Bananas Foster (no-sugar-added smoothie) "Milkshake"

This recipe is one of my all-time favorite breakfast treats! I swear it tastes like a Sonic milkshake but the ingredients are healthy breakfast staples that just do magical things when combined.

Wayyyy back when I was a kid my Grandpa Foster would make these for me every morning when he came to visit! That's why I call it Bananas Foster Milkshake. However, if you wanted to add cinnamon & rum (like traditional bananas foster) I'm sure it'd taste even better. Bam, you've gone from pre-school breakfast to poolside delight by adding 2 ingredients!

So the ingredients to this thing are pretty basic:

1 cup milk / 1 banana / 1 drop vanilla extract / 1/2 cup ice

Throw everything in a blender and you're done!

Getting freaky with it:

Lately we've been switching it up by substituting frozen watermelon for the ice. That's right, we're risk takers.

We've also been known to add frozen berries.

You can throw a raw egg in there if you want. That's how Grandpa Foster did em!

VEGAN: Works with rice, soy and almond milk too!

-Lindsey

Stokke TRIPP TRAPP from PamperedTot.com - WINNER!

!!Congrats!!


Very excited to announce that we have a WINNER for the Stokke TRIPP TRAPP high chair from PamperedTot.com.

With comment # 531, our winner is Priscilla (aka "pawsnhooves"). I'll be contacting Priscilla via Twitter and Email.

You have 48 hours to claim your prize or there will be a second drawing.

Mildred and Dildred - A Rather Excellent Tucson Toy Store - 15% OFF COUPON!

Earlier this month Megan did a fun and quite complimentary review of the rather excellent Tucson toy store Mildred & Dildred.

Mildred & Dildred is a small, locally owned toy store in Tucson. They believe in the value and importance of imaginative play, and work hard to find the toys that encourage such play. They also take pride in creating a safe, open environment in which children can explore what interests them. The play-tables (with trains, pirates, and dollhouses), as well as their "house" (including a kitchen, baby bed, washing machine, and more) are popular with children of all ages: those who are experiencing such toys for the first time, as well as those who are revisiting and remembering the toys they loved long ago.

 

Mildred & Dildred is located at La Encantada shopping center (lower level): 2905 E. Skyline Drive #186 Tucson, Arizona 85718 (link to google map).

We are very excited that Mildred & Dildred has offered our readers an exclusive coupon for 15% off any one item! All you need to do is print the below coupon and take it with you on your next visit!

Click coupon image below to open larger coupon for you to print! 

Please note: Limit one coupon per customer. Coupon expires 10/31/10.

-Lindsey

Good Clean Fun - Bubbles & Bath Fizzies Review and Giveaway! - CONTEST ENDED

We are very excited to have been approached by the eco-conscious guys over at Smith & Vandiver to review and host a giveaway of Good Clean Fun Dino-Bubbles and bath fizzies!

Among the features and benefits of these wholesome, cruelty-free products:

- PH balanced to be gentle and non-irritating to skin and eyes
- Sulfate-free and non-toxic

- Phalate-free certified natural fragrance
- Paraben and formaldehyde free
- No colors, synthetic fragrances or animal by-products

Check out "Mr. Cute City" (aka Elliot) posing with his Party Fizzy and Dino Fizzy for the review!

Our awesome contributor Megan volunteered to take a Party Fizzy, Dino Fizzy, and Ducky Bubbles home to try out with her 2 year old Elliot. Here's what she had to say about Bath Fizzys and Ducky Bubbles:

Bath Fizzys Review:

First off, they are really cute, the packaging is cute and fun, and they smell really good (on the strong side, but good). Even though these toys are geared for kids ages 2-10 I think the fizzys were a bit too much for my two year old and I would actually recommend them for kids over 3 years. They fizzed like crazy! Which would probably be a lot of fun for an older kid, but Elliot was overwhelmed by all the fizzing and didn't want to be in the bathtub with it. Once the fizzing stopped the toys inside appeared and that was a nice little touch. Again, though, because of the tiny size of the toy discs inside I would recommend for over 3-year-olds because littler ones (like Elliot) might be tempted to put the toy in their mouth.

Good Clean Fun Ducky Bubbles Review:The Ducky Bubbles would be appropriate for kids of any age. The packaging of all these products is fun and cute! The smell of the Ducky Bubbles is sweet but subtle. We added about 1/3 of the package to our bath and that created "optimal bubbling" (a scientific term). The bubbles were thick and fluffy.

The Giveaway - Enter to Win Dino Bubbles and 4 Bath Fizzys!Smith & Vandiver have provided 1 winner a Good Clean Fun prize pack of:

WIN THE PARTY PACK!
(1) Dino Bubbles
(1) Dino Fizz Tyrannosaurus
(2) Bath Party Fizzies!

How to Enter:

This is the last day and their website seems to be wonky so entries are easy today! Lots of ways to enter!

- Follow TidbitsParenting via Google Friend Connect (2 bonus entries) (if you already follow us that counts too!)

- Follow @OttosMomBlogs on Twitter (2 bonus entries) (if you already follow me that counts too)

- Tweet about this giveaway with a link to this page in your tweet. In your comment below make sure to put a link to your tweet (up to 3 bonus entries per day - 1 per tweet - 30 mins apart or more please)

- Like TidbitsParenting on Facebook (2 bonus entries) (if you already like us that counts too)

- Grab the TidbitsParenting badge (on the right) and in your comment leave a link to your badged up blog homepage (4 bonus entries) (if you've already got the badge that counts too)

Please Note:

Just remember to leave a comment for EACH entry. For example, if you follow us on Facebook since that's worth 2 bonus entries make sure you leave 2 comments for that.

Make sure that I can reach you if you win - via email or Twitter. We will contact the winner on August 1 and they will have 48 hours to claim the prize or we will choose a different winner.

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm Pacific Time on July 31st. We will use Random.org to choose a winner and will verify that the winning entrant has played by the rules so it only makes sense to be honest!

The opinions expressed here are 100% my own and Megan's.

- Lindsey and Megan