LnL EZ Lock 48-piece container set for $20!

Kgbdeals has an ongoing promotion on EZ Lock 48-piece containers set ...i.e. 24 containers with lids.... all for just 20$!!! The original cost is $43 (upto 54% discount). These are very good and sturdy containers when compared to other blue-lid containers. It would be perfect for storing odd items or leftover food in your kitchen because

• They are BPA and BIS-Free.
• They are transparent.
• They are stack-able.
• Microwave and freezer safe.

There variety of color choices - Blue, Green and Pink.

How do you get this:

• Follow this link
• Open an account if don't already have one. 
• And then go ahead and buy.
• You will be sent a coupon code.
• Go to LnL site and add color you prefer to cart.
• In shopping cart, add coupon code you purchased in discount code box.
• You may need to create an account on LnL or login to be able to use the coupon.
• This deal is available till 30th January 2012.

You should know:

• Coupon is valid until April 30, 2012
• May purchase multiple vouchers
• May purchase additional vouchers as gifts
• May only redeem one voucher per order on the merchant's website; you must create separate orders for each voucher
• Cannot be combined with other offers
• Valid online only
• Tax will be applied for TX residents
• Shipping cost is additional $5.99 flat rate, shipping to AK and HI is higher

This will be a good purchase. 

Organization made simple

I had mentioned about Wing basket earlier... now I am back after using it for sometime. 

This basket has become a catch all in my household.... be it laundry, my kids toys, winter essentials (oh ya... gloves, hats, mittens, ear muffs for four people becomes quiet a pile!) I have recently changed my residence and I am still in the process of finding home for stuff in my house. This basket has become my third hand.

Do you see the deep semi-circular opening...it makes access to stuff easy-I found that to be a very convenient feature when I had filled it up with toys and saw how easily my kids were able to look for their precious pieces!

And these side flaps come handy when you want to stack baskets to get vertical storage solution. That would be a very good way to store toys or maybe inside your closet to basically throw anything in it that gets lost easily.

You can get these InPlus Wing baskets at LocknLock website. Right now they are on sale... additional 40% off on top of their special prices. Thats makes it a sweet deal! Discount code it LIVING2012



Go ahead .. explore and get organized!

Cute LocknLock Lunch bags at 50% on Woot.com

Hey everyone! A very Happy New year to you all first. Lots of things have changed at my end. I am now resident of new town.. yaaay!

Ok need to get to this quick since its available only for today on kids woot.  Shipping is $5. Its 50% off. Generally it is available for $39.99 on LocknLock website. You can choose either pink or blue color.

In this bag you would get 

• (1) blue or pink
• (3) Containers
• (3) Lids
• (1) Water Bottle with Cap and Straw

I personally own a pink bag and its super cute. The only difference is I got the one with silby containers. Its available on LocknLock as well, for $39.99. Obviously there is a blue set too.

So if you have young kids you need to pack food for, its a great bag. It is very compact. Images on the bag and the container are also very cute. The bottle has silicon stopper in the cap which makes it leak proof. Just make sure you don't loose this stopper. Currently there aren't any replacements available.

Christmas Christmas....

Come Christmas and we are breaking our head what to gift a loved one or oneself. Well how about a well constructed, good quality stainless steel cookware set? Right now, at this moment, LocknLock have this Holiday Special Sale going on through 20th December. Apart from lots of container sets available at really low prices, I was very excited about the 13 piece Charming cookware set in stainless steel for $145.90. I own some of the piece included in this set and I can tell you they are constructed very well.  It feels heavy and on the inside have measurement markings. One good feature that I like alot is that it does not have rivets on the inside of the cookware. It irks me to no end when food is stuck around rivet.

Do consider this for someone who loves to cook. Its value for money. The set contains the following pieces which are also available for sale separately. Follow link to check out the details and to purchase it.

9.4-inch Casserole

6.3-inch Saucepan

7.9-inch Deep Casserole

11-inch Saute Pan

11-inch Wok

11.8-inch Wok with long handle

11-inch Steamer

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!!!

LocknLock Holiday Sweepstakes

Ho ho ho.... holiday season is here! And its time to try your luck. 

How does it work  - if you purchase anything from LocknLock from now till 24th December, you will be automatically entered for their daily sweepstakes. Only one gift per household..i.e. if you win once, you will not be entered for subsequent sweepstakes drawing. Today's winner will be announced the next business day. 

I own some of these sets and I can say, after using them for so many months, that they  are of excellent quality. 

Cyber Monday deal from LocknLock - Extended!

This is a steal!!! You can buy $100 worth of gift card in just $40!!!! Hurry, it wont last long. LocknLock has extended the deal for another 6 hours.

They have 2 kinds of cards on sale. Virtual gift card will be sent immediately to your mail box and you can redeem the code as store credit immediately.  Actual  plastic gift card will be mailed to you. For actual card shipping will be charged.

Also you cannot use existing store credit to purchase it. You need pay via credit card or pay pal.



Good luck and Happy shopping!!! 

Holiday gifts

Holiday season is here and its time to get some for everyone. During LocknLock's black friday event, I got some great gifts for my friends. I got Silby Ceramic Dome Style Container 3piece set available right now for $27.88!!!

LocknLock has some great gifts to fit all kinds of budgets and recepients.

For someone who loves to cook, how about these ? Some of these prices are valid only during Thanksgiving sale.

Cookplus Vitamin 4-Pieces Set  ($48.99)

Lock & Lock Cookplus Fruits Casserole Pot, 9.5-Inch ($29.99)

Cookplus Charming Wok, 11-Inch ($44.10)

If you are on tight budget, how about these, all under $15!

Salad bowl 12 piece set ($5.99)	12 piece storage containers ($9.99)	2 piece fajita set ($5.99)
4 piece BPA free airtight containers with cool pack ($5.99)	Rectangular Lunch Box 3-Piece Set with Insulated Bag ($13.39)	Hot Wave Stainless Vacuum Bottle, Metallic Light Pink ($9.99)

Or how about gifts for outdoor enthusiast

Premium Mountain Hip Sack, Orange ($35.01)

Picnic Lunch Set, 36 Pc Set ($24.01)

Eco Mug ($9.95)

There are way too many options and ideas... head to LocknLock website right now to snag some awesome deals.

And of course how can not mention a new mystery box 2 deal. You could get products worth ranging from $40 to $70 for just $9.99. One in 5 boxes will contain product worth $70. Here is a Christmas right here  for you that doesn't cost much!

A quick pot of boiling water - Speed Cook pan

Sometime ago... LocknLock launched SpeedCook line of sauce pans for fast cooking. How does it cook fast - well its construction is such that it allows fast and efficient dispersion of heat. 

It has hard anodized coating all over the pan and lid. Its silicon covered handles and lid holder makes it easy to handle when the pot it hot.

And did I tell you its super light!  No it doesn't take two tiny people to lift the lid : -D !!! 

If you are into camping and outdoor cooking (I'm not)... I think it will be a great addition to your back pack. The lid, when turned over, can be used as a shallow plate. That's a definite plus! If you use chopsticks, there are 2 holes in the lid to hold that. Its just better and better!

It has marking inside the pan, so you know how quantity is inside the pan.

How fast can it cook....I just had to find out and whats the simplest thing you can do - boil water. I have an electric cooktop and it does take a good few minutes to get the water boiling which I find quiet frustrating. I put this to test and I timed it - yes I did !!!!

I filled up pan with 1 cup of water and placed it on a cold cooktop. It took about 3 minutes to warm temp and at about 5 minutes or so it was boiling. Wow! 

This is a picture of steam at 3 minutes.

And on an already warm cooktop top - it was warm at about 1-1/2 minute and about 3-1/2 minutes it was boiling.... woooohooo!! 

Handle felt a little warm but silicon cover made it easy to handle. 

This is definite plus for me - I get impatient at times. Sure there is microwave for boiling water but when I am cooking Maggi noodles ... it's not useful. Oh ya .. I timed boiling water in stainless steel sauce pan too ...<stop laughing!!!!>  It took about 8 minutes on cold cooktop to get it to boiling temperature.

Its a good cookware, perfect for some jobs and I would recommend having one in your kitchen. It will be money well spent.

And if you make purchase now through Nov 28, you will also get $5 store credit as thank you from them. There are also coupons available and other deals going on for thanks giving - check it out here.

More mysteries...new website!

Lock&Lock just launched their new website!!!! And way cooler than the previous one - I have to admit. There is provision  now to redeem your gift card and store it as store credit. If you are "misplacer" like me - its a boon!

What more they launched it with a bang - a new mystery box deal. You could get products worth ranging from $40 to $70 for just $9.99. One in 5 boxes will contain product worth $70.


I didn't go for it last time... this time I just might... its too darn tempting!!!!

Also if you buy items with turkey logo, you will receive a free gift. Here's the catch ... you need to hunt the turkey (logo). Happy hunting !!!! Fun way to browse and look around the new website.



And wait Black Friday isn't here yet. I expect plenty more awesome deals on its way.

If you are looking for LnL coupons - there are 2 of them available right now

1. Lock & Lock $50 to Spend on Airtight Kitchen Containers for $23 on Living Social - click here to sign up and then click here to buy the coupon. When you sign up for the first time, you will receive a $5 coupon, so the price drops to $18!!.. Gets sweeter - doesn't it?
   
2. $50 to Spend on Airtight Kitchen Containers $23.00 ($50.00 Value) on Slickdeals

Its holiday season - Celebrate ....and shop! LOL!!!!

Dealing with deals !!

Apologies all for missing in action for so long. Right now, we are doing some late spring/early fall cleaning. With so of much of useless items accumulated over the years, its mind boggling ! So daily we have been sorting, donating, keeping, thrashing and giving away.

With all the choas and stuff being moved around, keeping my kids toys and books separate has become an issue. And LocknLock Living Box has come in really handy. Right now it's holding toys in my daughter's room.

Baked Fish and some LnL discounts!

Long weekend is already here and it is now I am getting to writing this...shameful S !!! I had planned to post this last weekend. Nevertheless, here I am with very simple yet full of flavor recipe which is healthy as well.

One lazy weekend, my husband wanted do something different with fish than regular fish fry and fish in mustard gravy. He found this recipe on Vahrevah.com and boy oh boy, am I glad? I totally love the flavors here....very fresh, summer like and light. Fish in itself is very bland but this mint-dill-garlic marinade gives it this multi-dimensional flavor. And it is on a bed of vegetables, so you are not really missing out anything. Gotta try to have all your colors from food pyramid : -) I modified few things in the recipe though. I used fish fillets (tilapia) and because fillets cook so fast, I 3/4th  boiled my potatoes before using it.  Also I used mint instead cilantro....... beeeeecause that's what I had and in my opinion it tasted fresher and better. BTW you should check out that site. Sanjay Thuma has some very good and easy to follow recipes out there. 

Before I get to cooking part, I want to first tell you about a couple of things. I used my LocknLock Glass pan (yes again!) to bake the fishes. It was perfect to bake a single serving. From the oven to the table - minimal use of dishes - my kind of cooking! LocknLock this weekend is having Fourth of July sale (upto 50% off) and they also have this code which will reduce prices by additional 45%......yes 45%! Even on happy hour items. Good products at excellent prices - how cool is that? Coupon details are at the bottom of the page along with link to glass pan and fish turner on LnL website.

Now lets get cooking....flaky yummy fish beckons!

Burger with hidden talents....

Ok this post has been sitting in draft section for so long.... its ridiculous. I mean how hard can it be to write few words about the recipe I am going to post. Well .. ummmm .. very hard because I have been always blank whenever I got down writing it!!!! The thing is ..... my family love their bird :-) . So you can guess burger at my place means a chicken affair.  But I wanted to try something vegetarian that one day......I guess it was over dose of  "the bird"! Its really a struggle to get my kids to eat their portion of veges..generally it stops at second bite. But what do they know.. I am the mom and quite devious at hiding the veges ;-)

Well I remember this idea from my sister, where she inserted cheese piece in chicken patty. Same idea .... vegetarian affair. Lots of vegetables sauted dry then mixed with potatoes to make thick patties. Hide your cheese somewhere in the middle and be  surprised !!!

Now lets get to the process, shall we?  

Onion fritters...rainy day snack

I was going to post something else today... but it was such a perfect day for onion fritters (pakora) and cutting chai. It had been raining alot since yesterday. On such days, I just want to curl up under a blanket with a cup of cutting chai and hot garma garam pakoras with chutney...yummmmmm! Reminds me of the street food I used to have back in college. Saving myself from the rain and running inside dhabba to get a plate of garam bhajiya.  Fritters, pakora, bhajiya all means the same thing - after all whats in a name? Onion fritters are basically very thinly sliced onions just covered in gram flour, deep fried in oil on medium to get the crispiness. There that neatly sums up the entire post LOL!! If you can visualize what I am talking about.....you needn't read any further :-)

I learnt the sweating technique of onions way back from Tarla Dalal's newletters. It has never failed. I have never had to add water to incorporate gram flour. Amount of gram flour may seem less but its enough to coat the onions to make a crispy layer when deep fried.

In case you have been scratching your head over "cutting chai"....let me demystify it for you. In Mumbai and around that...tea is usually served in  small glass filled half way - cutting-(the cup into half)-chai. It could be flavoured usually with green  cardamom, very milky and sweet. Perfect companion for our bhajiyas :-)

Easy peasey banana bhujiya

Whenever one thinks of banana, immediately this yellow   guy comes to mind.  Easiest food to eat and requires no cooking. But its a different story with raw bananas or plantain. It was pain peeling it... something I didnt even think about when its dishes were made back home. Hmmmm... I should have paid more attention  - bad bad ...LOL!!

Anyways, once that struggle was over,  it was breeze after that. I really like eating banana bhujiya and was reminded that I liked eating this when my sister made it one day on my recent trip to her house. Hows that for forgetfulness !!! So when I saw it in store, I had to try it out - came out totally yummylicious. It was so easy to make and thats best part...well after the taste. Next time I am going to be bolder and try out banana kofta.

One thing, you  need to use quite a bit of oil to get that crunchy surface. But I decided to compromise on the crunchiness factor instead. Go ahead use more oil ....fried stuff never ever tastes bad ;- )

Oh yes I used locknlock products - from start to finish. I made the bhujiya in myLocknLock ceramic frying pan, served and stored in my Zen&Lock ceramic container. Its really pretty and light weight... You can check it out in the pictures below.