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| Sweet CheeksTM Press and Reviews! Read All About It... | StarTribune Taste 50! "Healthy Babies... Baby food doesn't have to come in a jar. Local nanny Lori Karis has been making her own for nearly 20 years. Now her all-organic formula, prepared weekly in small batches using Minnesota - grown grains, is available to Twin Cities parents and their happy offspring under the Sweet Cheeks label." 6/11/09 Minneapolis StarTribune | "I recently tried the adult soups ... and they were all incredibly fresh-tasting and full of flavor. But my favorite was the cauliflower and white bean flavored with fennel and cumin, which tastes even better than it sounds. Karis makes the soups in much the same way other people make wine: by hand, in small batches, using only the best local and organic ingredients...." -Kathie Jenkins January, 2010 St Paul PIONEER PRESS | "Want to dine out with your baby? If your sweetie is literally an infant, try the Birchwood Café (3311 E. 25th St., Mpls., 612-722-4474), where you’ll find Sweet Cheeks baby food, made by Lori Karis from all-natural, locally grown, organic ingredients. It can also be found frozen at local co-ops." October, 2009 Sue Z Says, by Sue Zelickson Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Monthly | "If you're a regular at the St. Paul Farmers Market, you've probably run across Lori Karis and her Sweet Cheeks organic baby food. Karis, who has been a nanny for 25 years, started out making baby food for the kids she cares for... 7/15/09 Soup's On At the St Paul Farmer's Market St Paul Pioneer Press 
| | "I sampled (no, I don't eat baby food regularly!) a Sweet Cheeks combo of sweet potatoes, apples, and millet. It didn't have much flavor (Karis is careful not to use seasoning that would upset a baby's stomach), but it did have an interesting texture. The pureed sweet potatoes and apples was a soothing spread and was studded with millet, a soft grain to chew." | "Lori Karis knows good food and knows babies, so it wasn't a stretch for her to combine her two passions and create Sweet Cheeks organic baby food. Only one year ago, she began selling vegetable and fruit purees at the St Paul Farmers' Market, and now she's gearing up for another season of early weekend mornings with her ice-cream cart containing 300 bags of Newbies, Combos, Baby 'roles and Sweet Sneaks." April 22, 2009 The Heavy Table |
"Sweet Eats... Starting a child on solid foods, especially one who has been exclusively breastfed, always seems like such a leap of faith. You go from nature’s intended nourishment to … what?… Cheerios?! Lori Karis, a Twin Cities area professional nanny, has created a business out of bridging the gap.... | "From Farm To Cradle...The taste really shines through, even to an adult palate; a sample of sweet potatoes was bright, pleasantly textured and naturally sweet -- a simple, incredibly wholesome and clean flavor. Organic apples with steel cut oats were similarly mellow and pleasant..." March 17, 2009 | 
lunch with Lynne Rosetto Kasper from The Splendid Table on NPR! | 3. [organic babyin'] Sweet Cheeks Baby Food"Babies are the original locavores—hey, it doesn’t get much more local than breast milk—and now a Minnesota company is helping local mothers get back to those roots. Sweet Cheeks is made from 100 percent organic fruits, vegetables and Minnesota-grown grains. Our favorite: The “Baby-roles,” casseroles for one-year-olds. Owner Lori Karis works with local farms and hawks her wares at farmers’ markets and local co-ops. (We get ours at the swank new Seward Co-Op on Franklin.) It’s even on the menu at the 128 Café in St. Paul." "BEST organic baby food!" | | "Dubbing her one-woman show (she is the chef, packager, marketing manager, business manager and direct salesperson) Sweet Cheeks Baby Food, Karis set up shop on weekends at the St. Paul Farmer's Market. She found a welcoming community there-so welcoming that she's agreed to sell outdoors every Saturday morning throughout the winter." | "Will the kids like them? Our panel of judges (2 toddlers and 3 adults) really enjoyed them- all of them. And believe it or not, some of them make great meals for adults- like the Steel Cut Oats and Apple 'role- just add some sugar (or not!) and it makes a tasty, healthy alternative to other breakfast foods." 
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