Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt Review

Yoplait Frozen Fruit & Yogurt Smoothies it's good. Triple Berry, Strawberry Banana and Strawberry Mango Pineapple. $3.29 per 6-ounce bag yields two 8-ounce servings.

You'll find Yoplait fruit smoothies in the supermarket freezer, not the dairy department. To prepare them, pour a cup of skim milk and the bag of frozen fruit and yogurt pieces into a blender and then process until smooth. This is a very simple way to get a full serving of fruit, with its vitamin C, and is also a good source of calcium from the added skim milk. One serving provides about 110 calories, 1 gram of fat and 9 to 11 grams of sugar.

Still, I doubt these fruit smoothies will be around very long. That's because I'm guessing health-conscious folks who own blenders and drink smoothies would probably prefer making one with fresh fruit and a container of yogurt instead of with Yoplait's added thickeners and artificial sweetener Whether or not you will like these new Yoplait frozen smoothie "kits" will largely depend on where you are on the health/ convenience spectrum.

If you lean more toward health, I agree with Bonnie you'll probably want to make your own smoothies from scratch. Oh that's right. But if you are looking for a tasty, fairly healthy drink and have only a few minutes, you might like the idea of throwing the contents of one of these packets into the blender with milk.

These are also much tastier and more authentic than one alternative: the shelf-stable smoothie-like fruit drinks sold in convenience stores. And they're cheaper, with fewer calories, than what's offered at most smoothie shops.

One possible reason for those low calories: These are a little watery and could be a little sweeter. To fix that, I recommend adding a little fruit juice along with the milk.

Three Bean Chili Kettle Cuisines are great. $3.99 for a 10-ounce box in the freezer case.

I discovered Kettle Cuisine a couple of years ago when looking for gluten-free products. All his or her gluten-free soups are tasty enough for anyone. As a refresher, gluten is the protein found in wheat and other grains including rye and barley. And those with celiac disease must avoid it, as gluten damages their digestive system.

This new Three Bean Chili is also organic, all-natural, dairy- free and vegetarian, and uses ingredients you'd use when making your own chili. I prefer mine with more intense seasoning, but that's easy to fix with a soupcon of hot pepper sauce.

One bowlful of Three Bean Chili contains a mere 220 calories, 3.5 grams of total fat, 450 milligrams of sodium and more than half the day's recommended fiber (12 grams).

So this chili would be great anytime for anyone with or without celiac disease. Although some people without celiac disease are trying a gluten-free diet, thinking it's healthy, it's not unless you know what you're doing, as the diet can be low in B vitamins, calcium, vitamin D, iron, zinc, magnesium and fiber.

I agree with Bonnie that this new chili is good. Because it's frozen and not canned, the beans are firm rather than mushy and the onion pieces are crispy. But it is only great for people who are not vegetarian or who don't have celiac disease that also have lots of money. That's because all this new chili's healthy and natural attributes come at a very high price: $4 for only slightly more than a cup serving.

DHA and Antioxidant Purees Gerber 2nd Foods. Apples & Summer Peaches, Apple Blackberry, Banana Mango, Banana Pineapple Orange Medley, Butternut Squash & Harvest Apples, and Farmer's Market Vegetable Blend. 79 cents per 4-ounce glass jar.

 The DHA and antioxidants found in these new purees are important nutrients. DHA (docosahexaenoi acid) is a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid important for proper brain and eye development -- especially during pregnancy and infancy. Antioxidant vitamins help children's immune systems.

If you're interested in getting these nutrients directly from foods, vitamins C and an are found mainly in fruits and vegetables. DHA is rich in oily fish (such as herring, salmon, sardines, rainbow trout, canned tuna) and organ meats.

Don't pooh-pooh these foods for babies, but do introduce all foods one at a time. If you start your children early on real foods, they'll eat them throughout life. Check out Nancy Pico's new book, "My Two-Year-Old Eats Octopus," for more.

If, though, you feed your child jarred baby foods, then I can recommend these new Gerber 2nd Foods. In addition to containing antioxidants and DHA, they have no added refined sugars, salt or starches.

Not having or being a baby (at least not when I get my way!), it's hard to have much of an opinion on these new baby foods with added DHA and antioxidants. So I decided to consult the experts. Apparently most pediatricians and medical researchers agree that the DHA in breast milk and formula can help with brain and eye development, and that vitamin A and C are good for the eyes and the immune system, respectively. But the jury is out on whether babies old enough to eat food need DHA. It probably won't hurt, but it might not help and it definitely costs more.