Making a picky eater eat

We posed this question in our Facebook page as we thought as parents, we recognize this is a common trend among children.

All parents know children are picky eaters. When children have special dietary needs (Gluten Free or low sugar requirements), the food options are even less. What do you do to have your picky eaters eat?

From Catherine Danford: Make everything fun. We have cookie cutters, veggie cutters, molds for eggs. I put smiley faces made from berries on everything. Add a toothpick sail and make it into a boat. Put fruit and veggies on kabob skewers (even if served raw).

From Stan, who figured what our 3 yr. old’s favorite foods are, he makes it with a “twist”. If it is pasta, he’ll eat it no matter what. For this, Stan might make a white sauce to go with it and add some mashed cauliflower or some other veggie to it. That has worked great. He’s even added thin slices of carrots to mashed potatoes. Cooked correctly, our little one has not noticed on either account.

I use toothpicks and straws to liven mealtime. If it is a soupy meal, he can suck it with a straw. Otherwise he can pick up food pieces with toothpicks. I have even given him colored toothpicks to make it more cheerful. At one point I even gave him pretzel sticks to pick up chicken pieces.

What other methods have you used to make your picky eater eat? We want to hear from you!

Odo, Stan and Karl

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Pasta gift basket giveaway

We are excited about our newest giveaway.

This month we are again giving away one of our tasty baskets found on our site.

The lovely basket includes: Organic olives, and depending on your choice, 3 pastas plus one pasta sauce that will be either diabetic friendly, Gluten Free or Organic (winner will decide).

I know you are getting as excited as we are and are wondering what you need to do to win it.

Here’s how to enter:

1) “Like” GoodHealthBaskets.com on Facebook AND post a comment on our wall letting us know you’re a fan or a comment about the basket,

OR

2) Follow GHBaskets on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. TWEET: I just entered to win a gift basket from @ghbaskets! Get the details here:  http://wp.me/pX5bg-2r

Following BOTH steps will give you two entries into the giveaway. If you already follow us, you can still enter the contest. Just tweet about the giveaway or leave a comment on our Facebook wall mentioning the contest and you will be entered to win.

You have from Saturday, June 18 until midnight, Friday June 24. Any entries received before or after this time will not be considered. Open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen noon (cst), June 26 using http://www.randompicker.com/

You have two chances to win so don’t miss up!

Until next blog,

Rita and Karl

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Té y Café gift basket giveaway

Our latest giveaway and we are excited about it.

This month we are giving away one of our tasty baskets found on our site.

The lovely basket includes: 2 Delicious organic coffees in different flavors, 2 delectable organic teas also in various flavors. Both the teas and coffees are also gluten free and of course have no sugar. We complement this basket with appetizing cookies to go with them, based on your choice of Sugar Free, Gluten Free or organic (winner will decide).

To add to it, this basket comes with a lovely teapot and cup for one! It is so cute I just had to add it here. Take a look at the pictures.

I know you are getting as excited as we are and are wondering what you need to do to win it.

Here’s how to enter:

1) “Like” GoodHealthBaskets.com on Facebook AND post a comment on our wall letting us know you’re a fan or a comment about the basket,

OR

2) Follow GHBaskets on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. TWEET: I just entered to win a gift basket from @ghbaskets! Get the details here:  http://wp.me/pX5bg-29

Following BOTH steps will give you two entries into the giveaway. If you already follow us, you can still enter the contest. Just tweet about the giveaway or leave a comment on our Facebook wall mentioning the contest and you will be entered to win.

You have until midnight, Friday May 20th. Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen May 22nd using http://www.randompicker.com/

You have two chances to win so don’t miss up!

Until next blog,

Rita and Karl

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Gluten Free Flax Bread Recipe

We received this recipe from our FB friend, Dawn H. We tried it ourselves and give it a thumbs up. She has suggested she has used it as pizza dough. We tried our own toping. We did a mixture of … Continue reading →

Why aren’t our gift baskets the same?

We pick moments out of everyday life to create our gift baskets. This one was named after my little boy's love for pasta.

We received the question, if I purchased two of the same type of gift baskets, why didn’t they look the same?

Karl and I have fun making our baskets. Each one is uniquely made and we love adding our personal touches. It depends on our mood and time of day, I would say. We provide a guideline on our website as to what the contents are but how the basket looks at the end even we don’t know until we are done. That is the fun thing about our business. We can get as creative as we wish. We might use a basket one time, a hat box the next, jute bags and even a flower pot is not inconceivable if we find a cute one so do not be surprised.

We also pick containers off antique shops. Those we have labeled “antique gifts” on our website but should really be called “fun gifts”. We do not claim to be antique dealers at all. All we know is the items we find have that yesteryear look. We hope you enjoy the look of these items as much as we do.

It is fun doing what we do and whereas we do not try to compete with the big gift basket businesses, our goal is to have fun and create fun products that are unique, sincere and passionate towards our customers. I love the time I spend with my little boy putting our baskets together. From tasting products to designing baskets, I hope that reflects in the uniqueness of each basket because, after all, I want them to be as individual as the person that will receive it.

Rest assured you will not find our baskets anywhere else. Each basket is designed when you place an order.

Until next blog,

Rita and Karl

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Baby sample giveaway

Cool basket, isn't it?

Our first giveaway and we are excited about it.

Introducing our BambooBaby organic baby items found in our newly created baby baskets. This month we are giving away our complete ensemble. No food items on this one as we’re trying to highlight the baby items.

The lovely basket includes: Newborn baby socks, beanie, blanket, 5 washcloths and soap. All of it organic and made in the USA! This is the perfect healthy start for a newborn baby. Check out the picture, cool isn’t it? The big flowers are the actual socks and washcloths! Cupcake is the beanie.

I know you are getting as excited as we are and are wondering what you need to do to win it.

Here’s how to enter:

1) “Like” GoodHealthBaskets.com on Facebook AND post a comment on our wall letting us know you’re a fan,

OR

2) Follow GHBaskets on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. TWEET: I just entered to win an organic baby basket from @ghbaskets! Get the details here: http://wp.me/pX5bg-1l 

Following BOTH steps will give you two entries into the giveaway. If you already follow us, you can still enter the contest. Just tweet about the giveaway or leave a comment on our Facebook wall mentioning the contest and you will be entered to win.

You have until Friday April 22nd. Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen April 24th using http://www.randompicker.com/



Baby basket closeup components

 

You have two chances to win so don’t miss up.

Until next blog,

Stan and Rita

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February’s “The Power of $1″ results

Last month we headed our charity project. Every day we chose a national charity and donated $1. Whereas the amount seemed nonsensical, we strongly believe if the entire US population puts $1 towards our favorite charity, we can make a difference.

What we were not prepared for was the experience and rewards of this project. We became aware of some lesser known charities.  We did not know there is a Pet Food Bank, helping families keep their pets in this hard times. First Candle is an organization dedicated to safe pregnancies and the survival of babies through their first year of life with the priority to eliminate Stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID). Noah’s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation center for animals and a group home for abused or abandoned children. Donorschoose.org is a meeting point where teachers and donors come together to fulfill teachers’ needs, ranging from pencils for a classroom to electronic  equipment.

We received quite a few thank you notes, and we were elated to know we contributed for a classroom to have some needed school supplies. The thank you letter from the teacher made our day.

We will certainly try this again at another time and we encourage everyone to try it yourselves. As we have noticed, even a little help can go a long way.

This is the entire listing from last month’s charities we contributed to. We invite you to read what each one does.

Name		url
Kids in Need Foundation		http://www.kinf.org/
Canine Assistants		http://www.canineassistants.org/
Western Lands Project		http://www.westernlands.org/
Just The Beginning Foundation		http://www.jtbf.org/
Brazos Valley Food Bank		http://www.brazosfoodbank.org/
Clara White Mission		http://www.clarawhitemission.org/Home.aspx
Lange Foundation		http://www.langefoundation.com/
Community Food Bank of Tucson		http://communityfoodbank.com/
Donorschoose.org		http://www.donorschoose.org/
Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc.		http://www.boysandgirlshomesofnc.com/
Acterra		http://www.acterra.org/
Audubon Society of Portland		http://audubonportland.org/
Center for Neighborhood Technology		http://www.cnt.org/
Noah’s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center		http://www.noahs-ark.org/
Harry S. Truman Library Institute		http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
Chicago Public Library Foundation		http://www.chicagopubliclibraryfoundation.org/
Pet Food Bank		http://www.dontforgettofeedme.org/
Mercy Housing		https://www.mercyhousing.org/
Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches		http://www.youthranches.com/
Cradles to Crayons		http://www.cradlestocrayons.org/
Pike Place Market Foundation		http://pikeplacemarketfoundation.org/
First Candle		http://www.firstcandle.org/
Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi		http://www.msdiabetes.org/
Child Advocates		http://www.childadvocates.org/
Angelman Syndrome Foundation		http://www.angelman.org/
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)		http://www.pwsausa.org/
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio		http://www.kuow.org/
100 Club of Arizona		http://100club.org/

 

Until next blog,

Stan and Rita

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The power of $1

For our son’s birthday, last month we sent invites out with a statement saying “in lieu of a gift, please consider donating to your favorite charity”. We saw this from another parent’s birthday invite and thought it was a wonderful idea. Instead of bringing presents, we gave parents a better option to help others and feel better about themselves. We constantly wonder if a single person can make a difference but just consider, if every member of the US population was to contribute $1 to a cause, it will amount to roughly $311,855,331.00. With this number in mind, we can imagine a person’s contribution of a single dollar can make a difference if it was going towards a charity.

With this idea in mind, we want to make a difference and hopefully incite others to do the same. GoodHealthBaskets.com will provide a daily $1 donation from February 1^st to  February 28^th to any charity our followers suggest. We do have some guidelines, though.

• Charitable organization has to provide help in the US only. We love other countries but we want to help our neighbors first.
• Charitable organization has to have a website with information about who they are and what they do and accept donations online. We will consider mailing donations but we really want to know who they are and what they stand for so a website is a must.
• Charitable organization has to accept $1 donations. We have found some sites have stipulated amounts and $1 is not there.
• We would love a few smaller, unknown organizations. Bigger ones are accepted but we think they get enough publicity on their own. We want to help smaller organizations that have problems reaching their goals.
• You must love this charitable organization yourself! This is a must. If you believe on it, we believe on it too.
• Charitable organization can have a nationwide program or a local program. If your local church has a food pantry to help local families, we’ll love to have their name too.
• Charitable organization needs to have a social cause. Whether we might consider the “Southern Mimes Charity” a fun cause, we might consider other causes to be more justifiable. Don’t take us wrong, you can still submit their name. We reserve the right to use our sense of humor and justify it as being something unique.

If you have an organization that follows these guidelines, please submit their name via our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/GoodHealthBaskets or via email at info@GoodHealthBaskets.com with the subject “Charity” on the header. All you need to send us is the name of the organization and their URL as well as you name so we know who to thank.

Every day we’ll pick one organization from all messages and donate $1 to it. All charities helped will be posted at a later date.

We also invite everyone to participate and contribute time or money to your favorite charity. Together we can make a difference!

Remember, this is all in the name of charity.

Until next blog,

Stan and Odo

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Life Stories

There are many out there that know of some amazing person that has gone through major health issues and is still with us, living life to the fullest and showing us how precious every moment can be.

GoodHealthBaskets.com wants to hear those priceless stories of those you know that have had a major health problem and still have a great life story to tell. Everyday men and women in an extraordinary situation. Life stories that show us what faith and conviction can lead to. Stories of personal wins that inspire the rest of us.

Please send us the stories of those unknown heroes and every month we will pick one to publish in our blog. We will also honor the person on the story with one of our baskets as a thank you for inspiring the rest of us and making this world a little better.

Send your stories to info@goodhealthbaskets.com with “Story” in the subject line. If your story is chosen, we will contact you for more details.

We want to hear those inspiring stories that show us what a little faith can lead to.

Until next blog,

Stan and Odo

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Fall in the air

We all know fall is here by noticing these simple facts:

• Ornaments are starting to appear in front lawns. Name them pumpkins, sheets, hay, scary things or lights, “something” is likely to be in front lawns starting fall.
• Just about every store in town now has a Christmas aisle. We will have to disregard the fact maybe Halloween and Thanksgiving are still ahead, Christmas decorations are out and already on sale.
• Just like Christmas aisles, fashion also becomes standard. Heavy coats and warmer clothing are out for display, some already on sale. All in hopes of an unexpected fall blizzard.
• The new TV lineup starts its season.
• School starts, so we’re talking new schedules, homecoming, the stress of tests, prom dresses, senior pictures.
• Craft fairs are in full swing for early Christmas shopping.
• Fundraisers also abound.
• Leaves start falling.

So all in all, if you notice any of these signs, it is likely fall is here.

Until next blog,

Stan and Odo

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