Instead of buying pack after pack of brown paper lunch bags, consider a reusable lunch bag for back to school. Reusable lunch bags, like Cool Tote Lunch Sacks ($17), are better than brown bagging it. Food stays fresher, lunch doesn’t leak through, and they are good for the environment and your budget. My daughter’s tot-chic […]
Tips for Packing Healthy School Lunches
Packing healthy school lunches can be a challenge. While you can send your kids to school with a brown bag lunch full of healthy snacks, how can you be sure they’ll actually eat them? Here are a few tips for packing healthy school lunches kids will actually eat: 1) Ask your child to help. Involving your kids […]
Alter-Eco Fair Trade Foods Giveaway
We enjoyed telling you about the decadent taste, but entirely virtuous production, of Alter-Eco’s Fair Trade Chocolates. Now we are very excited that Alter-Eco is offering a Fair Trade Foods gift basket to one of our readers. Companies like Alter-Eco are demonstrating that eco-chic is also health-conscious and people and community-friendly, too! All these foods […]
Easter at GiftBaskets.com Coupon Code (Deal of the Day)
We like to send personalized, custom gifts that are just right–but sometimes we also get busy and wait until the last minute. You can still get Easter Gift Baskets, like this cute cookie bouquet, on time at GiftBaskets.com. Get 10% off all Gift Baskets with promo code ZK-8978.
Host an Indoor Easter Egg Hunt Party
Easter is early this year. Even if the weather is chilly, you can still throw a great Easter Egg Hunt Party using these tips from my friend Martie Duncan. I can’t wait to make the Marshmallow Peeps Cake (check out Martie’s article for more info). What a great decoration. I know Peeps are unhealthy and full […]
It Does a Body Good: Organic Milk Plus DHA Omega-3
I recently tried a sample of Horizon Organic Milk Plus DHA Omega-3. I won’t attempt to describe the taste since I’m not as gifted as this popular Amazon.com reviewer. Also, it won’t come as a surprise to you that Horizon Organic Milk tastes like…milk. Horizon Organic is produced with no antibiotics, no added growth hormones and […]
What Mom Really Wants
Looking for a gift for a new mom? While traditional gifts like flowers are always popular, consider giving an unconventional gift like food delivery to make mom’s life a bit easier. I recently had the opportunity to sample food from HomeBistro.com. Home Bistro is a gourmet meal-delivery service. Unlike diet meal-delivery plans like the Zone […]
Cookies Make Me Happy
I wrote previously about how much I love David’s Cookies. They have some of the best prices in the business- plus free shipping. If you’re looking for an affordable, delicious Easter gift for out-of-town friends and family, David’s Cookies is having a sale. Click the banner below to purchase:
Beech-Nut Gift Basket Giveaway
You might have noticed that Mamanista has a chic new design. To celebrate our new look, we’re giving away a $75 Gift Basket of Beech-Nut products (pictured). Beech-Nut has a new look too! They recently introduced Easy Pour packaging for their dry cereals to eliminate the mess and spillage typical of traditional box packaging for […]
Sweets for the Sweet
This Valentine’s Day, say “I love you…and all of humanity…and our planet, too.” Alter-Eco makes delicious chocolates that are healthy for you, the environment, and the farm workers who make these treats. These scrumptious chocolate bars are 100% natural, and free of gluten, soy, GMO’s, emulsifiers, artificial flavors or sweeteners. We especially enjoyed the black-out […]
