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ClosedHero Peanut Butter and Jelly Prize Pack Giveaway!

Posted by html404 on May 13, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats, Giveaways

Do your kids love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? But have you ever stopped to read the label of the jelly that they are eating? Nope? Well you should! Conventional jellies contain aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, and added flavors. Hero jelly contains NONE of these things! Just pure 100% natural ingredients!

We where sent a party pack to review that included peanut butter, a $5 Target gift card for bread, all four of the Hero fruit spreadables, streamers, balloons, critter cutters, and reusable lunch sacks.

Our Thoughts

This jam was very yummy! It was simply wonderful! It was not too thick, but not too thin. It was just right! None of my children complained at all about the taste. In fact they loved it! Our children also loved the critter cutters. They were very cool!

As you can see from the pictures we really enjoyed the Hero products and we will buy them again!

Be sure to head on over to your SuperTarget stores Sunday, May 15th to try out the Fruit Spreadables for yourself at a sampling event!

Giveaway!!

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Details:

This giveaway will run from May 13th to May 26th, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Hero will send one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before May 26th, 2011 and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to USA only.

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ClosedBuddy Fruits Review & Giveaway

Posted by html404 on May 6, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats, Giveaways

Our family tries really hard to watch our eating habits. We read labels and purchase organic, all natural, locally grown food as much as possible. We also do not buy a lot of convenience foods. Usually our convenience foods are a treat for trips or day outings. We bake and cook from scratch, unless our food co-op has some nice quick meals for those nights we just do not want to cook or have a busy day and need something quick and easy. If you are a mom who looks for all natural snacks, without preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, GMOs or lots of sugar, dyes and additives, then Buddy Fruits is a cute little snack option for your children.

We took our Buddy Fruits on our trip to Minnesota a couple of weeks ago and we loved them. There are five flavors for their pure blended fruits, which is a little pouch with a plastic screw top and pretty much like pureed fruit. This is a great solution for children with small appetites and cannot finish their snack in one sitting. Simply screw the top on and a little later when their tummy is hungry they can finish off their Buddy Fruit. The five flavors include Apple & Multifruit, Apple & Banana, Apple & Cinnamon, Apple & Strawberry, Mango Passion & Banana. The only one some of the children were not crazy over was the Mango.

I loved the ease of use, the lack of spills or need of spoons for these snacks while traveling. Even baby could eat them right from the package! Little bit messy for him, but it still was easy to feed him while on the road.

Here’s the ingredients from the Apple & Multifruit:

Apple, banana, passion fruit juice, mango, strawberry, concentrated apple juice.

That’s it.

The other Buddy Fruit snacks are pure fruit bites. Very similar to gummies, BUT they are ALL fruit! No added anything. They come in four flavors: Orange, Pomegranate & Acai, Apple and Raspberry. Can you say yummy! They were another hit. These are not listed on Buddy Fruits’ website but are available on Amazon, as are the blended Buddy Fruits.

Here’s what is in the Raspberry pure fruit bites:

Fruits extract, apple juice concentrate, apple puree concentrate, raspberry juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, fruit pectin, glazing agent.

And it says it may contain traces of wheat starch.

A huge two thumbs up from our family on Buddy Fruits. I am hoping to stock up for our trips to the farm this summer for something easy to take with us on the run.

For more information about Buddy Fruits and their company, please visit www.BuddyFruits.com

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Details:

This giveaway will run from May 6th, 2011 to May 19th, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Buddy Fruits will send one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before May 19th, 2011 and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to USA only.

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Fair Food Network – Grow the Good

Posted by html404 on May 6, 2011
in Food and Treats, Organic

Found this newsletter in my inbox and since the Fair Food Network is new to me, as it Oran Hesterman’s new book, I thought I’d share it with all of you.

Dear Friends,

As Oran’s wife, I want to share with you my excitement about the upcoming publication of his book, Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All. Over the past decades, I have experienced (first hand and daily!) his passionate commitment to transforming our broken food system, and I am remarkably proud of the many ways he has found to make an impact.

As a Professor of Agronomy and Extension Specialist at Michigan State University, he traveled the state working directly with farmers to create more sustainable farming systems. As a Program Director at the Kellogg Foundation, he traveled the country seeding the local good food movement with resources, ideas, and connections. Aware of the profound challenges inherent in redesigning the broken food system, he founded FairFood Network to address these issues, particularly in under-served communities, and continues to spread the fair food movement nationwide.

And all of his dedication, knowledge, experience and passion has been channeled into this book, Fair Food, which powerfully presents a blueprint for change and a roadmap for how to get us there.

I unabashedly recommend this book to you, knowing that it is truly a labor of love and devotion to the fair food future we all want for our children and future generations.

Best,
Lucinda Kurtz

Pre-Order the Book!
You can pre-order the book at your local book store or at Amazon.com

A Glimpse of What’s Inside
Check out Part 1 of a series of blogs based on the book atFairFoodNetwork.com – “From Conscious Consumer to Engaged Citizen”

Book Events in Your Town
Find out when Oran’s book tour will be in your town atwww.fairfoodbook.org/events

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions or want more information, contact us:
(734) 213-3999 or info@fairfoodnetwork.org.

FAIR FOOD NETWORK

Fair Food Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to building a more just and sustainable food system. FFN works at the intersection of food systems, sustainability, and social equity to guarantee access to healthy, fresh, and sustainably grown food, especially in underserved communities.

FFN implements model programs and brings the right people together to generate ideas, share resources, and promote policy changes to repair our food system.

To learn more about Fair Food Network, visit www.fairfoodnetwork.org.

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Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Kim and Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels

Posted by html404 on May 5, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats

What kinds of treats does your family enjoy? Pretzels are a nice snack to have on occasion. I actually prefer the breaded pretzels over the ones in the chip aisle. Our children love this pretzel roll that I pick up at our food co-op, whereas they are not my favorites. Last week we had the chance to review some yummy pretzels from Kim and Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels. The difference between Kim and Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels and others is the fact they are stuffed.

Our Sample Kit included six 2-packs of Stuffed Pretzels:

- Grilled Cheese

This stuffed pretzel was simply yummy! It tasted so delicious and cheesy.

- Pizza

Can we just say YUM? Our family loves pizza and this pretzel was a hit in our home! It tasted almost exactly like pizza. The sauce was very good with just the right spices. And the pretzel itself…well, it was very good.

- Apple Cinnamon

Apple Cinnamon was also was very good. Are you noticing a trend here? It would make a very good breakfast treat. The apples where nice and soft and the sauce was sweet, but not overly sweet. And everyone in our family loved it!

- Chocolate Crumb

Chocolate lovers will love this pretzel, as it was one of our favorites out of all the ones that we tried! It tasted SO good. The pretzel was SO moist and chewy. And who could resist??? It’s chocolate, right???? Plus, the chocolate frosting was a added bonus. All of us loved this pretzel!

- Cheddar Jalapeño

Only our two eldest daughters and I really liked the jalapeño pretzels. The others thought that they where too hot and spicy. They were tasty and had a nice kick to them. The cheddar cheese really accented the jalapeño. This one was not my personal favorite but I’d eat it in a pinch.

We heated our pretzels up in the oven for 15-25 minutes. Our overall experience with these stuffed pretzels is one word – Yum! Our mouths still watering when we see pictures/think of these pretzels!

All in all we LOVE Kim and Scott’s gourmet pretzels and want to order some more of these yummy treats soon! Now that I have tried a stuffed pretzel, they are truly the ultimate pretzel of all time. Other pretzels dim in comparison to them.

Be sure to tcheck out heir products on their website: http://www.kimandscotts.com

About Kim and Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels-

Since 1995, Kim and Scott Holstein, co-founders of Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels, have grown their business from the kitchen in Kim’s studio apartment to a national presence selling millions of pretzels each week via grocery store chains like Albertsons, Target, Walmart and Whole Foods. In addition, their pretzels can be found at Barnes & Noble, and via regular appearances on QVC, where they sold more than 150,000 pretzels in just 12 minutes when they debuted on the network.

Each one of our delicious pretzels is twisted by hand and made from scratch. Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels offer an assortment of amazing pretzels, using ALL-NATURAL and PREMIUM ingredients, like freshly shredded cheeses, hearty spices, unbleached flour and whole grains.

Connect with Kim & Scott’s on Facebook, Twitter, their blog, and Youtube!

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What is Cinco De Mayo?

Posted by Brande on May 4, 2011
in Food and Treats, Holidays

Gimme a holiday and I’ll eat for it! We started celebrating a few years back with a couple of tacos and churros. Today, I wondered why? Here’s the history of Cinco De Mayo from the source. http://www.mexonline.com/cinco-de-mayo.htm

“The history of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is the primary regional holiday in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico’s Independence Day which is actually September 16.”

So, a little history to go along with your Mexician Fest! Oh, try this recipe. It’s wonderful! Adios!

Ultimate 7-Layer Dip

357 read reviews (357) rate this recipe

total time 3 hr 10 min

prep 10 min

servings 6 cups or 48 servings, 2 Tbsp. each

What You Need

1 can (16 oz.) TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Refried Beans

1 Tbsp. TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix

1 cup BREAKSTONE’S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

1 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick ‘N Chunky Salsa

1 cup shredded lettuce

1 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Four Cheese

4 green onions, sliced

2 Tbsp. sliced black olives

RITZ Toasted Chips Original

Make It

MIX beans and seasoning mix; spread onto bottom of pie plate.

TOP with layers of all remaining ingredients except chips. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.

SERVE with chips.

TACO BELL® and HOME ORIGINALS® are trademarks owned and licensed by Taco Bell Corp.

Recipe copied from Kraft Foods. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/ultimate-7-layer-dip-63313.aspx

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Saturday! Go to Lowe’s & Starbucks!

Posted by Brande on April 22, 2011
in Deals, Food and Treats, Free Stuff, Gardening, Seasonal Stuff

Celebrate Earth Day with Lowe’s and Starbucks!

Lowe’s (www.lowes.com) is giving away one million trees On Saturday the 23rd! Before you leave the house grab your reuseable mug and on your way to Lowe’s stop by Starbucks for a free coffee or tea! (http://www.starbucks.com/blog/happy-earth-day/993)

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Let’s Do Lunch

Posted by html404 on April 12, 2011
in Eco Friendly Products, Food and Treats

This was a cool video done by Kelly Lester, of EasyLunchBoxes.com and celebrity guest, Sam Harris, thought it was worth sharing since we really like the EasyLunchboxes!

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FoodDay.org

Posted by html404 on April 12, 2011
in Food and Treats, Health, Health & Garden Tuesday, Health and Nutrition

We are excited to present a major new campaign that we are launching today with some of the most prominent voices for change in the food policy world. Organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Day will encourage people around the country to sponsor or participate in activities that encourage Americans to “eat real” and support healthy, affordable food grown in a sustainable, humane way.

We’ve modeled Food Day on Earth Day. It is led by honorary co-chairs Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-CT), and is backed by an impressive advisory board including author Michael Pollan, physicians David Satcher and Michael Roizen, professors Walter Willett, Kelly Brownell, and Marion Nestle, and prominent chefs such as Alice Waters, Dan Barber, and Nora Pouillon. Food Day also has the support of a wide range of national and local organizations focused on hunger, sustainable agriculture, animal welfare, and public health.

We envision thousands of events on October 24, 2011, from coast to coast, ranging from small events in homes and classrooms, to large rallies in public parks, and hearings in city councils and state legislatures. A Food Day event could be as simple as a vegetable-recognition contest in a kindergarten, a potluck dinner with friends featuring locally sourced ingredients, a spirited debate on a college campus, or celebrating the harvest from an urban garden.

Food Day is all about solving local communities’ food problems. Nationally, we’ve identified five key priorities:

– Reducing diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods

– Supporting sustainable farms and cutting subsidies to agribusiness

– Expanding access to food and alleviating hunger

– Reforming factory farms to protect animals and the environment

– Curbing junk-food marketing to kids
Can we count on you to participate in a Food Day event near you, or better yet, will you organize a Food Day event in your community? If none of the topics above appeals to you, is there another food issue confronting your community that needs attention? A growing network of partner organizations, advisors, and Food Day organizing staff will help putting a Food Day event on the calendar. (In weeks we’ll have a web-based map that lets you schedule or RSVP to Food Day events with just a few clicks of a mouse).

Please email us at foodday@cspinet.org, or call us at 202-777-8392. Food Day is just a little more than six months out. That’s more than enough time to plan, and let’s get started together!

You can keep up with Food Day and other exciting things by ‘liking’ Food Day on Facebook, or following us at our Twitter handle (#foodday).

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Horizon Organic Milk

Posted by html404 on April 7, 2011
in Food and Treats, Health and Nutrition, Organic

Most of our family loves milk. Milk is a good source of Vitamin D and Calcium. It is good for us or at least we are taught that it is. We tend to buy milk that is on sale. We do try to avoid brands that contain hormones etc. Personally, I grew up on raw milk due to living in the country. I have fond memories of going to the farm with my mom to get milk out of the huge milk tank in the milk parlor in the milking barn. I would visit with the farmers, look in on the milking, visit the calves or just wait in the car. We knew our farmer. I won’t get into the raw vs. pasteurized milk debate here in this post, but if you are itching for a debate we can do that in the comment section. We could even debate the pasteurized vs. organic issue as well.

Speaking of organic, last month we received three coupons for a half gallon of Horizon® Organic Milk. Most of you probably already know that organic milk is produced without antibiotics, pesticides and from cows not given added growth hormones. Organic milk is also produced using cows who are treated humanly and who are grass fed or fed organic feed or hay (No GMOs!) during the winter. Much different than feedlot raised cattle. Horizon® Organic Milk is available in gallons and half gallons. What I did not know is that Horizon® is ultrapasteurized. Not sure that is a good thing, unfortunately. Nevertheless, purchasing milk from Horizon® supports over 600 individual organic farmers! Wow, I did not know that fact.

Our Review

We enjoyed Horizon® Organic Reduced Fat Milk very much. It had good flavor and tasted like milk. We drank it up in quick order. It came nicely packaged and we appreciated the coupons that bought us 1.5 gallons of milk. What more can we say? Milk is milk? (Let the debate in the comment section begin! Seriously, I’d love to hear where you all are on this topic.)

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Homemade Convenience Foods Book Review

Posted by Brande on March 23, 2011
in Books, Ebooks, Food and Treats, Gift Ideas, Shopping

Here’s an eye opener. According to Marcia Washburn’s book, “Research shows that by age 45, the average woman has spent 50,000 hours in the kitchen. That figures up to 3124 days of her waking hours feeding and cleaning up after those she loves!” Cough, gasp… EXCUSE ME! I love to cook, but I’m with Marcia.

Here’s what Marcia’s website site www.marciawashburn.com says about her new book, Homemade Convenienve Foods.

“Homemade Convenience Foods is not once-a-month cooking or frozen pizzas or carry-out burgers, but a simple method that even never-cooked-much-before college kids and newlyweds can easily learn to implement.

The Homemade Convenience Foods system is perfect for busy homeschool moms, those who work away from home, and empty-nesters who need motivation to cook for just one or two people.

Homemade Convenience Foods even teaches you how to avoid those last-minute grocery runs that cost you so much time and money. With this system, you will always have the ingredients on hand to prepare at least a dozen different menus. Even drop-in guests won’t faze you.”

About Marcia and Why She Wrote This Book

“Three home-based businesses, church and community activities, homeschooling, and the growing appetites of five boys forced me to learn shortcuts in the kitchen. By trial and error, I developed a system that allows me to serve inexpensive, good tasting, nutritious food in fifteen minutes or less without spending a whole weekend cooking each month. This was not gourmet food, just hardy meals to fill those “eating machines” grazing through my kitchen.”

About Homemade Convenience Foods

Marcia has developed a method that will stock your freezer, cupboard and refrigerator. As well as giving you a list of the equipment needed, which is very few items. She also includes a few tips along the way.

My Review

We all have those days that we stand in the kitchen or stare into the freezer (I’m famous for that one) wondering what I am going to feed everyone. I’m definitely trying this out. Marcia includes yummy recipes in her book. I’m not talking tacos and hamburgers. She has recipes for goulash, chili, quick beef stroganoff, and others. I already started my list for my next grocery trip. I already do a few things she suggests. I buy ground meat, cook and freeze it. It works great for tomato sauce. I don’t want to giveaway all her methods, tips or tricks.

Go to her website at http://www.marciawashburn.com and buy Homemade Convenience Foods. It’s only $5.95 for print and e-book (add $2.00 for S/H for print editions). Also, don’t forget wedding, baby showers, birthdays for friends and relatives! Everyone could use this book. It makes a great addition to my cookbook collection.