Introducing a Partnership with Rouxbe

Free Trial to Learn to Cook with the Pros

It’s a strange time. We’ve all been stuck home more than ever. Most travel has been put on hold. Even eating out has slowed down, in some cases to a dead halt.

What that means is that we are also cooking more. That’s why I was excited when I was approached by Rouxbe to try their online cooking instructions.

Rouxbe is the top online culinary school in the world. It’s been around for 15 years as a training tool to chefs (over 600,000 in 180 countries) and restaurant staff, as well as an outlet for those who want to hone their home skills.

The other thing I like about Rouxbe is the fact that they try to focus on cooking a little healthier. Don’t worry, the recipes aren’t all filled with kale and cauliflower, they just incorporate ingredients that are a little more nutritious. (There are many plant-based dishes if you are vegan or vegetarian.)

You’ll find a focus on safety at this online school too as you browse through the lessons and courses, as well as recipes created by top chefs. Since it’s all on the site, you can do it a little or a lot, any time and any day you want.

If you want to become a serious chef, you can create goals and get graded on courses such as “Knife Skills,” “How to Cook & Make Pasta,” or “Steaming, Stewing & Braising.”

I enrolled in “Grains and Legumes,” which covers everything from learning to make perfect rice to preparing polenta and storing legumes.

Most of the classes are  less than 10 minutes and not complicated, but you are sure to learn something. Then, go into more complexity, such as “Plant Based Cooking” and “Food Safety.”

Lessons at Rouxbe are a little more difficult and very specific, such as “How to Make Roux” and “Knife Sharpening with a Whetstone.”

I’ve been thinking about making one of my favorite Greek dishes, Moussaka, so I looked through the lessons for making Bechamel sauce. I was impressed by how many details it gives me, from one-pot and two pot methods, to storing and reheating.

Last, but not least, Rouxbe has live events. I’ve enrolled in the upcoming “Nutrition with Eggs” seminar, with Emily Cruz, Director of Operations at CuliNex, and “Nutritious & Delicious Fruit Desserts” withFran Costigan, the Queen of Vegan Desserts.

Rouxbe  offers many options from taking a class to enrolling in the unlimited courses and videos, but you don’t have to make any quick decisions. It also makes a great gift for a foodie.

Take advantage of their free 30-day trial to try it all out – with NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED to

Sign up for a free trial now!

Have you signed up for Dosh yet?

Don’t miss out on this hot app that earns easy cash

I’ve been working with Dosh for nearly a year now. At first, it was a new application that had some glitches and not many stores. 

Now, they’ve given away millions of dollars in cash rebates and referral fees. They have also built up quite a list of participating stores, restaurants, and hotels.

Have you signed up and gotten your share?

This app is very simple to use. You can download it from the Apple, Android, or Google Play application store. 

You enter in your credit card in the secure system. Nothing gets charged, but you’ll get $5 cash just for entering your first card (and $1 for each additional card you put in). Then, when you use that credit card at a participating store, you’ll automatically get the cash in your Dosh wallet – no coupons, no scanning receipts, not codes.

I just got $2.88 for shoes I bought at Tom's for my daughter. 

Dosh cash is money, plain and simple. You don’t have to turn it in for gift cards or prizes. You simply have press on the dollar amount in the right top corner. If you have at least $25, you can transfer it right into your PayPal account. You can also donate the money to charity.

Earning money back from Dosh doesn’t take away from anything you already earn with your credit cards, it just adds more rewards too it. Participating merchants give back from 3%-11%. The offer is always clearly displayed on the app.

You can also get rebates with Dosh by clicking through and shopping online at their connected merchant.

New participants are being added to Dosh all the time. Payless is the latest. Just in time for spring and summer shopping, you’ll get 5% back into your Dosh account every time you shop at Payless Shoe Stores with one of your registered credit cards.

Two other fairly new – and very popular – offers are from Papa John’s Pizza and Chilis Restaurants. They are currently offering 5% and 7% respectively. You can always double check the Dosh dashboard in the application to see anything that has changed or been added.

Finally, I want to remind you that Dosh is giving $25 back – in addition to the rebate the hotel is offering – for your first booking at a hotel. Some of these deals will cost next to nothing for a great getaway, by the time you get your rebates.

Dosh has connections all over the world, and around the corner. I just booked a last-minute room a few days ago when my complex’s remodeling on my apartment forced me out. I just stayed a few blocks away.

There’s no better time than the present to get that Dosh account and see how easily everyone is making cash, without doing anything you aren’t doing every day.  Sign up now.

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Ready for Holiday Shopping?

Remember to Download the Dosh App

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday… they are just the beginning of a long holiday season that ends in the one thing you don’t want – bills.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could receive cash too? The Dosh app can help you do that and it requires very little work on your part. The list of stores offering cash back in your pocket is huge, and it includes stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond, The Body Shop, Speedo, Hollister, Neiman Marcus, Sam’s Club, Hallmark, and Cost Plus World Market.

Don’t forget when you are out and about shopping to check for the latest local restaurants and activities in your area that are giving cash back. Just keep your Dosh app up to date and press the “Nearby” button to see what’s there.

Cash back at restaurants is easier than you can imagine. Once you securely enter your credit card in the Dosh app, you don’t have to do anything else. There’s no coupons, scanning, or showing a card with Dosh. You simply go to the restaurant, pay with one of the credit cards you’ve entered in the Dosh app, and the cash back will automatically appear when you sign back into the app. From there, you can request your free money to go to your bank account, PayPal, or even donate it to charity.

In addition, Dosh currently has some special deals available for a limited time, making it even easier and more lucrative to use the application.

Through December 1^st, you can earn extra cash for your holiday shopping. After you set up your account, simply send out the referral link to your friends and family. You will receive $15 for every person you refer who downloads Dosh and signs up. There is no cap on the number of people you can refer and earn $15 a piece from.

In addition to you receiving the referral fee, each person will get $5 in Dosh cash as soon as they link a credit card.

Another great deal going on at Dosh now is $25 cash back on your first hotel booking. The $25 dosh dollars (which can go into your bank account to help pay holiday bills) is in addition to cash back and discounts you’ll get for booking the hotel. Hotels all around the country and the world are participating in this deal.

Why not treat yourself to cash instead of just bills after the holidays?

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Spooktacular Savings with Dosh

Happy Halloween! If you haven’t gotten your costume, candy, or even decorations, it’s not too late to get some great cash back with your purchase when you sign up and shop with the Dosh app.

In fact, you’ll even earn the same money at stores such as Target, Jelly Belly, Big Lots, Walmart, Jet.com (one of my favorites) when you purchase all those discount Halloween products when the holiday is over. Dosh money does not stop coming when the store slash prices.

If you haven’t checked out the Dosh app yet, there’s never been a better time. Halloween is just a start of the end of the year holidays. 

With all those gifts to buy, we all could use all the savings we can get. Wouldn’t it be nice to get a chunk of cash back to help with those credit card bills?

I didn’t do a lot of shopping this month (I’m saving my purchasing power for next month), but I did stop by Denny’s for some scrumptious pancakes. With my card registered at Dosh, that means 10% back on everything that went on my charge at the restaurant.

You can use the “nearby” tab to check what’s in your neighborhood for Dosh $. In addition to Denny’s, mine includes local Italian and pizza joints, Mexican food, Firehouse Subs and the Forever 21 store, perfect for shopping for the teens in your family.

Hallmark Cards has also joined the Dosh cash back team for the holidays. You can get 7% back on your purchases of holiday cards, ornaments, wrapping paper, and personalized books. That’s not for one shopping trip, it’s for every purchase you make with a linked card through at least the end of 2017.

Don’t forget to also think about treating yourself to a post or pre-holiday getaway. Check out the hard to pass up deals on hotels from Boston to Rome, and many cities in between. Just book through the application. You can also earn part of your car rental and meals back while traveling.

It’s never been easier to use an app for money back. After you sign up with Dosh, safely enter in your credit cards and you will automatically get cash when you use them at a participating store. 

The other option is to shop online through a link on the Dosh app.  Personally, I don’t want to take any chances that I’ll miss anything that offers money, so I do both!


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DOSH, Introducing a New Easy Cash Back App

I’m all about saving money and it’s even better when I can get deposits in my bank account without doing anything. That’s why I love this new cash back app, DOSH.

DOSH, which is available for Apple or Android devices, is easy to use. You enter your credit and/or debit cards once (they’ll even give you $1 cash back for each one you put in) and it securely and safely. You can also get cash for referring friends.  Then, cash out when you reach just $15 through Paypal or directly to your bank account. You also have the opportunity to donate the money to charity.

The new DOSH app couldn’t have been released at a better time. It’s worth a download for your summer fun, and you can even make money while you travel.  

The number of stores using DOSH is expanding every day, locally and nationally. Some of the great deals shopping include Gap, Nike, Forever 21, and even Walmart. You can also get your car fixed at Jiffy Lube, or eat at Dickey’s BBQ and Jack in the Box for cash back. They have a selection of local restaurants too, with many more to come.

For travelers, DOSH offers deals on hotels, so you not only get cash back, you get a great price on a hotel room. Boost your budget with cash back in your bank account when you return from vacation

Just like any new app, there are some glitches in finding your location (you can type it in) and a few crashes, but I found the app to still work better than most. Just make sure you continually check for app updates when you use it.

Start your summer off with a download DOSH . Not only is the app free, but you’ll instantly get a dollar for every card you connect.

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