Sprout Organic Baby Food Pouches

Sprout Organic Foods was founded in 2008 by a small group of like-minded friends, who wished to develop wholesome and organic baby food products that tasted like no others on the market. With culinary techniques developed in renowned Chef Tyler Florence's own kitchen and restaurants, Sprout recipes feature tasty combinations of wholesome ingredients that are indeed like no others.

Sprout’s mission is to create delicious and nutritious foods using the finest organic ingredients. Our baby food stages grow with your child to provide a balance of wholesome and organic vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and proteins. Our unique recipes will nourish your child’s growth and encourage a love of healthy foods right from the start.

We love food in pouches and I always keep some handy in our diaper bag. We tried out 4 great flavors.

First is their Sweet Potato and White Bean.

Our delicious baby food blends contain nutritious veggies and culinary-inspired ingredients that will encourage a lifelong love of healthy vegetable flavors.
 
A natural source of Vitamins A and C
A natural source of fiber
BPA-free packaging
Never any additives or preservatives
Never any artificial colors or flavors

Next is their Pear and Apricot.

Perfectly combined fruits encourage your baby to expand the flavors they already enjoy. These delicious baby food blends will become your baby's new favorite fruit flavors.
A natural source of Vitamins A and C

Apple Banana & Butternut Squash.

 diet full of colorful foods delivers a wider variety of healthful nutrients. These fruit and veggie baby food blends were created for ultimate flavor, color and especially for mealtime fun!

Apple & Blueberry

Perfectly combined fruits encourage your baby to expand the flavors they already enjoy. These delicious baby food blends will become your baby's new favorite fruit flavors.

We loved these and I really love that all of the baby food brands are really coming around and adding more unique flavors and combinations. We always try foods 3 days in a row when we are adding new items and flavors. I can find Sprout right in my local grocery store and it is so convenient. They also have items for toddlers and younger babies.

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Earths Best Baby Food Review & Giveaway

Now that my baby is getting older and starting to eat foods I really look for quality organic products. I was excited to feature one of our favorite brands Earth's Best. They sent me over a variety of things for my little guy to try out here is what was inside my box!

We tried out their Oatmeal Cereal.


Here is the info on the cereal from their site.

USDA organic: no growth hormones, antibiotics, steroids or potentially harmful pesticides or herbicides

No genetically engineered ingredients

Made from whole grains

Excellent source of iron, an essential mineral for proper infant growth and development*

25% of the Daily Value for 6 B-complex vitamins that help support a healthy immune and nervous system to help your baby convert food into energy to power their day

Zinc is an important mineral for infants, playing a key role during this time of rapid growth and development, as well as cell repair and immune function

No added salt, sugar

No artificial flavors, colors, preservatives

No modified food starch

Kosher certified

* Pediatricians recommend the introduction of iron-rich foods, including fortified cereals, to help maintain adequate iron levels for both breasted and formula fed infants.

We also tried their stage 1 Bananas the jars are 2.5oz.

USDA organic: no growth hormones, antibiotics, steroids or potentially harmful pesticides or herbicides

Excellent source of vitamin C

Vegan

Wheat Free

No added salt, sugar

No artificial flavors, colors, preservatives

Kosher certified

We tried a few of their stage 2 foods also their are in 4.0 oz jars. The flavors we tried are Apples & Apricots, Acai Grape Oatmeal and Summer Vegetable Dinner. I actually bought 1 more jar in each flavors so we could do the 3 days in a row. He loves them but surprisingly he loves veggies more! That is exciting.

We also tried their pouches He tried Sweet Potato & Beets. I love to keep thee pouches in the diaper bag and I also carry a screw on reusable spoon for easy feeding. He loves there and will eat the whole pouch. What a little piggy!

Earth's Best is offering 1 lucky TTGG follower a box of 1 item could be 6 pouches or a box of 2nd foods ect.



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Fresh Baby So Easy Baby Food Kit Review & Giveaway

Fresh Baby is a great company that carries all products focused on feeding your baby and toddler. Fresh Baby's commitment to equipping parents goes beyond product sales. Their newsletter, Fresh Ideas, is completely free and packed with family-friendly recipes and tips on healthy eating for the whole family. Cheryl also volunteers her time speaking to groups of new parents on subjects such as introducing solid foods, making baby food, and raising a healthy eater.

Cheryl started out by making food for her son, Spencer, and she found that it was actually easy with a few simple tools. And interestingly, once she got started making baby food, it was really quite convenient. All total, it took about 30 minutes a week. The award-winning So Easy Baby Food Kit is the result of this experience and much research. The kit provides families with everything they need to make homemade baby food. Just open the box and get started.
Fresh Baby has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception and now includes products to help parents continue to provide fresh foods for their toddlers and preschoolers. The So Easy Toddler Food Cookbook coupled with the Kid's Portion Plate guides parents through meal times with recipes that are simply fun and provide guidance on both control and variety.

I tried out their So Easy Baby Food Kit which retails for $37.95. Here is what is inside the kit.

The So Easy Baby Food Kit takes all of the guesswork out of making baby food. This all-in-one kit shows you how to prepare fresh, natural meals for your baby in less than 30 minutes a week. We all know fresh is best. Let the So Easy Baby Food Kit be your guide to nurture your growing baby with a balanced diet and provide the right start to a lifetime of healthy eating.

• Make fresh, natural baby food in 30 minutes per week
• "Open the box and get started" convenience
• Award-winning kit includes book, storage trays, how-to DVD, and tip card
• Recommended by pediatricians
• Perfect new baby gift
• So Easy Trays are BP-A and phthalate-free

The award-winning kit includes everything you need to get started, and of course, it’s so easy. A complete system including a cookbook, how-to video, freezer storage trays, and nutrition tips card leave you with only one thing to add - fresh ingredients!
Parents say that when they use the So Easy system of making baby food that they feel great about what they are doing for their growing baby. Your baby will look forward to their meals too and you’ll enjoy yummy smiles from your baby right from the start.
So Easy Baby Food Kit includes:
Cookbook: covers introducing solid food, includes over 40 recipes, hundreds of serving suggestions, and is all organized by age. (Hardcover, 118 pages).
Freezer Storage Trays: designed for storing baby food in pre-portioned one ounce servings to simplify meal time and reduce waste. (2 trays and 2 lids, spill-proof, stackable, dishwasher-safe and biodegradable).

How-to DVD: offers step-by-step instruction - from selecting the right produce - to making baby food - to serving it.
Nutrition Tip Card: gives you tips on the best sources of nutrients, introducing foods by age, first aid for choking, and more. (Waterproof Finish)
The So Easy Baby Food Kit is designed for babies making the transition to solid foods (babies about 6 months old).

First I want to say that I really like the cookbook and it has great recipes really like that it gives you ways to change up your flavors by adding additional items at certain ages to really change up your babies palette. My favorite part is the freezer storage trays. I have other brands and they are so hard to pop the cubes out and these  pop out on the first time without having to run them under water. I have officially retired my other trays and only use these now.

This is the tray full of apples.

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Homemade zucchini baby food in the Baby Brezza

This is how we are making our baby food. Baby is 4 months now.

 

If you have a recipe that you love please share and comment below. Also if you use this baby food maker please comment below and let me know what you think about it.



Earths Best Letter of The Day Cookies and Organic Crunchin Crackers

Earth's Best products are great for my family. The price is right and it is always conivent for my diaper bag. Today I tried out 2 great snacks from Earth's Best their Letter of the Day Cookies and their Crunchin Cookies.

 



Earth's Best Sesame Street Organic Letter of the Day Cookies are a nutritious and great tasting way for kids to learn their ABC's. Specially formulated for toddlers, they have no trans fat and are an excellent source of Iron, Zinc and six B Vitamins. Tremendous in taste and overflowing with chocolate chips, these cookies are sure to be a big hit with the entire family.

The other item we tried are the Crunchin Crackers.

• Snacking fun with Big Bird and Elmo in every bite

• Excellent source of iron, zinc and six B vitamins

• Made with organic ingredients

• No hydrogenated oils

• No trans saturated fats

• No artificial flavors, colors, preservatives

These are just like bites size Ritz crackers and not like gold fish ones like I thought they would be. These were great and they pack up nice in the diaper bag.

Stay tuned for more great Earth's Best products for your baby/toddlers.

Beech-Nut New Products

I was selected to help promote and try out Beech-Nut's newest baby foods. I love Beech-Nut and we already use their products in our home for the baby. You can buy their products at most grocery stores. I was sent 4 products to try out here is the amazing gift we tried.

It was all packed in this nice wooden box that I will be saving for later and inside was this....

Here is some facts about their company:

At Beech-Nut, we believe in real, honest food for babies. That’s why we’re here: to make baby food
with the best ingredients nature has to offer.
Beech-Nut food for babies is made with natural ingredients. That means no artificial colors, flavors,
or preservatives. Beech-Nut takes out everything moms don’t want, and leaves in the essential
nutrients that babies need.
Moms have trusted Beech-Nut for the nourishment of their babies since 1931. We are a family-
owned company with several generations of the same families working together. We partner with our
growers to harvest the highest quality, most nutritious, best-tasting ingredients, from our families 
to yours.
Beech-Nut, the number two leading baby food brand in the U.S., is a subsidiary of Hero AG of
Lenzburg, Switzerland, an international leader in consumer goods and infant feeding.

Now about their new products and packaging:

Why feed your baby anything you wouldn’t eat yourself?
•  Homemade is our inspiration for our new line. Just real, whole fruits and vegetables (and
sometimes ancient grains and beans) are inside our new jars. And nothing else.
•  Homemade baby food is the gold standard for most moms, because moms know exactly
what’s in it and what’s not. They know it is real food, not a list of additives and preservatives.
But, not all moms have the time or ability to make their own food.
•  Beech-Nut makes real food for babies that is closest to homemade. Our food contains no
additives, no preservatives and nothing artificial. Our new line is 100 percent natural.
•  Beech-Nut uses innovative technology to create baby food that is unlike anything else on
store shelves. Our just gentle cooking™ method ensures the freshness of our fruits and
vegetables, without adding water, so our food is never over-processed.
•  Beech-Nut uses only the freshest fruits and vegetables that look, smell and taste exactly like
what they are, so moms know exactly what their babies are eating.
Try our delicious new flavors for yourself
•  We have 40 delicious new flavors with foods like pomegranate, avocado, papaya and beets.
We select only the highest quality varieties of fruits and vegetables, like Honeycrisp apples,
Bartlett pears and Haas avocados.

•  Just a few of our new lavors…
•  just honeycrisp apple
•  just sugarsnap peas
•  just mango, kiwi & papaya
•  just mango, apple & avocado
•  beets, pear & pomegranate
•  just pear, raspberry & asparagus
•  just apple & aronia berry
•  spinach, zucchini & quinoa
Pricing and Availability
•  Our new Beech-Nut line will be available in stores, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, Meijer and
Publix, in spring 2014.
•  Visit our website, www.beechnut.com, for more information about our flavors and to the
new Beech-Nut line in your neighborhood.
•  The suggested retail price of a 4.25oz bottle is $1.09.

 

We tried out their Just Spinach, Zucchini & Peas, Just HoneyCrisp Apple, Just Carrots, and Beets Pear and Pomegranate.

 

 

These are great and I was really impressed with the packaging and I am always happy with items that have simple ingredients and things that I know about and only what is actually inside.

 

 

 

This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Beech-Nut and MomSelect. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Nurturme Baby and Toddler food

Nurturme is food that grows with your baby. These little compact servings are perfect for moms on the go and are super convenient to store in your bag. Meet the two moms that came up with this idea.

Caroline Freedman had the idea for a better way to feed her little one when pregnant with NurturMe spokes-toddler Audrey. “I realized very little had changed since I was a baby getting pureed nutrition in thick glass containers.”
After sharing that notion with longtime friend Lauren McCullough over a plate of Polvo’s nachos, one of Austin’s notorious Mexican eateries, the two fed off each other’s complementary skill sets and got the ball rolling.
That led to a messy first run of dehydrating foods in the kitchen of Caroline’s downtown condo. Which quickly convinced them to seek assistance from drum- and freeze-drying experts in the organic farming community. It’s turned into a development partnership that’s still growing to this day.
Nearly two years later, NurturMe has come to fruition from humble beginnings as the brainchild of one modern mom and her culinary comrade in one of the ecological and earthy-cultural capitals of America: Austin, Texas. “This is a community committed to sustainability and filled with entrepreneurial thinkers. They’ve helped us every step of the way.”

We were sent some pouches to try out here is how they look. These are their 4 month ones.

Here is the description from their website.

Introducing Quinoa,
our protein-packed
alternative to rice cereal.

The first and only certified pure quinoa meal created especially for children. Full of protein and all the essential amino acids, as well as high quantities of calcium, fat, phosphorus and B Vitamins, Quinoa is high in digestible iron and made of 100% pure super grain.

singles

One singular sensation —
our individual fruits and
veggies have grown.

Unlike other baby foods, our quick-dried fruits and veggies give you the flexibility to make it the way your baby likes it. Simply add breast milk, whole milk, formula or water in any amount and combination — there is no right or wrong.

We also were send a 6 month and a 1+

blends

Delicious combos
delight and surprise
growing taste buds.

Our Blends bring together nutrient-packed super foods such as green kale, quinoa, squash and banana to reveal bountiful flavors in every bite. Just add breast milk, whole milk, formula or water to create the perfect mix for your little one.

100% homegrown goodness.

We start from the ground up to give your tot a better, healthier bite-sized snack. Our organic fruits and veggies are lovingly harvested and quick dried to lock in the essential nutrients and phytochemicals your little one needs. But it’s the over-the-top yummy taste that keeps them coming back for more. 

Start with organic
dried fruits and veggies.

Mix it up with breast milk,
whole milk, formula or water.

Mix it in their favorite
meals to boost nutrients.

It is just that simple and they are so small they you can fit a lot of them in your diaper bag.

I would recommend these to any mom. The price is right and they have some really great flavors!
Here is a great recipe for a banana smoothie HERE as well as some other great recipes for you to share with your kids.

To  celebrate the launch of their new toddler snack line NurturMe has launched a new free iPhone and iPad APP featuring Yum A Roos adorable spokescharacter Roo to teach children about their favorite fruits and veggies.  http://www.facebook.com/nurturme. You can win a free iPad mini!

 

The new Yum-A-Roos line can be purchased at these retailers:

 

HEB

Meijer

 

And online at:

www.diapers.com

www.drugstore.com

www.amazon.com

www.amazon.com

www.nurturme.com/shop

 

Sprout Cups 4oz

Making homemade baby food is easy and it can also be a fun thing to do. We have been making fresh baby food from our garden and we started out this year with peas. I was sent a  Sprout Cup 4oz
100% BPA and PVC Free - interlocking cups lock to each other and to their tray.

Dry erase function to easily record contents and date (erase prior to Microwaving)

Microwave, dishwasher, and freezer safe

Screw on lids to keep food fresh without popping off

Includes Six stacking 4 ounce cups, tray, and dry erase marker

Baby Food Containers- Sprout Cups - Reusable Stackable 4 Oz. Storage Cups (6 Pack) with Tray and Dry-erase Marker - 100% BPA Free: Sprout Cups are perfect for busy moms and dads. These 4 ounce cups allow you to make your own baby food and freeze them for easy meal prep later on. Measurement markings clearly show portions and the dry erase window allows you to note the contents and date. Sprout Cups are freezer, microwave, and dishwasher safe for easy cleanup. Screw on lids prevent messes from leaking food. The stacking cups and storage tray provide convenient storage. Most importantly, Sprout Cups are BPA free and safe for baby.

Here is how they look when they have baby food added.

I will be getting the 2oz set so that we can make smaller portions until baby gets a little bit bigger. These are easy to use and I just popped them in the dishwasher when I was finished with them. How easy is that. You can have fresh homemade baby food right in your home without having to even leave the house.

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