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Pancake Recipe: How to Make Breakfast + Dinner = Brinner!

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“Dear Families,” is how the weekly message from our school principal always begins. Each April, one week’s letter has a similar first line; “Your child will participate in state testing this week, so be sure your child is well-rested and eats breakfast.” We want to see our children do well on report cards so we dutifully put them to bed early and serve them breakfast. Without focused students every morning, though, how will our children learn the content …

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fry-less french fries Passover Recipe: Potatoes and Dip for Picky Eaters that Works!

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Here’s a riddle for you: What do you get when you have a Passover dinner, an extremely picky eater and old traditions…? A crazed mother, hungry kids and a recipe to save the day—or so the mother hopes!
This is the story of my life with two super picky

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Easter Egg Hunt 2 How to Stress Less and Get Organized for Spring Holidays

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Spring is in the air and with spring comes the first major holidays of the year – Easter and Passover.   There’s no reason to stress, though.  Set guidelines for yourself.  You’ll be amazed at how a few simple rules can change the entire holiday experience! 

How to De-Stress and Get

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tomato basil featured image Family Dinner: Teaching Kids How to Cook a Heart-Shaped Pizza

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Cooking with your kids during the holidays can be a lot of fun. This quick dinner idea comes just in time for Valentine’s Day…! You can’t go wrong with pizza!
A homemade heart-shaped pizza will absolutely be a hit among the young ones. This is something that the kids

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Dinner Table Make Dinner Count: Turn Meal Time into a Positive Family Experience

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Make meal time a happy family experience. As a single mother with three small children at home, dinner used to feel like a lot of work.  My three kids often met my efforts with something like this: “I don’t want green beans again. She got the pink bowl yesterday …

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Thanksgiving Dinner Holiday Dinner: Family Harmony During Thanksgiving

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The Thanksgiving holiday brings families… together for eating, reflecting, and having fun together. The women hang out in the kitchen, the men watch sports in the TV room, and the kids run through the house playing chase or hide and seek. As the final preparations are finished we gather around

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Got Milk? 8 Tips for Adding More Milk Into Mealtime

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When I first got married, I was a little surprised by how much milk @TroyPattee… drank. I thought I drank a lot of milk. I mean, growing u, my family had milk with dinner, which a lot of my friends told me was excessive. But, Troy’s milk-drinking habits made my

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Sweet and Spicy Thai Salad

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I always love to bring something just a little different when I am invited to a party.
The way I feel about food is the same way women feel about clothes—you never want to be caught wearing the same thing as someone and you want attention. I am an attention

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Lazy Pork Picnic With Drunken BBQ Sauce

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I am a sucker for a good pork BBQ. The problem is that I never have time to sit next to the smoker and babysit the pork. So, here is a great recipe that takes all the work out of a pork picnic yet still brings those flavors you love…

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Perfect Meal Time Menu: Mexican Stuffed Peppers

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The Poblano pepper is one of my favorites, because it is flavorful and spicy.  You don’t get the overwhelming taste of the pepper that spoils the added ingredients and it is mild enough for any palate.
Which leads me to my next culinary venture—Mexican Stuffed Peppers.

Ingredients Needed

  • 6 large

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