Healthy Snack Foods for Toddlers

* This is a guest post by Olivia Van Buren

Most mothers aim to provide their toddlers with a healthy and balanced diet, but we all know that a busy schedule and picky-eaters can sometimes get in the way of realizing those plans. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a whole arsenal of foods that are easy to make and that most kids love at your disposal?

It is easy to reach for french fries, chicken nuggets, or pizza, which most kids enjoy eating, when you are in a hurry and want to make sure that your child will eat what you present them with. But healthy foods can be enjoyable too!
Avoiding processed foods, especially trans fats and lots of sugar, will benefit your kids a life time. These quick food tips help you cut unhealthy snack foods out of your toddler’s diet, and will save you time and money too!

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Blogging - Writing, Social Media Tips, Foodies: Best of the Week

The Best of the Week is a series of roundup-articles published every week, touching principally themes related to food, blogging and social media.

Do you want to be included in "Best of the Week" posts?
The featured articles come from the return-feedback in comments I've from other bloggers, from the interacting on my social networks as well as of selected-articles chosen between hundreds of my RSS reader's subscriptions to other blogs.

Where can you enter in this equation? It's simple: commenting on my blog and interacting with me on my social sites is the better way to have you present in my mind when I'm compiling the data to make it ;-)


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So what are you waiting for? I expect hearing from you!

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Blogging Strategies for the Long Term: Which are Yours?

Bloggers should a have a blog strategy for their blogs. But what are blogging strategies? They are steps that you can take to achieve your goals in the long-term run. Becoming a popular blog can take time and you need to be prepared for the process.

Do you see writing constantly and frequently during years? You'd develop a long-term strategy hence these actions will improve notoriously your performance and making your blogging fun plus effective.

There can be countless of advices but I'll show you 9 principal tips to have success with your blog for the long-haul.

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Blogging Tips, Social Media Resources, Foodies - Best of the Week

The Best of the Week is a series of roundup-articles published every week, touching principally themes related to food, blogging, and social media

Do you want to be included in "Best of the Week" posts?
The featured articles come from the return-feedback in comments I've from other bloggers, from the interacting on my social networks as well as of selected-articles chosen between hundreds of my RSS reader's subscriptions to other blogs.

Where can you enter in this equation? It's simple: commenting on my blog and interacting with me on my social sites is the better way to have you present in my mind when I'm compiling the data to make it ;-)

Subscribe with a RSS reader or by Email to be updated. Like my Facebook Page, join my blog on Facebook. Also join me individually at Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, Foodbuzz, add me to your Delicious network, follow me at Amplify, Posterous, befriend me at Reddit, Digg and Friendfeed.
So what are you waiting for? I expect hearing from you!

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Food Giveaway: Win a Glee Gum Candy Kit!

Yay, another giveaway is coming! Glee Gum is offering to give a "Make Your Own Candy Kit" (flavor of winner's choice) & a coupon to 1 lucky Winner.

Glee Gum is all-natural, gluten-free chewing gum with no artificial coloring, flavoring, sweeteners nor preservatives. Glee Gum is the only gum in North America made the old-fashioned way, with chicle!
Interested in finding the product near you? Check out the store locator right now.

About the Glee Gum Prize - Make Your Own Candy Kit:
Available in Make Your Own Chocolate, Make Your Own Chewing Gum, and Make Your Own Gummies, these activity kits are all-natural, educational, and eco-friendly. With pre-packaged ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, everyone aged 8 and up gets a real kick out of making candy from scratch. Focusing on the history behind and the origin of these candies, each kit is designed to captivate your interest, connect you to the global community, and create something yummy to eat in the process!

-> How Can You Enter to Win this Great Giveaway?

--The Initial Entry --

Visit Glee Gum and come back to my blog to leave a comment specifying which product you liked best and why.

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1)  1 extra entry - Subscribe to this blog by Email (remember to activate your subscription!) or by RSS reader and leave a separate comment. If you're already a subscriber, please let me know in your comment.

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