First Time Mom and Losing It

This post is sponsored by Walmart and Sverve. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be a good fit for my readers. All opinions are 100% my own.


Last week we brought in some Van's PB & J bars to my daughter's dance class and the girls loved them! When I first gave it to the little girl that was gluten free she looked at her mom to get the OK. When her mom told her it was OK and opened it, she quickly grabbed the bar and took a bite. She then ran to her dance mates and they all sat on the floor and happily ate their bars. I loved seeing her eat the same snack as all the other little girls and not to have her own substitute.


Then it was time for the girls to start their lesson so us moms went downstairs to have our usual coffee chat. I shared with them about the Gluten Free event at Walmart and they were just as surprised to hear about all of the gluten free choices they offered. We all decided to bring in gluten free snacks from now on so that nobody would have to feel different.

Since my daughter loves them so much herself I keep a couple of boxes on hand so she can have them outside of dance class. She loves strawberries and blueberries so it was a perfect fit for her. I love that they have oats and peanut butter to give a little bit of fiber and protein in her diet. To bump up the protein I decided to crumble the PB & J bar and put it on top of a peanut butter vanilla yogurt parfait.


To make the parfait I took some Greek yogurt and added a little bit of almond milk to thin it down a little bit. Then I added some PB powder, honey and vanilla. I layered the yogurt with berries, banana and the crumbled PB & J bar and it made a delicious breakfast.


Gluten Free PB & J Vanilla Parfait (Printable Recipe)

• 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
• 2 tblsp almond milk
• 1 tsp honey (more if you your yogurt sweeter)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tblsp peanut butter powder
• 1 Van's PB & J bar 
• 1/2 banana
• 1/4 cup black berries

Head on over to the Walmart Page to find out the other varieties of gluten free products they offer.

This post is sponsored by Walmart and Sverve. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be a good fit for my readers. All opinions are 100% my own.


I have heard about gluten free products all over the place and always thought it was just for people who couldn't digest wheat products like bread and pasta. I never knew the dangers of hidden gluten ingredients in products until I was talking to one of the moms at my daughter's dance class.

I brought in these organic strawberry bars that my daughter loves to give out to the little girls in her class. I asked the moms if I could give them out to their daughters before the class was over and one of the moms asked if they were gluten free. She explained to me how her daughter was gluten intolerant. She said her daughter gets sad sometimes when other kids her age could have things that she can't. I quickly put the bars away as I didn't want her daughter to feel left out and told her I would bring in some gluten free snacks the next time.

While I was shopping at Walmart last weekend I noticed they were having a gluten free event. There were little sample carts all over the grocery section with different products to try that were gluten free. I was so surprised to see things like burritos, pizza, cookies and bars. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out some different products that I could take to my daughter's dance class.


My absolute favorite was the Van's PB & Strawberry and PB & Blueberry bars. I loved how they tasted just like the strawberry bars but with the added flavor of peanut butter. I bought both of the varieties and let my daughter try them out. All she kept saying was "yummy!" and gobbled it up. I asked her if she wanted to share them with her friends at her dance class and she yelled "Yes!".



It was great picking them up at Walmart because they were very affordable. With it being such a huge store they carried a big assortment of gluten free products from frozen entrees to snacks and desserts. Head on over to the Walmart Page to find out the varieties of gluten free products they offer.