Building Relationships One Food at a Time with Foodspring

By Shannon Gurnee
In Food
November 9, 2012
5 Comments
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Are you a food lover at heart?  Do you find that food helps build your family relationship?  I do and I found that food is an important way in which members of my family bond with one another.  Whether it’s cooking in the kitchen or eating dinner with my family, food plays an integral part in our home, as well as promoting good health and sustenance.

I recently discovered a website called Foodspring and it has a wealth of information for the food lover at heart.  The site includes Articles, Videos, Awards, Recipes, and even a Marketplace!  Within in the site is a multitude of tips, ideas, recipes, and more!

In the Articles section, you’ll find Product Reviews & Trends, Gift & Entertaining Tips (my personal favorite), Food Trends & Resources, and Interviews & Blogs.  In the Video section, you can learn to cook like a pro with some of the best food and cooking instructional videos online.  Plus, you can discover from a trusted source touching stories and interviews about small specialty food business owners who are living out their dreams one treat at a time.  In the Awards section, you’ll find sofi Gold and Silver Award finalists and winners.

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I think my favorite section of all is the Recipes section!  There are so many recipes available for all sorts of occasions.  You can even search terms, foods, or names of recipes in the search bar on the Recipes page.  On the page, you’ll see five columns – (1) picture of recipe; (2) name of recipe; (3) serving size; (4) date the recipe was posted; and (5) rating of the recipe (1 to 5 stars).  Each recipe will include the Serving Size, Cooking Time, Ingredients, and Directions (or Method).  You can even leave a comment at the bottom of the recipe.  If you really love a recipe, you can save it to your Recipes section, email it, or bookmark it to delicious, digg, facebook, stumbleupon, or twitter.  One that sounded so good to me was Walnut Pie Crust Mix & Pecan Pie Crust Mix.

Another awesome piece of the Foodspring site is the Marketplace.  You can shop for foods galore here!  Foods include baby food, baked goods, beverages, condiments, confectionery, dairy and eggs, food gifts, frozen foods, meats, snacks, and more.  Let’s say you’re cooking a dish and you need to know where to buy vinegar – this is your go-to destination.  In the Foodspring Marketplace, you can search, browse, discover and learn where to purchase some of the world’s most innovative and exceptional speciality food items.

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Shannon Gurnee is the author of Redhead Mom formerly "The Mommy-Files", a national blog with a loyal following. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development with a Minor in Business Management. Shannon and her husband, Frank, have a large family with 6 awesome kids and love living on the Central Coast near San Luis Obispo, California, as well as traveling around the world. A full-time Social Media and Professional Blogger, Shannon also serves as a National Brand Ambassador for many well-known companies. Her blog focuses on motherhood, family fun activities, traveling, fashion, beauty, technology, wedding ideas and recipes while providing professional opinions on products, performances, restaurants, and a variety of businesses.

5 Responses to “Building Relationships One Food at a Time with Foodspring”

  1. Elena says:

    I will check them out! Thank you for the review

  2. Karyn says:

    I’ve never heard of FoodSpring, but I do love food – so I’ll have to check it out!

  3. Christian Alejandro N. says:

    It wasn’t loading for me at first.. but there it is.. The recipes look really easy to follow!

  4. Xmasdolly says:

    I have so got to check this place out. Thanks for sharing. I love recipes that are simple and to the point.

  5. Pam says:

    Your review makes this sound very interesting. I will definitely look into it. I am always looking for great and simple recipes.

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