Archives for November 2014

My Top 5 Reasons Netflix Will Always Have a Place in My Home #StreamTeam

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Netflix as a part of my participation on the Netflix Stream Team. All opinions are always my own. I'm enjoying my time off from work thanks to the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  I can sleep in late, watch movies and TV shows on Netflix and eat until my heart is content.  But there's one thing I'm not happy about. I'm never hungry!  I made a huge Thanksgiving feast for my family and I and our fridge is still full of leftovers. My tummy is … [Read more...]

Fall in Love with the New FiOS Quantum Gateway & Win One Too! #Giveaway #SomosFiOS

Disclosure: This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Verizon FiOS (#SomosFiOS).  All thoughts and opinions expressed here are 100% my own. If you've been reading my blog for a while now, then you know that I've been with Verizon FiOS for over 3 years. I made the switch from cable to FiOS because I was tired of having my cable go out as well as the internet for far too long. In the 3 years that I have been with FiOS, I have never experienced an outage. It's been a dream come true. I … [Read more...]

Easy Recipe & a $100 Giveaway: Let Boston Market Cater Your Family Meal This Holiday Season #HolidayExperts

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in conjunction with Boston Market.  All opinions are always my own. Thank you for supporting New York Chica. Did you know that Boston Market served more than 1 million people last Thanksgiving, and expect to serve more than 1 million again this year? That's right folks, many families are opting out of cooking and letting Boston Market cater their family meal this holiday season. If you're planning on cooking a feast for your family like I am and forget … [Read more...]

{Easy Recipe} Puerto Rican Turkey Hash

Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I posted one of my recipes here on the blog so here it goes.  It's a good one people! ;) Today I had planned on making a pasta dish with ground turkey but as soon as I got home, I really didn't feel like eating anything with pasta.  Instead, I came home wanting a delicious plate of rice and beans with a good seasoned meat dish but all I had on hand was a pound of ground turkey. I asked myself, "What can I make with ground turkey that would go well … [Read more...]

How To Train Your Dragon 2 on Blu-ray & DVD November 11th! #Giveaway #DragonInsiders #HTTYD2

Hey everyone! I don't know about you but the first How to Train Your Dragon was a huge hit at our house, especially with my 18-year-old son. He's "legally" a man but he's still a big kid at heart. I'm thirty-something and I'm a bigger kid at heart than he is so imagine movie night at our house! Soaring past the $500 million mark at the global box office, DreamWorks Animation’s HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 is not only one of the best reviewed films of the year, but also 2014’s highest … [Read more...]

Earth To Echo on Blu-ray & DVD #Giveaway #FHEInsiders

Disclosure: I am a FOX Home Entertainment Insider and receive products for review. All opinions are always my own. Hey everyone! Earth to Echo beamed down to Blu-ray and DVD on October 21st and now I'm giving a FREE copy away! But first, let's talk about the movie -- Earth To Echo. Earth to Echo is a tale told through the eyes of Tuck, Munch and Alex, a trio of pals who make an out-of-this-world discovery. The best friends venture out of their neighborhood to find the true meaning of … [Read more...]