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Friday, July 24, 2009

MojaMix review and giveaway -- and a big congratulations.

It's Friday and I have a munch-rific review: MojaMix premium custom-mixed cereal.

Have you heard of MojaMix? It's a cereal that you create by choosing all of the ingredients using their web site and the finished product is shipped directly to you. Lauren at MojaMix asked me to check it out and let you know what I thought and I happily agreed to do so.

The MojaMix web site (here) is easy to use; you pick a base, add dried fruits, add nuts and seeds and then you're done. For my mix, I started with the Grains A Plenty (wheat, oat, rye and barley flakes with puffed rice) then added dried apricots, cranberries and apples, and finished with pecans, pistachios and chia seeds. Yeah, I know. I went a little crazy.

It was worth the craziness. The dried fruit and nuts are all high-quality and quite tasty. I'm a pecan fanatic and my mix was filled with large, fresh pecan halves. And the cranberries were huge! Lots of yum.

The only down-side to the cereal is the cost. My mix would have cost about $8 for 12 ounces (plus shipping). Now, as I said, I could taste the high quality of the ingredients and I know that you have to pay a premium for that. In my opinion, quality food is worth the price -- I'd rather have a little of something that is good and good for me than a ton of junk. But that's me.

Interested in MojaMix? Today's your lucky day because I have a free mix to give away!

Here's how you can enter to win a free bag of MojaMix:

Required:
Go to MojaMix, check out the ingredients, and let me know your favorite one in your comment.

You can get an additional entry for any of the following:
  • Tweet about this giveaway, making sure to include @MojaMix. You may use the following to tweet: "Win a cereal with the ingredients of your choice from @MojaMix. Go to http://thehappyrunner.blogspot.com to participate."
  • Mention this giveaway on your blog.
  • Become a fan of MojaMix on Facebook (facebook.com/mojamix) and mention this in your comment.
You can enter until midnight (EST) on Monday, July 27th. I'll announce the winner on Tuesday -- from vacation! Yep, I'm just that dedicated :-)

* * *

Remember way back when I hosted the Strands giveaway and mentioned their contest to send one runner to the Hood to Coast Relay? Just indulge me and shake your head, "yes." Thank you.

Well here's the thing. Beth from Shut Up and Run won the contest! She's going on an all-expenses paid trip to Oregon to run the relay! Why does this make me so happy? I'll tell you why: She read about the contest here, on The Happy Runner. Woo hoo! I feel so proud . . .

Congratulations, Beth! Can't wait to hear about the race.

On that happy note, I wish you all a happy Friday and great weekend!

~ Felice

46 comments:

  1. Have a great Friday. That cereal looks mighty tasty!

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  2. Yummers. I am a fan on facebook, and I love the mango!!

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  3. Sounds yummy! Do they have anything that's like Corn Puffs? LOVE that stuff.

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  4. dried mango...that would definitely be in my mix!!

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  5. I would definitely add coconut to my mix!

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  6. That sounds like a brilliant idea; to make your own mix. I would def add the banana chips. mmmmm

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  7. I'm so intrigued by these build-your-own cereals. Yum, yum.

    So, this is a guilt free way to have chocolate for breakfast, right? Because I'd be all over the chocolate chips.

    Have a great weekend!

    P.S. I tweeted.

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  8. I found your blog thru MizFits and enjoyed it!
    I'm a newbie (old lady!) runner and I love reading how everyone else is doing it.

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  9. Yummy, what a great idea. It's a toss up between the chocolate chomp base and dried mangoes for my fav!

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  10. Yum!

    I would try the Three Brothers with blueberries, peaches, cranberries, flax seeds, and almonds.

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  11. My favorite mix-in would probably be the coconut flakes. Yum!

    p.s. I tweeted.

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  12. And by coconut flakes, I meant coconut chips. Sorry about the second comment, I was unable to edit my other one.

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  13. sounds like a yummy way to start the day! i would be all over dried cranberries. can't get enough of them! glad to hear you like them so much.

    very cool about the strands winner! you need to ask them what you get ;)

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  14. I"m a fan and posted on my blog. Have to maximize my chances given that I won't buy something that expensive without trying it first :)
    You want me to pick? Geez, there are way too many fruits and nuts to decide!

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  15. I remember that contest, very cool that she won!!

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  16. it's a toss up between almonds and dried pineapple.

    erica_haggins@hotmail.com

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  17. My Favorite add in is definitely the Goldenberries - not enough people take advantage of them. They're delish!

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  18. Mine would definitely incorporate dried cranberries! YUM!
    Thanks so much!
    <3 jess

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  19. I also just became a fan of them on FB!

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  20. my tweet:

    tosha25italia:

    Win a cereal with the ingredients of your choice from @MojaMix. Go to http://thehappyrunner.blogs... to participate.

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  21. I would have the chocolate chomp as my base!

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  22. My favorite mix-ins are strawberries and banana chips!!

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  23. PERSIMMONS!? what what! yum yum!

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  24. I would definitely add in the chocolate coffee beans! I used to eat those by the handful before a big field hockey game in both college and high school! Haha

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  25. Mmm, I would LOVE to try this stuff out! I would choose the cinnamon crunch mix, blueberries, goji berries, coconut chips and chocolate chips :)

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  26. i have a big ol' mix in mind but just one would go go go goji!!

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  27. i-
    1) tweeted...get some good grub etc etc :)
    2) also became a fb fan!!! can you tell i want some mojo :p

    happy running!!! thank you!!

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  28. my mix would definitely include three brothers, kamut flakes, goji berries, and flax!

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  29. i would love to have the cinnamon crunch mix with raisins (golden) and some chocolate coffee beans :) nom nom!

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  30. I definitely want to use kamut flakes and dried mango! Yum!

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  31. The Chocolicious Cereal looks fabulous!

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  32. linked back here: http://eatolive-notlivetoeat.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway-city-this-week.html

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  33. I would try the dried cranberries.

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  34. What a neat idea. I'd like to try a mix with the chocolate chomp. Can't go wrong with chocolate!

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  35. Raw cacao nibs sounds yummy :)

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  36. I'm a sucker for any dried berry and I want some mojo really badly!:)-monica
    rideit4@comcast.net

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  37. Mmmm.... I bet dried mangos would be yummy in the mix.

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  38. Link back:

    http://theskinnyplate.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/sonny-amp-joe-hummus

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  39. Just tweeted @theskinnyplate

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  40. The dried pineapple is my fave! I eat that alone! It makes it so tropical.
    veggiedollface@gmail.com

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