Use Rembrandt for the Whitest, Brightest Smile! #Moms4jnjConsumer

This post is part of the HEALTHY ESSENTIALS® 2014 program by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and The Motherhood, who sent me a box of products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are all my own, and I hope you enjoy them. As a child, my parents always taught me about the importance of brushing my teeth twice a day. They made sure I made it a habit by constantly reminding me that if I wasn't vigilant in brushing my teeth daily, I would turn … [Read more...]

Ring in the New Year with Healthy Essentials at the #Moms4JNJConsumer Twitter Party 1/14, 1p ET #ad

Disclosure: This post is part of the HEALTHY ESSENTIALS® 2014 program by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and The Motherhood, who sent me a box of products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are all my own, and I hope you enjoy them. Have you made any New year's resolutions? I haven't. I don't want to put too much pressure on myself so I have set out goals instead of resolutions. It's the only way I can keep it up. My goals are to eat … [Read more...]

Giveaway: You’ve Seen My Recipes, Now Enter To Win a $50 Gift Card To Walgreens #Flatouthot

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my tasty recipes made with Flatout Hungry Girl Foldit Flatbreads and they were a huge hit with my family.  Once you have these flatbreads in your possession, your imagination will run wild with endless recipes.  I'm not sure if you can find them anywhere else but I sure know you can find them at your local Walgreens store. Thanks to Walgreens and The Motherhood, they are giving away a $50 Walgreens gift card to ONE lucky New York Chica reader.  The rules … [Read more...]

Creating Recipes with Flatout Hungry Girl Foldit Flatbreads. #Flatouthot

When I think about creating recipes for my family, I usually wing it. Whatever I have on-hand is usually what I work with. It can't be too complicated or difficult to make and it must be simple and easy so I can feed my family of five quickly. Most of the time, I'd like to have dinner on the table within an hour, so whatever makes my life easier, that's the route I'm taking! When The Motherhood invited me to participate in their Flatout program with Walgreens, I immediately said yes. First of … [Read more...]

A Twitter party with the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) – 3/21/12

Before I give you any details about the Twitter party, let me give you some very important details about the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA). About USFRA The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance is a coalition of more than 70 farmer- and rancher-led organizations and agricultural partners who have come together to open a conversation about how our food is grown and raised. It marks the first time farming and ranching groups at the national, regional and state levels, and … [Read more...]

We’ve Succeeded in the Listerine Challenge! #HealthyHabits

We did it! Listerine and The Motherhood challenged us in taking the Listerine challenge for 3 weeks and we've succeeded.  It wasn't difficult to keep up (thank goodness!) with the 3-week challenge since I am very diligent about keeping our mouths clean but with this challenge, brushing was now fun -- according to my 7 year old. :) Just in case you missed reading my first initial post, click anywhere in this sentence to do so. My two older children didn't want to "participate" in the … [Read more...]

We’re Taking the Listerine® Oral Care Challenge! #HealthyHabits

As a mom of three children, having good oral hygiene is very important to me. It's especially important to my husband for the simple fact that his mother was a dental hygienist for over twenty years.  So it's no surprise that we were beyond excited about joining The Motherhood in taking the Listerine® Oral Care Challenge for the next three weeks along with other bloggers around the blogosphere. We have been Listerine® users for many years.  There's no other mouthwash we use in our … [Read more...]

Perfect Pairing: Frito-Lays and Delectable Dips with Friends

Last week, my daughters and I ventured out to Suzanne's place in Queens, N.Y. to meet up with some of the New York based bloggers for a get-together sponsored by Frito-Lays.  Any meet-up with chips accompanied by some delectable dips are always a good thing when paired together, in my opinion. If you haven't noticed, last week's weather was brutal with temps hitting high 90's and feeling like triple digits but thankfully Suzanne had a water table out and a bouncy house for the kiddies and … [Read more...]

Healthy Choice Frozen Meals | Review

Getting and staying  healthy is something very important to me.  With so many obese individuals in this country, I vowed to eat right, feed my family healthy foods and snacks and stay away from processed foods as much as possible. Fact #1: According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, which puts them at increased risk for heart disease, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. But eating healthy isn't always cheap, it can be quite … [Read more...]

Cooking Connections Highlights: Healthier Meal Makeovers

Last Wednesday I participated in something I have never done before. I was a co-host of a live web cooking class!  The class was called Healthier Meal Makeovers and many people shared their tips on how they feed their families healthy foods. We all shared one or more recipes, tricks and tips on everything healthy and "good for you" foods.  One of the recipes I shared was the 2-recipe low-fat chocolate cake. I posted before as one of the easiest recipes to make -- and it is!.  In fact, I made … [Read more...]