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Organic Slammers Fruit Pouches Add Fruity Fun to School Lunches-Giveaway

Another school year is off to a busy start and that means I’m diving into another year of packing lunches! I’m lucky that my boys aren’t too picky when it comes to lunchtime meals but, like most kids, they do prefer sweet, pre-packaged, not-very-healthy snacks. That’s why I’m happy that I added Organic Slammers fruit […]

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Hit the Road with Enjoy Life Foods Gluten-Free and Allergen-Free Snacks the Whole Family Will Love-Giveaway

When it comes to road trips, good planning is a must. With just a few weeks of summer left before the start of a new school year, there’s never been a better time to head out on the road and see a new place. Planning tasty and delicious road trip snacks makes a trip run

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Boost Your Meal’s Nutrition with Prana Organic Whole Black ProactivChia Seeds

As a bit of a foodie who’s also concerned about my health, I love discovering ways of increasing my favourite meals’ taste and nutritional content. A top organic food company I discovered a few years ago, Prana Organic, has come up with a new way of doing that and it’s one that any health-conscious food-lover

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Halloween is Healthier with Go Gourmet Squoosh Fruit Pouches-Giveaway

In just a few weeks, one of my very favourite holidays will be arriving…Halloween! I’m notorious for going overboard with food, decorations and treats during almost every holiday celebration, but Halloween has always been one of my personal favourites. Custom tombstones, creative costumes and more help to make the day one that my boys and

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Snack Pack with New EZO Lids are Perfect for Your Back-to-School Lunchboxes

With the new school year almost here, I’m stocking up on my boys’ favourite lunch meals and snacks. Luckily for me, they both like fairly basic, easy-to-find items like fruit cups and ham sandwiches. And of course, no lunch is complete without a Hunt’s Snack Pack pudding cup in my boys’ minds! Zackary favours butterscotch

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Surprise Your Kids with Easy Heart-Healthy Valentine’s Day Snacks

When I was younger, we usually got one or two treats at most on Valentine’s Day. In the morning, we had a special breakfast of heart-shaped Jell-O. Since it was a once-a-year treat we were always very excited about digging into the red jiggling hearts. Later that day, we each received a small heart-shaped box

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Kids and Parents Will Both Love New Kids Gourmet Slammers SuperFood Snacks-Giveaway

When my boys were toddlers, they loved Baby Gourmet Squoosh Snacks. In fact, they enjoyed eating the squeezable pouches of pureed organic fruit right up into their school days. And why not? The pouches are portable, mess-free, healthy and taste great! But unfortunately, since the products are targeted towards infants, they have a design that’s

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Start Your Day Right with Nutrient-Packed Berry Blast Bran Muffins

Thanksgiving is the official kick-off of the holiday season for most families and ours is no exception. But between the colder weather, the extra treats and the decrease in time spent outdoors, it’s also the season when colds and flues start to attack with a vengeance. And that’s certainly been the case this year! My

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Treat Your Little Goblins to 4 Easy and Healthy Halloween Snacks

Halloween is just a few days away and since kids will soon be indulging in all kinds of sweet treats, I thought I’d create a few healthy Halloween snacks for my little monsters this year. Planning a Halloween party menu without overindulging on sweets doesn’t have to mean skimping on fun and these four simple

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Fall is Extra Delicious with New Chocolate Peanut Butter Drizzlecorn from Popcorn, Indiana-Giveaway

Popcorn is one of those snacks that I tend to forget about unless I’m at the movies, but it’s one of my absolute favourite treats when I do buy it. And while good old-fashioned buttered popcorn will always be something I love, I have to admit that I can’t resist some of the tastier gourmet

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Kids Will Love the Nutty Taste of #DarePeanutFree Bear Paws and Wagon Wheels with Wowbutter-Giveaway

I’m very lucky to have two boys that so far don’t have any food allergies, but of course not everyone we know is so lucky. Our small-town school is very reasonable about peanut allergies and each year the teachers inventory the students and limit foods allowed in lunches on a class-by-class basis. The first few

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Experience #FigLove with 100% Natural #NaturesBakeryPtc Fig Bars-Giveaway

This post was created in partnership with Nature’s Bakery. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Now that school is back in session, finding tasty snacks for my boys’ lunches is a top priority for me and it’s not always a job that’s easy. I like to choose healthy and natural foods whenever possible, but

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Snack Healthy and Happy with Way Better Snacks Tortilla Chips-Giveaway

I may eat pretty healthy overall, but I still love my snacks! So I like making sure that I have alternatives to traditional junk food in my house when the snack craving hits. Fruit and vegetables are always a great choice, but sometimes I want something that’s crunchy, salty and satisfies my craving for snack

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Celebrate Halloween with a Simple Ghost Toast Snack and Activities from Disney Junior

I love celebrating almost any holiday and I’ve sometimes even been known to find obscure holidays or invent my own traditions just as an excuse to celebrate and have fun with my boys. But of all the holidays throughout the year, Halloween is easily one of my favourites. I have a tendency to go overboard

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Snackbox Provides Month After Month of Delicious and Healthy Snacking

I am a little bit addicted to subscription box services, and a few months ago I discovered my favourite one yet. Snackbox is a monthly subscription box packed with better-for-you snacks carefully selected by a holistic nutritionist and delivered straight to your door. I had the chance to dig into the September snack box recently

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Snack Healthier with RW Garcia Premium Organic Tortilla Chips-Giveaway

My boys and I love our snacks. While regular meals are great, snacks are definitely a family favourite whether we’re enjoying sweet treats or savoury crunchy foods. Obviously, that means that I have to be careful about the snacks we eat because we’d end up with a lot of unhealthy food in our bodies otherwise!

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Epic Movie Fun is Guaranteed with Printable Activity Sheets and Healthy Recipes

When I was at BlogHer13 in Chicago a few weeks ago, my sister took my oldest son and her oldest daughter to the movie theatre to check out one of the summer’s new animated features, Epic. The kids loved it and I heard stories about it for quite some time afterwards. Lucky for me, yesterday,

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Kids Get Nutrition and Convenience with Milk Unleashed Shelf Safe Milk #MilkUnleashed

August is here and school days are quickly approaching! I am having a blast getting my boys all the gear they need for the upcoming school year and healthy food for lunches and snacks is always something at the top of my list. This year, the new Milk Unleashed shelf safe milk will be right

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Summer is Sweet with New Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Grahams S’mores-Giveaway

One of my favourite things about summer is the delicious seasonal food. Watermelon, barbecued burgers, fresh garden veggies…there are so many tasty treats to enjoy! And this year, Pepperidge Farm has taken one of the most popular summer foods, S’mores, and incorporated the treat into brand new limited edition Goldfish Grahams S’Mores! Recently I received

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Swim with the Fish and Cruise in Style with Disney Junior this June #DisneyJuniorMom

June is a big month at Disney Junior, because your child’s favourite channel is celebrating dads this month in a very, very big way! There’s a special bond a dad has with his children and no movie displays that bond better than Finding Nemo. On Saturday, June 15 at 6pm EST, tune in for the

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Snacking is a Blast with Twistos Snack Bites and New Twistos Crackers-Giveaway

Last year my family had the chance to review the brand new Twistos Snack Bites. They were crispy and light little morsels of deliciousness that I absolutely loved. And with flavours like Asiago, Bruschetta and Parmesan & Garlic, I couldn’t help but want to hide the bags away for myself! Unfortunately, the boys loved the

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Way Better Snacks Sprouted Chips Provide Whole Grain, Fibre and Nutrients-Giveaway

For the most part, I eat pretty healthy. I cook meals at home, favour whole grains and love simple, natural food like real butter and homegrown vegetables. But I still like to enjoy a tasty snack every now and again and tortilla chips are one of my all-time favourite indulgences. They may not be the

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Seven Healthy Ways to Satisfy Your Child’s Sweet Tooth

No matter what good habits we try to teach our kids, they have a natural fondness for sweet foods. That doesn’t mean they’re destined to spend their lives eating cupcakes and junk cereal but teaching them about healthy choices doesn’t automatically override their preference for sweets. Most moms weren’t surprised when the world’s largest member-based

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