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We’d Like to Introduce you to…. FUNBITES!

Lindsay Bell — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:55:32 +0000

Today we have a very special product we’d like to introduce you to before Valentine’s Day! When we had the opportunity to review the FunBites product, we were excited! We love easy products like this that make mealtime easier for kids and parents.

About the product: FunBites is the first state of the art kitchen tool that easily cuts food for your lil’ ones. The hard plastic tool ensures that sandwiches get cut evenly and the food never gets snagged on rough metal edges. The FunBites tool comes in a variety of color options and best of all, it is small (we all know those NYC houses don’t have much space!). It also comes in different shapes, our favorite for Valentine’s Day being the heart shaped cutter.

Why it’s useful: What we love about FunBites is it saves parents from having to take time away from dinner to cut food up into tiny pieces. Even better is these tiny shapes can be made into other shapes, helping picky eaters get excited about their food! It works on almost all kiddie food such as cheese, bread, pancakes, fruit, lunchmeat, and any other soft food. Its plastic edges also keep little hands safe from cutting themselves if they come across the product laying on the kitchen counter– fun and safe!

Who else is weighing in? FunBites has been recognized by Family Review Center as the Best New Product for Kids in 2013 and has been featured in Parents Magazine, Real Simple, Parenting, Women’s Day, Nickelodeon and many more!

How to order: Each FunBites product includes the state-of-the-art cutter and a popper piece to get food out easily. You can browse products here.

FunBites cuts food into cute and easy to handle bites!

Have you used FunBites? Weigh in and let us know your opinions or share your pictures of your fun shaped food!

Live and Learn

Alison Gore — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:23:26 +0000

I’m not one for making resolutions. I hope by this time in my life that my life style choices have been good and I just try to live within those boundaries. The most influential choice I have made has been diet changes. Since I’ve retired Dr. Oz has become a trusted family friend. Not that I do everything he says, I don’t, but I do listen to what he has to say and apply what I think will help me. I feel badly that I spent the last 20 years feeding my kids the taboo processed foods. They grew up on Spagettios, Hamburger Helper and frozen pizza. I didn’t know any better. It’s so much easier today to make healthy choices where food is concerned.

Luckily, my girls have grown up and are making better food choices than I did for them

So I have put super foods into my diet, berries, broccoli, whole grains, almonds, kale and I’ve started to drink lots of water. Dr. Oz says drink lemon water before bed and when you get up to remove toxins from the body. I hope he is right because all the acid from the lemons is probably eating away at my tooth enamel. All my new found knowledge is shared with my daughters. They probably think I’m becoming a food guru or Oz groupie. I feel it’s my duty after feeding them fructose and enriched flour all those years. Live and learn. Happy New Year and healthy eating to all.

-Mama Bell

Snack time made Fun!

Lindsay Bell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Once again it is snack time and I have just returned from thegrocery store with a hungry, fussy three year old.

I have just started to unload the car full of groceries and out ofthe corner of her eye she spots the bight colored FunBites. I explained to her that they arefor making food fun to eat. With that, she pushed me out of the way to startmaking her very own creative snack. I showed her just once with a slice ofcheese. She LOVED the fact that she could make it solo. Ms. Independent. Notonly did she make it herself, but she counted and grouped all her bites togetherbefore she ate EVERYTHING.

The best part for me was that it kept my daughter entertainedso I could put all the groceries away! Thank you FunBites for a great wayto eat a healthy snack and giving mom a quiet ten minutes to put everything away!

Funbites is the first and only kitchen tool to cut kids’ foodinto FUN-SHAPED BITE-SIZED PIECES. It goes beyond sandwich cutters andworks on a variety of foods like pancakes, burgers, brownies and more! FunBites promises to get kids to try new things and eat healthier. It’smealtime made stress-free and fun. Use code FreeShipJan at checkout for 15% off your entire order until 1/31/12.

Written by Ilene Young, mother of one and LLD City Coordinator in Connecticut.Ilene can be reached at ilene.young@luckylildarlings.com