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Whole Grain Pop-Tarts
I’m the Mom who asks for whole wheat bread for grilled cheese sandwiches at restaurants. I don’t do it to torture my kids. I ask because if I don’t, they will both complain that their sandwiches don’t taste right. Both of my girls have been whole wheat girls from the time they started eating food. It’s just how we do things around here.
However, my girls have always been willing to forgo the whole wheat goodness for some starchy white Pop-Tarts. They don’t have to anymore!
I am so excited to tell you about Whole Grain Pop-Tarts! We were given two flavors to try, Strawberry and Cinnamon, and the girls are devouring them morning, noon, and night (I’m a Mom who chooses my battles wisely and I’m not choosing the Pop-Tart battle).
The Whole Grain Pop-Tarts are super tasty! I couldn’t help but try one myself and they are divine. In the toaster, they get super crunchy on the ends and the overall flavor is so much better. It doesn’t seem like just sugar dissolving in your mouth. The best part is that one Pop-Tart counts as a whole serving of whole grains.
In addition to the improved flavor, the Pop-Tarts are only drizzled with a little icing, not a big slab of it like on the traditional kind. It’s just enough sweet to keep you interested without sending your body into sugar overload or as we like to call it around here, "spaz-mode."
For taking a guilty pleasure and turning it into something that’s actually nutritious, BBM gives Whole Grain Pop-Tarts. . .
Admired Martial Artists Month Giveaway
We are excited to be partnering with Turtle Press this month to give away some great prizes! All you need to do to enter to win is leave a comment on any review post during the month of March. We’ll be awarding three Ultimate Flexibility: Stretching for Martial Arts DVD’s and three Ultimate Flexibility books. Look for the review on the Ultimate Flexibility book and other great Turtle Press products later this month! Thanks to Turtle Press for this exciting giveaway!
Green Works by Clorox
When my husband and I bought our first house and had our first daughter many years ago, I went on a little "natural cleaner" kick. It didn’t last long. I used the stuff twice, each time getting a bigger headache than if I had used noxious acid to clean, and promptly threw it out. "Natural cleaners" back then weren’t what they are today. It was horrible.
Many years later, we use mostly organic cleaners in the house, which is why I was very anxious to try Green Works by Clorox. I was expecting there to be a bad smell associated with the cleaner, but I was pleasantly surprised. The smells of both the glass and surface cleaner and the all-purpose cleaner are actually very pleasant. Both products offer a very clean, fresh smell, with just a hint of citrus. For someone with a sensitive nose that can turn a headache on instantly, I was really pleased with the result.
Green Works does a really good job too. When your house is up for sale, you are constantly cleaning so I went right to work with the products. Both of them do a great job. The glass and surface cleaner leaves no streaks behind and the all purpose cleaner does a great job as well. With ingredients like coconut oil and lemon in them, you can rest assured that you’re not polluting the household air with any unnecessary chemicals.
Currently, the products are 99% natural, but Clorox is working to get that additional 1% natural as well. If you’d like to find more information about Green Works by Clorox, you can do so here.
For how well it works and for it being a healthy alternative to cleaners with chemical fumes, BBM gives Green Works by Clorox:
Breakfast Breaks
For kids, anything new is exciting. Anything that comes in its own carrying case is especially enthralling, especially when that box contains food. My girls. . . they can eat.
Breakfast Breaks are these handy packages, complete with carrying handle, that contain most of what your child needs to have a nutritious breakfast. Each package contains a sealed cereal bowl, a juice box, an additional item like a breakfast bar or package of raisins, plastic utensils, a napkin and a moistened wipe. Breakfast Breaks come in four varieties: Cheerios, Honey-nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Each package has varying items that accompany the cereal.
My girls tried the Honey-Nut Cheerios and the Cinnamon Toast Crunch boxes. They both thought it was really cool that their breakfast came in a handy box.
Breakfast Breaks are being marketed as an on-the-go nutritious breakfast. One does have to make some compromises in using them though. First, since refrigerated breakfast bars and cereal aren’t really standard, one must accept the fact that the juice will be lukewarm. My kids didn’t really seem to mind this, and I doubt most would. I just thought that might be a slight thumbs down for the Breakfast Breaks.
The other issue is that each box comes with dry cereal. One has to provide milk in order to make the whole thing work. Granted, many kids will gladly eat dry cereal, but milk isn’t really an on-the-go drink and combined with cereal? The only place I want a bowl of cereal going for my kids is on the table with a sink and paper towels nearby.
I’m guessing that those marketing Breakfast Breaks are planning on kids taking them to school in the morning and purchasing a milk to use with their Breakfast Breaks. They would also be handy to take along in the car when you have to get moving in the morning, without the milk of course.
Although my kids found them to be wildly exciting, I’m not sure that I really do. I think it would probably be just as easy to throw a juice box, a baggy of dry cereal and a breakfast bar or raisins in a paper back or lunch box. I’m not sure what the cost breakdown would be to put one together yourself versus buying a Breakfast Break, because I’m not all that into math, but I’ll bet you I could put my own together for less money. Breakfast Breaks sell for $2.49/package for 2 for $4. Of course, one has to remember that you’re paying for the convenience of not having to put something together. If you’d like more information or to find out where you can purchase them, you can do so here.
Although my kids were overjoyed, I’d have to say that I’m sort of lukewarm on the whole Breakfast Breaks thing. I can see using them time to time, but I don’t really see the necessity to use them on a daily basis. For these reasons, BBM gives Breakfast Breaks. . .
Yoplait Kids Yogurt
I would like to be able to tell you from personal experience how delicious Yoplait Kids yogurt is, but I can’t do that. I can’t tell you because I have absolutely no clue. My kids ate every last bit of those yogurts before I had a chance to get even a taste. I’m not sure if it was the Diego packaging or the yummy flavor, but my kids absolutely adored the yogurt.
The yogurts come in three different variety packs with three different themes. Dora features strawberry vanilla and strawberry yogurt. Blue from Blue’s Clues features vanilla and banana. Diego features peach and strawberry banana.
The best thing about these yogurts is that they have bragging rights by using 25% less sugar than other kids yogurts. They also contain DHA, one of the essential building blocks of brain power.
Despite my missing out on the yogurt, I did manage to snag one of the yogurt drinks before my kids could chug all of those down. Diego doesn’t really do anything for me personally, but that drink was great. I’ve never been a fan of drinkable foods, but Yoplait Kids manages to make a drink that doesn’t feel or taste wrong. It’s very much like a smoothie and I enjoyed it greatly, as did the girls.
The drinks come in strawberry, banana, mixed berry and and strawberry banana flavors. We tried the mixed berry and there was not a single complaint, not even from me.
To find out more about Yoplait Kids Yogurt, go here. If you’d like to try the yogurt for free, go here. For nutritional information, click here.
For the sheer fact that Yoplait Kids performed a complete vanishing act in this house, BBM gives Yoplait Kids Yogurt. . .
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