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A few weeks ago, we hosted a back to school bash for Eben’s closest friends and family members. We had planned to have a get together at the beach – however, the weather didn’t cooperate so we decided to move the party indoors!

We decided to share Target’s newest food collection – Simply Balanced. The collection is free from GMO’s, artificial colors, flavors and preservatives and forty percent of the collection is organic too. The collection offers almost 250 food products – everything from sustainable seafood and snacks to organic frozen fruits and beverages. We hit Target and picked up a selection of snack items – since we wanted to focus on goodies that parent’s could send back to school with their kiddos.

Our guests really loved the sparkling beverages, Parmesan Rosemary popcorn, freeze dried fruits, twisted fruit ropes and organic blue, yellow and white tortilla chips – however, the winner of the day was the frozen fruit lemonade that we whipped up for the kids using Simply Balanced frozen fruits and lemonade. Seriously, so good and perfect for a back to school get together.

Want to try the collection out for yourself in time to celebrate back to school? I am giving one lucky reader a $75 Target gift card. Hooray for back to school fun!

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*Full Disclosure: I am a member of the Target Inner Circle – all opinions expressed are my own. Target supplied the snacks and giveaway item for this party post. Thank you for your support!

Eben starts school on Monday! With those lazy summer mornings of endless time to prepare breakfast are coming to an end. It’s time to get efficient! If you have a child like mine, who scoffs at the idea of eating the tried and true staple: cereal for breakfast, or you want to send your child off to school with a healthy, hearty, brain boosting meal in his belly, the key is to plan, prepare and store breakfast meals ahead of time. That way, each morning your child can get up and have a hot breakfast in just a few seconds – without you having to turn on the stove! Jump over to Inhabitots for 6 quick and easy vegan breakfast meals that can be made ahead of time — and we’ll tell you how to store and reheat them too!

P.S.We make all of these for Eben and he loves them!  

photo credit Shutterstock via Inhabitots

Over the summer, our regular schedule goes out the window. Forget early to bed, early to rise — the only thing that is consistent in our home the entire summer is my family’s consumption of frozen treats! Right now, we have been a little obsessed with vegan sorbets, anything we can make in an ice cream churn, and fudgesicles. But then I thought, what would summer be without a classic orange creamsicle or two?

My son and I went to work modifying our favorite orange smoothie recipe into a vegan orange creamsicle. After a couple of tries, we think we got it just right. It is the perfect combination of orange and creaminess. It immediately transported me back to my childhood summers, and memories of munching on ice pops on the long cozy grass in our backyard with my sister and brother. You still have time to celebrate the end of summer with these simple vegan orange creamsicles. Jump over to Inhabitots for the recipe, then enjoy these amazing ice pops with your littles in the sunshine!