This my first month of Foodie pen pals. Such a cool idea, to send out some thought out goodies and hand written notes to a stranger and receive a box from another sweet person. And then all pen pals reveal what they got end of the month! It was so much fun opening up the package and looking through the goodies. Everyone is so thoughtful about the dietary preferences and restrictions.
I received my package from Danielle at Foodosaurus Rex. She loves to run and is in amazing shape. Everything in the box was a fun revelation and so though out. 🙂
I think Danielle has some psychic powers, because I threw the little bit of the leftover rancid sesame oil just a few days before I got this package! Kung pao is always an amazing sauce to have around for a quick craving. and how cute is that box.
Pecans might not be my fave, but they sure are hubbs’s!
And seriously.. what can I say about a good bar of chocolate! I love Theo’s! Fair trade and perfect! And hubbs doesnt know that it quietly vanished after its photo session 😉
Some delicious superfood plums and soothing sippable tea make up the rest of the package.
Wait there’s more! A sweet hand written note and a recipe for lentil “meat” balls:) I love Danielle’s handwriting, I love special notes 🙂 And I love this Foodie Penpals idea! Thank you Lindsay for getting this all together!.
These lentil balls are in my to try list as soon as I get some time from working on my fundraiser. Raising money is a tough job! I definitely need some pointers to make it less stress ful and more successful. Or maybe such things are not possible.:)
I sent a package of larabars, protein bars, Indian spices, and relaxing tea to Maddy, a young vegan chef. Check out other foodie pen pal reveal posts at Lindsay’s linky list.
Interested in joining the Foodie Pen pals? Click here to fill out the form! Some details.
-On the 5th of the month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.
-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about the goodies you received from your penpal!
-The boxes are to be filled with fun foodie things, local food items or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!
-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget about flat rate boxes!)
-Foodie Penpals is open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you get paired with a blogger, you can choose to write a short guest post for your penpal to post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month.
– Foodie Penpals is open to US, Canadian residents & UK residents. Please note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We’ve determined things might get too slow and backed up if we’re trying to send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice versa. So, I’m going to keep two separate lists and match US w/ US and Canada w/ Canada!
***If you’re in the UK, please contact Carol Anne from This Is Rock Salt at rocksalt@thisisrocksalt.com to get involved.
What a fun idea! I don’t think I’ll have time to participate this month, but I definitely want to sometime in the future!
I just signed up for this through Gabbys Blog- this is such a great idea!
I love that your pen pal included a recipe! Fun. 🙂
Thanks for this wonderful recipes!
I’m glad you like everything!! 🙂
Thanks Danielle.. I sure do!
Who doesn’t love Theo Chocolate? 😀
There might be a very few 😉
love the recipes! i need to use sesame oil more. so good!
Thank you for dropping by Lindsay!