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Better family nutrition with Jamie Oliver and Disney Family.com

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Because Disney Family.com recognizes the importance of eating and living healthy, they wanted to provide tips and advice on slashing sugar, cooking light, healthy recipes and more. That’s why the site has partnered with Jamie Oliver – America’s new healthy food champion – and has recently added brand new site content focused on living better and living well. Jamie Oliver’s show, ‘Food Revolution,’ addresses how families can rediscover ways to cook simple, delicious and affordable meals, and Family.com now features recipes from Jamie as well as his personal tips for healthy living. In addition, if you missed it on TV, you can also stream episodes of Food Revolution from the site.

To spread the word about Family.com’s partnership with Jamie Oliver, and the corresponding site content, I’m offering a gift pack to one winner which includes Jamie Oliver’s book, Jamie’s Food Revolution, Family.com branded oven mitts and apron, and a cutting board and bowl set. It’s a prize valued at approximately $85!

To enter, please leave a comment telling me how you encourage your family to make healthy decisions when it comes to food, or let me know about a recent, positive lifestyle change you’ve made. Year round, you can visit Disney Family.com for parenting advice, travel ideas, recipes and more.

For extra entries:

  • Subscribe to my feed by feed reader or email (or let me know if you already do).
  • Follow me on Twitter (@OhMariana) and tweet about this giveaway (one time): I just entered to win Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution book… & more! Details here: https://tinyurl.com/2bwk2k9 #RWHN (pls RT?)
  • Link to me in your sidebar or blog roll. Feel free to grab my button (at the bottom of the page).

Contest ends May 7th, 2010 11:59 pm EST. US entries only, one person per household. Leave a separate comment per entry & a valid email address. Winner, chosen at random, has 3 days to claim their prize.

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  1. Every week I buy a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. I keep a bowl of cut up fruit ready to eat and I make a big bowl of stir fried vegetables. I also keep containers of cooked Spinach and Peas cooked and ready to add to recipes.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
    .-= Janet F´s last blog ..Friday Follow: A Celebration of Followers =-.

  2. my boys love veggies and fruit, so I incorporate it into every meal. when they want a snack, I encourage them to have raisins or wheat toast, etc instead of candy or cookies.

  8. I teach my daughter the truth about the types of food choices she makes, so she can make good deciosions when I’m not around.

  13. We replace the junkfood and eat more healthy snacks like yogurt, pita chips or fresh fruit instead I also set out more fresh vegetables and low fat veggie dip

  19. we have made the switch to all organic fruits and vegetables and it was so easy by signing up for michigan door to door organics, they deliver the produce right to my door, which not only helps us eat healthier but saves me time and energy running around trying to find the best prices for organic produce
    Jenn
    .-= jennifer kasprzak´s last blog ..WHEN I REACH 50 FOLLOWERS …….. =-.

  20. I am a subscriber with google
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  22. I buy lots of fruit that I wash and put out on the counter when my sons come home from school. I also try to have dried fruits and nuts for something crunchy.

  24. We eat wheat everything pasta, bread, etc. and the kids don’t know the difference. My kids love to snack on veggies and we have also cut out all sugary drinks and if I give then apple juice I water it down.

  26. I encourage my family to be healthy by setting a great example myself. We all eat a very healthy diet and what makes it even better is when my kids get in the kitchen and help prepare meals. My younger one loves help chop up veggies!!He actually begs for brussel sprouts. Proud mama!
    .-= Cathy´s last blog ..Popcorn with Pizazz =-.

  30. I cook healthy food for my family, and serve smaller portion.
    As for my kid, I try to make homemade food as much as possible.
    She just started solid food! Her fave is avocado& rice cereal.

  31. We have recently stopped drinking soda (or Fizzy Juice, as Jamie calls it).

    runningmatey at hotmail dot com

  37. Recently, we have been trying to “sneak” veggies in on ourselves. I will puree or shred veggies with my processor and add it to meals. Most of the time, I can’t taste it so I’m getting all the nutrition without even noticing it!

  44. I LOVE Jamie Oliver! I took this book out of the library and for Easter my sister and I made the Roasted Chicken and the Cucumber salad! It was amazing and everything was so fresh. I want to make everything in this book. So I had to enter! Now I will wait and see before I buy it 🙂

    I follow your blog in my Google Reader.

    I follow you on Twitter & I just tweeted about the giveaway.
    here is the url for the tweet: https://twitter.com/nycgirl0501/status/12959265212

    Your blog in linked on my blog roll at http://www.nycgirlatheart.com & I’m grabbing a button now!

    GREAT GIVEAWAY!

  49. We always have cut up fresh fruit and veggies available for the grandkids. we try to keep healthy snacks around. When I take the grandkids to the grocery store I avoid the aisles with the “convenience foods”. If we do have cookies, it is something I have made.

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

  51. We try to make food un by making things like broccoli trains or ants on the log things like that!!

  54. I have recently started substituting ground turkey for ground beef in most recipies and have been cooking with fresh veggies.

  57. I try to offer healthy food at every meal without depriving my family of the occasional treats. Some days it works better than others 😉
    .-= Dina´s last blog ..Audio Book Review and Giveaway: The Art of Choosing (Ends 5/16) =-.

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  65. Love Jaimie Oliver and the work he’s doing to get America’s kids back ona healthy track! Now that my kids are grown, I encourage good habits w/my Grandson by insisting on REAL juices (Not those juice-like things in the squeeze packs and some juice boxes!) and lots of veggies. Luckily both his Mom & Dad love good fresh food and his Mom ate well while prenant/Nursing. Small changes can make a BIG difference – cut out all the excess sugar/high fructose corn syrup etc and kids become ALOT less agitated and “hyper”. It may take a week or so, but the change will be amazing!

  66. I’m a current subscriber to you blog – keep up the good work, really enjoy yr posts!

  67. We are planting our own garden this year to encourage us to eat more vegetables.

  68. I’m diabetic now so that’s a huge lifestyle change for me. I’m trying really hard. This looks great I’ve been following Jamie’s revolution on tv & the internet!
    .-= barb´s last blog ..Media Kit for Diabetic Snacker =-.

  69. I signed up for your rss feed today with google reader, great giveaway 1 extra entry!
    .-= barb´s last blog ..Media Kit for Diabetic Snacker =-.

  70. Whoo hoo I’m now following you on twitter for another extra entry! I also have agiveaway thru 5/7/10 $40 CSN Stores Egift limit 1 entry per person on the giveaway post.
    .-= barb´s last blog ..Media Kit for Diabetic Snacker =-.

  71. I went to disneyfamily.com and signed up for their rss subscription to their site.
    .-= barb´s last blog ..Media Kit for Diabetic Snacker =-.

  72. My husband and I show hoe healthy food can still taste good- using other items in normal foods- like spinach in fruit smooties

  73. we are trying to eat less meat and i try to use veggies and fruit for snacks.

  75. One way I encourage my family is that I do as I say. I say we have to eat healthy and I do it by example. What good would it do if I said it but didn’t do what I said.

  76. I put out veggies as soon as we get home so my kids are eating peas or green beans instead of carbs while I get dinner on the table.

  77. We’ve made the Saturday morning farmer’s market an “everybody must go every Saturday” institution. We each find something that appeals to us.

  81. I’ve recently started wearing a pedometer and make it my goal to get in the recommended 10,000 steps a day…about 5 miles of walking! Luckily, my Dad has also taken up the call to lead a healthier lifestyle so we go walking together and it’s nice to have someone there sweating it out with me and also nice to get to spend that time with just he and I.

  82. I make healthy options for my family. I try to make a wide variety of healthy foods for each meal. Everyone has to taste everything but can choose what they really want to eat.

  83. I stopped drinking soda because my son is now getting old enough (16 months) to notice and I don’t want him to get into sugary drinks.

  86. What a great giveaway! I would love to win this…we are changing things at our house – always eating together as a family, healthier cooking, buying mosting organic, etc.

  87. I really like making my own bread, knowing that I can pronounce the ingredients that are in it! Just recently, I have discovered canning my own meats and fruits. I can can meat with no salt and bottle fruit with little or no sugar.

  89. The girls absolutely love that I make so many things homemade now. They’re constantly asking me “well, do you think you could make that homemade? Yours would be better,” and often times it’s things they know are unhealthy otherwise. They’re giddy when I admit that I’ve put pureed pumpkin into a cake or brownies, etc, and they couldn’t even tell….but by skipping the oil, it’s so much better for us, even though it’s still a treat to be eaten in moderation.

  91. I try to put at least one or two different types of fruit in their lunch bags. And now that we’re watching Jamie Oliver’s show, we are discussing how to make our recipes healthier if not already healthy.

  93. I have recently tried to switch to a diet that doesn’t contain HFCS and other processed food products. It’s hard and I am not always successful every day, but it’s a goal.

  97. I’m trying to help my mom when it comes to healthier food choices with my preteen brother. I help supply healthier versions of his favorites and we give healthier choices along with what he requests. For example, I made whole wheat banana cookies that he loved. Or when he asks for toast on plain white bread, we’ll give him a slice of whole wheat and the white bread so that he will at least try the whole wheat (he liked it last time, too!).
    Thanks for offering the giveaway!

  98. well, just by not buying the junk food and encouraging them to help and create in the kitchen does wonders

  100. A recent positive change we’ve made is to avoid buying processed foods and eat natural organically.

  104. I keep fresh fruit out on the counter and I keep a variety of healthy snacks like hummas, cheese, yogurt and cottage cheese in the fridge.

  105. I try to have more fruit and vegetables around for snacks instead of chips and cookies.

  107. My oldest son and I stopped drinking pop around Christmas time. He loved regular soda and I was a Diet Coke addict. We’ve both lost weight since switching to water and we both feel better. My youngest son has also started to follow our lead. He hasn’t given up pop completely, but he’s cut way down.

  109. i keep lots of healthy snacks around like fresh frut and salad greens, and have elimnated sugery drinks.

  110. We walk each day, cut out carbs, no sugar and no bread. It has helped. We lovee your show.

  111. We have really increased the amount of fruit we eat! We have fruit as a snack and also as a side at dinner most nights. We also have salad with dinner every night!

  113. Since I am the grandmother, I have made a very conscience effort to keep healthier snacks available at my home. I have four young grandkids who come by and I do not want them to get junk food at my house!

  116. We bought bikes for the whole family so that we can ride all over our small town.

  120. As of Jan 1st I stopped drinking Coke/Pepsi and started drinking more water. Not only have I lost 25 lbs so far in the past 4 months I feel so much healthier.

  122. We always have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in our home. But very few sweets. This also helps my children to make better decisions. And they don’t seem to mind the lack of candy. Some of their favorites are carrot sticks and cucumbers with low fat ranch dip and celery and apples with a peanut butter dip.
    Thank you so much for the chance to win.

    jweezie43[at]aol[dot]com

  124. i do the cooking at home, so dont use salt in my cooking, but i add salt to my dinner so i dont use salr t for cooking and now i dont add salt to my meal

  125. We recently got a copy of “Eat This Not That for Kids” and the kids are fascinated by how much difference the right choices make.

  126. We eat a vegetarian diet, and don’t purchase packaged foods – only whole foods such as fruits, veggies, grains, nuts, seeds, beans.

  127. We’ve been watching Jamie Oliver on Food Revolution and we’re ditching processed foods in favor of whole foods.

  130. We have a local produce store 3 blocks from our house. Instead of keeping processed food in the house we get what we need for individual meals or the week at the produce store so it is fresh and healthy!

  131. We’ve switched to whole wheat bread and pasta. I don’t bring the junk into the house. If its not there we won’t be tempted to eat it.

  135. I let them have fruit and veggies whenever they want but other snacks have to be approved by me:)

  137. We’ve recently started taking walks in our neighborhood every day, weather permitting, and we’ve changed to using whole wheat pasta and brown rice.

  141. We buy things like whole grain breads and crackers, natural fresh ground peanut butter and no sugar added jellies for snacks and lunches.

  142. I encourage my family to eat healthier by making dinners with a lot of vegetables mixed in.

  143. I just plain don’t purchase junk food. They eat what I have and no one complains.

  144. I’ve started exercising 3-4 times per week and the kids usually join in with me. I think it is really good for them to see me doing something positive for my body.
    .-= Katie´s last blog ..I’m a soccer mom! =-.

  145. My “encouragement” is that I don’t purchase prepackaged foods, cookies, cake, and the like. I feel that if that type of food isn’t readily available for my children to eat, they are sort of forced to make healthier choices!

    jewell330 at aim dot com
    .-= Julie (Knitting and Sundries)´s last blog ..May 3, 2010 Monday Giveaway Roundup =-.

  146. A few years ago I joined weight watchers and took off 28 pounds by eating healthy.When I started going back to my old ways I noticed how I felt terrible, tired all the time, no energy. I decided I had to start eating healthy food again for me and my family and have been doing so for 3 years, FRUITS, LOTS OF FRESH VEGGIES, and LEAN MEAT.

  154. I have cut soda out of our diets. I have never really liked the stuff, but everyone else in my house would down several cans a day. It turns out it was just as easy as not buying it since I do the shopping. 🙂

  157. I try to promote eating better by letting the kids choose what they want to grow in the garden. They seem to like it

    jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com

  160. I encourage healthy eating by keeping fresh fruits and vegetables on hand for snacking.

  162. My son likes Jamie’s show and is daily complaining about the heavy kids in his P.E. class that can’t do most of the exercise’s
    My son says kids his age are killing themselves by not exercising.
    It really hits home as I have become very over weight.
    I’m trying to drink only water and eat steamed vegetables.
    My kids are extermly healthy and run, bike ride etc.
    They are in sports.
    I realize I need to get up and move it so my goal is to try and lose weight, but slowly as it took 8 years to add the weight I know it will take time to lose it the healthy way.

    Thank you so very much for giving me a chance to be a winner
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  163. I’m a subscriber to both email and rss feed
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

    Thank you so very much for giving me a chance to be a winner
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  168. I bring my son with me to the grocery store so he sees all the different choices. Also if he gets in trouble he gets sugar taken away. So he has learned what products contain sugar.

  169. My kids have to find the healthful contributions of the foods they want to eat before I will buy those items for them. They have learned to read labels and check portion sizes.

  173. We try to keep lots of fruits and vegetables available and ready to be eaten in the refrigerator for snacks. I am trying to limit sweets in our house altogether but this is still a work in progress….

  175. I found that just having fruit in the refrig is not enough of an incentive So I keep several pieces in a bowl on the table so it is visible and handy.

  176. My husband has always been a health nut concerned about being over weight. We have always been active people but that alone doesn’t seem to do the trick with pounds. Eating properly is important. We need to concentrate on our vegetables and fruits as well as whole grains. Staying away from processed foods and restaurants can be helpful. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway

  177. I am an email subscriber. Would be most interested in this book. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway

  178. I’m making a lot more recipes that are mainly vegetables, pasta or rice, with a small amount of meat instead of having primarily meat with veggies, etc. “on the side”.

  181. Keeping good foods within easy reach- ie keep the fruits and veggies ready to go and as easy to get to as processed foods and kids will automatically gravitate to them.

  185. I keep healthy snacks in the house. I cook low-fat dinners. Cooking Light is a favorite source for recipes.

  187. Recent positive lifestyle change: joined an at work Weight Watchers group and am purchasing a used treadmill.

  188. A change we made recently is buying more organic products. Better for our family & the environment too!

  190. A recent positive lifestyle change I have made is adding an extra 30 minutes onto my daily workout. 🙂

  191. Oh My..hahah I’m supposed to give them a choice?? I actually have a drawer that they are allowed to eat out of anytime and try not to buy too much unhealthy stuff.
    .-= Becky´s last blog ..Long Time…No hear??? =-.

  192. I try to make sure my kids have easy access to healthy snacks as opposed to junk food and I pack my son’s lunch for school each day. Thanks for the chance to win. mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  195. We go and get a lot of fresh fruit and veggies at the farmer’s market every week. We also try to eat at home the majority of the time so we can make healthy low fat meals.

  196. I’ve been working on baking healthier treats for the family-it’s actually been kinda fun trying new recipes that I know are good for my family! 🙂
    .-= Kristie´s last blog ..Pebble Bugs =-.

  197. I keep ready to grab healthy snacks fron & center on the shelves of my refridgerator

  198. A positive change is we have gave up soda no soda in the house or when we go out and we have reuse water bottles with us to encourage us to drink more water

  201. We pack our kids lunches/snacks for school, that way we help them choose healthy foods.

  203. Thanks for the giveaway…we encourage healthy family food decisions by not buying junk foods (i.e. chips, cookies, carbonated soft drinks, juice boxes, etc.). We do have fresh fruits, homemade low fat cookies / brownies, etc., readily available for snacks !

  207. I encourage my family to make healthy decisions by eating salads for lunch everyday.

  208. To encourage healthy food choices, we shop at the farmer’s market for the freshest, most delicious local fruit and vegetables!

  210. I’m drinking a lot more water, eating more fruit and walking on my treadmill every day

  211. We recently decided to plant our own vegetable garden to try to eat healthier and reduce our carbon footprint

  213. My son is great about eating fruit, but not vegetables so much, so I try to hide them in his meals! Meatballs are a favorite in our house because I can puree veggies into them without him even realizing it!

  214. I try to keep healthy foods in the house, so the boys can make healthy choices.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

  217. I encourage everyone by example. I eat more healthy foods and encourage the kids to try new things.

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

  219. Five years ago I joined Weight Watchers and started exercising regularly. I’ve since lost 100 lbs and feel fantastic!

  223. I make sure that for some snacktimes, the kids have a choice of 2 healthy snacks, that’s it. They haven’t figured this out yet.

  227. I’ve been making an effort to buy healthier, whole grain breads and pastas, and serve fruit juice instead of pop when water won’t do.

  229. Does sneaking healthy stuff in count as encouraging? 😉 My husband is easy when it comes to eating healthy stuff. It’s my two year old who is super tricky. Sneaking the good stuff in is about the only way.
    .-= Madeline´s last blog ..What We’re Jammin’ To =-.