Archive for the 'Food' Category
Thirty-one of our bloggers had the opportunity to design personalized My Fruit Roll-Ups, plus they each gave away a free box to one of their readers. Not surprisingly, the concept of merging the popular snack with the excitement of personalization was a big hit.
Many of the reviewers have fond memories of Fruit Roll-Ups from their [...]
June 16th, 2008 | Posted in Food | No Comments
Did your mother pack your lunch in a Strawberry Shortcake or Incredible Hulk lunch box back in the 1980s? If so, I’m betting that she tucked a Fruit Roll-Up in there along with your napkin. And while you probably threw the napkin in the trash (unused, of course), I’m sure you ate that Fruit Roll-Up.
Twenty-five [...]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Administrative, Blog Blasts, Food, Giveaways | 2 Comments
Parents are busy enough when it comes to managing a household, so attempting to make wholesome healthy meals that everyone will actually eat can make things extra complicated. But with the help of a meal planning and grocery list service like Relish!, parents can take the guessing work out of the dinner hour and actually [...]
March 5th, 2008 | Posted in Food, Internet Services | No Comments
If you ask most moms out there about how to make life easier, I’d put money on the fact that they’d have “menu-planning” in their arsenal of tips. Not only does it save money, but having the ingredients and recipe right at your fingertips really does make life easier.
But planning meals, writing lists, and figuring [...]
February 26th, 2008 | Posted in Food, Internet Services | No Comments
Trying to create new and exciting meals for your family every single night out of the week without the help of a personal chef is pretty darn hard these days. Even moms and dads you are excellent cooks often struggle to find interesting and healthy alternatives to the “old stand-bys.”
And with many families turning to [...]
February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Food, Internet Services | No Comments
While the bloggers who reviewed Deceptively Delicious had varying degrees of success with the recipes they tried, nearly all of them came away with an appreciation for Jessica Seinfeld’s goal in writing the book: to get kids eating healthy food.
(Oh, and nearly all of them adored the art direction - lots of pink and kitschy [...]
November 7th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Food, Kitchen | 3 Comments
Wow.
When Harper Collins first notified us about the upcoming publication of Deceptively Delicious, I expected it would spark some interest among our parent bloggers. I did not expect the sort of widespread discussion - and criticism - that we’ve been seeing across the blogosphere, probably because I had read and reviewed a similar cookbook [...]
October 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Blog Blasts, Books, Food, Kitchen | 2 Comments
I’ll confess that I’m one of those parents whose kids actually LIKE fruits and vegetables. While I still have to issue reminders, at least the offerings are consumed with little protest. Of course, given the opportunity, they’d choose potato chips over peas every time, but let’s be honest - wouldn’t we all?
Judging by [...]
October 8th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Food, Kitchen | No Comments