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Meal Ideas: New and Improved Progresso Soups {Giveaway}

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Leave a Comment

As a Mom to three young children, lunch time can be stressful and chaotic. Imagine three little monkeys famished from having only eaten 3 hours earlier. The DRAMA! The end of the world as we know it! Fortunately, for me, my lunch hour has been a bit calmer these days. My two oldest children are in school. My youngest spends three days out of the week with his Grandma and Papi (my parents) and I spend my time working from home.

So, I've been experimenting with my lunch hour. It's hard transitioning from cooking for four to cooking for one, but I aim to keep it healthy, yet filling. Tasteworthy, yet guilt free. Progresso soups allow me to do that.

The Progresso Story:

We craft all our soups, broths and foods from authentic recipes using only the highest quality ingredients. We are dedicated to making better taste better for you. We believe that food should always be delicious, and there is no reason that delicious food can’t fit within your diet. At Progresso, we love great food. It’s been our passion for more than 50 years.

New and Improved Soups:

Just like the hilarious Progresso Soup can commercials, My Blog Spark wanted to see what we had to say about the soup. They even provided me with my very own Progresso soup can prop. I'm having technical difficulties regarding my video, however, today I wanted to bring you a little bit more information about the new and improved soups along with a fun giveaway!

Progresso® New World Recipes: Inspired by Mexican recipes, explore one of the fastest growing ethnic cuisines by giving the Progresso New World Recipes line a try. Made with authentic Mexican ingredients and seasonings, four new Progresso soups will be hitting grocery shelves near you - Chicken Tortilla, Meatball & Rice, Black Bean Jalapeno and Chicken & Vegetable.

Progresso Light: America´s number one Light soup just got better, as all 13 existing Progresso Light varieties are now packed with bigger pieces of white meat chicken, more tender pieces of beef or added vegetables. Need even more to talk about? Progresso Light New England Clam Chowder is the first creamy Light ready-to-serve soup that holds true to the Progresso Light name with just 1 Weight Watchers® POINTS® value per serving!

Progresso Reduced Sodium: With 49 percent of shoppers concerned about high cholesterol1, Progresso understands the importance of soluble fiber and reduced sodium diets. New Reduced Sodium Tomato Parmesan soup is one more tasty option that has a delicious blend of flavors and carries the "May Help Lower Cholesterol"2 benefit. In addition, five additional Reduced Sodium soups also carry the "May Help Lower Cholesterol"2 benefit.

Progresso High Fiber: With 9 out of 10 Americans not getting the recommended Daily Value of fiber, Progresso High Fiber line of soups are packed with 7 grams per serving. Giving you one more thing to talk about, Progresso brand´s first Chili Soup just joined the High Fiber family!

Momma Findings:

Thanks to Progresso and My Blog Spark, I was able to try their New World Flavors Tortilla Soup and Progresso Light Clam Chowder. If you know me, I'm Latina. No offense to those who are not or those Clam Chowder eaters... I just didn't grow up eating this kind of soup. Caldo De Rez was my comfort soup. Borracho Beans rounded out our meals.

What is this Clam Chowder? And why is it so foreign to me?

Well, I'm happy to say, I tried it, at the encouragement of my husband. The soup is light, but very satisfying and the best part? It's so good for you and a great way to keep track of those Weight Watchers Points. It's only ONE, let me say that again, ONE point per serving!

Another thing, I absolutely love about the Progresso Soups is how convenient they are to make. Don't call me lazy, but there is something to say about simply, opening the can, pouring the contents, and heating it through. I'm a busy Mom Blogger of three children. I'm running freelance contracts and doing laundry. I'm running a website and running at the gym (in the short 30 minutes I have to myself). My pick will ALWAYS be the easiest option. Progresso.

Buy It:

You can find Progresso Soups in your grocers soup aisle for the suggested retail price of $2.89.

For more information about the new and improved varieties of Progresso soups as well as great recipe ideas, visit www.progressosoup.com today! Also, check out Progresso on Facebook to "Like" the brand and keep up with the latest news on your favorite Progresso products, both new and old!

Stay Tuned, later this month, for our Progresso Soup Commercial, because you KNOW we're going to make our own.

Win It!

One lucky Momma Findings reader will win a Progresso Soups Prize Pack that includes:

1 can of Chicken Tortilla Progresso Soup
1 can of Light New England Clam Chowder Progresso soup
A spoon rest
A soup can rack
A soup mug with matching spoon.

How to Enter:
Required Entry:

Head over to the Progresso Soup Website and take a look at all the flavors. Come back here and share which variety of Progresso soup is your favorite. Haven't tried them before? Tell me which you'd LIKE to try.

Extra Entry Options (only after the above is answered):

THREE EXTRA ENTRIES by following Me on Twitter, then tweeting about this giveaway. Great tweet would be: #Win a ProgressoSoup Prize Pack at MommaFindings {link} #myblogspark.
TWO EXTRA ENTRIES if you "like" the Momma Findings Official Facebook Fan Page along with the Progresso Facebook Page. Leave us a comment once you get there. We LOVE Wall Comments!
ONE EXTRA ENTRY by becoming an email subscriber. Form on the right side.
ONE EXTRA ENTRY becoming a Facebook Networked Blog follower.
ONE EXTRA ENTRY follow us on Google Friends.

Contest starts today February 23rd - March 2nd 2011 11:59pm CST and open to US residents only. Leave each entry in separate comments. You don't have to be a blogger to enter, but please leave a valid email address for contact purposes.

***CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED*** Congrats to Rachel R. Please check your inbox on how to claim your prize.

Disclosure: This post made possible by My Blog Spark who provided me with a sample product to facilitate this review and for giveaway purposes. Opinions, stated, are always my own and never wavered by products received nor compensated unless, otherwise, stated. In short? If I don't like it, I won't say I do. If a company pays to sponsor a post, I'll be the first to tell ya. I'm an Amazon Affiliated Site. If you purchase anything through Amazon links found here I receive a small (when I say small I mean a VERY small) percentage of that purchase.

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Anonymous said:

I would LOVE to try the chicken tortilla soup! Look delicious - and diet friendly! koskim at bc dot edu

February 23, 2011 2:09 PM

Melissa said:

Now a google follower koskim at bc dot edu

February 23, 2011 2:10 PM