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alternavites Kids Quick Melting Vitamins Review
My kids are super active at school and good nutrition is important for their growing bodies. While I can control what they eat at home, lunches at school is different. I allow my son to buy lunch one day a week and I'm sure its tasty but not so nutritious. Since they were young toddlers I've been supplementing their diet with vitamins. Thank goodness for the ever growing number of kid friendly vitamin products out there. The gummy vitamins certainly made life easier for me as the kids love taking their morning vitamin. I eat them myself, certainly beats the nasty chalky tasting tablet vitamins that exist for adults.
However, I just learned how much sugar one of these gummy vitamins contain. Some nutritional supplements contained as much sugar as a piece of candy while others contained artificial sweeteners, colors and flavoring. No wonder my children loved their morning gummies - its candy in essence, plus add on the artificial colors and flavorings to the already high sugar content which can make my kids more than hyper.
alternaVites Kids offers an option to parents who wish to give their children a daily multivitamin that has the nutrients kids need, but without the sugar and additives they don't! alternaVites Kids contains 17 essential vitamins and minerals specially formulated for children ages 4 and up.
alternaVites is the most versatile and unique vitamin on the market - alternaVites Kids can be poured directly on the tongue (think pixie stick!), mixed into yogurts, puddings or smoothies, licked off a spoon, or even sprinkled on top of fruit.
There are two awesome flavors: strawberry bubble gum and raspberry cotton candy. We were excited to try the raspberry cotton candy flavor as cotton candy is my children's favorite Rita's water ice flavor. alternatives contains 0 grams of sugar & is free of aspartame and high fructose corn, no artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors, or preservatives and contains no egg, milk, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish or shellfish and no animal products or by-products. It is certified kosher pareve.
I was curious to see how this would taste myself especially with no sugar and no artificial sweetner. The packets were super easy to open - no scissors required. I just tore at the perforated area and poured directly on my tongue. It was pretty good! My children loved it and certainly thought of these as pixie sticks candy but there's no telling that there is no sugar in them. These packets are great as you can fit them into any busy schedule.
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alternaVites Kids are available at http://www.alternavites.com/ for $15.95 (a one month’s supply/30 daily dose packets).
Disclosure: I was provided a saple of alternavites for our review in exchange for our honest opinion. All others opinions may vary.
Heads Up: Buy Gift Cards at a Discount this week!
Its Graduation time so why not save money on those graduation gifts by purchasing gift cards at a discount! Plastic Jungle has some fabulous discounts this week! Check them out below!
Starbucks is a splurge for me! But for the younger generation its not a splurge but a necessity during exam time! So why not splurge on your graduate and save money at the same time!
Wednesday - Purchase a Starbucks Gift Card at a 7-9% discount
Thursday - Purchase Barnes and Nobles Gift Cards at a 14-15% discount
Friday - Purchase Fandango Gift Cards at a 11-12% discount
Why pay full price on gift cards when you can get them at Plastic Jungle at a discount.
Wednesday - Purchase a Starbucks Gift Card at a 7-9% discount
Your graduate needs some light summer reads...
Your graduate needs a break and movies are a nice relaxer!
Friday - Purchase Fandango Gift Cards at a 11-12% discount
Why pay full price on gift cards when you can get them at Plastic Jungle at a discount.
Dawn® Power Clean™ 5 Minute Challenge and Time Saving Routines #DawnPowerClean #ad
Move over Rachel Ray, I'm a 29 minute or less cooking mama. After work its a race against the clock to get dinner started, eat, clean up and play with the kids before the bedtime routines kick in. Clean up comes with cooking. Its a chore but its easier for me to do it as I'm faster and more efficient. Clean up is my least favorite part of meal time but oh so necessary. While I have a dishwasher, I tend to wash my dishes the old fashion way (using a little elbow grease). This is especially required for big dishes such as my wok that would otherwise fill up my dishwasher quickly. I love a good stir fry and these dishes fit well within my 29 minute or less meal making but clean up can be cumbersome.
Anytime I can shave off some minutes here or there during clean up is a good thing as that means I can spend a few more minutes with my ever growing beautiful kids. Dawn has come out with their new Power Clean Dishwashing Soap product that can give you the amazing power of an overnight soak in just five minutes. After dinner tonight we put the Dawn product to the test. I simply filled the sink with some water and Dawn Power Clean. Then, I added the dirty dishes and wok and let it sit for 5 minutes. During this 5 minutes I helped my son with his homework. The grease was minimal and the food just came off easily with one fell swoop of the sponge and we were good to go!
Dawn has already come to my rescue before! I'm a new Mom to baseball this Spring and I was worried when the coach asked for white pants. My son loves to slide on grass and mud anyway let alone be encouraged to do so fancifully in baseball. So I asked my readers on facebook their best solution to clean up mud and grass stained pants. I must say I was surprised to hear Dawn was a popular answer! Lo and behold a 5 minute pretreatment with Dawn and a little elbow grease and the baseball pants were as good as new! Thank you Dawn!
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Other tips that help me be more efficient to save time on my daily kitchen routine include:
1. Have a menu for the week so there's no having to run to the store during the week which will eat into my week night time.
2. Keep the kitchen clean - this allows no distraction from the task at hand i.e. cooking
3. I put out the cereal bowls and cereal on the kitchen table the night before so everything is ready to go in the morning.
4. I make lunches the night before to prevent a morning scramble
5. Make large meals so we can have leftovers for lunch the next day and freeze for another meal.
About Dawn Dishwashing Products
With Dawn’s line of power products, you can get the amazing power of an overnight soak in just five minutes. These products cut grease and dissolve tough foods on your everyday dishes (even the ones you bake in) without the effort of elbow grease!
Dawn Power Clean Dishwashing Liquid
Discover DAWN’S BEST CLEAN with micro-scrubbing enzymes that power through food messes with ease, from everyday grease to tough lasagna dishes! Dawn Power Clean is available in Refreshing Rain Scent and Vibrant Fresh Scent
Disclosure: I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Dawn blogging program, to earn My SocialMoms Rewards Points, and I received free product for participating. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.
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Sass Yourself Slim Book Review
I have a desk job and I find myself snacking a lot. There's always cake for anniversary's or candy around. Does this sound familiar? Over the last few years the extra snacking has certainly tipped my scales in the wrong direction. We're heading to a long weekend getaway without the kids next month and both hubby and I need to lose some extra weight so we can enjoy this trip to the fullest.
I was given the opportunity to review the book S.A.S.S Youself Slim by Cynthia Sass. The program promises up to an 8lb loss in the first five days. This certainly is appealing considering I can shift 1lb up or down with the wind. The plan consists of a 5 day plan that jump starts your results. You eat only 5 foods (raspberries, eggs, almonds, spinach and yogurt) for 5 days and if followed correctly will lose up to 7 lbs. I'm sure its not for everyone but like me I want quick results because it motivates me to maintain it and lose more. Cynthia has put together four daily delicious meals (scrambled egg, parfait, salad and smoothie) that you can repeat for the remaining 4 days which makes it simple for those 5 days. It does have you drinking a smoothie at 10pm at night though. The timing of the meals is as important as the food but its worth a shot for the weight loss goal.
Then you move onto the 25 day plan which helps you change the way you eat in a less dramatic fashion. The 25 day plan calls for 4 meals a day, but not draws from a broad but specific array of food choices. You may be able to drop a size in just one month! If you want to take control of your eating habits then this book is for you!
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Disclosure: Sass Yourself Slim and One2One Network provided me with the book for review in exchange for my honest opinions, others opinions may vary.
Weight Watchers endorsed Green Giant Boxed Vegetables Review & Giveaway
I'm currently on Weight Watchers - its a free program with my work which is a bonus but my goal is to lose weight and educate myself on eating healthily and learn and use portion control. The Weight Watchers program works well with my busy schedule because rather than count calories, I count points. Its not about being on a diet but more about eating right. At first its a learning curve to determine how many points are in the food I eat but with time it becomes second nature. Weight Watchers points are listed on all the Weight Watchers foods that I eat that makes keeping track a lot easier.
Green Giant is the only frozen vegetable brand to be endorsed by Weight Watchers®, and nearly all endorsed varieties have a 1 or 2 PointsPlus® value per serving. That's a small amount of points which is great as you can fill up on the good stuff making room for other goodies in your daily meals. There are over 30 different Green Giant boxed vegetables varieties. The best part is the boxed vegetables can also be mixed into family dinners for everyone to enjoy. As a working Mom, Green Giant's boxed vegetables make their way to my dinner table on a regular basis as it is so convenient and easy to incorporate into my 30 minute meals. Check out all the yummy recipes here.
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