• Smart and Savvy Supermom Contest: Tonys.com is now hosting a Smart and Savvy Supermom Contest asking everyone to embrace their value-finding know-how and submit their own smart and savvy tips for a chance to win free pizza and other great prizes! Each week, from now through mid-September, Tony’s will recognize and reward one mom with the best value-finding tip with a year’s worth of great-tasting TONY’S® pizza to share with her family. And this fall, one grand-prize winner will receive the “Ultimate Family Fun Kit” - to help make family fun nights even more fun. The “Ultimate Family Fun Kit” will include Tony’s pizza, a flat screen TV, gaming system and more!

•  Online Coupon: The homepage on tonys.com now features a $1.00/2 Tony’s TONY'S® Pizza products.

• Free Bowling: All Tony’s Crispy Crust Pizza boxes now feature a free bowling coupon on the back of the box. We’re encouraging everyone to take advantage of the offer this summer. To locate participating centers, you can visit http://www.gobowling.com/.

Buy it: For more information on Tony's Pizza or where to purchase, visit Tony's online.

Win it: We're giving away one full-value Tony’s coupon to 5 Centsible Mommy readers courtesy of Tony's, so you can try Tony's Pizza, too!

Here's how to enter: Click over to tonys.com and check out the different toppings and crusts, and then come back here and leave me a comment on which toppings/pizza looks tasty to you. That's it.  Be sure to leave an email address with your comment, so I can contact you should you win.  Keep reading for additional ways to gain entries.

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Refer a friend. Get 1 entry for each friend who enters this giveaway and tells me you sent them! (1 entry each)

Don't forget to enter all my other giveaways still going on! Look on the right sidebar for the current list.



Contest ends at 11:59 pm CST on August 14th. Winner will be randomly selected using a random number generator at random.org.  Winner will be notified in this post and by email. Prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be drawn. Open to U.S. Residents 18+ only.


I was sent full value coupons for Tony's pizza to try for review purposes only.  No monetary compensation was received for this post.  The opinions expressed are my own based on my own personal experience with Tony's products.

Fruitables, is Apple & Eve's newest juice beverage, which has vegetable juice mixed right in with the fruit juice.  Fruitables make it easy to give your child one combined serving of fruits and vegetables with 1/3 less sugar than that of other brands of fruit juices. Apple & Eve Fruitables contain absolutely nothing artificial including high fructose corn syrup. They taste great and don't have that thick feel like some other veggie drinks, which most kids will not drink.
Fruitables are great way to help kids get their daily fruits and veggies; and because this juice tastes great and the veggies taste is undetectable,  kids don't realize their "eating" their veggies. And at only 70 calories per box, you can feel good giving kids their fruits and veggies without all the added sugar and calories.

Fruitables come in juice boxes and  family-size bottles in a variety of yummy flavors like Berry Berry and Tropical Orange and many more.

Visit the Apple & Eve Fruitables website for more information, a complete list of flavors or to find out where to purchase Apple & Eve products.  You can also sign up for their newsletter for money saving coupons and more.


We were provided with samples of this product for review purposes only.  The opinions are my own based on personal use of this product.  I received no monetary compensation for this review.

General Mill’s newest Total variety, Total Plus Omega-3’s has all the nutrition of Total cereal, plus 10 percent Daily Value of Omega-3 ALA per serving in a delicious honey almond crunch.

Omega-3 fatty acids play an important role in helping maintain a healthy body but this essential ingredient cannot be produced in the body. As such, nearly 50% of adults are looking for ways to get Omega-3s into their diets.



Total Plus Omega-3s is simple way to incorporate Omega-3 ALA into your daily routine.

Here are the facts about Total Plus Omega-3s cereal:

• Total Plus Omega-3s has 100% Daily Value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals PLUS 10% of the Daily Value of Omega-3 ALA.
• Total Plus Omega-3s cereal is a good source of Omega-3 ALA from flax.
• You get all that in a delicious combination of crunchy whole grain flakes, flax clusters and honey-sweetened almonds.

Buy it: The cereal is available in grocers’ cereal aisles nationwide for a suggested retail price of $3.89.  Be sure to print this $1 off coupon.

Win it: We are giving away one box of Total Plus Omega-3’s and a Total branded cereal bowl to one lucky winner!

Here’s how to enter:
Leave me a comment that you would like to try Total Plus Omega-3’s. Be sure to leave an email address in your comment, so I can contact you should you win. That’s it. Keep reading for additional ways to gain entries.


Additional entries:
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Contest ends at 11:59 pm CST on July 23rd. Winner will be randomly selected using a random number generator at random.org.  Winner will be notified in this post and by email. Prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be drawn. Open to U.S. Residents 18+ only.




I was sent a sample of Total PLus Omega-3's for review purposes only. The opinions and content posted here are my own based on use of the product. I received no monetary compensation for my review.

What icy cold, sweet treat is perfect on a hot summer's day? In our house, it's Popsicles, of course.   The kids love them. Honestly, so do the hubby and I.   We usually always keep a box on hand in the freezer, especially during the hot summer months (who am I trying to kid? We eat them all year round).  We love the fruity taste of Popsicles, the sweet chocolaty taste of the Fudgsicles (my personal favorite) ...oh,and the Creamsicles don't last long around here either. And because they are low in calories (especially the sugar free variety), we don't have to feel guilty for enjoying them.




You can also participate in  Popsicle's Stick Joke Contest.  From June 14 through August 15, 2010.  Participate in the Popsicle® Stick Joke contest by submitting a kid-friendly joke to the Popsicle® Twitter page for a chance to have your joke included on a Popsicle® stick or on Popsicle.com. The top 5 jokes will be featured on Popsicle.com. One lucky winner will have his or her joke featured on a limited edition batch of actual Popsicle® sticks, which will be distributed in the US in 2011. For more information on the Popsicle® Stick Joke contest, visit here.  

These are available at Target, Home Depot and elsewhere.

If your little ones are like mine, than no sooner than you turn on the stove, they’re not far behind asking to help in the kitchen. My boys (the little aspiring chefs) love helping in the kitchen and learning to cook, so I was thrilled when given the opportunity to review the Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook Kit.

Not only does the Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook feature delicious Italian recipes formatted in a way children can understand, but it also introduces them to the foods and language of a different culture. The Italian Cookbook is just one in the series of international cookbooks offered by Handstand Kids Cookbook Company and author, Yvette Garfield; there is also a Mexican Cookbook which comes in a tortilla bag with a child-sized oven mitt; and the Chinese Cookbook is packaged in a take-out box with a set of chopsticks.



The Italian Cookbook Kit comes appropriately packaged in a pizza box. It also comes with a cute children’s sized (adjustable) chef’s hat. The recipes inside are not only delicious, but all the ingredients and utensils used are translated into Italian and are used in the recipes so that children can learn the language as they cook. The pages are colorfully illustrated and the graphics are very cute.

The recipes are rated by difficulty with one garlic clove being the easiest and so on. Since my children are young, ages 5 and 2, the rating system shows exactly how much help they will need. The delicious recipes featured are those that kids will love, and some of the traditional childrens' favorites can be made with an Italian twist with the "Italianize my" section. For example when you “Italianize” sandwiches they become panini, popcorn becomes Italian popcorn, and many more. There are breads, soups, salads, main entrees and of course delicious desserts. There are some both nutritious and delicious choices as well.


Who are the Handstand Kids?

The Handstand Kids motto is "Traveling the world, one recipe at a time.”

“The five Handstand Kids are featured throughout the series: kid chefs can follow along as Felix, Izzy, Ari, Gabby and Marvin learn about the recipes, culture and language of a new country. The Handstand Kids offer helpful hints about cooking for special diets and finding ways to use cooking skills to Stir It Up and support the community.”



Click here to find ways your children can Stir It Up and help their community with their cooking skills.

“The Handstand Kids are a diverse bunch with varied interests so kids can easily relate to the characters. Felix is a vegetarian, Izzy is a picky eater and loves to cook for his diabetic sister, Ari uses her cooking skills to volunteer at kid's charities, Gabby is bilingual, speaking both Spanish and English, and Marvin is an aspiring chef.”


Visit the Online Recipe Box to browse free recipes similar to those found in the Handstand Kids Cookbook Series.


Buy it: Visit Handstand Kids shop to buy the Italian Cookbook Kit or any of their other kits. These kits are so much fun; and are a great way to introduce kids to international cuisine and cultures. You can also purchase children's aprons and other accessories to enhance your little chef’s cooking experience

How we used the cookbook & our thoughts on the Handstand Kids Products:
My 5 year old wanted to cook lunch for his Daddy & Papa for Father’s Day, so we choose Mamma Mia Minestrone Soup, Foot-Long Garlic Bread, and Bella Biscotti Cookies for our menu for Daddy's & Papa's Italian luncheon at our "Ristorante." And because the recipes were easy to prepare, my son only needed minimal help. My 2 year old also pitched in making our Italian cuisine. Both my boys had a blast cooking for their Daddy and the food turned out delicious!  I love this product because it opened up the dialogue about the differences in people, different cultures, and embracing other cultures. Overall, this is a great children's cookbook series.  And any activity that my children and I get to spend doing together gets an thumbs up from me!

The opinions and ideas are expressed are my own honest opinions based on the product I reviewed.  I was sent a Italian Cookbook Kit for review purposes only.  I received no monetary compensation for this post.