With the imminent return of school looming we began our hunt for a nut free peanut butter substitute. Our seven year old is about to enter grade two after a school career so far missing the lunchtime goodness known as the peanut butter sandwich.
Neither of our children have a nut allergy but like most Canadian schools theirs’ is a nut free environment. More directly concerning is that our oldest daughter has a close friend that has a severe nut allergy.
On top of this we also wanted to find a lunch option that didn’t have a requirement to stay cold in light of research done about school lunches and published in Pediatrics. This study found that over 90% of lunches that children took to school or daycare were found to be sitting in the “danger zone” too long. The “danger zone” is the temperature window where bacteria can grow.
Click here for an article on the reasearch.
Click here for the Pediatrics research.
Returning to nut free “peanut” butter replacements: we have tried about 5 different nut free spreads over the course of the last few years with all of them claiming to taste like peanut butter. I want to be clear that I am not slamming brands as I’m sure there are people out there who enjoy them thoroughly but for us as people who love to eat peanut butter they just couldn’t compare to the taste we had come to enjoy. It had started to seem that we likely wouldn’t find a spread that would satiate our expectations as well as meet the discerning tastes of our 7 year old.
Then someone told us about Sun Butter. I went to the store and picked up a jar for $6.99 without any high expectations but hoping as usual that we had found it this time. I just want to say Sun Butter is AMAZING. Not only does it look like and smell like old fashioned peanut butter it TASTES like it. It is so much like peanut butter that neither one of our children tasted the difference when we put it on crackers for them and put it to the taste test.
If you are in the market for a quality peanut free spread I highly suggest Sun Butter. Not only is it peanut free but also tree nut free and gluten free.
If you have any nut free snack ideas or meal ideas for lunches that make kids just as happy and healthy please share them below.
Here are your Wacky Wednesday Deals from Ikea valid only Wednesday, August 24th in individual stores as listed below…
AB, Calgary (also hosting an in-store draw for a $1000 scholarship)
AB, Edmonton
BC, Coquitlam
BC, Richmond
ON, Ottawa
Porter Airlines is offering a 30% discount on flights taken between Sept. 2 and Dec. 15 2011. You have to book your flight by August 24 2011. Use Coupon code CHEERS.
Click here for Porters website.
It appears Kitchen Stuff Plus is having a Giant Warehouse Sale up to 90% off. The sale is Friday Aug 26 (5PM-9PM), Saturday Aug 27(8AM-5PM), Sunday Aug 28 (8AM-5PM).
Location: 135 Wendell Avenue (Located near Hwy 401 near Jane St)
Huge selection of great brands such as Henckels, Sunbeam, KitchenAid, Cuisineart, Farberware, Oster and more.
If anyone has ever been to one of these sales please share your experience with us.
Click here for more information.
If you are part of the Pennington’s Email Club then check your inbox today for a special surprise sale. Valid Saturday, August 20th only receive 50% off any ActiveZone purchase.
If you have not received the email or aren’t on their list, you can simply give them your address in store to receive the discount.
Click here for the details
This weekend Pier 1 Imports stores across Canada are having a huge outdoor furniture sale with some items up to 50% off. There are tons of selections with $100 or more knocked off the price so now is the time to shop.
Click here to see all outdoor selections
Friday Aug 19 to Sunday Aug 21 at Home Outfitters save an Extra 50% off all previously reduced red ticketed items when you use your HBC Mastercard or HBC Credit card.
You save 30% off previously reduced red ticketed items if you use any other means of payment.
Toys R Us is having some pretty decent BOGOs from Aug 19-25 ( unless otherwise noted in the flyer)
All Transformers figures, vehicles and video games- Buy One Get One 1/2 Off.
Buy One Get One FREE All $7.99 and under Crayola.
Buy One Get One FREE All Little People Toys *of equal or lesser value **excludes ride ons, Grow to pro basketball junior, Triple hit baseball, super sounds soccer, In line skates and doodlers, Selection varies. Available in store ONLY.
Check out the flyer for more deals.
On Sale right now at Toys R Us get a Wii and Wii Sports resort bundle for only $129.97. This is $20 less than the Wii/Mario cart bundle of $150.
They currently only have the white Wii in stock on the web site.
This Saturday August 2o and Sunday August 21 spend $50 or more on almost anything in the store at Shoppers Drug Mart and get a $10 gift card. The $10 gift card is promotional and expires September 11 2011. Also REMINDER of their Bonus Redemption Beauty Event taking place this weekend as well.
Exclusivley online at lasenza.com from today until Monday August 29 get sexy sleep sets for only 29.50 PLUS FREE SHIPPING on all Canadian ground orders of $40 or more.
Use Promo Code FREESHIP40 at checkout.
ECOcentricbags.com is sponsoring another contest! I love their reusable bags not only are they functional but they are super mod and trendy. I had the opportunity to try out a few of the diffent styles of their eco friendly bags I like and use them all. I think my favourite is the Envirosax reusable bag because there are more patterns to keep things fun. I also am enojoying the new. They do cost a bit more then your average food mart bag but they are sewn better, wash up well, hold more weight, and so much more stylish then a large onion picture.
ECOcentricbags is offering a $40 gift certificate redeemable on their site to one lucky Smart Canucks entrant.
Heres a bit more information on ECOcentricbags:Based in Calgary, Canada, ECOcentric Bags was established in the summer of 2010 to address the growing need for eco-friendly products, and to play our role in making this world a better place. We realize that there are big problems facing mankind. We face ongoing problems such as air pollution, water pollution, growing landfills, natural resources limitations, and so much more. All of this puts our planet, our society, and the next generation in great danger. We believe that we all need to shift our minds towards conservation and sustainability. We need to consider the effects we have on our planet in our everyday activities. We help you to make this shift and make a difference in the world through environmentally friendly bags. At ECOcentric Bags we offer huge selection of stylish eco bags, including reusable shopping bags, reusable produce bags, bags made from recycled and repurposed materials, and organic bags such as bamboo bags, organic cotton bags and hemp bags. In addition to being eco-friendly, all eco bags we offer are made with creativity and style in mind. Turn your experience of “going green” into a fun adventure!
To enter the contest all you have to do is head on over to ECOcentricbags.com and choose what you would buy with your $40 gift certificate and post your choices here.
Here are the contest rules:
* One entry per household i.e. you may only leave 1 comment on the blog. If you want to discuss anything or share your thoughts please include it in that 1 comment.
*Age of majority only
*Canada only
*You may only win a max of 2 contests throughout the whole giveaways event to give others a chance to win
*Contest ends on September 1st 2011 at 11pm (est) and the winner willl be announced shortly after, *prize is not combinable with any other offer.
* You must use a valid email so I can contact you with details on how to claim your prize. Persons who enter with an alias(fake) email will foreit their prize and a new winner will be drawn.
Are you a business who wants to featured in one of our giveaways? Email me at Sally@ smartcanucks.ca (omit spaces)
EXTENDED Until September 1st
La Vie En Rose is having their year end sale of up to 70% off. They emailed my wife a coupon code for an EXTRA 30% off online.
Enter Coupon Code: 30NOW to get discount at checkout. Offer valid until August 28.
Today only for $30.99 is a three movie set containing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (great movie if you haven’t seen it!), House of Flying Daggers, and Curse of the Golden Flower on Blu-Ray. Most of this stuff on Blu-Ray looks so amazing, too, it’s a good deal to stock up yours or someone else’s Blu-Ray collections (i.e. gift to self, or others!).
Enjoy. This is the last of the one day deals for now. I was hoping for some more full series box sets, but what can you do?
Tomorrow Saturday August 20 from 10am-3pm at Maple Leaf Square ( 15 York St, outside the Air Canada Centre) there’s a FREE Sports Day In The Square. There will be sports clinics, interactive games, Great prizes and food and drink stations.
PLUS
Special appearances by Raptors and Leafs alumni, Toronto FC, Team Mascots, Raptors Dance Pak and more.
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