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Do you ever read the ingredients in food and wonder why it sounds like your food is actually made of chemicals? Do you ever wonder if what you are eating is even safe? Me too, and a new survey indicates that people are indeed ingesting potentially harmful ingredients because they are misreading or unable to […]
This post brought to you by Michael Angelo’s. All opinions are 100% mine. Sometimes I am so in the mood for a delicious Italian dinner, but I’m am so not in the mood to do the work involved preparing it, or to drag my family to an expensive Italian restaurant and pay for it either. […]
They have SUPER yummy food! I haven’t tried that chicken breast kind though, I need to find that!
These look delish and super easy to make. I’ll have to check these out!
I enjoy Michael Angelo’s eggplant parm.
I love their eggplant parm – hubby isn’t a fan of eggplant so I always get this just for me 🙂 I’d LOVE to go to Italy.
These look very delicious and perfect for those nights you don’t feel like cooking.
Anything that is easy to cook and taste good is definitely what I need. I don’t cook much so popping something in the oven is the best!
I love their vegetable lasagna!
I do not think we have ever tried their dinners. They look really good!
Yum! That chicken looks amazing and would be perfect on a day I don’t feel like cooking.
That looks so good – and easy too. Perfect for my husband’s dinner. 🙂
I’ve never been to Italy but my husband and I are dying to go. How cool would it be if we won a trip to Italy! I’m totally entering.
Traveling to Italy is number one on my bucket list! We have decided to wait until our kids are just a bit older before we venture overseas.
Being a big fan of Italian food, I literally just drooled after seeing that box. Parmesan Chicken is one of my favorite dishes so I must try this!
Oh my, that Parmesan crusted stuffed chicken looks divine! YUM!
I can’t even imagine what a dream that trip would be. Just amazing! Their frozen food is so utterly fabulous, btw.
Those chicken breasts look delicious!! I’ve never tried this brand..
They have such yummy food.
We love their lasagna on nights when no one feels like cooking! LOL!
That looks so good, I need to see if our local stor carries this brand.
To My Dear Sons, Well, things are certainly changing around here. You are both developing habits, unique traits, and wonderful personalities, and I can already see sparks of the men you will be when you grow up. You are both so smart, funny, silly, brave, interesting, curious, and sweet. I love how the obsession with […]
Such a sweet post to your sons. Those pictures are adorable.
They are so cute Penelope.
We are an Angry Bird family here as well! 🙂 The whole family was so excited to see someone dressed as a Yellow Bird last night during trick or treating. And oh my word your baby! He is so not a baby anymore.
My son has an Angry Bird obsession, too. And, it is funny about the bags… my son when he was young would do the same thing. He would take his suitcase too, and fill it with things and carry it around the house. LOL.
I love this series that you are doing! These letters are just so sweet and the photos are adorable!
I love the idea of writing to our kids. This was so sweet. 🙂
So sweet. You have beautiful children!
I’m cracking up that he keeps calling people. It’s amazing how kids are seemingly born with a knack for technology!
Awww what a sweet post as always to your handsome little guys. I love the photo of him walking with the bags, how cute!
A fledgling shopaholic, too cute 🙂
What a super sweet post!
My youngest was obsessed with angry birds for about a year too, it has since been replaced with plants vs. zombies and now Minecraft, but it was intense while it lasted.
I love that he loves Angry Birds, amazing how things change. So cute.
Such great photos. I think an Angry Bird themed party sounds awesome.
I love the whole Letters to your children idea. Putting up the tree and decorating for Christmas is always filled with wonderful memories for sure!!
My son is on the phone with his Grandparents right now talking about Angry Birds. I love how into it kids at this age are!
My boys love Angry Birds as well. I did an Angry Birds themed party for my son in January when he turned four. Here’s my post about it: http://frostedfingers.com/2013/01/little-man-turned-4-an-angry-birds-party/
I love reading these letters. Your boys are super adorable.
I think smart and stubborn are 2 very good qualities!
I can’t stop laughing at how he insists on finding your phone and calling people. Hilarious! Love your oldest’s Angry Birds excitement!
Ha ha I love the littler man with his shopping bags! I would like to take him with me to the mall 🙂
Lol, he’d love that!
As a first time mother, you have a lot of things to research and decide upon. One of these things is whether you will be using herbs and natural treatments to help cure your baby’s ills. Using herbal remedies is not without controversy. While some may be easily used for infants, others can cause significant […]
I remember as a child participating in Grab Bags for holiday gifts, and never feeling particularly happy with whatever I managed to grab out of the bag- like a bag of six pairs of socks, or a change purse in the shape of a puppy. Obviously these gifts didn’t have much thought behind them about […]
I love doing photo calendars or photo books for my parents. It’s a great way to share photos with having them framed.
I made my kids a personalized book for Christmas a few years ago and now they look forward to me reading it to them each year.
That is the best kind of gift 🙂
This is such an amazing campaign and I really wish our country made food knowledge and clean eating education a higher priority! We eat as clean and organic as possible, while making sure to purchase GMO free items as well.
I really try to eat clean. Halloween has been a fail.
It seems so confusing to know what is actually healthy and what is labeled as something that ‘sounds’ healthier. This is good to know!
I try to eat as healthy as possibly but sometimes I do slip up. Like Halloween and the Holidays are a problem.
I have tried several of the Good Food Made Simple Foods like the oatmeal and it’s amazing!
This is such a great campaign and thanks for the tips! I try to go with frozen whenever fresh produce isn’t an option.
I will definitely look into this brand!
What a great campaign. I must admit I’m not much of an ingredient reader though I should be.
I’m going to keep my eye out for this brand next time I’m out shopping. I’d like to make the effort to eat clean.
I’m all for any brand that concentrates on giving us healthier, simpler food! There’s so many unnecessary ingredients in most of today’s food, it’s ridiculous!
I bookmarked so hubby can read it too – he’s such a bad eater and it’s really not his fault his mom is a horrendous eater and constantly eats junk 🙁 Kind of a blessing M has FPIES that I can really tell him NO she can’t have that junk..
I love buying frozen veggies. Not only do they last longer, but they taste almost like fresh ones when you cook them and are cheaper too.
This is an amazing campaign. I’m so glad they are doing this.
While I haven’t gotten rid of all chemicals in our house, just getting rid of most of the processed junk, has made us healthier.
Okay I am really excited about this site. While I am definitely not the cleanest eater, I do like to at least know what it is I’m choosing to eat {or not}.
You are right, the artificial dyes in everything scares me too.
It does really bother me that I don’t know what those ingredients are. I usually feel like if I don’t immediately know what it is, it’s probably not something that’s super great for me. I’m going to start using this site as a resource!
Have you found a kids vitamin with no dyes? It’s crazy what they put in our foods!
What a great campaign. I never worried about anything until living a healthier lifestyle. Now all I do is read, read and read some more. I really wish these companies would just stop putting this junk in our food. I eat almost all clean now!
Interesting that frozen veggies are fresher. That’s a change everyone can afford to make!
Definitely could use some of this in my life! Going to check it out now. Thanks for the info Penelope!
Seems like more and more people are becoming more concerned at what they eat. It is a great campaign they are doing!!
It’s definitely amazing what’s in our food! Reese’s Peanut Butter cups have butane in them!
I had to find different vitamins for my children too because I didn’t like that they contained Red40.
I do prepare lots of recipes with few ingredients. Simple is… good.
A lot of meds have it too 🙁
No way, are you serious??
I did, but I had to order it from Amazon
Yes, it’s on the label as TBHQ
THAT is butane? I see that a lot and avoid it, but had no idea it was butane…that is in EVERYTHING, ugh!
I actually just noticed recently how much more I like frozen over canned!
Very interesting. I’m hearing more and more about what’s in our foods that really scares me!
The frozen veggie tip is a good one. We’ve developed a taste for roast brussels sprouts!
I primarily only buy frozen veggies. I find them much easier to cook with and have always found that they are quality controlled (at least the brands that I buy!)
Good point about the dyes in our medicine. It could look backwater brown and I’d still take it!
Totally adore this campaign! Now if we could make it mandatory to honestly label foods that contain GMOs, I would be a very happy camper.
I avoid canned food like the plague, even if it is from some of my favorite vegetarian/vegan brands such as Amy’s. I hear too much about BPA. I prefer frozen or fresh.
I need to check out that top 10 ingredients to avoid article.
It just amazes me how much crap can legally be put into foods. I am all for better labeling. Great campaign!
I really try to buy whole foods.
Thanks for the tips and the resources, Penelope …. And, we buy frozen frequently …. especially in the winter. 🙂
This is a great campaign! I think we all need to try to eat better, even little changes can help if you can’t afford (it’s expensive here) to go completely clean/organic.
I need to check them out, and try to eat cleaner! I have heard and seen everyone starting to talk about it, so it is about time I join in!!
Yes, we try really hard to read labels and buy products we actually know how to pronounce the ingredients.
I use Bebe-O prenatal vitamins as my multivitamin and buy our children Young Living’s Kids vitamins.