A Few Fries Short » snack http://www.afewfriesshort.com But Still Good Eats Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:54:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 NEW @DelMonte Fruit Burst Squeezers #Giveaway http://www.afewfriesshort.com/del-monte-fruitburst-squeezers-giveaway/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=del-monte-fruitburst-squeezers-giveaway http://www.afewfriesshort.com/del-monte-fruitburst-squeezers-giveaway/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:42:39 +0000 Toni-Lynn http://www.afewfriesshort.com/?p=2230

Hard to believe that we are already a month, or more for some, into school. Do you run out of ideas when packing school lunches? If you don’t, please share some of them with me! Del Monte® has just come out with a new like of drinkable fruit called Fruit Burst™ Squeezers. These delicious and nutritious, on-the-go snacks will be a great addition to your child’s lunchbox.


The Fruit Burst Squeezers™ are available in two varieties, and 5 flavors. Each is 1 serving of Fruit & Veggies = ½ cup; Concentrated equivalent to 3/4 cup fruit or 3/4 cup fruit & vegetables (75% fruit, 25% vegetables) based on USDA Equivalency Database. Did you get all that?

  • Simply Fruit (Strawberry, Mixed Berry and Apple Cinnamon)
  • Fruit + Veggie (Peach-Mango and Blueberry)

Spencer absolutely LOVED the Strawberry ones. He was not a fan of the Peach-Mango ones. Royal enjoyed the strawberry as well but not so much the others. We actually gave the Peach-Mango away to a friend to try. They liked them very much. I tried them but I wasn’t a fan. No reflection on the product itself, I am just not a big fruits and veggies eater, unfortunately.

A great idea I found was to freeze them. BY the time Spencer ate lunch, they had defrosted enough to be a fruit slushy and also acted as an ice pack. Depending on the temperature that day, he also was able to eat it normally and it was still cold.

You only get 4 in a box so if you want to try them, Walmart has them for $2.68 and here is a $1 off 1 printable coupon for you! Let me know what you think!


GIVEAWAY! Here is what you will receive.

  • Two boxes of Fruit Burst Squeezers™ (one Fruit + Veggies 4-pack and one Simply Fruit 4-pack)
  • One Del Monte lunchbox
  • One orange-shaped eco-friendly shopping tote
  • One strawberry-shaped eco-friendly shopping tote
  • One Del Monte magnetic frame

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: I was provided with the items listed above to facilitate my review. All opinions, as always, as my own.

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This can be made in a regular loaf pan. I used a Wilton 4 cavity mini loaf pan because that is what I own and it is much easier with the boys to slice off smaller pieces for them. I have included baking times for both below. (Click any image to enlarge) if you try it, let me know what you think! ENJOY!

Ingredients:

5-6 really ripe bananas
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs, room temp.
1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 cups Flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup of chopped Walnuts

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. I used a Wilton mini loaf pan. This took 50 minutes at 300. If you use a regular full loaf pan, bake for 60 minutes.In large bowl, mush peeled bananas with a hand mixer. Add butter, sugar, and eggs. Mix with hand mixer till combined, about a minute. Stir in vanilla.  In separate bowl, sift together flour, soda, and salt. Add this and chocolate chips to wet mixture and fold w/rubber spatula until combined. Divide equally between 2 loaf pans and bake for 1 hour. Step 1: Start with nice Ripe Bananas Step 2: Mush them up really well Step 3: Add Butter and mix Step 4: Add room temperature eggs Step 5: Add Vanilla Step 6: Add Sugar and Mix Step 7: In a seperate bown, combine Flour, Baking Soda and salt Step 8: Pour into banana mixture and mix. Step 9: All Walnuts and mix Banana Nut Bread Step 11: Cool and Eat!

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