Coupon Code: Free Shipping On Glow Mama Natural Juice Drink

Aaron Burgess — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Glow Mama natural juice drink is designed to keep moms and moms-to-be healthy and hydrated, but taste-wise, it's also not too shabby from a dad's or kid's perspective. Made from 15% juice -- specifically kiwifruit juice concentrate, white grape juice concentrate and cane juice concentrate -- it packs just 70 calories per 12 oz. bottle and is loaded with essential pre- and postnatal nutrients, (including C, B3/B6/B12, calcium, iron, and folic acid) and fiber (4 grams per bottle).

Though it's not organic, Glow Mama contains no caffeine, fat, preservatives, or artificial sweeteners, and the company's packaging standards are also pretty nature-friendly: Soy-based inks are used in the bottles' labels, and the bottles themselves are recyclable and single-use, made from BPA-free PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic.

OK, but how does it taste? Well, strangely enough, you don't really taste the kiwi at first -- despite its rather deep gold color (due in part to the color change the normally green kiwi juice goes through in the pre-bottling heating process), Gold Mama has a crisp, subtle, refreshingly neutral flavor that actually seems well-suited to mixed drinks. Obviously that's not an option for mamas-to-be or nursing moms, but clearly someone at Glow Mama HQ had mixology in mind, 'cause there are a number of awesome mocktail recipes on Glow Mama's site that'll do the trick without alcohol.

The Mom-ito's been a hit in my house -- stock up on Glow Mama yourself via our exclusive coupon code for free shipping (see below), and whip up a refreshing, vitamin-loaded glass for yourself:

Mom-ito (courtesy of Natalie Bovis-Nelson, a.k.a. the Liquid Muse)

Ingredients:
10 large mint leaves
1 oz. lime juice
3 oz. chilled Glow Mama
1 oz. soda water
6 Glow Mama ice cubes (freeze your own)

Directions:
Muddle mint leaves, sugar and lime juice in the bottom of a hi-ball glass. Drop in the Glow Mama ice cubes. Pour in the Glow Mama and soda water, and garnish with mint leaves.

Glow Mama is $14.45 for a 6-pack and $28.90 for a 12-pack. Visit the Glow Mama store to order, and enter coupon code "babble" for free shipping.

My Mom's a Mocktail Lush: Margarita Mama

Aaron Burgess — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:04:00 GMT

While being a guy should probably automatically disqualify me from writing this post, I've been through three pregnancies' worth of dates with my wife and have held back at the bar countless times out of respect to her when my insides were screaming PLEASE GOD JUST ONE SLUG FROM THAT PATRON BOTTLE.

So, for all you moms who can't hit the sauce and all you dads, friends and significant others who want to show team spirit during those trying nine months, Alyssa Gusenoff's Margarita Mama is 95 pages of healthful (you read that right), booze-free mocktail recipes -- from Sangria to Mai Tais, White Russians to Sparkling Cosmopolitans -- that'll keep the party moving, even if no one ends up swaying.

$12.95 at Amazon.

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Coupon Code: Free Shipping On Glow Mama Natural Juice Drink

My Mom's a Mocktail Lush: Margarita Mama