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Peter Rabbit Organics Introduces 5 New Flavors! GIVEAWAY!!!

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One company whose products are a HUGE hit with Darah is Peter Rabbit Organics. They make squeeze pouches of fruit and veggies that are organic and taste fantastic. I pick them up for Darah as the occasional special treat, or if we are about to go on a car trip. She usually empties one pouch in about 30 seconds!

Peter Rabbit Organics has just launched 5 new flavors, all designed to help parents squeeze (get it?) more fruits and veggies into your children’s diets. We don’t really have a problem getting Darah to eat her fruit, but getting her to eat vegetables can be a bit more hit or miss. Here’s the list of new flavors, and I’ll give you one guess about which ones are my favorites:

  •          Peach and Apple
  •          Banana and Apple
  •          Pear and Apple
  •          Pear and Pea
  •          Pumpkin, Carrot and Apple
Darah has eaten every single one of these, but the ones I’ll definitely be picking up again are Pear and Pea and Pumpkin, Carrot and Apple. I need some extra help getting Darah to have enough veggies, and these are the perfect solution. I watched her extra carefully when offering her the Pear and Pea, thinking that she might hesitate after giving it a taste. NOPE!

If you’ve never tried Peter Rabbit Organics, I want to encourage you to pick some up the next time you head to Target, or the next time you find yourself placing an order on Amazon. Their other flavors include the following:

  •          Apple and Grape
  •          Mango, Banana and Orange
  •          Strawberry and Banana
  •          Pea, Spinach and Apple
  •          Sweet Potato, Corn and Apple
  •          Carrot, Squash and Apple

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win the 5 new flavors of Peter Rabbit Organics squeeze pouches!

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Peter Rabbit Organics Fruit and Veggie Pouches

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Peter Rabbit Organic Fruit and Veggie Pouches

Let’s talk about toddler food for a moment. Darah is now eating pretty much anything we are eating, but she still has her own dishes that I would describe as a chunkier version of baby food. Her morning mush is a good example. It typically consists of whole grains (right now she is eating lots of millet), plain yogurt, sugar-free applesauce and blueberries. I am so thankful that she still enjoys this dish, because we pack a whole lot of nutrition into it! She’ll eat this meal pretty much any time of day, which makes it a great go-to snack, as well.

But it isn’t exactly the kind of thing that I can throw in the diaper bag with ease. The things that are easy to take with me are wheat thins (she goes through so many that we buy them at Costco) and string cheese. There are certainly worse things I could be feeding her, but sometimes I feel dissatisfied with these options and wish I had a healthier choice.

peter rabbit And that’s when Peter Rabbit Organics came back on the scene! I reviewed the delicious fruit flavors they offered back in November, and found that they were yummy enough for babies AND grown ups! I’m pleased to report that they now have a line of pouches that have fruit AND vegetables in them. This is great for me to see, as Darah does not always love her veggies. She doesn’t hate them, but her mood seems to dictate whether or not she’ll eat anything green.

The three new pouches from Peter Rabbit Organics have all been tested by Miss Darah, and she ate every last drop of all three of them. Success! The flavors are as follows: Sweet Potato, Corn and Apple; Pea, Spinach and Apple; and Carrot, Squash and Apple.

I tasted them, myself, and I don’t think I would eat them, personally. They weren’t bad, but they did remind me a bit more of baby food than their fruit pouch counterparts. I’m sure that others might disagree with me, and if you are looking for a really easy way to get some veggies in, either for yourself or for your kids, give this a try. I will definitely be buying more of the Pea, Spinach and Apple because I haven’t yet found a way to get Darah to eat spinach other than this, and since it is a super food, I want her to have more of it! Also, I should mention that this is the flavor she ate the fastest. I actually put the squeeze part of the pouch in her mouth, just to see what would happen, and she literally sucked all the food out of it in record time!

Buy it!: The new flavors from Peter Rabbit Organics are available at Amazon.com in packs of 10 for $16.50.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will score a 12 pack (2 of each flavor) from Peter Rabbit organics! The contest will run until March 22nd at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of The United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me how you get your kids to eat their veggies!

My answer: One trick I have to getting Darah to eat squash is to combine it with pears or apples. That seems to work every time!

Additional entries:
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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my home page.
Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

Peter Rabbit Organics: Not Just for Babies! (GIVEAWAY!!!)

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I feel as though the organic baby food market has reached a tipping point, and more and more wonderful options are coming on the market. I’m so thrilled to see it!

Today I want to tell you about one such company that offers 3 very delicious fruit snack pouches. Check out Peter Rabbit Organics, a company based in London that now makes products in Oregon so that they can be offered to U.S. customers!

Their pouches are certified USDA organic, and they use local suppliers in Oregon as much as they possibly can. So the food is organic and also local where it is produced. That helps to ensure products that are full of yummy natural flavors!

They call their pouches fruit snacks, but the term may be a bit misleading. When I think of snacks, I think of little treats that aren’t necessarily very good for you. These pouches contain pureed versions of fruit…THAT’S IT!! They are so good for you that I have served them to Darah as a meal!

And so that I could report back to you, I tasted each of the fruit snacks, as well. Um, they don’t taste like baby food at all! They basically taste like a shelf-safe fruit smoothie…yum! Darah had one of the pouches while we were playing in a park one day, and when she was all done, I happily licked the spoon before I put it back in the bag. I’m sure some of the parents around me were grossed out, but that’s just because they’ve never had the Peter Rabbit Organics experience! 🙂

Peter Rabbit Organics offers fruit snacks in the following flavors:
Strawberry & Banana
Mango, Banana & Orange
Apple & Grape (a surprisingly delicious combo, if I do say so myself!)

Find Peter Rabbit Organics Online

So how to you find these to try out for yourself, I mean, for your baby??? Well, they are sold at Starbucks, so you can just follow your nose to the closest store, or you can check out their online store finder. Additionally, you can buy them through online retailers like Amazon.com and Diapers.com. They are definitely something that will be devoured quickly, and they make for the healthiest of snacks!

Win it!: Peter Rabbit Organics wants to give one lucky Stuff Parents Need Reader a set of 3 pouches to try out! These would be fun stocking stuffers or just yummy surprise treats! The contest will run until October 26th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me your favorite fruit! Mine is a mango, with watermelon coming in a close second.

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: “Like” Peter Rabbit Organics on Facebook
2. Blogger love: Follow me on Google Friend Connect (not signed up yet? It is painless, I promise!).

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my home page.
Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own. Affiliate links may be included at no cost to you.