The Midwest Dairy Council of Missouri recently contacted me to have a giveaway done on "The Life of a Home Mom" for all those that have a Hy-Vee near them. So if you are one of them make sure to sign up for this giveaway.

The Dairy Council wants you to know about Dairy Makes Sense. Many of us forget how important dairy actually is until it is too late or unless we read about it somewhere. So lets take a moment to think of dairy. For me I actually lack it, however my kids are my little dairy nuts. My son will eat gobs of cheese all day if I let him. H e also likes to eat his daily yogurt which I just read giving him one yogurt actually covers over half his dairy needs.

Here's some dairy facts for ya:

Milk packs nine essential nutrients at only 25 cents per glass. Many designer drinks, sodas and fruit drinks are high in calories and expensive, which won’t help your wallet or your waistline.
· Though protein is one of the most expensive parts of the diet, dairy foods are one of the most economical sources of protein and calcium, both of which are important for the growth and development of strong bones and teeth.
· A one-ounce serving of hard cheese, like cheddar, contains 8 grams of protein, and an eight-ounce serving of yogurt provides nearly a third of your suggested daily calcium intake.

The Dairy Council would love for you to visit, "Diary Makes Sense" and have fun exploring...they even have a neat little Cow-Culator to add everything up. I stopped off and looked over the recipes and I think I'd like to try making the pumpkin pancakes, those were always my favorite around Thanksgiving. Why not try them now? Or does a tuna melt sound good for lunch? At the bottom of each recipe they have the nutritional facts sheet so you know what you are getting.


GIVEAWAY

Prize:
(2 winners) $25 Hy-Vee Gift Card and 2 Borden Cheese coupons

RULES:
Head over to the Dairy Makes Sense and tell me which recipe sounds good to you. If none sound appealing tell me what you would make using dairy.

Bonus Entries: Twitter this, stumbleupon this or blog about it and make sure to link back so I know.


Deadline: July 12th, 2009

US only please

Little A informed me I forgot to post the giveaway so check out the Yobaby giveaway and have a Happy Wordless Wednesday!

I don't know about you but everyone in my family eats yogurt and to be honest even though it is good I worry about giving it to the youngest. Recently Stonyfield asked if I'd be willing to try their YoBaby yogurt and have a giveaway and I said yes. I mean it is made just for babies, therefore it wouldn't be harmful.

I went to the store to get my Yobaby and picked out the strawberry banana since he absolutely loves bananas. He loved that it had babies on the front, he kept saying "Awwww, babies." When we got home I immediately sat him in his chair and opened it up. You do need to stir it like all yogurts but it makes it smooth and creamy, there are no thick chunks like many fruit yogurts. (hope the picture shows you how smooth it is)

YoBaby has DHA & Zinc vitaminss added to help your child, plus it is all organic. YoBaby does have a variety of types they are offering plus a group of flavors, here's a list of some:

YoBaby Plus Fruit & Cereal
Raspberry Pear
Strawberry Banana
Apple
Mixed Berry