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“Mama mama…I need a snack!” I hear that phrase over and over throughout the day in my household. Fortunately, I’ve learned to turn this into a positive. I utilize snack time as a way to include healthy foods into my toddler’s diet. One of the things I hope to instill within all my children is healthy eating habits.
Some of you may be preparing for your children to go back to school this fall. My son is in preschool right now and he only attends half of the day so I’m still largely in control of what he eats. However, if you pack a lunch for your children, I highly recommend incorporating some of the healthy snacks from Hain Celestial Group. My son eats the cookies and crackers from Earth’s Best and my husband and I enjoy Garden of Eatin’s Blue Corn Tortilla Chips with homemade guacamole.
The Hain Celestial Group is offering a giveaway filled with healthy snacks and free coupons to help spread the word about the “Take a Healthy Bite Out of Reading” back to school promotion. The company has teamed up with Barnes & Noble to help inspire reading through healthy eating.
The “Take a Healthy Bite” promotion is a receipt redemption program, where you can send your receipts for any products from Garden of Eatin‘, MaraNatha, West Soy, Earth’s Best, and Healthy Valley in exchange for gift cards from Barnes & Noble. A $5.00 gift card for $15 worth of product and a $10 gift card for $25 worth of product. There is also a sweepstakes where one parent will win $500 worth of free books from Barnes & Noble for their local school library. I really need to be doing this because our family purchases many of these products on a regular basis (they’re available at natural food stores like Whole Foods). You can enter the giveaway here. If you sign up for the newsletter, you’ll receive valuable coupons. You can also find healthy snack tips and kid friendly recipes from Keri Glassman, R. D. on the site.
5 “Smart Lunchbox” tips to keep kids eating a balanced and varied diet that includes smart snacks!
1. Make every lunchbox complete. Fill lunchboxes with a whole grain, dairy, lean protein, healthy fat such as nuts, nut butter or avocado, fruit and vegetables.
2. Remember to get kids involved. Set aside a block of time for food planning and preparation early in the week. Portion out a couple days worth of food items such as hummus or nut butters. Slice fruits and vegetables and pack into several containers. Preparing food ahead of time will make it easier to pack lunches on school days.
3. Make food fun to eat! Pack dips, such as yogurt mixed with peanut butter and pair with fruit. Serve crackers with similar size and shape deli meats and cheese and let kids “stack” them on their own.
4. Satisfy your child’s sweet tooth. Choose healthy alternatives like a drinkable yogurt smoothie made with nonfat soy milk or yogurt and berries, Health Valley Oatmeal Raisin Cookies or frozen mashed bananas.
5. Choose nutrient dense snacks. Earth’s Best Organic Crunchin’ Crackers, Garden of Eatin’ Whole Grain Sea Salt Pita Chips with hummus, apple slices with MaraNatha peanut butter all hit the spot!
5 HEALTHY SNACK IDEAS
Very Berry Smoothie:
8 oz WestSoy Plus soymilk mixed with 1 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries and ½ cup blueberries
Soymilk: 110 cals, 4g fat, 10g carbs, 7g protein
Strawberries: 52 cals, 1g fat, 13 carbs
Blueberries: 41 calories, 10.5g carbs
Better than S’Mores:
6 Health Valley Amaranth Bran Graham Crackers with 2 teaspoons of MaraNatha Organic No Stir Peanut Butter and 1 oz chocolate
Crackers: 120 cals, 3g fat, 22g carbs, 3g protein
Peanut Butter: 66 cals, 5 g fat, 2.3g carbs, 2.3g protein
Chocolate: 152 cals, 8.6g fat, 16.5g carbs, 2g protein
Chips n’ Dip:
1 oz Garden of Eatin’ Whole Grain Sea Salt Pita Chips with 2 tablespoons of hummus
Pita Chips: 120 cals, 3g fat, 20g carbs, 3g protein, 180 mg omega 3
Hummus: 50 cals, 3.5g fat, 4g carbs, 1g protein
As, Bs and Cookies!:
9 Earth’s Best Organic Sesame Street Oatmeal Cinnamon Letter of the Day Cookies dipped in low fat yogurt with an 8 oz container of Earth’s Best Kidz 2% Reduced Fat Milk
Cookies: 90 cals
Milk: 120 cals, 5g fat, 11g carbs, 8g protein
Nutty Wafflewich:
4 Earth’s Best Sesame Street Frozen Organic Mini Waffles with 2 teaspoons MaraNatha Organic No Stir Almond Butter and a tablespoon of honey
Mini Waffles: 80 cals, 3g fat, 12g carbs, 2g protein; Almond Butter: 64 cals, 6g fat, 2g carbs, 3g protein
Win It! One of you will win an assortment of natural and organic products from Hain Celestial Group including Garden of Eatin’ blue corn chips (which are seriously yummy), Healthy Valley granola bars (my son loves the soft, chewy ones), Earth’s Best Tots juice boxes and coupons for free jar of MaraNatha nut butter, free 32 ounce West Soymilk and free Earth’s Best Sesame Street frozen pizza. The total value of this giveaway is $25 and I would soooo enter if I could! Simply visit Take a Healthy Bite Out of Reading. Come back and leave me a comment with a product you’ve never tried that you’d like to! If you have questions about some of these products, I’d love to answer them (you know what a health nut I am!). Comments will close on August 14, 2009 at 10 PM PST (only 1 week!). One comment per person, please. US residents only. Duplicates and comments not including the above information will be disqualified. Comments are moderated. If you don’t see your comment in a reasonable amount of time, send me an email. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. If you don’t want to leave your email address, please be sure to check back for my announcement on the winner. Please note that winners must respond within 48 hours of being announced/contacted or another winner will be drawn.
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It would be fun to try the Pretz-O Chips- they all look very good
I have never tried the Health Valley Oatmeal Cookies, but I would like to.
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blue chips I have never tried
I’d love to try the Garden of Eatin’ Blue chips!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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The organic minestrone sounds great.
I have never tried the Garden of Eatin’ blue corn chips but I would love too!
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I’ve never tried the Earth’s Best pizza, but I know my kids would love it!
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The Health Valley Oatmeal Cookies sound good. I would love to try them.
I would really like to try the Organic Almond Butter (Raw),
I have never had the Nature Valley Organic Chili Vegetarian Spicy 3 Bean
and I love chilli so this would be great to try.
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I’d love to try the Pita Chips and Pretzel Chips from Garden of Eatin!
I’d love to try Health Valley’s Strawberry Cobbler Bars.
I have a question: are all the products you reviewed made in the USA? Thanks.
I never tried any type of Soy Milk so I am interested in trying that.
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I’d like to try the Maranatha Almond Butter.
I’d like to try the Healthy Valley Organic Strawberry Cobbler cereal bars.
I would like to try Organic Crunchin Crackers.
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Garden of Eatin’ blue corn chips sounds really nice an ive never tried a blue chip before,I think the grandkids would like that too!
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I’d like to try the Organic Crunchin Crackers.
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I’ve never tried the MaraNatha Organic Peanut Butter – No Stir (Creamy) but I would like too!
I’d love to try the Earth’s Best Organic Crunchin’ Crackers!
I’d like to try the Garden of Eatin’ tortilla chips. Thanks!
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to try Maranatha Dark Chocolate Almond Spread! YUM! I have tried some of their other products, which are THE BEST, but not this one!
Thanks for a HEALTHY Giveaway!
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I would love to try the MaraNatha Dark Chocolate Peanut Spread!
I would like to try the garden of eatin blue corn chips!
I have never tried that I’d like to try Health Valley
I’d like the organic minestrone soup.
the Earth’s Best pizza, yum
I’d like to try the whole grain cheese pizza. Thanks for the giveaway!
I have never tried the Garden of Eatin’ Blue chips, but they look really good!
I would love to try it all as I have never tried any of them before!
I’d like to try Pretz-O’s Pretzel Chips
I’d like to try the MaraNatha Almond Butter.
I’d like to try the DeBoles® Jerusalem Artichoke Flour Organic Linguini.
I’ve never tried the MaraNatha Organic Almond Butter. Sounds wonderlful!
i love peta chips, so i would love to try the pretz-o chips
The Healthy Valley oatmeal cookies sound delish.
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I’m pretty sure all three of my children would love the Earth’s Best Organic crackers.
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i would like to try Earth’s Best
Sesame Street Honey Nut Organic On-the-go O’s Cereal
thanks!
I’ve had the Garden of Eatin’ chips which are AMAZING… I’d love to try some of the Maranatha nut butters though, probably the Cashew butter!
The Healthy Valley Organic Apple Cinnamon Square ‘Ems cereal sound tasty to me. I’ve been eating oatmeal every day, so this would be a nice change.
I’d love to try the Baked Blue chips.
We love cheese and crackers so I’d love the Organic Crunchin Crackers.
I would love to try the Pretz-O Chips! Yum, thanks.
I’ve never tried the Garden of Eatin’ blue corn chips, but they sound good!
I have never tried Earth’s Best Sesame Street frozen pizza
I would like to try the Earth’s Best Cheese Pizza.
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The Earths Best Whole Grain Cheese Pizza! Thanks for the chance.
I subscribe 🙂
I’d like to try the maranatha organic peanut butter!
The Health Valley Organic Cookie Cremes™ Chocolate Sandwich Cookies don’t look like only 120 calories.
I’d so love to try the Multi-Grain tortilla chips. Thanks for the yummy giveaway!
I’d love to try the Healthy Valley Organic raisin cinnamon granola cereal!
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we would love to try Earth’s Best® Sesame Street cheese pizza
I’d like to try the dark chocolate almond spread. It would be healthy AND satisfy my sweet tooth.
I would like to try the Health Valley Oatmeal Cookies.
Thanks!
I’d love to try the MaraNatha® Organic No Stir Peanut Butter.
I would love to try the MaraNatha Dark Chocolate Peanut Spread.
organic crunching crackers — i would like to try!
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I would like to try the Multi-Grain Tortilla Chips with Sea Salt.
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Maranatha Cashew Butter sounds yummy! Thanks for the chance.
Organic Crunchin’ Crackers! I wonder what they taste like.
I’d like to try the whole grain cheese pizzas.
I’d love to try the Natural Cashew Butter (Roasted) by MaraNatha
I haven’t tried Arrowhead Mills Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix before, but its says that the mix is 70 % organic, so its something that I will add to my shopping list.
I’d like the dark chocolate almond spread.
I would actually love to try their whole grain cheese pizzas, since i am a huge pizza fan lol. and there aren’t too many healthy options out there for that particular craving lol
Would so like to try the Earth’s Best Whole Grain Cheese Pizza!!
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I’d like to try the pretzel chips from the Garden of Eatin’. I like the other products I’ve tried from this company, so I bet these would be good too.
Healthy Valley Organic Strawberry Cobbler cereal bars sound good
I’d love to try the Earth’s Best Pizza.
We are into healthy eating. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
i would like to try the garden of eatin Three Pepper Bold Flavor Tortilla Chips
I love the blue chips,when I was young my neighbor brought them from CA&ever since then I have been hooked
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I like the Maranatha Almond Butter.
I’d LOVE to try the MaraNatha chocolate almond spread. YUM!!! Sounds really good. Thanks.
I’d love to try the Health Valley Organic Berry Parfait Yogurt Cereal Bar.
the Organic Crunchin Crackers
Chocolate WestSoy
I’d love to try the Organic No Stir Peanut Butter from Maranatha! I am looking for a great organic peanut butter and this one sounds great. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Pretz-O Chips!! Yummyyy!
Thanks!
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I would like to try the Pretz-O Chips from Garden of Eatin’ 🙂
I like the Earth Best Pizza.
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I would like to try the Garden of Eatin’ Organic Microwave Popcorn-Butter.
I have always wanted to try the Marantha nut butters
I’d like to try the Sesame Blues Chips
organic crunchin crackers ty .
I’d like the Red Corn Tortilla Chips because I never heard of them before.
id love to try the Health Valley Oatmeal Cookies
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I’d love to try Earth’s Best Tots juice boxes.
Garden of Eatin’ Whole Grain Sea Salt Pita Chips sound yummy!
Health Valley Oatmeal Cookies
The Garden of Eatin’ Blue chips look good.