out of a lot of things. We grew up low income, my parents struggled to provide for so many kids. ( I had a stepbrother and a stepsister growing up.) My step-dad actually, who was extremely abusive. Yes I said it. If anyone wants to say anything about it, they can take it up with me. That might have something to do with my sparky attitude.

My brother Scooby, is much older than me, from my father's first marriage, and I never really knew or saw him growing up, only fleetingly.

My oldest sister Shelley has two of the cutest daughters. One Kaitlyn, is turning 17 this year, who is pageant picturesque gorgeous. Another younger little girl Meaghon, who is older than both of my girls, who looks like her mother's clone. She loves to draw and write.  My older sister Shelley, is a red head through and through. Dot your I's and cross your T's! She is 8 yrs older than me, and shares the same day birthday as my youngest, Devonny but a different month! (They are both born on the 19th!)

My other older sister, Amber- who looks a lot like me, is a lot like me, in things that we enjoy and like. But that is where the differences stop. While we have some of the same tastes and ideas about things, our personalities are like night and day. I'm rough around the edges and harsh but also strong emotionally, I am the rock. I don't let things get to me. To catch me crying, is rare. I am like a brick wall. She is sensitive and a big old sap! She can be very emotional. But our differences are not weaknesses. They are just what define us. She has 4 children. Two little twin girls that passed away a few weeks before my eldest daughter was born.  They had twin-to-twin syndrome and were simply born too early. :(  She has another older child, Lynzey whom I adore and is a very smart child. She is just as kinky haired as my sister and a lot like her! She also has a son, Mason who is younger than my eldest and is so cute he loves pirates!

My mother, Kaye- is my world. I do not know where I would be without her. She has turned me into the women I am today and a lot of my personality comes from her. We can bash heads quickly if  left alone with each other for too long, but we always get over it. I wish my mother could retire and just stop stressing about work and money. She is so generous and hard working.

Then there's Greg, Talk about hard working! For all sakes and purposes, we will call him my dad. Because really he is more of a Dad to me than any of the other men in my life have been.When I refer to my Dad, I am referring to my mothers boyfriend., Greg
Hes' the glue that holds us all together. He is extremely dependable and reliable and is just the sweetest man alive. I can explain it this way. Arguing with him would be like... HM... hang on.. it would be like arguing with a baby chicken. Why would you? he is just so sweet and more than any of us could ever ask for!  He is not my biological father, but I love him just the same. My mother met him shortly after she got tired of the life we had with my stepfather. (They divorced when I was 13) My mother has been with my dad for 10+ years They both have been married before, but despite my pushing and begging and shoving and pleading they still have not married. I say they just jump. But who listens to me?

My husband - what do you want to know about him? Most already know he is in the Navy, a submariner. While his job is dangerous and scary and important. I feel safe. I know that he is not gone as long as some military jobs, and I support him 310%  My husband and I could not be more different however. Where I am loud, extroverted, outspoken, and opinionated, he is observant, shy, introverted, and quiet. They say opposites attract, right? We are yin & yang.

Being a navy wife is hard. I do not know if its my mouth, or my extreme opinions, or my total lack of willingness to put up with others people BS that has led me to be so lonely. I try to make friends, but most of the women come off as snobby. It might also be because I am all about 1st impressions.One girl I met for some reason does not like me. I hung out with her 3 times or so at her house for 20 min each time. Got her number, thought she seemed awesome! She was so sweet, really pretty... my children really liked her!  I still have not figured out why she doesn't like me. All I know is I met her during a really bad period in my life. I had postpartum. My husband deployed when our daughter was 2 days old. I was taking medication called Reglan, for breastfeeding, which I do not know how to explain, but made me feel even worse, super anxious and sad.  It made time slow down, and me feel really weird. I really can't describe the way it made me feel. I will tell you this. Do NOT take Reglan. So I met her during my Reglan phase. On top of hubby leaving, my depression & postpartum, My anxiety induced my Reglan, Devonny was also very colicky. My first daughter Giana, was not at all. A very simple baby, so this threw me for yet another loop.  I met this girl a few times, and I tried to be her friend, but every time I'd try to hang out, she'd blow me off. I tried to hang out with her about 10+ times, before I got the point. I would text say, "Hey, wanna go with me "wherever" insert-place-here." She would be like, "No, I'm busy" At first I seriously thought she was just that busy. After a while, I sat down and thought about it, and was like, hmmmm.. She would never say, "Oh, well I am leaving now, do you want to come with?" She knew I was depressed and lonely and sad. It was never "Well, why don't you come back later?" or "No, I'm busy today, but what about tomorrow or the next day?" It was a compete diss. It was probably more than 10x. Now its super  awkward when I see her, because she lives close to me. But I am not pathetic like that. Not everyone has to like each other. Its just that this girl, for example, claims to be this nice, church going, navy wife, who is part of  what I like to call the Navy Wives Club. Which basically is a group of women assigned to each submarine who welcome the other wives and organize functions.They are supposed to help women who was going through what I was going through. Ironic, huh? I try to stay away from those women, because those can be the most judgmental, in my opinion, in large numbers anyway. Please do not get defensive and bash me for saying this. I am sure by their selves each of these women is quite lovely. But in large numbers they are like a pack of wolves and very intimidating. A lot of the women also use their husbands status and think women who are married to men who are not ranked as high as theirs are should kiss their ass. That's not my style. You are not royalty, you are no different than me. So I just choose to stay away! I don't need all that high school drama around my girls. I compare it to being back in High School and everyone already having their cliques and your the new kid. I cuss a lot. I don't go to church, so I don't really fit in with most of them. Whenever I did go to functions, noone ever talked to me, and when I tried to mingle I was shot down. Do I have BO or something? LOL!

That is just me though. I don't tolerate excuses, and I am extremely prompt and dependable. When I meet someone who isn't, it breeds a strong deal of dislike from my part. I do not tolerate being stood up, lied to, or other foolish things. If you tell me you are going to do something, you have to do it in my mind, or you aren't worth the waste of my time. In my older age, as I meet more and more people like this, it gets done to me. I become more and more intolerant of it. When I'm friends with someone, I give the friendship my all. It's just how I am. I simply do not have time for people in my life, who are so self involved. They will only bring frustration & drama. SO that's not to say that I have zero friends, I have tons of friends I grew up with back home. I have a few friends here I really like too. Two neighbor girls who are always always there for me, and the best neighbors you could ask for. Plus this awesome girl I met a year ago named Destiny. Who I love, and then there's a couple of other girls I do not know so well yet, that I am talking to. But being here, is different from being back home.  I explain it this way. When you have been friends with someone since the beginning of time, high school and such, its easier to be forgiving of their short-comings. If they say something off the wall its OK, because they are half-like family. If they stand you up, or are flaky, you get ill but you forgive them.  But when you meet someone new and they do it, your kinda like, "Jeez! I just met you!" Its just that my personality type doesn't mesh well with all.
Its that simple.
I am aware and working on it. But I cannot help who I am, anymore than I can help my skin color. Its in my DNA. I am not apologizing for it. I do not try to offend others. I am just blunt like that.
So you know a little about me.
My strengths, my weakness. I am not afraid to bare it all.
I am me.
I am woman.
I am Casey.
hear me roar!

My daughters are so cute! My youngest, Devonny is a handful. She is very clingy and loving, she is also a scared y cat! She will freak out if you sit her on the edge of something. Even if you are holding her. She is the sleepiest baby I have ever met and has the cutest dimples. People say she looks just like my husband, but really, she looks like my baby pictures.
My oldest, Giana is about to be six years old! Isn't that crazy? I am getting old. She is sooo smart. SHE READS CHAPTER BOOKS! And  she is very inquisitive. She also drives me up the wall. (this goes back to me being extremely impatient.) She loves scary movies and is very tall for her age. She has what I call, "Peggy Hill" feet.

So there it is, you know some things about me. A lot actually. My strengths, my weaknesses. My kryptonite. Maybe I told you too much.  I am an extremely honest person. I must be a direct descendant of George Washington  LOL!
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My thoughts on Buzz Guard!

Buzz Guard is what I got to test. But, if you win, you can pick either product, Buzz Guard or Canine Calm. Back to Buzz Guard, I liked the size bottle, and the scent. The dogs didn't seem to mind it either. I am sure that common bug products can be very irritable to dogs delicate sensitive noses! I do think that the bugs seemed to not come so close though. The bugs around this area are pretty bad.We have no see-ums, mosquitoes + this one called an Asian Tiger Mosquito.(Don't believe me, Google it!)  You haven't ever seen a mosquito so scary looking. We also have these horrible gnats. They come out at about dark-ish. I'd say about 6ish, give or take 30 minutes. Its around that time that I start herding kids indoors. Its horrible because, it is so hot during the day, and just when it starts to cool off. Its bug-thirty. So I know if they bother me, they are probably bothering them. I see them scratching - poor babies.

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Guest post by: Vicki Ray Thorne

Independence Day is quickly approaching and it’s a great time to enjoy with friends and family. But, sadly the July 4^th holiday weekend can be very stressful for four-legged family members, as thousands of dogs suffer needlessly from the loud noises of fireworks and the added anxiety associated with busy holiday activities and travel.

Canine Calm is formulated with all natural ingredients, including pure essential oils, such as lavender, tangerine and geranium that have been traditionally used in remedies for relaxation. The product has been recommended by dog lovers and professionals as a safe and effective natural remedy providing relief to over 95% of dogs who experience noise and stress anxieties.

It is easy to use, won’t stain or harm materials, and can safely be sprayed directly onto a dog’s bedding or clothing, or rubbed into their outer ears and abdomen. (For the entire story see the attached press release.)

The full line of Earth Heart products, including Canine Calm, Travel Calm, Buzz Guard and Guard Well, are available for purchase through online and retail stores throughout the US and Canada, via the Earth Heart website at earthheartinc.com, and by calling 847-551-1806.

Earth Heart™ has a long-standing reputation for designing effective natural remedies using plant-based ingredients that help dogs live happier, healthier lives. Earth Heart mists are made in the USA, packaged in BPA free containers, easy to use, and can be sprayed directly onto cloth, skin or fur without staining or leaving a sticky residue. Feedback from dog lovers and professionals across the USA and Canada have shown that Earth Heart mists provide relief to over 95% of dogs suffering from stress, travel upsets, insect pests, and minor illnesses caused by environmental irritants.

·         Canine Calm™ helps soothe dogs prone to whimpering, trembling, panting, pacing, drooling and other signs of stress during thunderstorms, fireworks, competitions, adoptions, travel, bath time, clinic or kennel visits, and boredom or separation anxiety.

·         Travel Calm™ helps ease restlessness, drooling, panting, whimpering and tummy upset during all forms of travel.

·         Guard Well™ helps relieve itching, swelling, skin problems, and other minor illnesses following exposure to lawn or pool chemicals, environmental irritants, viruses, bacteria, or long-term use of medications.

·         Buzz Guard™ has been favorably field-tested by a variety of dog lovers and professionals as a natural alternative to commercial repellents, and is created with essential oils and neem to repel mosquitoes, flies, fleas, no-see-ums and ticks for up to five hours.

Giving back is a major part of the Earth Heart brand providing donations to over 30 rescues, shelters and other charitable organization in 2010. Featured in Dog Fancy, Modern Dog, and listed as one of the Top 100 Best Dog Products and Wellness Products of 2010 by Fido Friendly Magazine, Earth Heart products have been recommended by dog lovers, trainers, veterinarians, groomers, and kennel owners.

Neem seed oil as an effective natural insect repellant.

©2011 Vicki Rae Thorne, master herbalist, certified aromatherapist, earthheartinc.com

Outdoor pests can cause a variety of dangerous illnesses and problems, making protection a vital part of your family’s care. Insect repellents work by masking the human scent or mimicking a scent that insects typically avoid, and are helpful in preventing and controlling insect-borne diseases, such as malaria, West Nile virus and Lyme disease.

Because insect repellents are applied directly to clothing, skin or fur, controversy over the safety of commercial insecticides, particularly those containing DEET, has led to increasing development of natural insect repellents.

Claims abound that natural insect repellants don’t work, but according to reports issued by the Center for Disease Control, certain natural substances, such as essential oil of lemon eucalyptus, have been shown to be as effective as DEET in repelling mosquitoes.

Neem seed oil has been gaining popularity as a natural insect repellent for use on the body and in the garden. The oil is pressed from the fruits and seeds of Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree native to India, where it has been traditionally used in remedies for a wide variety of skin problems. Neem at just one or two percent of the total product is also an effective insect repellent. Although neem has a strong scent that some people find disagreeable, it masks the scent of the wearer and can prevent insects from landing.

Unlike commercial insecticides that indiscriminately kill insects, neem oil only affects insects that chew or suck. When neem is ingested, it disrupts the insect’s normal functions. Some forget to eat, fly or lay eggs, or they may lay eggs that are sterile. Without food or larvae, the insects will die, leaving insect populations diminished.

This is good news for gardeners, too. Since beneficial insects don’t eat the plants, they are unaffected by neem, unless they are smothered during application of the spray. Plants will continue to be protected even if the spray is washed off by rain or watering systems, because the neem residue will be absorbed along with other nutrients in the soil.

Natural insect repellents such as neem can be a safe and effective alternative to commercial pesticides. The reality is that insect-borne diseases can be a serious health risk to people, animals and plants. Families may need to stock a variety of products, including chemical spot on treatments, that fit different situations and personal comfort zones – or stay indoors for a few days until the swarms have passed.

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