Friday, July 13, 2012

Produce for Kids and Kroger Giftcard Giveaway

Are you like most moms, wanting your kids to eat healthy foods?
I know we struggle in our household to get our two boys to eat more produce, especially when they are so finicky.
Well today I am here to share with you an awesome campaign by the folks at Kroger.
It is called Produce for Kids!!


Produce for Kids® just launched its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign with 16 major supermarket chains across the country, including your local Kroger stores, to help raise money for Texas Children’s Hospital and other local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®.  

Now through July 24th, thanks to the annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign hosted by Kroger and Produce for Kids, the more produce shoppers add to their shopping lists the more hope they can give to local children. 
 Celebrating a milestone 10th birthday in 2012, Produce for Kids is excited to kick off this year’s campaign with a new partnership with Sprout® and LazyTownTM. During the campaign, Produce for Kids will offer shoppers collectible Ideal MealsTM – quick and easy healthy meal ideas, which are free and can be found in displays featuring LazyTown characters from the popular, health-focused, children’s series airing exclusively in the U.S. on 24-hour preschool television channel, Sprout.
Ideal Meals offer shoppers chef-created/nutritionist-approved easy solutions for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Featuring fresh fruits and vegetables as the main ingredients, Ideal Meals are great for busy families who crave fast meal options that don’t require stopping at the local drive-thru.
Below are some delicious summer-inspired Ideal Meals perfect to serve as healthful and fun dessert alternatives at any upcoming picnics or BBQs you may be attending: 



 Chocolatey Fruit Skewers
Serves 4
Preparation Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients:
·   1 premade pound cake
·   8 strawberries, whole, leaves hulled
·   8 raspberries, whole
·   1 cup pineapple, cored, chunked
·   4 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
·   4 (6-inch) bamboo skewers
Directions:
1. Cut pound cake into 4 1x3-inch rectangles and 8 1x1-inch squares.
2. Place 1 1x3-inch piece cake on plate, stick skewer in middle.
 
3. Add strawberry, raspberry, pineapple and 1x1-inch piece of cake to skewer.  Repeat with another strawberry, raspberry, pineapple and 1x1-inch piece of cake.
4. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Nutrition Information:

Chocolatey Fruit Skewer Calories 354, Fat 2.5g, Protein 12g, Carbohydrate 52.1g, Fiber 2.4g, Cholesterol 9mg, Sodium 280mg, Calcium 348mg, Vitamin A 529 IU, Vitamin C 44.4mg, Iron 1.4mg

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 Smoothie Pops


Serves 16
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
·   1 large peach or mango, peeled and chopped
·   1 large nectarine, peeled and chopped
·   2 medium bananas, sliced
·   1 pt. strawberries or raspberries
·   ¼ cup orange or fruit juice
·   2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
Directions:
Place all smoothie ingredients in a blender and blend until just smooth.
Place 16 paper cups on a baking tray.  Pour smoothie into paper cups.  Place tray in freezer and freeze until slushy, about 20 minutes.  Remove tray from freezer and insert one popsicle stick into the center of each cup.  Return to freezer and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
To serve, tear away paper cup and place on plate. Enjoy!

And wanna hear some cool news?! 
The kind people at Kroger's are offering a $25 gift card to their store! 
All you have to do to enter is go to this link:
 and come back and comment to tell me what is your favorite Ideal Meal recipe.
For additional entries go to:
 PFK Pinterest page: http://pinterest.com/produceforkids/
To follow PFK on Twitter: twitter.com/produceforkids  

To like the PFK Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/produceforkids 
This giveaway will end on 7/29/2012 at 10 p.m. CDT
winner will be chosen by using random.org
For every entry you make, please come back and leave a comment so it can count :)
Also, don't forget to follow me on google friend connect on the side there>>>> or 
subscribe via email so you don't miss out on any
future giveaways ;)
And tell all your friends about this opportunity to help out  Texas Children’s Hospital and other local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® by adding produce to their shopping carts.
Good luck! 
And happy, healthy, eating!

Patty

Disclosure:
I am not getting paid to post this giveaway. I like to share simple, healthy, recipes with my readers and this is a chance to reward you for your faithful reading!

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  10. I like the Teriyaki Steak & Veggies recipe
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  14. I like the Rainbow Salad!

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  26. I'd like to try the Pork and Pineapple kabobs.
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  33. “Inside Out” Roast Beef Sandwich looks great!
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