Green Giant Veggie Snack Chips . . . A Whole Grain Snack with #GiantFlavor Made with Real Vegetables

Green Giant Garden Ranch Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips served in place of french fries.

Like many children, our three are anti-vegetable in varying degrees.  They actually love to eat many different fruits, but are the exact opposite when it comes to vegetables.  Our 9 year old son will eat broccoli, baby spinach, and red peppers.  Our 6 year old daughter will eat broccoli and baby spinach.  Our 6 year old son will only eat baby spinach finely chopped and cooked until they've shrunk down to almost nothing.  Now you see why I welcomed the opportunity to try the new Green Giant Veggie Snack Chips.

Of course, I could not replace vegetables with the Veggie Snack Chips, but I did use these whole grain chips to replace some not-so-good-for-you sides, such as french fries and potato chips.  The Green Giant Veggie Snack Chips are available in four varieties, of which we tried the Garden Ranch Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips (pictured above) and the Barbecue Multi Grain Sweet Potato Chips (pictured below).  I served them to our children without telling them that these chips were made with real vegetables and they turned out to be a big hit.  I should have done the same thing with my husband because he refused to try them (now you know where our children get their anti-veggie gene).  In fact, he held out for 4 days before he finally tried them and admitted that this was a snack food that he did enjoy.

Green Giant Barbecue Multi Grain Sweet Potato Chips served in place of regular potato chips.

Everyone in the family agreed that these chips had 'Giant Flavor', but we were divided on which one was our favorite.  Our two sons liked the barbecue flavored sweet potato chips the best, while our daughter, my husband, and myself preferred the ranch flavored tortilla chips.  In fact, our older son said he chose the barbecue chips as his favorite because the ranch flavor in the tortilla chips was too powerful.

To learn more about Green Giant Veggie Snack Chips, visit Green Giant on Facebook, where you can read the nutritional information for each chip variety, including which vegetables are used.  While you're there, be sure to grab the printable coupon for $0.75 off one bag of Veggie Snack Chips.


I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Honey-Blackberry Greek Yogurt Dip Recipe by Chef Jody Denton plus Learn Which is the SMARTest U.S. City

Thank you to Frito-Lay for providing the prize pack, video, and images for this contest post and for sending an additional prize pack to me as a thank you for taking the time to participate in this campaign.  3G2S is the sole sponsor for this giveaway.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Last month, Smartfood brand and SELF magazine announced their picks for the 10 SMARTest cities in America.  How do they define SMART? . . . (S)avvy, (M)otivated, (A)ccomplished, (R)esponsible, and (T)houghtful.  Watch the video above to learn more about how to eat smart and live well, which city was named the SMARTest in the U.S., plus how you can nominate someone you know (even yourself) to be named the SMARTest person and be eligible to win $10,000 and be featured in SELF magazine from Chef Jody Denton, Executive Research Chef at Frito-Lay’s Culinary Innovation Center.  Chef Denton also shares with us some of his favorite recipes for this summer.

Smartfood is doing its part to help you eat smarter with several new varieties of all-natural Smartfood Selects popcorn, popped chips, and puffed corn.  One of my family's favorites is the Sour Cream and Onion Puffed Corn.

Want something fresh and easy-to-make to serve this summer? Checkout this super-easy recipe created by Chef Jody Denton . . .

Recipe:  Honey-Blackberry Greek Yogurt Dip

INGREDIENTS:

3 Cup(s) Greek yogurt

1/2 pint(s) blackberries, fresh or frozen

3 Tablespoon(s) Honey

2 Tablespoon(s) fresh lemon juice

1 Pinch(s) Salt

Step 1. In a mixing bowl, smash the blackberries with a fork.

Step 2. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the yogurt, honey, lemon and salt.

Step 3. When ready to serve, spoon the blackberry mixture into the center of the yogurt.  Gently fold the blackberries into the yogurt, but don't mix completely.

Step 4. Serve with Smartfood Cinnamon Brown Sugar Multigrain Popped Chips

This recipe serves 6 to 8 people.

To learn more about the SMART campaign, visit Smartfood on Facebook.


The prize for this giveaway is the SMART Prize Pack shown below . . .

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Good luck in the drawing!

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I Have Been Featured on the Frito-Lay Blog "Snack Chat"!

I am so excited to announce that I have been featured as Frito-Lay's Fan of the Week on the Frito-Lay blog Snack Chat! This means that I not only had the chance to be interviewed for this Frito-Lay Fan of the Week article, I also received a chip bowl from one of my favorite stores Crate & Barrel, an American Express gift card, and coupons for free Frito-Lay product. Guess who will be bringing the chips and dip for the New Year's Eve celebration this year!

Thank You Frito-Lay For This Honor!

Although I was selected to receive this honor, a gift card, and complimentary product, I was not asked to share this news with my readers. All thoughts in this announcement are my own.

A New Discovery . . . TOSTITOS Creamy Spinach Dip

Recently, Frito-Lay sent us an assortment of snacks . . . some better-for-you and some better-for-the-environment. Included in the package were Lay's Lightly Salted Potato Chips, Multigrain Tortilla Chips, and Multigrain Sun Chips in a 100% compostable bag. Normally, I opt for chips with some type of flavoring, so for plain chips like these, I required some kind of dip. So I asked my husband to pick up some while he was out.

My husband loves salsa and Salsa Con Queso, but he knew I liked more traditional creamy dips. He ended up coming upon something perfect at BJ's Wholesale Club . . . a 3pk of dip containing salsa, con queso, and something I had never seen before . . . Tostitos Creamy Spinach Dip. At first I thought it would be similar to spinach artichoke dip, but it was more like onion dip with spinach added. I was very pleased with this threesome because there is something for everyone in the family.

Visit FritLay.com to see what other snacks are available in lightly salted, low-fat, and multigrain versions.

Thank you to Frito-Lay for sending us complimentary samples to base this article upon.