Dig Out Your Blender For A Healthy Energy Boost with Kiss Me Organics Matcha Green Tea #Review

As Chris is the cook at our house, he wrote this review.

One of the many, MANY benefits of being with Sarah is getting the opportunity to try out healthy and tasty foods and beverages. So when she asked me to give Kiss Me Organics Matcha Green Tea Powder a taste test, I was all over it.

I chose the Berry Good Morning Smoothie recipe – unfortunately the supermarket was out of strawberries (to the dismay of both Hannah and myself – she loves coming with me to buy groceries) so I just doubled the blueberries.

Heinz Little Kids snacks are healthy, tasty treats

We are very lucky in that Hannah likes a variety of foods and is always willing to try new things. We are very unlucky in the fact that Hannah's clothing seems to like to experiment with food as much as she does. This poses an even bigger problem when we are on the go and, uh, she commutes to work with me each and every day.

Always on the look out for healthy, non-messy snacks, I was excited to let Hannah try the Heinz Baby toddler snack line aptly named Heinz Little Kids. Meant for toddlers aged 1 to 4, the snacks are designed for little hands, mouths and tummies.

New FLINTSTONES Gummies Plus Immunity Support (#Giveaway)

Nutrition and immunity have always been essential to kids’ overall health and wellness. Providing your kids with balanced snacks and meals, and keeping up their immune function can be a challenge. This can be especially true in the fall when the changing temperature signals the start of flu season.   

A new survey commissioned by Bayer Healthcare Consumer Care shows that –

• 67 per cent of Canadian moms with kids 10 and under say healthy meals for their kids are often compromised because of busy and hectic schedules; 
• 55 per cent of moms agreed their kids are getting enough vitamin A, while only 41 per cent said their kids are getting enough zinc. Both of these help to maintain healthy immune function;
• Almost two thirds of moms agreed that they have added other ingredients to vegetables to make them taste better.

For more information, please view the PDF booklet.

Getting my fibre a delicious way - Fibre 1 Almond & Cluster Delight #Fibre1ACD

I think I might be the least enthusiastic bride out there. At least, that's probably what the staff at the store I bought my gown in thought a few weeks ago. They wanted to know if I wanted to try it on when I went in to pick it up. I politely declined, and from their reaction, I think I might be the first bride in the history of the store to do so.

The truth is, I should probably lose at least 10 more pounds to look GOOD in my gown for my fall wedding. Although I've finally reached my pre-pregancy weight, I have yet to reach my ideal wedding weight. But a new, quick and delicious cereal is helping me with my battle.

Fibre 1 Almond & Cluster Delight is as healthy as it is tasty. It's quick to prepare during the morning rush AND one bowl is 40 per cent of the daily-recommended fibre intake.

Pure Via sweeteners (Review & Giveaway)

I didn't start drinking coffee until my working years. I got through university by drinking Coke. But now that I'm a parent, I don't know how I could live without coffee. Once I moved in with Chris, I started using brown sugar in my coffee, and recently I heard of an even better way to sweeten my brew.

Pure Via is an all natural, zero calorie sweetener derived from stevia, a plant native to South America. Its main sweetening ingredient is Reb A, a high-purity extract of the sweetest part of the stevia plant. As a replacement for sugar in beverages, cooking and baking, Pure Via can help to reduce overall calories consumed without sacrificing great taste. Pure Via is a natural alternative to sugar and can be enjoyed by anyone who wants the indulgent taste of sugar without all the calories.

A Healthy Halloween

This year, for her first Halloween, Hannah is dressing as a banana. Her Aunt is a fashion designer and making her costume. We will be making an (early) appearance at her Aunt's Halloween party, we have a music class to attend on Halloween, and we may drive to her grandparents houses to collect candy, so hopefully her super cute costume will get some mileage.

But because she'll only be 9 months old, I don't need to worry about any candy she might collect. Because Chris and I will fight over it, and then gorge on it ourselves (not that I expect she'll be collecting much).

How do you make sure your child(ren) doesn't go overboard with all the treats Halloween can entail?

Image:http://picture-book.com/content/friendly-witch

Baby Gourmet Founder & President Jennifer Carlson Broe has a favorite healthy Halloween tip that both parents and children will love. The Halloween Witch is a household tradition for Jen's children Eamon and Findlay. Trick-or-treating is an experience that children love and Jen knew it would be very difficult (and disappointing for the kids!) to convince them not to participate - yet she was concerned about them eating big bags of candy. So...she told them about the Halloween Witch.

Eamon and Findlay have fun picking out their 10-15 favourite treats to keep and then they leave the rest of their candy next to the fireplace. The Halloween Witch visits their home each year and takes away the candy in exchange for a new present. Jen's children enjoy the whole of experience of Halloween without the lingering damage to their nutritional plan.

Fifteen pieces of candy and a new present sound pretty good to me. When I was younger, my brother and I would stay out for hours trying to get as much candy as our bags could possibly hold. Then, when my Mom was making us clean our rooms as part of spring cleaning, we usually found the dusty bags hiding under our beds - still 75 per cent full and having to be thrown out due to grossness.

Near the end of my trick-or-treating days, people had started to give out stickers, pencils and plain popcorn (slightly healthier than other goodies).

This year, Jen is going to take Halloween to an even healthier level. She will be handing out her brand new Squoosh™ product - the first healthy snack line-up to be launched under Kids Gourmet™, a brand devoted to healthy options for school age children. The Squoosh™ snack product line has four products specifically designed to appeal to children's sense of fun: Orangobango, Squabbleberry, Beetberry, and Banango. The packaging is fun and filled with serious nutrition. These snacks are made from 100 per cent fruit and vegetables, have no added sugar or salt, are kosher, nut-free and gluten-free, and provide a full serving of fruit & veg in every pouch.

Image from: http://www.babygourmet.com/our-food

Hannah LOVES Baby Gourmet, so I can only assume when she gets older she'll love Squoosh™ too. With flavours like Harvest Pear, Pumpkin and Banana, Orchard Apple, Carrot & Prune, and Juicy Pear and Garden Greens, Baby Gourmet is baby food I don't mind tasting to ensure it's the right temperature. It's also a Parent Tested, Parent Approved Award Winning Product. All Baby Gourmet products have 100 per cent organic ingredients, no thickeners or fillers, no added sugar or salt and BPA free re-sealable packaging.

How will you keep your kid(s) healthy this Halloween?

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