There are some restaurants who do it right but I figure I might as well go to a restaurant that specializes in salads especially if I want the healthy, delicious version that I’m looking for. That’s why I’m obsessed with Salata, who is known for their endless salad options.

I recently made a stop into the Salata in Addison to have lunch. While I was there, I got to talk with the franchisee owner and learn more about what Salata stands for and how they stay about the competition.  One advantage that Salata has is that they have recently partnered with the Houston Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. These registered dietitians have put together a few salads  that would be great for after your workout, for men who aren’t big salad fans and even salads that are antioxidant rich. Sometimes, going into Salata can be overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re going to get since they have so many additions to choose from. These few salads that the dietitians have put together will make your trip to Salata much easier. Want to give them a try? Add the specific ingredients listed below for a salad that you’ll LOVE.

Antioxidant Rich Salad from Salata

Post-Workout Fuel Salad from Salata

Salads Men Love from Salata

Salata has over 50 fresh ingredients that you can choose from that include different types of lettuce, vegetables, fruit, beans, nuts, seeds, cheeses, eggs, cihcekn, seafood and more. With so many choices, it can sometimes be confusing on what to put in your salad. I always seem to get the same thing, not that I don’t want to try a new variation, but I know my “go-to” salad combination will always taste delicious.   My favorite salad from Salata is their spinach salad with grilled Shrimp and Chipotle Ranch dressing. I found out last time when I stopped by Salata that you can mix dressings. Who knew? It’s such a simple concept, I’m kind of embarrassed that I never thought of it.

Salata has ten different dressings which are all made in-house. You can choose from Balsamic Vinaigrette, Buttermilk Ranch, Chipotle Ranch, Classic Caesar, Fat-Free Mango, Fat-Free Sun-Dried Tomato, Fresh Herb Vinaigrette, Ginger Lime, Honey Mustard and Lemon Vinaigrette.

Win your two Favorite Salata Dressings! Which two would you mix together?

To be qualified to win, you MUST comment on this post stating which two dressings you would mix together.
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Dallas Fort Worth Salata Locations

• Shops at Legacy: 7317 Parkwood Dr #195, Plano 
• Addison: 4930 Beltline Rd #110, Addison
• Preston Center: 8307 Westchester Dr, Dallas
• Pacific Dallas: 1700 Pacific Avenue $C105, Dallas
• One Main Place: 1201 Main St #P-215, Dallas
• Sundance Square: 520 Commerce St, Ft Worth
• Uptown Dallas: 3000 Blackburn Ave #150, Dallas

What is Man of Steel about?

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes “Man of Steel,”TM starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Kal-El under the direction of Zack Snyder.

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth.  As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do.  But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

The film also stars four-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (“The Master”), Oscar® nominee Michael Shannon (“Revolutionary Road”), Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves”), Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”), Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne (“What’s Love Got to Do with It”), Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, and Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”).

“Man of Steel” is produced by Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder. The screenplay was written by David S. Goyer from a story by Goyer & Nolan, based upon Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and published by DC Entertainment. Thomas Tull, Lloyd Phillips and Jon Peters served as executive producers.

Zack Snyder’s behind-the-scenes team included director of photography Amir Mokri, production designer Alex McDowell, editor David Brenner, and multiple Academy Award®-winning costume designer James Acheson (“Restoration”) and costume designer Michael Wilkinson. The music is by Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”).

Want to win tickets? Enter below!

You are entering to win a pair of tickets to see Man of Steel on June 11th at 7pm, a Men’s tee, poster and keychain! We are not able to make the location public, but it is in Dallas and is centrally located! The winner will be emailed on Monday, June 10th and will have 4 hours to respond. If there is no response, another winner will be chosen.

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“We believe everyone deserves a great cup of coffee and Seattle’s Best Coffee is now here to provide that cup,” said Frank Sica, vice president and general manager for Seattle’s Best Coffee. “With the opening of 10 new drive-thrus in one day, we’re welcoming coffee drinkers from across Dallas/Fort Worth to experience a piece of Seattle in their hometown—it’s what we call ‘visiting Seattle, TX’—where the coffee flows fast, friendly and delicious.”

Seattle’s Best Coffee Menu Items

The menu consists of 12 combo meals that are all under $5, which I love. You can’t go to any fast food restaurant and get a combo meal under $8. The combo meals at Seattle’s Best Coffee offer Breakfast Sandwiches, Pretzel Melt Sandwiches and Tasty Pies. Breakfast sandwiches are served on either a muffin or biscuit with a coffee. The Pretzel Melt Sandwich and Tasty Pies combos are served with chips and a coke of your choice.  If you’re not in the mood for a full combo, you can order an sandwich al a carte.

In addition to mochas and lattes, those looking for a treat can choose from many dessert-inspired specialty coffee drinks such as Birthday Cake Lattes and S’mores Mochas, available hot, iced or frozen. I tried the Frozen Hazelnut Creme Latte and it was amazing, highly recommended. Since all of their new Dallas locations are geared around customers who are on the go, each combo is made for you to consume easily in a car and on the go.

Seattle’s Best Coffee Dallas-Ft. Worth locations

You can stop by any of the 10 DFW locations to see how great Seattle’s Best Coffee is and what they’re all about. To see the interactive map of locations, check out the Official Seattle’s Best Coffee Site.

• Burleson – 971 SW Wilshire Blvd.
• Lancaster –  160 N. I-35 E.
• Love Field – 3036 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas
• Marsh & Frankford – 3560 Frankford Road, Dallas
• McCart – 7441 McCart Ave., Ft. Worth
• Mckinney – 1658 W. University Drive
• Rockwall – 778 E. I-30
• Tarrant and Beach – 4525 N. Tarrant Pkwy, Ft. Worth
• Timbercreek – 6057 Skillman St., Dallas
• Wheatland – 3233 W. Wheatland Rd, Dallas

Get FREE Coffee from Seattle’s Best Coffee

There are two ways to get free coffee from Seattle’s Best Coffee. You can enter below for a chance to win one of five $10 gift cards that I’m giving away. The giveaway ends on Tuesday, June 4th. Each household is only allowed to win one gift card.

If you don’t win the giveaway, there is still hope. Head over to the Seattle’s Best Coffee Facebook Page create an e-postcard, get $1 off at their new drive-thrus. Then email your friends for a FREE signature beverage.

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There’s a new contest happening at The Shops at Park Lane that connects your shopping experience with the great deals available at The Shops at Park Lane. “What’s the Deal?” is a social media campaign that is giving away a $100 Park Lane gift certificate each week until May 15. There are three easy steps to participate in What’s the Deal? – just snap, tag and win!

Snap a photo of the best deal you found while shopping at The Shops at Park Lane between now and May 15. Share this photo with The Shops at Park Lane on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #ParkLaneDealAlert. The Shops at Park Lane will choose one What’s the Deal? winner per week to receive a $100 gift certificate to the Park Lane store or restaurant of your choice.

The next time you’re out at The Shops at Park Lane’s great stores and see a great deal, don’t forget to take a photo and post it to our social media pages. The better the deal, the greater the likelihood of you winning!

Architecture 360 is awesome. They have given us a pair of tickets for one lucky couple to go the Third Annual ROCKITECTURE and Silent Auction.  The third annual ROCKITECTURE is next Thursday, April 25th at the recently restored and amazing Federal Building and Post Office downtown at 400 N. Ervay.

Tickets are $75 each and cover the cost of cocktails, bites, tunes and entry to the silent auction featuring items curated especially for lovers of great design and architecture donated by local and national designers, artists and architects. Proceeds benefit Dallas Center for Architecture public programming.

The event is part of Architecture360, the 30-day celebration of architecture in Dallas presented by AIA Dallas and Dallas Center for Architecture.

Do you want to go to ROCKITECTURE? Leave a comment below with WHY you want to go and you will be entered to win. Winners will be announced  and emailed on Thursday night. Good Luck!

Purchase your tickets to this event here: http://www.dallascfa.com/events/rockitecture-2013.html

The Kraft Fresh Possibilities tour will be in Dallas offering FREE samples, coupons and recipe ideas to give local residents mealtime inspiration.  Kraft will be sampling Fresh Take (a meal kit comprised of fresh cheeses, spices and breadcrumbs all in one convenient, compartmentalized bag) and showing folks how to use product in more than 60 ways to come up with personal creations the whole family will love.

Want to check out the Kraft food truck? Here is the tentative schedule.

March 28th

• 6-8pm: Walmart 2980 – 8520 N Beach Street, Fort Worth, TX 76244

March 29th

• 10am-2pm: Walmart 4627 – 2750 W University Drive, Denton, TX 76201
• 4pm-8pm: Walmart 5092 – 190 E Round Grove Road,  Lewisville, TX 75067

March 30th

• 10am-2pm: Walmart 3777 – 12220 FM 423, Frisco, TX 75034
• 4pm-8pm: Walmart 947 – 401 E US Highway 82, Sherman, TX 75092

March 31st

• 10am-2pm: Walmart 5823 – 6185 Retail Road, Dallas, TX 75231
• 4pm-8pm: Walmart 259 – 782 E Interstate 30, Rockwall, TX 75087

Available in nine delicious flavors, Fresh Take is a savory combination of cheeses, breadcrumbs and seasoning – all in one convenient, compartmentalized bag, requiring minimal preparation and no-mess cleanup. Don’t miss your chance to try hot, homemade samples of Fresh Take for yourself, experience the tour in your city and save on your next Fresh Take purchase!

The food truck experience is completely free, so stop by and see what it’s all about.

la Madeline is hosting one of the best giveaways to date, a free trip to Paris. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?  All you have to do it submit a recipe for using la Madeleine’s tomato basil soupe. It must be your original recipe, no stealing recipes off the internet, yall! The recipe should be submitted through la Madeleine’s facebook  until March 24th. Before submitting your recipe, I would highly recommend checking the terms and conditions so make sure your recipe will qualify.

On April 8th, la Madeleine will announce the top 5 recipes selected. Then you and your Facebook friends can vote daily until April 28th. For an incentive to get your friends and family involved,  every day during the voting period, a voter will be selected at random to win one of five $10 la Madeleine gift cards. The winner of the grand prize, a trip to Paris, will be announced on May 1st.  The winner receives a week-long trip for two to the Loire Valley region of France complete with a private tour of Paris with la Madeleine founder Patrick Esquerré.

Also, for the duration of the “Recipe to Paris” contest, $1 will be donated to the Children’s Hunger Fund for every jar of la Madeleine Tomato Basil soupe purchased in-café.

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Need some motivation for your Tomato Basil soup recipe or just down right LOVE la Madeleine’s soup? Either way, you’re in luck. We’re giving away 1 la Madeline Tomato Basil Soup. All you have to do is comment on this blog with why you love la Madeline. One winner will be chosen on Thursday, March 14th.

Be sure to leave your email address so we can notify you if you when! Your soup will be mailed to you.

For 30 years, la Madeline has brought the French cuisine to foodies throughout the country. They’re celebrating this milestone with their loyal guests, Dine in on Saturday, March 2nd and tell a la Madeline associate “Happy Anniversary” and you will receive a free mini pastry, tart or parfait.

Their extending the anniversary celebration by hosting a contest called, “Recipe to Paris.” To celebrate this milestone, la Madeleine is asking guests to submit an original recipe using its beloved Tomato Basil soupe via the café’s Facebook page between February 28 and March 24. The best recipe, as determined by la Madeleine’s Facebook fans, will win a week-long trip for two to the Loire Valley region of France complete with a private tour of Paris with la Madeleine founder Patrick Esquerré. During the duration of the “Recipe to Paris” contest, $1 will be donated to the Children’s Hunger Fund for every jar of la Madeleine Tomato Basil soupe purchased in-café.

My weekend plan is to cook the BEST  Tomato Basil soup possible to win the trip to France, who am I up against? Let me know if you’re competing and I might just vote for you if you make it to the finals.

See you at la Madeline and good luck in the contest. Don’t forget to submit your recipe before March 24th.

The Make Up Bag Remix Tour is coming to Dallas and you’re invited!

The Paris based professional make up brand coveted by top industry artists is bringing education to the forefront, “remixing” make up bags for all consumers and teaching them how to use the make up they already have, properly, no matter the brand. The mobile tour, launching February 1st in Los Angeles, CA will stop in 9 cities total across the country for all the beauty obsessed to take part in.

Here is the full tour schedule:

This is completely FREE.

Book your appointment here (http://makeupbagremix.com) for a one on one make up bag evaluation with a professional artist who will go through your make up bag and figure out what’s working for you and what’s not!  You will walk away with a better understanding of what flatters you, a new make up bag, a face chart detailing how to use your product and any recommendations you may need. Easy breezy! A photographer will be on site for each client’s “after” look that could be featured on Make Up For Ever’s Facebook page.