Thank you, Snack-Girl.com

Big thank you to our latest reviewer, Lisa from Snack-Girl.com. She tried euforia and gave it a great review in her healthy snacks product round-up today.

Here are her words:

"1. Euforia Thousand-Layer Spice Cakes are freakin' unbelievable (photograph above). You get a little individually wrapped slice of cake made with eggs, butter, flour (or no flour for a gluten free version), milk, spice, and salt.


Here are the nutritional facts:


For one serving = 127 calories, 10 g fat, 7 g carbohydrates, 2 g protein, 0 g fiber, 47 mg sodium, 4 PointsPlus


These are a great little treat for your afternoon coffee break - and you can skip the 600 Calorie Cookie that lurks in your local cafe.


They cost about $2 each and you can buy them through the Euforia website or Amazon.com (see below)."

We are so grateful for the review and think Lisa's website, www.snack-girl.com, is awesome. So please check it out!

Summer Fancy Food Show: A Recap

Here is my late report from the Fancy Food Show. This show only opens to professionals and media. This is the biggest specialty food show in America. This year the event occupied two massive floors for exhibition, with participants from all over the world. There are other programs held as well during this show. There are programs for business to business; classes for people who are interested in starting new food businesses, and various educational subjects that are useful for established businesses, too. 

Also, there is a food competition held at this event called SOFI (Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation) award. It is such a big show that my friend from NPR (National Public Radio), which building was just a block away from convention center, could only cover 1/3 area of the lower floor in one day. She regretted that she came on the last day of the show. If you are really curious with everything you see at the show, you probably need to come to the show everyday for two weeks. :-)

Latest Review of euforia Thousand-Layer Cake

It's not that every individual review of euforia thousand-layer cake deserves its own post. But this was something special.

Laurie, the winner of the euforia My Dad and His Good Food Father's Day giveaway, had us ship the cake to her dad. Here was the 5-star review she left yesterday on our website:

"I am in Euphoria!

	The delightful package arrived at my parent's home as requested. The Cakes were beautifully packaged. They were a delight for my parent's who are diet conscious and very aware of their intake! Lovely gift item! I would recommend to Anyone looking for thet "just right gift"! Fantastic!
	Reviewed by:  Laurie@FoodisLove from Miami. on 7/21/2011

If you've tried euforia and haven't left a review on the website, we would love to hear from you. So far, we've heard nothing but positive things about euforia from those who have purchased it or sampled it.

Thank you to Laurie and we're looking forward to leaving more people in Euphoria!

2 Big Tips to Turn Your Kids into Healthy Foodies

Good, natural food should be celebrated and appreciated, and the habit should be passed down from one generation to the next.

You've probably seen it a million times - the message that "good eating habits start at home." Well, as the mom of a toddler, I'll be the first to say that that is so much easier said than done. Even if you give your kids the best baby food in world and they love veggies and grains at 11 months, that doesn't mean that they still will at 2 years old or 4 years old. According to my child's doctor, children's taste buds change all the time. It's best to simply prepare for it.

That said, here are some tips for turning your kids into foodies, like you. No matter the age, there are a few things you can do to set them on the right path.

1. Find good foods that play to your kids' specific tastes. I konw that my son has a pretty strong sweet tooth, primarily from all of the fruit that he eats. He's not going to eat a bunch of broccoli florets at this point in his life, no matter how creamy the dressing is or whether I wrap it in puff pastry.

So, I was happy to find that he liked euforia, because even though it's a cake, it's really a gourmet cake that is not as sweet as birthday cake. And because it's made from simple, whole ingredients, I was more than happy to give him some. It's better for him to develop a taste for whole foods now than to get used to the preservative addiction.

I know that my son likes sweets, and there are naturally sweet, whole foods available all over the place. I try to keep fresh fruit on hand and if I give him something extra, like whipped cream, I make sure to use fresh whipped cream that I make myself. I want him to see that it's okay to have things you like if they are natural, whole foods and that it's better to make them yourself, which leads to my next point.

• Try: Homemade granola or granola bars using honey. You'll significantly cut the sugar found in store brands.
• Also try: euforia. Seriously! Not only is this gourmet cake perfectly sized for little fingers but if your kids are like my son, they will love watching the layers disappear bite after bite, and you'll be happy they are enjoying a cake not made by Little Debbie.

2. Invite your kids to help make food with you. In my house, this is one of the best ways to get my son to try something new. If he "helps" me make it, he is more likely to try it. He can see each ingredient so the mystery is gone. Additionally, this simple step shows that food comes from somewhere other than a box or a restaurant. Showing your kids that they can make their own food will encourage them to do so in order to have foods that they like, and it's almost always the healthier choice. So if my son wants cupcakes, we can make them rather than buy them. And therefore we can control the sugar and fat and other things that go into them.

What ideas do you have for raising up a generation of foodies? What "foodie" foods do your kids eat that others might enjoy?

Image: Clare Bloomfield