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Ella’s Kitchen Giveaway!

in Family, Food

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If I had to pick one food item that has made my life with a picky and active toddler infinitely better, it would be the smoothies from Ella’s Kitchen. My friend Lauren, who works for Ella’s Kitchen, introduced me to these little wonders a couple of months ago and Wito has been hooked ever since. (THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE INTO MY LIFE, LAUREN.)

I’m not sure if I have properly conveyed to you how much my child detests vegetables, but let me bring you up to speed. Wito will not touch any vegetable known to man. (Not even potatoes! Or sweet corn! Or carrots! Even if I soak them in Ranch dressing! Kill me now.)

However, he’s a fruitaholic, so I was pretty sure he would love these 100% organic and totally portable fruit smoothies. I was not wrong in my assumption. In fact, I have to hide these in my closet to keep him from sucking down 2 or 3 at a time. (Just imagine…my Frye boots and J. Crew flats sharing space with a box of organic fruit smoothies. Good thing they don’t need to be refrigerated until opened, right?)

The true test, however, was to see how he reacted to the smoothies with vegetables. A couple of weeks ago, I introduced the green smoothie pouch. He was super excited to try a new color, so he twisted off the top and took a big swig from the built-in straw. And guess what?

He hated it.

Oh, COME ON. Did you really think I was going to tell you that my vegetable hater actually ENJOYED a puree of broccoli, peas and pears? Right.

But! He loves his orange and purple smoothie pouches, which contain carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes and pumpkins. MY CHILD WILLINGLY EATS PARSNIPS. Take a look for yourself.

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Ella’s Kitchen, I salute you.

If you are looking for a simple way to get more organic fruits and vegetables into your little one’s diet, you must try Ella’s Kitchen. Their Stage 1 baby food range (4+ months and up, but I serve these as smoothies to Wito) is a completely different concept in baby food, bringing together minimally processed, carefully chosen organic natural fruits and vegetables and extremely convenient and easy packaging. Both the baby food and smoothies are simply 100% organic fruit and vegetables, with nothing to dilute their goodness – not even water. All of the flavors come in squeezy packs that are super easy for toddlers to enjoy with making a mess. (Love that part.)

Ella’s Kitchen products are sold at Babies R Us and Toys R Us, and you can read more about the company and products at their website.

Now for the best part. Ella’s Kitchen is giving away a sample box of these little wonders to one lucky reader. The sample box contains one full-sized pouch of each flavor shown above, for a total of 8 stage 1 foods/smoothies. Just leave a comment on this post before Friday, December 11th at 6pm PST and I’ll randomly choose one winner. Good luck!

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  1. Laura in LA

    December 7, 2009 at 11:39 am

    I would love to try this!

  2. She Likes Purple

    December 7, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Oh, lovely! I’ll be buying some regardless, but this is such a nice giveaway. Thanks to you.
    .-= She Likes Purple´s last blog ..Day One =-.

  3. sarah

    December 7, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Genius! I wish I had thought of this! Can’t wait to try them.

  4. Sarah

    December 7, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I of course always enjoy torturing my kids with something new and tasty. One eats anything and one won’t eat much. Bring it on! Feeling lucky!

  5. Amy Sullivan

    December 7, 2009 at 11:49 am

    My son is moving too much to bother with eating, so not only do we have the no-vegetables problem, but we have problems getting him to eat at all. I’ve got to try these out.

  6. kate

    December 7, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Oooh, my youngest would love these!!! Thanks!

  7. G

    December 7, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Yes, please!!! Would be great for both my non-veggie eating 3 year old and my newly solids eating baby!!!
    .-= G´s last blog ..Earning Their Right to Sleep in Our Guest Bed =-.

  8. Sarah

    December 7, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Who doesn’t love fruit smoothies?? These look delicious!

  9. Kyla Roma

    December 7, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I’m pretty sure I would prefer to get my fruits & veggies this way actually! Thanks!
    .-= Kyla Roma´s last blog ..Decking the Halls =-.

  10. Jeannette

    December 7, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Yeah I have fruit eater too, but only if the stars are alligned correctly. Otherwise he lives on air and orange juice.

  11. Jen

    December 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    My toddler (TODDLER! I have a toddler!) is NOT at all picky (thank god), but I’d sure love an easier and faster way to get food into his gaping maw, I mean, mouth. Looks like these would be great when traveling, AMIRITE? So, pick me, please! :)
    .-= Jen´s last blog ..Cut, color, cut =-.

  12. Laura

    December 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    These look great!

  13. Mary

    December 7, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    These look fantastic! I’ll try anything to trick my 2 year old into consuming something other than mac and cheese.

  14. MO

    December 7, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    This would be awesome to try!
    .-= MO´s last blog ..Atleast he was not screaming! =-.

  15. Jenny

    December 7, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Anything to poke more veggies and fruits down my toddler’s piehole. :)