Trudeau’s FUEL Collection: Eco-Friendly Lunch Box Essentials

Packing your own homemade lunch to school or work not only helps you save money, but may also help promote your health with fresher ingredients and less processed food. Trudeau’s FUEL collection offers a good number of innovative, eco-friendly lunch box essentials including food and beverage storage containers and cutlery sets. All FUEL products are reusable, recyclable, BPA free, and designed to easily fit in lunch boxes or bags.

I was given the opportunity to try out three products from the FUEL collection: Classic Lunch Bag, Stainless Steel Food Jar and Snap Cutlery Set. I love the overall look and feel of these products, especially the use of the kiwi green color, which is gender neutral, fashionable, and representative of green living.

The Fuel Classic Lunch Bag adds tremendous style to the iconic brown bag. It's big enough to hold both food and drink and its size is easily adjustable with the Velcro strip, which also provides a secure enclosure for the contents inside. It's tear resistant and can be used over and over again. Retail price: $14.99.

The Fuel Stainless Steel Food Jar is vacuum insulated to keep anything inside hot or cold for up to six hours. It has the perfect size (12 oz) to pack school lunch for my oldest son. My favorite feature is its wide mouth design, which helps prevent food spills when filling it up. It also makes it super easy to clean. The leak proof lid is easy to open and close, so there is no need to worry about my child not being able to access his lunch on his own. Retail price: $24.99.

The Fuel Snap Cutlery Set includes a stainless steel fork and spoon with polypropylene handles that snap together for safety and easier storage. They are sturdy and easy to use for both kids and adults. Available in Kiwi and Coconut. Retail price: $5.99.

You may visit Trudeau.com to check out the other products in the FUEL collection, such as the salad bowl with built in dressing storage and ice pack, the multi, removable compartmentalized bento box, the vacuum sealed soup container with separate pieces to house crackers and chips, double walled beverage bottles, and many more. All products are available at mass market, grocery, and specialty stores nationwide. Use the convenient "Find this product" tool on each product page to see where it is sold. Hope you will start getting fueled with these awesome eco-friendly lunch solutions soon!

Disclosure: I received free products to facilitate my honest review. All views and opinion expressed are my own.

Ozeri Stainless Steel Earth Pan Giveaway {Earth Day Giveaway Hop} #EarthDayGiveaway

In celebration of the upcoming Earth Day, The Anti-June Cleaver and Our Piece of Earth have put together this Earth Day Giveaway Hop, during which you will have multiple chances to win Eco-Friendly products valued $20 or more. It's a great opportunity to discover natural, organic, non-GMO and other good for you items that you could use in your daily life. Have fun hopping around and good luck!

My Giveaway

I have the pleasure of giving away a 12" Stainless Steel Earth Pan from Ozeri with a retail value of $39.95! It features the use of ETERNA, a safe and natural non-stick coating developed in the USA, which is completely free of PFOA, a harmful chemical used in all traditional cookware.

This pan is Eco-Friendly for it releases no harmful substances into the environment even under high temperatures. Made of the highest quality 18/8 stainless steel with Tri-Ply construction and a polished mirror exterior, the Earth Pan also features a magnetized bottom for rapid heat transfer on induction stoves. Its scratch-resistant non-stick coating makes the pan more durable and easy to clean. It can be used to saute, fry, bake or boil your favorite food with great safety and efficiency.

Ozeri 10" Stainless Steel Earth Pan Giveaway

Are you aware of the health hazard associated by PFOA(PerFluoroOctanoic Acid), which could be present in the pots and pans you're currently using on a daily basis? As many of us are consciously choosing BPA-free food containers and kitchen utensils, it's time to switch to PFOA-free, eco-friendly cookware, such as the Stainless Steel Earth Pan by Ozeri. Read on to find out more about this great product and enter to win one for your family!

About Ozeri Earth Pan

Featuring ETERNA -- a safe and natural non-stick developed in the USA, the Stainless Steel Earth Pan by Ozeri is the world's only stainless steel frying pan to achieve non-stick perfection without using PFOA -- a harmful chemical used in all traditional cookware. Conventional pans achieve their non-stick performance with the aid of PFOA, which the EPA has classified as a 'persistent pollutant of the environment'. According to the EPA, once ingested PFOA is capable of remaining in people for a very long time, and has been shown to cause developmental and other adverse effects in laboratory animals.

With the Stainless Steel Earth Pan's ETERNA coating, even under high temperatures, no harmful substances are ever released into the environment. The Stainless Steel Earth Pan's non-stick coating is completely free of PFOA, and far more durable and scratch-resistant than other non-stick surfaces. With better non-stick properties, the Stainless Steel Earth Pan Earth Pan allows you to saute, fry, bake, boil and braise with as little as half the amount of oil normally used, and cleaning is a breeze.

Blue Steel $50 Gift Card Giveaway

Do you often feel that your outfit is incomplete without a piece of complementary jewelry? Have you ever tried to diversify your look with fashion jewelry made out of stainless steel? Blue Steel hosts an amazing selection of reasonably priced stainless steel, sterling silver and titanium jewelry. Take a look at their online store and enter to win a $50 gift card!

This giveaway is sponsored by Blue Steel and hosted by NYSavingSpecials.

Thanks to co-hosts: Sober Rants & Raves, Barbara's Beat, Simply Sherryl, Mama Making Changes, My Devotional Thoughts

One lucky winner will receive a $50 Blue Steel Gift Card!

Kid Basix Stainless Steel Water Bottle Giveaway: Choice of 3 Products!

Stainless steel water bottles or sippy cups come with many great benefits. They are BPA free, more durable, eco-friendly and naturally resistant to stains and corrosion. All these qualities make them the ideal drinking utensils for children! Check out Kid Basis stainless steel products and enter to win 3 of your choice!

Baby Costcutters has teamed up with a great group of bloggers to bring you this awesome giveaway.

About the sponsor:

Kid Basix provides stainless steel bottles, sippy cups, and sports bottles. With the cups being made out of stainless steel you do not have to worry about BPA :) The SafeSippy 2 cup comes with a straw and three different inserts to adjust to your child's needs; a plug to put in if you are traveling, a sippy valve for those used to turning the cup up to drink, and a straw and drink through adapter.

For the duration of this giveaway, you can save 20% off your entire order with the code: babycostcutters.

Baby Costcutters was given three cups to review. Here is what she had to say:

"My kids love these cups. When they came all three of them wanted to use them right away....even the 2-year-old. His was the SafeSippy 2 cup. The three different valves you can use in this cup will come in very handy as he moved through the sippy cup stages. My older two boys each received a Safe Sporter cup. They are using them to bring to school for snack time and are enjoying using them. We have not had any problems with leaks at all. With the cups being made out of stainless steel they are very durable cups and seem like they will last a long time!"

One lucky winner will receive her choice of 3 products from Kid Basix!

Giveaway ends on 10/8. Open to US 18+ only. Please use the Rafflecopter form below to enter. Good Luck!

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Disclosure: I received no compensation for this publication. Opinions expressed are the author's own and may differ from yours. icefairy's Treasure Chest is not responsible for sponsor prize shipment.

Halloween Giveaway: SproutBaby Thinkbaby Feeding Set

~~The giveaway is now CLOSED~~

In my earlier review of SproutFoods, I introduced to you SproutBaby, an online store that specializes in high quality organic and eco-friendly baby products ranging from organic food to organic skin care. It offers great everyday solutions for eco-conscious parents.

One of my favorite SproutBaby products is the Thinkbaby Stainless Steel Baby Feeding Set, including a bento box, a soup bowl, a baby bowl, a cup, a spoon and a fork. All utensils in the set are 100% sustainable and certified organic. They are BPA, Phthalate, PVC, and Polycarbonate-free, safe for your baby and our planet! This all-in-one set contains everything that meets your basic baby feeding needs.

Here are more details provided on the website.

The Bento Box
The perfect on-the-go travel container. The Bento Box features an air-tight lid. The clasp on lid allows you to safely keep liquids or non-solid foods without fear of leakage. It's a highly sustainable product. Interior made from stainless steel with a polypropylene exterior. It's dishwasher safe (top rack) and free of Bisphenol-A, PVC, Lead, Phthalates or Melamine.
Length: 14cm, Height: 3.5cm, Width: 10cm, Holds 250ml / 9oz

The Soup Bowl
The elegant design is easy to hold and deep enough for cerals and soups. After the feeding, simply store the bowl in the refrigerator. It's also dishwasher safe (top rack) and free of Bisphenol-A, PVC, Lead, Phthalates or Melamine. The bowl has a stainless steel interior and polypropylene exterior.
Diameter: 10.5cm, Depth: 4.5cm, Holds: 300ml / 10oz

The Baby Bowl
The low-profile baby bowl is perfect for beginning toddlers. The baby bowl also comes with a thinkbaby orange lid, so it's easy to locate. The baby bowl and soup bowl are both wrapped in polypropylene to help insulate contents with stainless steel interiors. Free of Bisphenol-A, PVC, Lead, Phthalates or Melamine, it's dishwasher safe (top rack) too.
Diameter: 12cm, Depth: 3.5cm, Holds: 300ml / 10oz

The Cup
The feeding set is designed to span from the age that children begin eating baby food to solids. Once your child has grown out of drinking from sippy cups, they are ready for this cup! The cup is wrapped in polypropylene to help insulate the contents and the inside is made from stainless steel. The cup is free of Bisphenol-A, PVC, Lead, Phthalates or Melamine. It's also dishwasher safe (top rack).
Diameter: 7.5cm, Depth 7cm, Holds: 200ml / 7oz

The Spoon and Fork
The spoon and fork are free of Bisphenol-A, PVC, Phthalates or Melamine. The polypropylene handles are wrapped in thermoplastic rubber to make them easy to grip.

This nice-looking BPA free feeding set retails at $39.99, but you may use my referral code SBBL026 to get 15% off your first order and enjoy free shipping! In addition, for each order you complete on SproutBaby.com between now and December 15, 2009, you will automatically receive an entry into their first Birthday Celebration Sweepstakes. The grand prize is $2500 cash! Woohoo!

The Giveaway

To let you go orange AND green for Halloween, the nice people from SproutBaby have generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a Thinkbaby Stainless Steel Feeding Set as shown above. That's a $40 value!

Required Entry: Visit SproutBaby and leave a comment telling me which of their products you'd like to try other than the item being given away here. (Please leave a valid email address in your comment or make sure one is visible in your blogger profile).

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Giveaway ends at 11:59 Central Time on 10/31/09
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Winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
Thanks for entering and good luck!

Enter Daily & Win BIG! GE Strong as Steel Blog Sweepstakes

I'm so excited to announce that I've been chosen as a host for the amazing GE® Strong as Steel Blog Sweepstakes! This means that you could win a GE® Stainless Steel appliance of your choice by entering the sweepstakes on my blog. And if you win, I will win too. Woohoo. What a lovely win-win contest!

Grand Prize: Winner's choice of any of the following:

• GE® Tall Tub Built-In Dishwasher. Model # GLD6760NSS, ARV $649;
  
• GE® 25.0 Cu. Ft. ENERGY STAR® Side-By-Side Refrigerator with Dispenser, Model # GSH25ISX, ARV $1,499;
• GE® Spacemaker® Over-the-Range Microwave Oven, Model # JVM1850SMSS, ARV $489;
  
• GE® 30” Free-Standing Electric Range. Model #JB700SN, ARV $1,099;
  
• GE® 30” Free-Standing Gas Range with Warming Drawer. Model # JGBP88SEMSS ARV $1,449.

How to Enter:

• Click on the Sweepstakes button on the widget in this post or on my right side bar.
  
• Fill in the required information
• Submit the form

Deadline to Enter: 11/15/09 at 11:59:59 P.M., ET

Limitations:
US Residents ONLY. One entry per person per day, regardless of email address and blogsite address used.

Since most of my other giveaways allow for daily entries, you can visit me every day and enter all of the giveaways at once! Hope we'll both WIN!!!

Strong As Steel-Get Fit with GE Stainless Steel!

We all know how important it is to exercise and stay fit, but busy parents don't have a lot of time to go to the gym. Home gym equipment isn't an affordable option either. GE® Stainless Steel Appliances have a smart solution for us. They recently created a set of fun workout routines known as "Strong As Steel", which allow you to get enough exercise without ever leaving your kitchen. GE® Stainless Steel provides the ultimate workout appliances! You may take a sneak peek of the Strong As Steel DVD below.

Strong As Steel from Strong As Steel on Vimeo.

In addition, you can buy select GE Stainless Steel Appliances for the same price of their regular appliances until July 6, 2009 at participating retailers. While you're on their site, you may also want to enter their FREE Stainless Steel Upgrade Sweepstakes. Have fun and good luck!