Eat Your Veggies! And, Watch for Our Next Giveaway!

Caitlyn, the toddler featured in this clip from YouTube, seems pretty resistant to the idea of eating veggies. Of course, she's too young to know about serious concerns like eating healthy. But her Dad should get clued in: Caitlyn might not like veggies the way he prepares them, but if he put some Pop'rs on them, all that head-shaking would disappear quickly, along with Caitlyn's food!

Stay tuned, Dear Readers, for our Upcoming Giveaway. Uncle Lynn, the Pop'r King, has given me permission to launch our next contest on Tuesday, July 8, and it's a fun one. Stay tuned!

Feeling Sluggish? This Bud's for You!

Slugs can pose quite a problem for you gardeners. Not only do the slimy critters feed on leaves and stems, they also gnaw away at the below-ground root systems of your veggies and flowers. While there are a number of organic and chemical treatments to help rid your garden of these creepy, crawly critters, I've hit on a realiable antidote.

Take your slugs to Happy Hour!

No, don't think a Margarita or a Manhattan will do the trick. Slugs, oddly enough, are attracted to the fermentation process. What works for me--and countless other gardeners--is to buy the slugs a beer.

I create "Slug Traps" using empty and washed-out tuna or cat food cans. Place the cans every few feet around the garden, making sure the edge is about one inch above ground level, and fill 'em with beer in the evening. The next morning, you'll find dozens of quite nasty--and quite dead!-- slugs in your beer-infused traps.

Researchers at Colorado State University have found that Kingsbury Malt Beverage, Michelob, and Budweiser attract slugs far better than other brands. And for those of you who are tea-totallers--even where slimy slugs are concerned--experts say that grape juice and tea brewed with yeast, honey and water might also do the trick.

If anyone out there in the Blogosphere has tried this method, I'd like to hear what you think about it. Also, I'm always up for other suggestions for controlling pesky garden pests!

So, don't despair. Remember, This Bud's not always for you. Your friend the slug would love a sip, too!

Giveaway Tuesday #1!

OK, friends, here's the deal. Uncle Lynn, The Pop'r King, has given me permission to inaugurate Our First Ever Giveaway Tuesday. Here's how Giveaway Tuesday #1 will work.

If you're interested in winning 2 Free Jars of Pop'rs (you pick the flavors!), you need to follow these Five Easy Steps:

1. If you'd like to enter the contest, please e-mail us at sales@poprs.com . Please write the title of the contest (Giveaway Tuesday #1) in the subject line of your e-mail. In the body of the e-mail, please write your Name, Address, E-Mail, Blog Title (if you're a Blogger--you don't have to be a Blogger to enter!) & Phone Number (we FedEx in the summer, so the product arrives fresh and tasty at your doorstep!).
2. Then, please write a short post in the comment box for today's post, Giveaway Tuesday #1, explaining the food your kids or another member of your family dislikes the most and What Flavor of Pop'rs you would use to jazz it up to make it more appealing.
3. After you post on our blog, please post the same comment, with a reference & a link to Eat Your Veggies! on your blog. The way we see it, The More the Merrier!
4. Comments must be made on this post and your info sent to sales@poprs.com by Sunday, June 29! Uncle Lynn, The Pop'r King, says he'll send 2 Pop'rs Flavors of Your Choice to 10 contestants, selected at random.
5. When you win (yes, we believe that the glass is always half-full) & receive your Free Pop'rs, we'd be mighty pleased if you'd agree to try our product on several different foods, & Blog All About It.

Dear Readers: We Believe in Our Product & in Our Blogging Buddies! So, please, Put Your Thinking Caps On! Everyone knows there's No Free Lunch. But there are Free Pop'rs, & they're oh-so-easy to win!

You Say Tomato, I Say Pop'rs!

Unless you've been living under a glacier (assuming you can find one big enough--poor dears!) at the South Pole, you've heard about the Deadly Tomato Salmonella Outbreak. OK, a tomato is a fruit, but Veggie Mom feels a close kinship with the juicy red critters. My kids are real tomato afficionados, too. It just breaks their Tomato-Pickin' Hearts that Mom's not acquiring these tasty treats on her bi-weekly jaunts to Ye Local Grocery Store.

But there's a Silver Lining here. First, the Good News. Not all tomatoes are affected--we can still pick up Cherry & Grape Tomatoes & Tomatoes on the Vine, all the while resting assured that our little darlin's will sleep well at nite. The Even Better News is that we can now introduce other yummy fruits & veggies to our families, with a fun twist.

You've probably noticed in my bio to the right that I'm a Mom who's committed to her family's health & well-being. I'm also related to Uncle Lynn. He's the Pop'r King, & boy, does he have some great suggestions for jazzing up that food that Junior & Little Miss turn their noses up at now & again.

Here are some Neat New Ideas for serving those delectable fruits, veggies & other yummy treats that The Family has gotten so close to over the years. The 8 different Pop'r flavors, BTW, come in fun 1-ounce shakers, & are available online at http://www.poprs.com/:

• Try Cinammon Pop'rs on applesauce.


• Sprinkle Color Burst on any flavor of yogurt.


• Chocolate's a super flavor on top of pudding.


• Introduce Strawberry to your kiddos' cereal in the morning.


• Raspberry is a treat with yogurt & ice cream.


• Corn & other veggies take well to Butter.


• Taco can't be beat on mashed potatoes.


• Buffalo (as in the seasoning used on wings) goes hand-in-hand with brocolli & its kindred spirits.
  

Did I mention that these Fun & Scrumptious Seasonings are vitamin-fortified? Hey, if they get my kids to Eat Their Veggies, what's not to love?