Originals - The Spring Craft Sale Ottawa + G!veaway!

I love crafts, I love making crafts and I love buying crafts. Handmade is something I adore. I used to hit all the Christmas/Easter craft shows, always something fun to attend and you never know what great items you will come home with. When @Amotherhoodblog asked if I was free next weekend to attend the ORIGINALS - THE SPRING CRAFT SALE in Ottawa with her, I was stoked. I haven't been to a craft sale in Ottawa for sometime, last time I think was...

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Zellers Memory Showcase - Sponsored Video

Growing up in a small town we didn't have too many big stores. We had a couple grocery stores and a few other everything stores; Zellers being our big box store. I have tons of memories of shopping at Zellers from a young age and even now as Zellers has been my go to store to pick up kids clothes. I just love the Cheeokee brand and will really miss it when our Zellers closes. Zellers in my town is slated to close right at the end of the closers...

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Kids Week: Health Benefits to eating Canadian Beef & G!veaway!

What are the health benefits for your family from eating Canadian Beef? Beef is loaded with vitamins and minerals, including iron. Iron is very important in both children and adults. Without the recommend dose of iron we become iron deficient, also known as anemia. If you become anemic, you will be tired, grumpy, weak, headaches and problems concentrating and thinking. This will really affect your children growing up and learning. Canadian...

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Put a Spring in your step with Alegria sandals

Here in Ontario we had a couple beautiful Summer like days already! I mean 30 degree weather and then it got cold again but we are in Canada. On those beautiful days I had the chance to wear my new pair of Alegria sandals. If you have never heard of Alegria shoes before you can see my last review on them from the fall. They are fantastic shoes that make you feel like you are walking on clouds. They have a mild rocker sole to help encourage a normal...

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Dempster's {Maple Leaf Foods} G!veaway!

As promised last week's Dempster's post here is a fun giveaway from Maple Leaf Foods! I am happy to tell you that our friends at Maple Leaf Foods is offering 5 Free product coupons to 2 lucky Marvelous Mommy Meals readers! With BBQ weather starting up there coupons will be wonderful to pick up hamburger or hotdog buns. The coupons can be used for any of the following: Dempster's  Villaggio POM Healthy Way  Smart  Bon Matin  Ben's Sun...

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Marvlous Menu Monday - Week of March 26-April 1,2012

Better late than never right? Here is our menu plan for the week of March 26th - April 1, 2012. Monday - Fish, Rice and Ceaser SaladTuesday - Pizza and cut up veggiesWednesday - Kettle Cuisine soups and sandwiches (Review coming soon)Thursday -Cheesey Rice with Broccoli and Pork chops (The Mom 100 Cookbook pg 246)Friday - Potato Pancakes (The Mom 100 Cookbook pg 255), Chicken Fingers (pg 111) and Roasted Asparagus (pg 262)Saturday - Hubby cooks -...

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Ready to Get Dizzy? Dizzy Dancers Review

My kids love animals so when we had the opportunity to check out these new little toys from Hasbro called Dizzy Dancers I knew they would be a hit with both children. Part of the FurReal friends these are little critters that spin like a top. There are a number of Dizzy Dancer pets available with colorful fur tufts and also a stage for them to dance on with ramps and stands for tricks. The stand comes with 1 Dizzy Dancer and a Dizzy Cord accessory...

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All You Need is Cheese & Giveaway!

Trying to find ways to increase your children's dairy intake? Make it fun with Canadian Cheese! There are so many ways to eat cheese and so many different kinds available the possibilities are endless. Canada's food guide recommends children ages 2-8 have 2 servings of Milk & Alternatives, 9-18 year old are recommended to have 3-4 servings. What is 1 serving of cheese? a serving is 50g or 1 1/2 oz of Cheese. We eat tons of cheese in our...

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Am I Cat or a Baby?

We adopted this beautiful pure black kitten last August and she quickly fit right in with our family. The kids love her and play with her daily. She loves to hang out in their beds and my son always has to take her to bed at night. For the most part our older kitty loves her also but he doesn't like people to see it: Found sleeping in A's bed with our other cat Marty Both of the crazy kitties getting into trouble on the table :( Recently my...

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Kids Week: The Ultimate Allergy-Free Snack Cookbook Review

Are you looking for a cookbook to prepare snacks for your children that have allergies to eggs, cow's milk, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish? Look no further The Ultimate Allergy-Free Snack Cookbook will come to your rescue. This book is jammed pack with over 100 snack recipes and tons of information on all the above allergies.The book starts out breaking down each allergy giving a list of foods to avoid and also foods that may...

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Burt's Bees Sensitive Skin Care Review #imabzzagent

  I had posted this earlier today but something went wrong when I went to edit the title on my iPhone. When I came back there was no post. I was very upset and I hope you will accept my apologies for the missing post. I am a BzzAgent member and we get fun perks of reviewing great products like Burt's Bees! I reviewed their Blemish line a while back and loved it. Burt's Bees has been making natural face care for over 25 years!...

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Kids Week: Healthy Lunch Idea's

I have always had a hard time getting away from sandwiches and soup for lunches until I had kids and then it become a huge deal to figure out a nice variety of idea's. If you look at the food guide and choose 3 or 4 different food groups, add in a snack and drink you can make a very healthy lunch for yourself and your children. It is very simple and can be done in three simple steps! Step 1: Include food from: Milk and Alternative Milk Soy beverage Yogurt Cheese Cottage...

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Battleship Live Board Game Review

With the warm weather just about here, I know a lot of us are planning to spend lots of time outdoors but for those rainy days or even in the evenings there are some great board games out by Hasbro to get rid of the boredom and pass the time. One game my husband and son love is Battleship Live. Okay I admit it, it is a lot of fun. This new age spin on the classic board game is fantastic. The game board is very different from the classic game but...

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HairThingz Coupon Code

Recently my daughter and I reviewed these cute, fun and affordable hair bands called HairThingz. You can see how much fun they are in the review. Our friends at HairThingz would like to offer Canadian Coupon Mom readers a coupon code for 30% off their purchase online. This code does expire March 30, 2012. Please use Coupon Code CCM30 The winner has also been notified so check your email to see if it was you!   ~*Disclaimer: This post...

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Think Outside the Basket this Easter!

As a mom of younger children when we are getting ready for the holidays I enjoy finding sugar free treats to give the kids. Hasbro made this very easy at Halloween with their little containers of Play-Doh for Halloween Trick or Treaters. Hasbro is helping parents find an alternative to a basket full of chocolate this Easter with 2 fun idea's. While the Easter Bunny is leaving eggs around the house how about ask him/her to place a few Play-Doh...

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Kids Week - Its the picnic time of year!

Today's post is a guest post from our friend Alyssa at A Motherhood Experience. We have been experiencing some better-than-ever weather here across Canada this week, it looks like Spring has sprung out in full force! Springtime means picnic time, our kids love when we pack up a special picnic and venture off into our local community to find a place to enjoy it together. Spending time having a picnic is a great way to have quality time together...

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Dempster's Great White Bread Taste Off!

Dempster's is asking Canadians to share their favorite white bread recipes during The Dempster's Great White Bread Taste Off. Head over to Dempster's Facebook page and submit your recipe along with a photo of your favourite way to enjoy Dempster's white bread. The top 10 entries will be submitted to a taste off and the grand prize is $10,000, along with a 2nd place prize of $1,000 and 3rd prize of $500. Please read contest rules on their Facebook...

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Kids Week: Meal Planning with the whole family

Menu or meal planning whichever you would like to call it is a great thing to get in the habit of doing weekly or monthly depending on your preference. We meal plan for a few reasons – variety of dishes, help cut grocery costs when meal planning with what’s on sale, not waiting to last minute to stress over what’s for dinner, missing ingredients and I am sure there are a few more also. Here is a sample of one of our meal plans for the week of...

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Kids Week: Dora & Diego Let's Cook cookbook Review/G!veaway

Yesterday we talked about getting our kids involved in the kitchen early on in life. If your kids are like mine you will love this book that we recently review. Dora & Diego Let’s Cook cookbook is a brightly colored cookbook full of fun ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks. The first time we browsed through the book my kids were excited with every single page. Most of the recipes are named after a character from Dora &...

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New for 2012 from Kellogg's

Cereal is a big part of my son's morning, every morning. He just can't seem to eat anything other than cereal for breakfast except the odd day of waffles or pancakes. He made a fruit & yogurt breakfast for everyone one morning and as he finished his bowl he said "I'm still hungry can I have cereal?". It may be the end of the world if we didn't have at least 2 open boxes of cereal in the cupboard. P was very excited that Kellogg's has introduced a new cereals and cereal bars for 2012!...

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Kids Week: Kids in the Kitchen

I have had many comments on how do I get my kids to eat their dinner, veggies or when should kids start helping out in the kitchen? There are many different ways to get the kids involved in meal planning and making of the food the family will consume. As they get older they can help out a lot more and when they are a teen they should have a great feel for being in the kitchen. I have been baking with my kids for the last few years. Baking I have...

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Menu Planning Monday Week of March 19-25th, 2012

In honor of Kids week I have put together a menu after asking the kids for help on what they would like to have this week. Getting the family involved in meal planning helps take the stress off you guessing what everyone would like to eat and also help have something everyone loves. Watch for a post later this week all about meal planning with the family.  Monday – Pan Haggerty with sausages Tuesday – Mudslide Meatloaf and gravy (Dora &...

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Peanut Butter Friday - Peanut Butter Balls

This week I reviewed an online recipe for Peanut Butter Balls covered with Chocolate. The original recipe can be found on Joy Of Kosher.This week I have decided not to write out the recipe here but if you are interested in trying this recipe please head over to Joy of Kosher. I found the only problem with the recipe seemed to be too sticky even after they were in the fridge for 15 hours. I think I would adjust the butter to less. I will have to try...

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IronKids & Cash Flash G!veaway!

We all know how important it is for our children to get their vitamins. I also know how hard it is to get picky eaters to eat all the recommend foods to get these vitamins and really to be honest do we as adults get our recommend vitamins? IronKids gummies will help your children get the extra vitamins they should get with a tasty daily vitamin. I know, kids hate vitamins and the taste but I promise these are not your average tasting vitamins....

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Wordless Wednesday March 14th, 2012

If you are new to Wordless Wednesday let me tell you about it. Wednesday's on a lot of blogs people will post a photo or a bunch of photos that stand alone with little to no words attached. These pictures photos do say a thousand words sometimes.Enjoy this weeks Wordless Wednesday:~*Jennifer ~*Disclaimer: This post was written by Marvelous Mommy Meals. This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are honest and my own...

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Wordless Wednesday: Early Signs of Spring

Almost Spring - spending time at the park   ~*Disclaimer: This post was written by Canadian Coupon Mom. This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are honest and my own...

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Eat, Write, Retreat and Canadian Beef #EWR12

I am very super excited for the news I am about to share with you! Have you heard of the conference in Washington DC called Eat, Write, Retreat? If you haven't heard of it, this is an annual food conference to help food writers and bloggers learn more about photography, food styling, writing and cooking. It also offers networking with other bloggers, writers and food brands. Okay so here is the news, at the beginning of February Canadian Beef...

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Marvelous Menu Monday March 12-18th,2012

Here is this weeks menu plan; what is on your menu this week? Would love to hear from you please leave a comment.Monday - Chicken, potatoes and veggiesTuesday -Fish, rice and veggiesWednesday - Slow-Cooker Beef Stroganoff (Kraft Canada)Thursday - Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms and PorkchopsFriday - Looking for a meatless mealSaturday - Hubby cooks - BBQ Burgers, saladSunday - Hubby cooksThis week is March break for us and also my busy week at work...

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Deluxe LED Fogless Mirror Review & G!veaway

Today's product review is a handy little tool that I am sure you will love especially any dad's out there. Oh wait maybe dad you should call mom into the room to read this instead. This product would make a wonderful Father's Day present. I know we are no where near Father's Day but this is something I think all dad's would love. ToiletTree Products Inc. specializes in bathroom products and you may have heard about their LED Fogless Mirrors. If...

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