#1 thing I love about blogging (okay, that’s a lie. I think getting comments is my #1 love.) is being able to introduce you all to products that are helping me on my weight loss journey. A couple of months ago, while aimlessly roaming the baking section of HyVee (step away from the chocolate chips, Emily!) I stopped in front of the utensil section to find an excuse to purchase a new spatula/baking dish/meat thermometer/whateverIsaw.

HyVee, a local grocery chain in the Iowa area, had a brand spankin’ new display of Healthy Steps utensils. I immediately wanted to throw them all in my cart because of their cute and happy green handles (yes, I’m silly like that) but then I realized something even MORE amazing. They’re serving-size utensils! Say wha? That’s right.

They have an entire line of products that make portion control easy! Out of their PC (portion control) line, I own the pasta baskets pictured below.

What I love about the Pasta Baskets: I am obsessed with pasta, and it’s a huge problem for portioning. I have absolutly no concept of what a “normal” size of pasta should be. I just throw in the whole box an go to town. These handy little baskets are duel functioning.

1. First step, you measure your dry pasta either using the basket (for loose noodles) or the small hole for long noodles. This should be one serving. (I was easily eating 3 servings before!)
2. After the noodles have cooked, you can scoop them out and easily strain them with the basket! Love this.

A few of their products, from upper left going clockwise: Salt measurer, butter scoop that also has a blade on the opposite end for measuring stick butter, the Serving Set which includes a protien serving patula, carb/grain spoon and veggie slotted spoon, and the pasta baskets. I’m currently lusting after the serving set to make my mini-collection complete!

Along with their PC line, the also have same tools that are just plain cool and handy. I quickly snapped up their Tea Infuser in a heartbeat. I love to drink loose-leaf tea.

What I love about the Tea Infuser: It’s a great healthy option at the office. Drinking tea at work has drastically cut down my pop cravings. It’s fabulous! I just trow it in my purse in the morning. It even has a little push-handle to press the tea leaves. I love the length of the spoon-like infuser. It’s long enough to fit into my tall coffee mug to stir in some sweet honey or stevia!

Tea infuser, awesome water infuser, and avocado crazy tool. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve never done anything with avocados in my life, so I have no clue what to say about this tool. It looks to be a cutter/slicer/scooper/masher of some sort.

Bottom line? I love this company. No, I wasn’t paid to post this article – nor was I “perked.” That’s not how I roll. I contacted their people last week and was so excited they were willing to do this giveaway! I am a huge supporter of companies that try to make a difference with their products. If you have a few moments, please check out their website. They have fabulous recipes, TONS of product I didn’t mention, a healthy living advice blog, and a great company philosophy.

Now, for those of you that just scanned this whole write-up to get to the word Giveaway, here you go

Giveaway Rules!

What you’ll win: Healthy Steps is really stepping up (punny!) and giving away six prizes! That’s right!! SIX readers will win products. Three serving sets (jealous!!) and three tea-infusers will be graciously given away. How awesome is that?

What you need to do:

1. Leave me a comment on this blog about how crazy excited you are! Or just how your day is going. Or your favorite food – whatever, just leave me some love
2. Head over to Healthy Steps Facebook page hit “like” and post this on their wall “I’m here from FitandFreeEmily.com’s giveaway!” along with anything else you’d like.

That’s it! Simple, easy, quick. No twitter/blog needed! The giveaway will run from today, March 1st to March 15th (8am central time) so get those entries in! Only one entry per account, and Healthy Steps will ship internationally!
Good luck!

psssst : don’t forget to pass this along to the rest of the interwebby and your friends! The more participation, the more likely OTHER companies will be to offer their target customers more free goodies! And who doesn’t love that?