I hope everyone is ready for a giveaway today! The prize is going to look a little something like this….
Last week, Campbell’s sent me their new Garden Vegetable Blend V8 soup to try. There was also a shopping bag, pedometer, health journal, and cool pen!
About the Garden Vegetable Blend (from the website)
With 12 different vegetables and a flavorful, hearty base, this is a robust take on vegetable soup. No artificial flavors. No preservatives. Just the delicious, vibrant taste of a full serving of vegetables with the nutritional goodness that goes along with it.
Let’s take a look at the nutrition stats.
I like that 1 serving is 120 calories. I would probably have the whole container at once so 240 is still great for a whole box of soup. It also has some protein and fiber which means that it should be pretty satisfying. My only complaint is the sodium…480 mg is a bit much for me. Hello bloat. Other than that, the stats are pretty impressive.
The directions said to put the soup in the microwave for 2-3 minutes covered. Obviously I never learned how to follow directions in school….
My excuse—I had absolutely no paper towels or napkins in my apartment to cover the bowl with! Yes, I should have cooked the soup in a pot. I do not think of these things beforehand! Pretty sad that I can’t even make soup correctly.
Luckily Daisy enjoyed it!! She did most of the cleaning 
I did manage to salvage half of the bowl. I guess I was meant to just have the 1 serving!
I really liked how thick the soup was. It was much more filling than some soups since there were big chunks of vegetables. The soup tasted very good as well. I did not need to add any salt or pepper. I decided to make a little salad to go along with it.
I added hummus and Dr. Kracker’s for the side.
Very fulfilling dinner! I am always looking for new, good soups to try!
Giveaway Time!!
I will be giving away every thing you see in the first picture!!
- Campbell’s V8 Garden Vegetable Blend soup
- A Campbell’s V8 Soup Health Journal and vegetable shaped pens to keep track of your servings
- A Flip and Tumble shopping bag to stock up on vegetables
- A Pedometer – to count your steps!
How To Enter:
- Leave me a comment telling me your favorite kind of soup!
- Update your Google Readers since I switched over to WordPress! Let me know you did so below.
- Link back to this post on your blog and let me know below.
- Tweet this giveaway. Include “@missymaintains” and a link to this post.
I will announce the winner this Monday, November 23rd. Good Luck!
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Minestrone soup is my favorite…mmmm :]
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I have had so many soup-exploding-in-microwave problems. Glad I’m not alone!
My favorite kind of soup is butternut squash. Mmm. But what I really want is the pedometer!
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hahah those pics are priceless. I have done that more times than I can count. haha. I think my favorite type os soup is lentil soup. Super hearty..
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I also updated my blogroll to point to your new site
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posting on my blog about your contest too!
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My favorite kind of soup is turkey chili! My favorite kind of the campbell’s soup is definitely the butternut squash! yum!!
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I love butternut squash soups, or carrot ginger!
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I am a sucker for a creamy new england clam chowder… but we all know why one shouldnt eat that every day…. hello CREAM! lol
You are on my google reader and are on my blogroll.
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I updated my Google reader the other day, does that count?!
I have definitely had disasters like that in my microwave before. WHAT a bummer!! Good thing you’ve got a cat to help you clean the mess, I’m not that lucky. Unless Nick counts, but I don’t think he’s be licking anything up off the floor…haha.
Favorite soup: Creamy tomato, minestrone, or my aunt’s Italian Wedding soup!
I’ll go ahead and Tweet about this too!
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OHMIGOSH this made me laugh. I do this all the time and my husband get SO mad. My favorite soup is cheese with bacon. Oh yum.
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haha that soup does still look pretty good even tho being on the floor. I lvoe split pea soup..and I dont know if I am the only person who does this, but I love lvoe cold leftover soup the next day, sooo good!
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love the dasiy pics
my favorite soups are veggie and black bean.
i updated my google reader last night when i realized you weren’t coming in anymore!
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Hearty vegetable soup is my favorite!
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I follow you on twitter and I tweeted this!
@butterjessfly
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My favorite soup is chicken corn chowder, delish on a cold winter day!
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I’ve had a hankering for split pea soup lately:-) cc
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I love tomato soup (mainly because I have grilled cheese with it!). I also tweeted and updated my Reader! No blog for me
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OH can I enter??? or is that cheating ha
good luck to whomever wins =) and dude seriously read instructions lol (i kid i kid)
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OH MY! I dread the clean up. But, I am also so clumsy that I tend to avoid the microwave altogether. I love veggie soup but your right the sodium is high. Maybe use it as a base to my left over stew would not be so bad.
My fav soup is Tomato Basil. Oh yeah, I am sure the sodium is high there too.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit over at Crazed Mind. Finding I will be having to pop over here more often.
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Bahahaha! That soup is an epic microwave failure. At least you salvaged a decent serving size and enjoyed your meal…and so did Daisy.
I love Chicken Soup. My grandmother always makes it for Thanksgiving so I’m a little disappointed that I’m spending the holiday with my boyfriend’s family.
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i know. it was a HARD HARD week. tears were shed. all was made better yesterday. by tons of pb.
=D
fav soup? amy’s black bean.
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Good old Tomato is my absolute fave!
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My favorite soup is chicken tortilla!
Yum!
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Thanks so much for the opportunity. My favorite soup is Cambell’s V8 in roasted red pepper flavor!
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Blogged about it!
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I love butternut squash soup but have a recipe for shrimp curry soup thats on the list to make!
been there with the exposion in the microwave!
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I love butternut squash soup!
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ministrone is def. the best!
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I tweeted!
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Hi Missy! This is my first time posting but I really love your blog and read it all the time!
My favorite soup is steaming minestrone on a cold day…mmmm!
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omg that looks like one big mess! but i am glad you still got to have some of it!
i love chicken noodle soup home made by my mom
jenna
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Ooh, nice giveaway! My favorite kind of soup is the zuppa toscana from Olive Garden! Not the healthiest selection I think, but it’s good!
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My favorite is a Rachel Ray recipe – Moo Shu Stoup.
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I love the classic chicken noodle soup!
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LOL I’ve done that before with soup….at work!! My co-workers hated me for about an hour.
Hmmm. My fave soups are actually the V8 Butternut Squash and Southwestern Corn!
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I updated my Reader, too!
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What a tasty disaster! I’ve asked this question before….do Ramen Noodles count as soop since it has the liquid in it?? LOL
I say it’s soup, and it’s my fav.
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I love yournew header!!!! Man only having Internet on my phone is making me so behind. My fav soup is panera broccoli cheddar
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i really like navy bean soup.
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i added your new addy to my google reader
erica_haggins@hotmail.com
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I just died lolling at that soup explosion pic! lol. That’s happened many times for all of us i’m sure.
My favorite soup is the Southwestern corn. It is so good!
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tweeted! http://twitter.com/healthybeachbum
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haha i have entered this v8 giveaway on like 5 different blogs. every time -> FAIL.
my all time favorite soup is vegan chunky tomato bisque from french meadow bakery / restaurant in mpls, but since i only get to eat out every so often (read: almost never) i love making homemade vegan cream of broccoli!! i have had campbells v8 version of this though and i have to admit – VERRRY good!
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Ha Ha I love the exploading soup photos I have lost count of the times that has happened to me. I am always forgetting to cover the food. Im really interested if you used the free pedometer and what you thought of it?
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