Mealtime

Takeya Pink Flowers Bento Lunch Box Review {#gbgreenfam Sponsor}

September 10, 2012

I’ve talked before how I love Japanese culture (read the background in this post), so I was excited when Elliot Depot wanted to send me 2 of their Takeya Pink Flower Lunch Boxes for the girls. They are super cute and made in Japan (the writing on the packages is even Japanese). These BPA-free lunch [...]

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Green Your Lunch with a Laptop Lunches Bento Box

July 16, 2012

While my girls aren’t in school yet, we do take trips to the park to have picnics, and have tea parties at home on an almost daily basis. The girls love when their tea parties have a fun or different presentation. I actually find it’s easier to get them to eat more healthy treats that [...]

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Brothers All Natural Fruit Snacks

February 28, 2012

My girls love fruit, and anything with fruit in it. Unfortunately most dehydrated fruit either has added sugar or sulfur in it, so I avoid buying it even though they both beg for it when they see it at the store. So I was really excited to try out Brothers All Natural Fruit Snacks, which [...]

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Ella’s Kitchen Organic Baby Food Sample Pack {#GreenResolutions Sponsor Spotlight}

January 8, 2012

About a month ago, I got this lovely surprise delivered to my home with a nice letter from Ella’s Kitchen: I have worked with Ella’s Kitchen in the past and I also had a chance to chat with them at BlogHer, so this was a lovely surprise for the girls. As soon as I opened [...]

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Healthy Snack Ideas for Toddlers

May 5, 2011

It seems like every couple of weeks, Zoë’s favorite food suddenly becomes the food she doesn’t like. I guess perhaps it’s an experimental phase for her. We do all of the typical healthy toddler snacks: Organic stoned wheat crackers and cheese Raisins Berries, Grapes, etc. Orange slices Bananas, either plain or dipped in oatmeal and [...]

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Granola Gourmet Ultimate Energy Bars are Yummy

February 4, 2011

Sponsored by Tomoson.com I’m always looking for new healthy snacks for our family to enjoy. We eat a lot of fruit, but it’s fun to mix it up sometimes. I received 4 Gourmet Granola Ultimate Energy Bars, one in each flavor, to review: Ultimate Berry Ultimate Cran-Orange Ultimate Mocha Fudge Ultimate Fudge Brownie As soon [...]

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Neatnik Saucer Review and Giveaway (Closed)

January 4, 2011

About Neatnik Saucer Neatnik Saucer is a patented, mom-invented product that keeps food and toys off the floor and covers everything within baby’s reach while dining in a restaurant. It’s an integrated high chair liner, placemat and germ barrier that works with restaurant high chairs. With Neatnik Saucer in place, Mom can relax knowing that [...]

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Another One Bites the Dust

December 30, 2010

Since becoming a mom, I feel like I’m constantly coming up with “ideas” that would make life so much easier. I previously shared that a couple of them were dashed here after I saw they were already available. Another thing I kept saying I wish I could find was a bowl that would suction to [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Organically Raised by Anni Daulter (closed)

August 23, 2010

I consider myself a pretty good, from-scratch cook (my husband and I even wrote a from scratch cookbook for expats when we were living in Uruguay), but sometimes it can be a challenge to come up with new recipes that are both healthy and tasty—especially on busy nights. I received a copy of Organically Raised: [...]

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Review: thinkbaby BPA-Free Feeding System

August 13, 2010

It’s important for me not only to feed my family wholesome, nutritious foods, but also to serve that food from safe dishes, free from harmful chemicals. That’s why I was excited to try out the thinkbaby BPA Free Feeding System, which is free of bisphenol-a (BPA), lead, PVC, nitrosamines, phthalates, melamine and biologically harmful chemicals. [...]