With 10 recipients for today's giveaway, you really stand a great chance of walking away with something you'll enjoy: a super snack just in time to celebrate a Super Bowl victory Ground Hog Day Valentine's Day!
Nothin' says lovin' like a a pile o' pistachios :).
A c t u a l l y, because Wonderful Pistachios and Everybody's Nuts is sponsoring this giveaway, I've learned more about pistachios than I realized there WAS to know!
- The pistachio has been used as a dyeing agent and a folk remedy for ailments ranging from toothaches to sclerosis of the liver.
- Pistachios are one of only two nuts mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 43:11)
- Pistachios are “super nutrient dense” because they are dense in eight nutrients: thiamin, vitamin B6, copper, and manganese; and INQs ranging from 1 to 1.7 for potassium, fiber, phosphorus and magnesium.
Visit Pistachio Health and you'll be sold on their value as a healthy snack! This site is not just informative, it's engaging (learning…fun? I kid you not!). And…if your kids are looking for an engaging topic to write about for school, pistachios are as good a topic as anything AND the visual aids are yummy!
There are two ways to register to be one of the 10 readers who receive today's giveaway:
- Tweet the following and return here to comment the URL of your tweet: " RT: Go nuts! With 10 PRIZES, your chances are GREAT to win @PensieveRobin 's giveaway today! http://bit.ly/20skg5 "
- Write a little poem about why you'd wanna win pistachios–it can be a haiku (17 syllables, people, what could be easier?), a couplet (two-line rhyme), a limerick (cause I favor those 😉 ) or a sonnet (if you're crazy). Or any other poetic form.
Five giveaways will be given to those who tweet; the remaining five to those who write poetry that tickles my fancy.
Be sure to check out my giveaway summary for additional guidelines and a complete listing of giveaways, and remember:
- You may enter each giveaway as often as you like by posting separate comments.
- Unless stated, giveaways are for domestic delivery only (i.e., today's is only for U.S. addresses!)
- I'm SO GRATEFUL for those of you who are choosing to subscribe via email or in a reader! Truly. That anyone will give ear to my writings (and I promise, I've got some fun…thoughtful…challenging posts to come in the days ahead…I hope you'll stick with me til we get "there" 🙂 ) blesses my socks off. Even when it's 14 degrees outside :).
http://twitter.com/learningmama/status/1158647320
Don’t you love Twitter. Things happen so quickly haha.
Pistachios are a treat
To win them would be neat
I hope your eyes don’t bleed too much from this engineer’s attempt at poetry. But at least my limerick is based on a true story!
A poor pregnant gal with a craving
In the kitchen was ranting and raving.
As she dashed all around
Not a cashew was found
For her hubby ate the can she’d been saving.
I twittered: http://twitter.com/lisasamples
Pistachios are yummy
They do the trick for my tummy
I deserve to have a wonderful treat
the power has been off and the house smells like stinky feet
Pick me I just might share
then again hiding in my room snacking by meself sounds fair
I am hungry and pmsing right now
and need some salty Pistachios to chow
The power is flickering, so I have no doubt
in a minute everyone will filling the air with a shout
Mom and honey- the power is out
Pistachios can be white,
Pistachios can be red,
But the only way to eat them,
Is snuggled up in bed!
Now, was that lame or what? What I wouldn’t do for a pistachio!
While I know I’m not a poet I opted for the easy way out to tweet on Twitter.
http://twitter.com/morethancents/status/1158780727
Did I mention I LOVE Pistachios?
pistachios where for are you to me
With no ifs, no ands, and no buts
Pistachios are my guy’s favorite nuts!
Thanks!
Here’s my Haiku:
Nuts will come my way
When Robin picks the winner
Hope Hope Hope it’s me.
I’d give these nuts to my mom
Who doesn’t really like me to break in song
I cannot sing
For anything
Now I’ll be gone
I don’t have a poem but my husband would love it if I won these!
There once was this awesome nut
whose shell was a bit too shut.
It grumbled, “oh, Hell,
Can’t get out of my shell,
How in the world can I strut?”
( Sorry – I’m not too awake yet 🙂 ) Thank you for the delicious giveaway.
Nutty Limerick Based on the Classic Dirty One
There once was a girl from Lake Tahoe
Who was hungry and craved a Pistachio
So she commented and won
and now she’s got a whole lot-tio
WOW, that was bad. Which is depressing, since I *am* a writer.
Tweet tweet: https://twitter.com/texasheartland
I was trying to think of how to write some poetry when my 9 year old daughter volunteered to do it. Here is hers:
“I am eating pistachios and stroking my hair.”
“Oh? Pray tell me where?”
“At an Ireland Fair”
“I am eating pistachios in the lair of a bear,
That makes his home near the Ireland fair.”
“You must like pistachios to go in that lair!!”
“Yes! The bear has a big stock of them there.”
pistachio nut
allow me to eat you now
you are so tasty
Pistachios, Pistachios, on you I love to snack
Vitamins and nutrients, there’s nothing that you lack
You can come in white or you can come in red
There’s not another nut that I would want instead
How can one so yummy be healthy for you too?
While watching tv shows, you’re what I want to chew
I’ll crack your tiny shell and pull out that tasty nut
and if someone tries to take some, I will kick their butt.
and since I lack total confidence in my above poetry, I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/auntiethesis/status/1159109742
I love Pistacio nuts,
my husband is allergic.
but still eats them, What a PUTZ!
He said they tasted to good to resist!
His throat would get itchy and irritated that day…
When I would ask “WHY” – he threw up his fist,
and say “THEY’RE TOO GOOD TO KEEP AWAY!”
I am no poet but my faux peom is actually true!
nursing a new babe
craving lots of nuts and fruit
pistachios rock!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Angela
itsahumanzoo(at)gmail(dot)com
I’m not such a great poet, so here’s my tweet. http://twitter.com/itsahumanzoo/status/1159237287
I was feeling hungry and I went on a quest
But I’m pretty picky and wanted the best.
I passed up the veggies, apples, and chips
Even though they’re good, especially with dips.
Did I want ice cream, a cookie or two?
No! It was pistachios for me and for you.
Why oh why do I ask for more nuts?
When my husband and son drive me nuts!
Just kidding they are really great (most of the time)
I love pistachios
red or brown
salted or plain they are the same
gotta win them nuts
LOL…i’m not good at this ha ha
Pistachios are my fave
for their salty taste I often crave
I cannot stop at just one
why bother and spoil all of the fun!
not too shabby, huh?
madamerkf at aol dot com
Pistachios salted
Pistachios plain
Eaten in the sun
Eaten in the rain.
Stay out of the rut
Eat a healthy nut.
Here’s my tweet (can’t get the brain to work on a peom right now):
http://twitter.com/courtenay27/status/1159458554
Thanks!
mysbc27-web at yahoo dot com
Twittered
http://twitter.com/taterbugtx
Pistachios and nuts, oh my,
To win them would be divine.
Tweeted here 🙂
http://twitter.com/MrsCox/status/1159512808
there once was a mom way out west
whose children certainly did test
any food that was fixed
was poked or was nixed
unti she shoved nuts down..aww,I jest
Hmm… not great… but I would still love to win.
Pistachios aren’t only good for me,
They taste even better when they’re free!
That was a terrible “poem”. Hope we aren’t getting judged on our abilities! lol Thank you for another great giveaway!
http://twitter.com/rachelzcallahan/status/1159530643
I’m just starting to get back into Twitter, but fighting the urge because I just don’t need another addiction!!
However, fun prize!
Pistachios are great.
I could eat them in a crate.
I could eat them with my mate.
I could even eat them until half past eight.
a better nut you can not eat
whether to snack on or just a treat
they taste good and are real fine
so please see that one of these bags are mine
I love me some nuts.
Definitely yummy stuff.
Please, Robin, pick me.
If you want a snack on the go,
There’s nothing that beats a pistachio.
Full of vitamins, phenols and crunch,
Pistachios are a healthy munch.
Fun to open, great to eat,
These little snacks just can’t be beat.
To win Pistachios would be neat and oh so much fun to eat.
I love nuts
Wholesome and good
They dont add to your butt
Which is what I understood
Belly is Hungry
Gimme those Pistachios
I can taste them now!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh pistachio,
Where for art though?
Ah, I see,
the hubby ate all of thee!
Great giveaway! Count me in.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
tweet tweet http://twitter.com/simply_unique79/status/1159838388
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/morphsrose
I couldn’t decide whether to write a limerick or a poem, so I did both. You choose the one you like!
There once was a blogger so sweet
Who wanted to give me a treat
I hope that she does
Especially because
Pistachios are a real treat!!
Once upon a blog,
I discovered a surprise,
I looked as through a fog,
I could not believe my eyes!
Nuts were mine to win,
Yes, they really could be mine
If I could use my pen,
To write a few quick lines!
Dear hubby calls me crazy-o
My body craves pistachios!
Another from my daughter Mara:
A Pistachio Party
“I am by the sea,
I see a ship and what is in the lee?
Why pistachios are in there!
Come lets get some to share!
Yes lets have a party!”
And mine after some thought:
“There was a mother named “Abbi”,
Who without a good snack could be crabby!
She went on the web,
(It was there that she read)
Of Pistachios that might make her flabby.”
Oh, I am hoping I win
Would love the chance to fool myself thin!
Pistachio’s are the healthy snack
Especially when your stomach is about to attack
And the greatest news
Even for those with perhaps opposing views
They contain plenty of Phytosterol.
So,no need to worry about that cholesterol
Yes indeed, Pistachio’s can definitely be eaten by all
Boy that was a lot of fun, and please excuse my pun ,.. ha,ha
brn2lisn (at) gmail (dot) com
Pistachio you are so very healthy,
fiber, minerals and B6 you bestow on me.
This is my Cinquain:
Pistachios
Green goodness
Tasting, Eating, Digesting
Pistachios Make Me Happy
Yum
I love these nuts
Their Oh So great
Please pick my name
I just can’t wait
Then I can say
Im not in a fog
I won these nuts
from Pensieve’s blog
Thanks for the great giveaway!
JH33194(underscore)2002(at)yahoo.com
A pistachio’s a nut with crunch
I can eat them in a great big bunch!
They all look so well
In their little shell
They’re yummy for snacks and even lunch!
Protein
Interesting
Slimming
Tempting
Attention-grabbing
Crunchy
Happy
Intelligent choice
On the menu
Snack
Pistachio is hard to spell
But darling in its little shell!
Tasty, crunchy, healthy, too,
Oh, I love them – how about you?
I want pistachios in my mustachios.
A glorious nut
Just waiting to be eaten
The nut is gone now
Here’s my stab at it…
I’m a nut for nuts.
The taste of a salty crunch
is a healthy munch.
I am a Biblical Health Coach and encourage people to eat foods that GOD created (natural)–Pistachios—healthy & Yummy!
@DuongSheahan
I tweeted the link
Twittered
Haiku:
A pistachio
in my pretty hand is worth
bags of shelled pecans
Twittered!! I think…I am a new twitterer
http://twitter.com/sgibbs58
http://twitter.com/AmberOliver/status/1160746969
COUNT ME IN – I LOVE PISTACHIOS!! 🙂
Twittered- Thanks!
https://twitter.com/Tiffanys819/status/1160759255
Oh, pistachios! My favorite treat.
Salty. Crunchy. Not sweet but suh-weet!
By the handful, bucket, or bin.
My oh my – I hope I win!!
I try very hard not to eat anything green
But Pistachios are so much better than beans
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net
Pistachios are crunchy and heavenly
And they even help with your memory!
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net
Pistachios are tasteful
I’ll definitely not be wasteful
Patachios are nuts devine,
now how can I make them mine.
Pistachios help vision
And improve on your wisdom
They cut down on your stress
So eat pistachios more and other junk less
allmycrazycats AT aol.com
Pistachios are yummy
Need to fill up my tummy
Cause if I win this prize
I’ll become happy and wise
So here I am, willing to give it a try!
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net
Oh pistachios pistachios
how much you spill into mustachio’s!
I love you nutty friend
Even when my tummy bends!
My hubby will eat all of you
I’ll find the bag, empty, it’s true.
tweeted
http://twitter.com/valerie2350/status/1160971185
Haiku:
Pistachios yum
SO tasty and favorful
I want to win these
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/carogonza/status/1161009078
Pistachios are a fav of mine;
I like to eat them all the time.
Almonds are my 2nd pick…
I tend to eat them till I’m sick!
Thanks for the chance!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
Nuts are good
Nuts are great
I want nuts
On my plate
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/AtHomeWithBooks/status/1162934458
Pistachios are my favorite nut
If I don’t win, I’ll kick your butt!
http://twitter.com/tbbycatt
I tweeted it 🙂
I wish I could come up with a good limerick…
There was a girl who going green
asking everyone if they had seen
a healthy snack
which wasn’t a quack
because she had no protein.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/ThriftyJinxy/status/1163249975
Pistachios are very yummy
I’d like to have some in my tummy
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/mom2anutball/status/1163286514
A Cinquain
Pistachios
salty, hard
cracking, snacking, munching
I’m nuts for pistachios
Grub!
Pistachios are not meant
for haiku poems;
they’ve too many syllables.
I’m nuts
are you nuts
but we can all go nuts
ovre at Pensieve
AWW don’t go too nuts.
I twittered took
http://twitter.com/velvet1116/status/1163723182
Pistachios, Pistachios
I’m really on a roll
I need to win this contest
To put pistachios in my bowl
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net
Sometimes I feel like a nut
Sometimes I don’t
But I want to win this contest
To give them to my aunt
digicat{AT}sbcglobal{DOT}net
California
State of fruits, nuts and flakes
Pistachios fit right in
allmycrazycats AT aol.com
Pistachios are everywhere
In my mouth and in my hair
I feed them to my family
And even to my bear
Did I just write that?????????????????
allmycrazycats AT aol.com