My Mixed Nuts Review & Giveaway

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Why you should go nuts over nuts!
There's no doubt about it that research shows nuts are full of vitamins, minerals and omega 3s. A daily intake or supplement of omegas is super important to your health. Plus nuts are the perfect snacking food because of the high protein amount, a little goes a long way. My Mixed Nuts has a great selection of healthy trail mixes or you can create your own mix of your favorite nuts and/or other goodies to blend  in. Are you just really nuts over nuts? Then the My Mixed Nuts of the Month Club is for you! If you are looking for a gift for a fellow health-nut be sure to check out the large selection of gift baskets loaded with several varieties of trail mixes and nut mixes. You can earn points from purchasing and referring friends to My Mixed Nuts that you can redeem for free mixes.

About My Mixed Nuts!

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How did a professional poker player, a reality TV producer and an actor get together to start a custom mixed nuts and trail mix company? Well, when Annie Duke, the hot-shot poker player was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice where Ryan Simpkins one of the producers, it was a match made it nut heaven. We know that seems an odd genesis but, really, can you think of a better place to start a fruitful business relationship than on a show that is all about running fake businesses for reality TV?

During the show, Annie and Ryan really hit it off and, after the show was in the can, they continued their friendship in their hometown of Los Angeles. As they spent more time together, Annie and Ryan started banging around ideas for everything from TV concepts to businesses they could get into together. Then Ryan mentioned casually he had an idea for a custom trail mix company where folks could come and design their own mixed nuts or trail mix and have them shipped right to their door. Annie thought that was just about the most brilliant idea she had ever heard. You see, before we started this company, Annie would spend way too much of her time mixing her own trail mixes to take with her while traveling on the poker tour. She really is pretty picky. She likes things raw, organic and hates those little date things. So you can imagine how excited she was about the idea of a custom trail mix company. No more picking around the stuff you don’t like in a mix!

For those of you who don't know Annie personally, when she gets excited about something, it becomes contagious, and as those of you who saw her on the Celebrity Apprentice, when she puts her mind to something, it pretty much happens.

She came home and with a beaming smile told her boyfriend, Joe Reitman, that they should get into this custom mixed nut and trail mix business immediately! Joe, a Hollywood actor, also loves food (only slightly less than he loves Annie) and also hates some of the stuff they put in pre-packages trail mixes. So in the hopes of eradicating this serious deficiency of good trail mix in the world, Joe joined the team.

With the team in place, Annie, Ryan and Joe started MY MIXED NUTS. But who would actually have time to do the day-to-day operations? Who was the most qualified to handle all these nuts? That’s where Ryan’s mom, Susan Colby, came into the picture. If you have ever met Ryan, you would understand that his mom must be supremely qualified to handle nutcases, so Annie and Joe were sold on the idea. Susan would handle each order with care and love.

 At MY MIXED NUTS we are committed to providing the best quality ingredients so you can truly have it your way. After all, that is why Annie was so excited about the idea in the first place. She just wants things her way, just like you do. So Susan is ready to get your order going. Don't keep mom waiting. :)

Thanks for being here, and thanks for being nutty.

All the best,
The Nut Cases at mymixednuts.com

My Mixed Nuts Experience! 

We eat a lot of organic nuts for snacks as well as add them to our oatmeal, granola bars and other baked goods. My Mixed Nuts sent me the Nuts for Organic and Sugar & Spice blends for review.  I like the resealable paper type bags the nuts are packaged in, very nice and keep your mixes fresh. First, we tried the Nuts for Organic. This is a blend of roasted almonds and peanuts, raw cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. My husband especially liked this mix because he just loves raw nuts and he's not too interested in trail mixes. All of the nuts in this blend tasted excellent and fresh. I would also like to point out that these nuts are not salted. Unfortunately most people who eat nuts will buy a can from a store and they are heavily salted. The salt is not good for you! Even the "less salt" nuts have too much sodium in them. When you eat unsalted nuts they taste much better and you enjoy the natural sweetness of the nuts themselves. Great mix!

The next mix we tried was the Sugar & Spice. This trail mix is a combination of roasted salted cashews, unsulphured ginger, organic vegetarian jelly beans, raw macadamia nuts, roasted salted pecans, golden raisins, Organic Fair Trade chocolate covered raisins, and organic vegetarian sunny bears. Wow, this was a super yummy mix! I tried not let myself just pick out the candy and the chocolate covered raisins because they were so good. I loved the sweet and salty (since some of the nuts are lightly salted) combination of a handful of this trail mix was amazing. Needless to say, this is the bag that was gone first!

I loved the freshness of the My Mixed Nuts and the great combinations of the trail mixes we were sent to try. However, there are so many more mixes that sound just as wonderful to try out or possibly make my own mix.........heavy on the chocolate covered raisins ;-) I highly recommend My Mixed Nuts products!

BUY IT! You can purchase directly from My Mixed Nuts. 

WIN IT! My Mixed Nuts is generously giving away 1 bag of Nuts for Organic and 1 bag of Sugar & Spice to 1 Take Time to Smell the Rose reader! 

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Thank you to the Company or/and PR firm who provided me with the products mentioned in the review. The thoughts and opinions expressed on my blog are my own and are not swayed by any monetary or product compensation. My personal health experiences may not be a typical result for others. The information I share on my blog may not be the views of the sponsors participating in my Healthy Living Event. 
 

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