Food Items & Products

Ok, so this is going to be fun and fast and right on time for all of you mama who are knee deep in baking for the Christmas holidays. Have you heard of Xyla? Well, I didn’t really until the fabulous Jill Amery of UrbanMommies.com told me about it. So…

As a first post after a very challenging time in our little family’s life, I couldn’t be happier to write about a great company and fun launch. Kinder has teamed up with Monsters University to introduce for the first time (ever!) 100% licensed toys in their Kinder eggs.

Did you find the perfect gift for your mama this Mother’s Day?
In my opinion, mamas are not hard to buy for. It’s not like we don’t give hints and clues. At least I do; I am not subtle when it comes to what I like. Since my children are small, it’s nice to give them big clues. And boy do they feel special when they find something mama mentioned! (It also helps out Papa MOE too!)

I have to admit, when I was chosen to be a Kinder Mom for this campaign, I looked far ahead to Easter and grinned from ear to ear!

As you may have read once or twice, my kids don’t really like chocolate if it’s not Kinder chocolate. So Easter most definitely includes Kinder eggs during their egg hunt on Sunday morning.

This weekend Montreal is home to the annual Eating Well and Living Green Expo at the Palais des Congres. Stephanie was my guide through the maze of information there and we had a great time!

What is it about pink for girls and blue for boys that gets everyone talking? Well, for one thing it is placing a child in a category before they can even decide anything on their own. For another, girls look really cute in pink. As you can see I’m torn in…

Whether you are a traditional mama or a new and modern mama, you undoubtedly have some traditions you are making as an annual occasion with your children. This Christmas I did some of Grandma MOE’s traditional recipes. She let me take the reins this year to test out some favourites!

Years ago when I visited Italy, in the dead of summer, my friends offered me a drink that resembled milk. I was so surprised; I absolutely did not want a big glass of milk in the heat! Turns out, it was ice cold almond milk.

If you have been following my blog for a while, you know I am a fan of eating healthy (for the most part!). I try very hard to introduce good healthy foods to my children and so far it’s going pretty well. But now that they are getting older and I don’t need to bring a fully equipped diaper bag with me to go out, it is incredibly easy to slip into the “we can pick something up when we get there” mode to eating and snacking.

Perhaps I haven’t mentioned it, but those you know me, know that I am a chocoholic. I pretty much have a piece of chocolate every day (…reaches for chocolate while typing). And although it is a staple in my diet, I have made it very sparse in the home because I didn’t want my kids to be hooked on sweets at a young age. Believe it or not, my first little one didn’t have chocolate until he was three years old.