Bolthouse Farms Protein Plus chocolate

The kids hated this - even diluted with milk (which is how they get all their 'juich.') I bought it for the protein and 21 nutrient blend.

It was a bit chalky (even though the label claims it's not) but otherwise fine. I finished it happily.

Bolthouse farms Hawaiian holiday

While still looking for their prickly-pear-cactus-lemonade I came across this passion-orange-guave juice from Bolthouse Farms.

The guava is there but something about the juice itself was not quite there. None of us were impressed with it - I think the bar was sort of set high by their swamp juice and C-boost.

Bolthouse Farms 50/50 passionfruit and carrot

Even with 50% of it vegetable, this 50/50 passionfruit and carrot juice from Bolthouse Farms manages to pack in 28grams of sugar per serving. There is no added sugar but still…..I have started cutting back on Bolthouse Farm juices because of their high sugar content.

I diluted it sometimes with water and sometimes with milk and they were very happy with their 'juichh.'

Bolthouse Farms 50/50 blends

So as soon as I saw this new line of juices from Bolthouse Farms, I had to buy one. This juice stains everything - every little drop and dribble - I had to mop, scrub and oxy-clean to get the stains out of everything. And that is going to stop me from buying it again.

My son did not like it and my daughter was neutral to it. I was surfing for more combinations of their 50/50 line and came across this prickly pear cactus lemonade that I really want to try.

Amazing mango from Bolthouse Farms

Another smoothie from Bolthouse Farms. Everytime I go to the grocery store I tell myself sternly to try something else but ……

My son especially loves this. As much as he likes his 'juich' he usually takes a good 15 minutes to finish 4 or 5 ounces. This is the only one so far that he has finished in under 5 minutes!

Bolthouse Farms blue goodness

After my success with the swamp juice I had to try the rest of the smoothies from Bolthouse Farms. I tried their C-boost and vedge and now for the blue goodness. It is pretty impressive nutritionally by itself but not as much as the green goodness. It was a bit medicinal tasting for the adults in the house but the twins were OK with it. No overt displays of likes or dislikes - just OK.

Bolthouse Farms Vedge

I cook with V8 a lot and when it came to cooking for my twins I wanted to use a product without any preservatives. We liked both the fruit smoothies from Bolthouse Farms - green goodness and C-boost so their Vedge seemed the perfect choice. With 10 different vegetables it even tastes like V8.

I added exactly 2 tablespoons of the vedge to their lunch one day to see their reaction. My daughter made a face for a couple of seconds and then they were both fine. Half way through their lunch though they both threw up - a very unusual occurrence. Since this was the only new food I blame it on the vedge.

I used it to cook their veggie cubes and they were fine. So no more raw vedge for now.

Bolthouse Farms C-boost fruit smoothie

Another great product from Bolthouse Farms. Sometimes I obsess about the vitamin C lost due to heating and storage from fresh produce. Well, with 1200% of vitamin C per serving my kids will get all the vitamin C they need for the day.

I add a few spoonfuls to their morning cereal sometimes and they also get it watered down when they want 'juch.' Just like green goodness.

Swamp juice

Bolthouse farms makes the perfect swamp juice. Named 'Green Goodness,' it is a fruit smoothie that has apples, banana, kiwi, mango, pineapple, spinach, broccoli, garlic, artichoke, algae, chlorella, spirulina……….. oh yes it so totally looks like the swamp juice, at least according to my imagination. If it was a clear bottle I probably would not have bought it - but after I opened it and braved a sip (after all I was going to try it on my kids) I knew they were going to love it. I add a few tablespoons to their breakfast and the first time my daughter actually requested (and by that I mean shouted the house down) I feed her a few spoonfuls directly.