Recipe from the Watkins Products April Newsletter

Just got this one today enjoy!

Lip Smackin’ Mocha Pudding Cake

Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C. Combine first 5 ingredients in 9-inch/23-cm square baking dish; stir well to mix. Combine milk, oil and extract; stir into dry mixture. Swirl in chocolate chips. Combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa; sprinkle over batter.
Heat water in microwave safe container. Add mocha mix and stir until dissolved. Pour mixture over batter. Do not stir!
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake is sponge-like when touched in the center. Since this is a pudding cake, it will seem “gooey” and not appear to be completely done.
Presentation: Chill light-colored (white is best) dessert plates in the freezer. When very cold, drizzle in zigzag pattern with ice cream topping to design plate. Be sure to decorate near the edges, too. Place back in freezer.
Serving: Cake should be served warm. Place scoop of ice cream on side of dessert plate. Spoon pudding cake onto plate beside ice cream. Dust all with cinnamon. Garnish with strawberry fan and sprig of fresh mint, if desired.

1 cup/250 mL all-purpose flour
2 tbsp/30 mL Watkins Baking Cocoa
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Baking Powder
2/3 cup/160 mL sugar
Pinch salt
1/2 cup/125 mL evaporated milk
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Original Grapeseed Oil
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Pure Vanilla or Watkins Almond Extract
1/4 cup/60 mL milk chocolate chips
1 cup/250 mL dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup/60 mL Watkins Baking Cocoa
1-1/2 cups/375 mL hot water, almost boiling
2 packages instant mocha coffee mix (.82 oz each)

Favorite vanilla bean or coffee ice cream
Watkins Purest Ground Cinnamon
Hard shell-type ice cream topping
Fresh strawberries (optional)
Fresh mint (optional)

Get your ingredients

Watkins nutritional supplements

Hey there good news, Watkins is introducing a new line of reformulated nutritional supplements. They will be coming out in may just wanted to give you a heads up. Just to name a few there will be a Watkins heart health formula, Watkins daily vitamin, and a Watkins bone health formula, cant wait to try them all!

 morethanpepper

New Watkins Recipes!

Just went through the Watkins March Newsletter and found these recipes hope you like!

Recipes For You!

WATKINS QUICK CHEESEBALL

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese (softened)

3 tlbsp. Your Fav. Watkins Dip Mix

1/2 tsp. Watkins Garlic Granules  (Optional)

Watkins Parsley Flakes

Add Dip Mix and garlic granules to softened cream cheese.  Mix well.

 Roll the mixture into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. When ready to serve, roll in Watkins Parsley Seasoning. Serve with crackers.

WATKINS PANCAKE SYRUP

1&1/2 c. White Sugar

3 Cups Water

Stir well and bring to the boil....remove from heat and add:

2 Tblsp. molasses

2 Tsp. Watkins Maple Extract

1 Tsp. Watkins Butter Extract

1 Tsp. Watkins Vanilla Extract

Syrup will thicken when cool.

Makes  28 oz.

Recipe from Pat Oliver

Riddle, Oregon

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WATKINS INGREDIENTS

NEW WATKINS PRODUCT FOR CANADA

Hey Canada just got this news this morning about a great new product from Watkins.

new coconut milk & honey body butter
great new fragrance—available today

Coconut Milk & Honey Body Butter

Joining the popular fragrance of Apricot & Pequi Oil Body Butter is the NEW Coconut Milk & Honey Body Butter. These products are the perfect gift for Mother's Day. Two superb fragrances your mother will love!

Achieve ultra-nourishing, long-lasting moisture with our NEW natural body butter!

Nourishing shea and cocoa butters provide long-lasting hydration, while anti-oxidant rich plant oils and extracts help to protect, soothe and smooth skin. Apricot kernel oil is sought out for its high vitamin E content and skin softening properties; is known for its ability to penetrate the skin without leaving an oily feel. Coconut Oil is rich in vitamins and fats that help smooth and soften skin.

• 96-98% natural
• Natural shea and cocoa are whipped together to protect and condition your skin
• Unique formulas combine natural oils, extracts and vitamins A and E

20563 (8 oz/170 g) $12.99 CAD
Points: 12
Bonus Value: $4.55 CAD

Order TODAY! Make sure your customers know about this fabulous new product! The Coconut Milk & Honey Body Butter will be featured in the May Highlights Flyer.

Canada Only

Give it a try

turkey burger time!

Time for the first post of  march and why not make it about a burger! Whip some of these up for tonight.

Savory Turkey Burgers

Nutrition Facts: Makes 4 servings. Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories 280 Protein 24 g Carbohydrate 23 g Fat 11 g Sat Fat 3 g Cholesterol 90 mg Dietary Fiber 3 g.  Ingredients 1 lb/454 g ground turkey 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs 2 tsp/10 mL Meat Magic   2 tsp/10 mL onion flakes 1 tsp/5 mL Poultry Seasoning    1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Garlic Peppercorn Blend    4 whole-wheat buns Lettuce leaves Tomato slices Directions Combine all ingredients; mix well. Shape into 4 patties. Grill or broil 4 to 6 inches/10 to 15 cm from heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until no longer pink, turning once. Place lettuce leaf and tomato slice on bottom halves of buns; top with turkey burgers and top halves of buns. Makes 4 servings. Get your ingredients here

newsletter tips

Since I am working on my own newsletter thought I would share this with anyone else who may be just starting out.

How To Create An Email Newsletter
 by: Cynthia Minnaar

A great way to build an email list is to publish an email newsletter and you can then sell products to your subscribers. Here are a few tips on how to create an email newsletter.

1. Maintain focus. A narrowly focused newsletter performs better than a broad themed one.

This is because it is easier to get people to subscribe to it. Also it is an excellent way to sell targeted niche products. As an example, publishing an email newsletter on putting it is likely to do better than a newsletter on golf in general.

2. Make use of a good auto-responder. It is very important that your email newsletter gets through spam filters and into a person's email inbox.

This is why you need to use a quality auto-responder. Get Response and Aweber are two of the best.

3. Always be consistent. This does not mean that you have to publish every day or even every week if you don't want to.

What is important is that you set a schedule and stick to it. If you decide on a monthly newsletter then consistently get your newsletter out every month on the same date so people get used to seeing it.

4. Include useful information. Bear in mind that email newsletters are not sales letters. You can send out solo email ads for that purpose.

When people receive useful information they will be glad they subscribe to your newsletter. Also the more unique information you can include in your newsletter the more subscribers you will get and keep.

5. Use your newsletter to sell advertising. Selling top sponsor adverts, bottom sponsor adverts, classified adverts and email solo adverts is a way you can make money. Just don�t over advertise in your newsletter to the point that people can't find the quality information you provide.

6. Use it for Branding. Ensure that you get the header at the top of your newsletter. Also if you are going to include colors into your newsletter make it match the theme of your blog or website.

You will be doing a good job of branding your Internet business when people get used to seeing the same things over and over from you.

7. Publish several email newsletters. Many Internet marketers branch into multiple niches but neglect the things that were successful with when they first started.

By publishing a newsletter for every niche that you are involved in is a great way to make more money in that targeted niche. If you work at adding subscribers to every newsletter you have, you will be amazed at how much more income you can generate.

The above are a few tips on how to create an email newsletter. You will discover that an email newsletter that is published on a consistent basis, to people who choose to receive it, becomes a very valuable business asset.

About The Author Cynthia Minnaar is a full-time internet marketer and owner of http://www.cyns-home-biz.com. For more tips she invites you to subscribe to her free email newsletter and receive free internet income training. Click here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/Internet-Income-Training.html The author invites you to visit: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com

Watkins products sweet treat

Haven't posted in a while since I have had had a massive 5 and a half week flu now turning into lung infection so in order to take my mind of of it decided to post another dessert recipe from Watkins, enjoy it for me too!

Featured Recipe
Chocolate Almond Pudding Dip
Ingredients 1/4 cup/60 mL Chocolate Dessert Mix     1/4 cup/60 mL sugar 1/4 cup/60 mL water 1 cup/250 mL skim milk 1/2 cup/125 mL sour cream 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Almond Extract, 2 oz     1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Original Double-Strength Vanilla     Directions Combine dessert mix, sugar, water and milk in a medium saucepan; mix well. Cook over medium heat until pudding begins to boil and thicken. Pour hot pudding into a bowl. Let cool slightly; stir in sour cream along with extracts; mix well. Cover surface with plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Serve with graham crackers or fruit.   Pick up the ingredients at Watkins Products

tips for my fellow networkmarketers

Well it time I think to have a post about getting some traffic to you home business site enjoy!

9 Methods To Get Higher Website Conversion And Generate More MLM Leads
 by: Joe Barclay

Many people in the network marketing industry rely on working off the Internet in their local and warm market or following old school recruiting techniques like calling mlm phone leads.

Many are reluctant to use those techniques. Many have had disappointing results. Therefore, an increasing number of network marketers are looking for online ways to generate mlm leads.

The basic way to generate leads on the Internet is to put up a website or landing page, drive traffic to it, and get a percentage of visitors to opt in by filling out a form asking for their contact information. Increasing web site traffic is a major topic in itself and is covered in a separate article. The other key part of lead generation is raising the percentage of visitors who opt in when you get them to your site. This is called conversion.

These are the nine major strategies we teach our team members to get higher conversion at their website or landing page. Top results with conversion begin with proper website design. The sole purpose of the web site is to do just one thing and do it efficiently...get the maximum percentage of traffic to opt in.

Your page should be a clean layout, be fast loading, simple to read, and deliver the information the visitor is expecting to see.

Avoid links going to other pages. Avoid using flashing images and other distractions.

Like in all other advertising, you still must use compelling headlines and body copy. If you don't capture their attention, you will not get them to opt in.

Make it simple and clear what they need to do. As an example, direct them to enter their first name and email address in the box below.

Make it clear what the prospect will get for opting in. People are increasingly hesitant about giving out their personal information. Make it clear you have what they want.

Avoid asking for unnecessary information on the opt in form. The less information you request, the higher your conversion rate will usually be.

Offer a bonus to get more optins.

Maintain and display a clear No-spam policy.

Always test different versions of your website or landing page. Keep looking for what gets the highest results.

Increasing the percentage of visitors who do opt in may be more critical than driving more traffic to your website or landing page. Follow these tips to improve conversion on your website or landing page and you can generate more mlm leads.

About The Author Joe Barclay is an expert at training others to quickly, easily create success online. Read this and other generate mlm leads articles he's written. Learn to create a flood of leads and be a top earner in any business by subscribing to Joe's free online MLM training. The author invites you to visit: http://joesonlinesystem.com

Watkins dessert recipe

Oh yeah the bruins have started the season with a couple of wins so here is something sweet to go along with that treat.

Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

Ingredients 1 large egg2 large egg whites 1 cup/250 mL sugar 2 tbsp/30 mL vegetable oil 1 tsp/5 mL watkins Original Double Strength Vanilla Extract    1 tsp/5 mL watkins Chocolate Extract, 59 mL    1 tsp/5 mL watkins Cinnamon 170 g    1 tsp/5 mL baking soda 3/4 cup/180 mL all-purpose flour 1/4 cup/60 mL watkinsBaking Cocoa    1-1/2 cups/375 mL finely shredded unpeeled zucchini White decorator’s icing, if desired

Directions Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Coat 12 regular muffin cups with no-stick cooking spray or line with paper or foil liners. Beat eggs and sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer until well blended, about 1 minute. Beat in oil, extracts, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir in flour and cocoa; mix well. Stir in zucchini; mix lightly. Spoon into prepared cups. Bake for 30 minutes or until cupcakes test done. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Turn out of pan and decorate, if desired. Makes 12 servings.

Watkins baking ingredients

Why I like Watkins products

Hi there hope 2013 is starting out great for you. Just wanted to share one of the reasons I am a Watkins associate and that is the fact that watkins is committed to producing superior natural products in a way that involves minimal impact on the environment.
 

Living Naturally — A Way of Life

These days everyone is making a greater effort to conserve the planet’s resources. Words like carbon footprint, sustainability, and Green have become common place. We are all taking a closer look at how our day-to-day activities affect the resources we leave for future generations. Watkins has been a pioneer in living naturally and we want to share with you what Living Naturally means to Watkins and more importantly what it means to you and your customers.  So what is Living Naturally to Watkins?    A way of life. Watkins is striving to be the most trusted natural products company and Living Naturally speaks to all of Watkins product categories. From sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing, and delivery, Watkins is working toward sustainability in every aspect of our business! What is it to our Consultants and Customers? Living Naturally means each of our customers can expect consistent products and service at an affordable price, all with the sustainability of our planet’s resources in mind. With internal expertise, we can assure you that Watkins natural products have been developed, manufactured and delivered to you with dedication to environmental sustainability. We have taken the burden off your shoulders so that you can make an anxiety free purchase since Watkins natural products are made in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Watkins has been a pioneer in natural living, utilizing the finest natural ingredients since 1868. We continue our commitment to you and the environment by implementing processes that reduce waste and conserve energy. Watkins promise is to continue our Living Naturally philosophy for generations to come. Get more details at Watkins products

Burger time for the playoffs

Try this burger for the next playoff game.

Brushfire Burgers with Smoky Jalapeño Topping

Ingredients 2 lbs/900 g lean ground beef4 green onions, chopped (1/4 cup/60 mL) 4 tsp/20 mL Meat Magic    1 tsp/5 mL crushed cilantro 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL ground sage 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL seasoning salt 8 hamburger buns 1 avocado, sliced Topping: 3/4 cup/180 mL mayonnaise 1/4 cup/60 mL jalapeno mustard 2 tsp/10 mL hot pepper sauce

Directions Combine topping ingredients; refrigerate at least 30 minutes to allow flavors to develop. Preheat grill to medium heat. Combine all burger ingredients in a large bowl and form into 8 patties about 3/4 inch/20 mm thick. Grill about 15 minutes, turning once, or until desired doneness is reached. Serve on buns with topping.

Tell me how it tastes!

First recipe for 2013!

Heres tasty treat for all the nfl parties or any kind of party try'em out and let me know what you think

Vegetable Stuffed Potatoes

	Nutrition Facts: Makes 4 servings. Nutritional Information Per Serving Calories 330 Protein 7 g Carbohydrates 64 g Sodium 280 mg Fat 7 g Saturated Fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg Dietary Fiber 8 g

Ingredients 4 medium baking potatoes2 tbsp/30 mL 1 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm pieces 1 cup/250 mL fresh sliced mushrooms 1 large red or yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm pieces 1 can (14.5 oz/411 g ) Italian-style stewed tomatoes 2 tsp/10 mL balsamic vinegar To taste,  Watkins Garlic Peppercorn Blend  To taste, freshly ground Watkins Coarse Sea Salt

Directions Prick potatoes with a fork and bake at 350ºF./180ºC. for 50 to 60 minutes or until tender. In medium skillet, heat grapeseed oil and sauté the zucchini, mushrooms, and peppers for 5 to 10 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, Pepper, and Salt; heat through. Cut open potatoes and press gently to fluff potato. Spoon over potatoes. Makes 4 servings. All recipes taste better with Watkins products!

New watkins products for 2013

Hi there hope everyone had a super new years eve and christmas. 2013 is going to be a great year for Watkins as we are launching a newly designed ecommerce site and a slew of new products, will let you know when they come online. Thanks to all my customers and readers for your support in 2012. Tom Billard