FLASH GIVEAWAYS & MORE: Freebie Friday $25 Mrs. Greens Gift Card, Live Show Tickets & More #giveaway

**FLASH GIVEAWAY: First to comment below with your family's favorite instrument(s) WINS 4 FREE tickets to see Apples, Peaches, Lemonade this Sunday at noon!**

ChiIL Mama Presents:

(Check below for more family friendly Beat Kitchen's Kids Shows. New winners announced weekly.)

• WIN a FREE $25 Mrs. Green's Market gift card. CLICK HERE (*enter through midnight 4/5). 

Kindie Land:

• Family 4 Pack of Tickets to Beat Kitchen's Kids Series, presented by ChiIL Mama ($24 value, Sunday at noon, all ages). 

• **Check back soon to enter to win 4 tickets to our spring shows on 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 & 5/17** 

UPCOMING CONCERTS • $6

APPLES, PEACHES, LEMONADE! Apr 6 • 2 PM Get Tickets! ISTVAN & HIS IMAGINARY BAND Apr 27 • 12 PM Get Tickets!

Super Stolie MAY 4 • 12 PM CORRIENTES ENSEMBLE May 11 • 2 PM Get Tickets! LITTLE MISS ANN CD RELEASE PARTY! MAY 17 • 3 PM Get Tickets!

*Congrats to Teresa O.--ChiIL Mama's winner of 4 tickets ($100 value) to the opening performance of SPARK at Adventure Stage Theatre (& after party) 4pm next Saturday, 4/12.  Click here for our prior SPARK feature, past video interview with Tom Arvetis & more show info.

Celebrate Spring With Mrs. Green's Natural Market #GreenIsGood #Coupon #EcoFriendly #ad

Disclosure:  ChiIL Mama is elated to be partnering up again with Mrs. Green's Market, one of our eco-friendly favs. We have been compensated for sharing this promotion with our readers and thank Mrs. Greens for providing the coupons for our readers and gift card for our winner.

Spring has sprung and there's no better way to celebrate the green of spring in Chicago than by saving a bit of green with these ChiIL coupons and a shot at winning a $25 Mrs. Green's Natural Market gift card. Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. We'll be giving one away later this week!  Click here for some of our past Mrs. Green's coverage.

What's Mrs. Green's you ask? Come in and see for yourself!

• Mrs. Green's Natural Market is a neighborhood store, passionately committed to clean, natural foods.
• We source the best local products whenever available — from  your favorite groceries to produce and baked goods, we support local.
• Dedicated to health and sustainability. Devoted to customers who care deeply about the foods they eat.
• We are dedicated to offering you healthy, good food at an honest price.  We will always provide quality food and supplement and encourage you to be healthy
• Our goal is to educate and inspire our customers to eat well and live a good, healthy lifestyle.

Disclosure:  Once again, ChiIL Mama is elated to be partnering up again with Mrs. Green's Market, one of our eco-friendly favs. We have been compensated for sharing this promotion with our readers and thank Mrs. Greens for providing the coupons for our readers and gift card for our winner.

Mrs. Green's FREE Holiday Cookie Decorating THIS Saturday #mrsgreens #organic #FoodieFun

Green grocer has a whole new meaning these days.   And we're excited to welcome Mrs. Green's Natural Market to the Chicago market!   This newcomer is all about organic, eco friendly, and healthy produce and products that go way beyond fresh fruits and veggies.   They also have a delectable selection of deli sandwiches, and pre-made foods. Foodies and newbies will relish the unintimidating atmosphere and friendly staff.   We'll have a big photo filled feature up shortly.   For now, we wanted to give you the heads up on a sweet event going down tomorrow morning.

ChiIL out with Mrs. Green's FREE family cookie decorating.  ChiIL Mama & Du-Jay went last week and had a blast!   But why should the bloggers & press have all the fun?!   This one's for YOU.

Healthy doesn't have to mean all granola and keifer (though we do dig those, too).   Mrs. Green's has a wickedly delicious dessert case, fantastic coffee, and more tasty treats!   They may not be low cal, but they're made with natural, fresh, organic ingredients and come in a variety of configurations to suite any allergies or dietary needs.   

It was my great pleasure to sample many of their sandwiches during their press opening and I was suitably impressed.   Their Cajun selections will give your winter blues a kick out the door, with just the right spice combos to heat things up.   You'll find a great fit here whether you love to cook or love to leave the cooking to others!

Last Saturday, I returned with my 12 year old to decorate holiday cookies, take a store tour, and chat with the staff nutritionists.   My son, Dugan, got "best big brother ever" points for specially requesting blue food coloring so he could morph a wreath into a 1st place ribbon for his little sister who was going to compete at state the next day!   She'd placed 1st all around in her last 2 meets and missed the cookie fun because she was at 1 last grueling 3 hour practice before state.   

They were so helpful and nice at Mrs. Greens they even encouraged us to take home extra cupcakes, cookies and ingredients so our gymnast could decorate her share at home!   The treats were super tasty. And the kids (and adults) had a blast being creative with the confections.



While we were at Mrs. Greens I was elated to pick up an excellently flavorful & strong cup of coffee and arnica in tablet and gel forms for my gymnast.   It's great for healing bruises and muscle strains and crazy hard to find around town.   We live by the stuff!

As we were checking out, we overheard numerous people raving about how excellent the sausage samples were, so we made our purchases and detoured back in the front door to try a few for ourselves.   Their reputation was well deserved!   We tried the bacon sausage, cracked black pepper, maple syrup, and cheddar and all were amazing.

Mrs. Greens is a warm, welcoming space and a great addition to Chicago.   I can easily see frequenting this market.   They're an excellent resource for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans.   

Come by with the littles THIS Saturday for free cookie decorating 10:30am-11:30am and check out Mrs. Greens for yourself!