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Froose! The drinkable snack for your kids (and you too!)

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my rss feed. Thanks for visiting!My toddler who loves juice boxes, despite my best attempts to keep him away from them. I usually don’t buy them, but whenever we go on play dates or to Grandma’s house, they are always offered [...]

Pass the nuts, please!

Did you know that Emerald Nuts sells dark chocolate covered almonds? They are delicious!
The Mayo Clinic has listed almonds as one of the ‘10 great health foods for eating well’. Like all nuts, almonds provide one of the best plant sources of protein.
They are also heart-healthy since most of the fat [...]

Snacktrition is available online! Win some here!

Remember this post?

You can now purchase these great snacks online starting today!
Check it out at www.snacktrition.com.
Not only are the snacks tasty but the people from Snacktrition are very generous! Five readers will win a Snacktrition prize pack, which includes FIVE bags of Snacktrition. (one of each flavor)
To enter the contest, visit Snacktrition and [...]

Have you read your food labels lately?

Remember the saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover?” These days it should be “Don’t judge a food by it’s packaging”. Products that claim to be healthy choices, might not be so healthy after all.
For example, Fiber One Chewy Bars. Sounds like a healthy snack, yes? Not [...]

Just flip, sip and go!

One must love the power of the internet. Camelbak sent me a replacement bottle in response to this post.
I cannot express just how much I love this bottle! It is called the Better Bottle and with good reason. It has the bite valve so you do not have to tip the bottle [...]

Tempted by treats? Think ABC!

Tempted by that bag of cookies in the pantry or the last cupcake leftover from a party?
Here’s a tip: eat an apple first.
If you still want the sweet treat after eating your apple, then go ahead. Chances are you probably won’t but even if you do, you’ll be full of goodness from the [...]

Viactiv chew gives me a valid reason to eat chocolate

A few years back I was told I have low bone density so the doctor recommended I take a Vitamin D supplement. I was pretty good about it at first but unfortunately got out of the habit last summer. It has been so long in fact that I cannot even find them. [...]

Please caffeinate me

Caffeine is my drug of choice.
I must have it often because I am *blessed* with a baby that only sleeps in two hour increments, including overnight. Sometimes the only way I can get through my day is with an endless supply of Diet Pepsi by my side to keep me alive awake. [...]

8 Reasons to love the egg

As we were coloring Easter eggs today, I realized that the egg is a great food and snack.
Here are 8 reasons we came up with, do you have any to add?

It’s inexpensive!
It’s portable! (when hard boiled, of course)
It’s low in calories! (about 78!)
It’s a great source of choline, which plays [...]

Drink up– Dr. Oz says it is okay!

Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen are back with a new book called You: Staying Young.
They were on Oprah this week with their anti-aging checklist that will help you “get healthy and peel years off your life”. It looks like it has some great information in it, so I am definitely putting this one on [...]