Do you remember your first date with your significant other? Well for me, my first date wasn’t really a date at all. It was more like a flight across the Atlantic, a train from Paris to Copenhagen, a ferry to Gothenburg and another train to Norway. Amazing huh? Yep, I traveled all that way to meet my husband for the very first time. When my sister and I finally arrived I was so nervous I couldn’t eat.
All my trips and “dates” with my husband in Norway were extremely memorable for me. Traveling across the world, experiencing a new culture, falling in love. Aaaah those were the days. Skip forward 10 years and here we are living in America. My husband went from being a musician to a truck driver and I went from globetrotting and way too many years of trying to find myself to becoming a mom to two beautiful boys. I wouldn’t trade my experiences for anything in the world.
These days it can be pretty hard to pencil in a date night without any kids around. Seeing as we have a 2.5 yr old and a 2 month old it probably won’t be happening anytime soon… unless it’s a stay-in kind of date. That’s something we can find time for.. occasionally! Put the kids to bed, pop in a dvd, cook up some popcorn, dim the lights and voila.
Macaroni Grill, Wanchai Ferry & MyBlogSpark are going to give one of my readers the chance to have their very own date night complete with 2 delicious dry dinner kits and a $25 gift card. If you’re like us you can make several date nights out of it, and hopefully you don’t have to share the dinners with the kiddies because they are yummy!
The Review
I really loved the Macaroni Grill Creamy Basil. I was a little hesitant because I had tried their Chicken Marsala some time ago and it just wasn’t for me. The Creamy Basil is absolutely scrumptious though.
Same with Wanchai Ferry’s orange chicken. I omitted the peppers that are in the box simply because I’m nursing and didn’t want to cause any upsets. There was still plenty of spice. I added peas in myself. I would have added snow peas because I love them but I was all out!
Both kits contain enough for 2 adults and then some (in my opinion). Both were filling, delicious and extremely easy to make! Just add chicken! These kits are perfect when you don’t have a lot of time to cook or just want to make a small meal. I also have to say that I was much more pleased with the Wanchai Ferry dry dinner kit than I have been in the past with the frozen ones. I am pretty big on watching my sodium intake and these kits weren’t over the top thankfully.
More About Wanchai Ferry & Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits
Enjoy an Asian escape with Wanchai Ferry restaurant-inspired dishes by simply adding your own protein to delicious entrees like Cashew Chicken, Spicy Garlic Chicken, Orange Chicken, and Kung Pao Chicken. Or bring the romance of Italian cuisine to your kitchen with Macaroni Grill favorites such as Chicken Piccata and Angel Hair Pasta, Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken & Pasta, Chicken Alfredo with Linguine, Garlic & Herb Chicken Penne, and Chicken Marsala with Linguine.
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For more information and dinner tips, visit WanchaiFerryAtHome.com and MacaroniGrillAtHome.com. And be sure to follow Macaroni Grill on Twitter and “Like” the Facebook page to keep up with all of the latest news on your Macaroni Grill favorites!
Coupon
Want to try these delicious dinner kits yourself? Here’s a special coupon to help you out: http://www.myblogspark.com/uc/main/198d/ for $1.50 off two packages of Wanchai Ferry and/or Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits
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Prize: One reader will win one Wanchai Ferry dry dinner kit, one Macaroni Grill dry dinner kit, and a $25 Visa gift card that you can use to create a magical date night at home.
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Giveaway is open to residents of the U.S., 18 yrs of age or older. Any posts not including the requested information will be deleted. This giveaway ends: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12am EST. Winner will be contacted immediately and announced Monday December 20, 2010. In the event the winner does not respond to email within 48 hours I will choose another random winner. I will be using random.org to do this
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We went to the movies.
I hadn’t really considered it before, but my first dates were the same activity for both my very first one and with my future husband–we went to the movies!
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We went to see LeMans with Steve McQueen
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We went bowling and out for pizza!
I had my first date with my husband at Starbucks!
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We went to a Spandau Ballet concert!
I actually went out on a date with my ex on a dare – if it weren’t for 3 great daughters, I would say that is was a mistake to accept the dare – lol – but I wouldn’t give up my girls for anything!
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