{"id":1305,"date":"2012-05-21T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2012-05-21T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:35:06","slug":"au-pairs-meet-at-smoothie-king-for-their-monthly-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2012\/05\/21\/au-pairs-meet-at-smoothie-king-for-their-monthly-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs meet at Smoothie King for their monthly meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1307\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/05\/photo-10-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"photo (10)\" width=\"180\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/05\/photo-10-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/05\/photo-10-624x466.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/05\/photo-10.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/>On May 20th, au pairs met for their monthly meeting at Smoothie King at the Waugh Chapel Shopping Center.\u00a0 The girls enjoyed a healthy and nutritious drink that is made by mixing real fruit, nutrients and proteins in a blender, otherwise known as a Smoothie.\u00a0 This company has a genuine commitment to helping people live healthier lives through nutrition.\u00a0 Since the company was founded more than 30 years ago, it has expanded to offer a wide selection of healthy snacks and high quality nutritional products.\u00a0 We had the privilege of having a nutritionist, Linda Bourdelaise, speak with our au pairs about healthy eating habits and offered alternative snack ideas for children.\u00a0 In today&#8217;s high paced busy and hectic schedules, Linda suggested some great quick and easy ideas on what to give children to eat that will not fill them with empty calories.\u00a0 By providing children with pre-cut carrot sticks with ranch dip or peanut butter with apple slices our children are provided with good energy alternatives rather than the quick fix of offering cookies or fries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 20th, au pairs met for their monthly meeting at Smoothie King at the Waugh Chapel Shopping Center.\u00a0 The girls enjoyed a healthy and nutritious drink that is made by mixing real fruit, nutrients and proteins in a blender, otherwise known as a Smoothie.\u00a0 This company has a genuine commitment to helping people live  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2012\/05\/21\/au-pairs-meet-at-smoothie-king-for-their-monthly-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,149],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pairs-smoothie-king-snacks-nutrition-healthy-eating-nutritionist-smoothie","tag-crofton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Au Pairs meet at Smoothie King for their monthly meeting - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; 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