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Kids are drawn to all kinds of animals; almost every child I know has a favorite. I’ve not taken a scientific poll or anything, but it seems that elephants are often at the top of the list. It’s no surprise, what with those big floppy ears and that trunk that seems to have a personality [...]
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Wednesday. It’s the day after Tuesday and the day before Thursday. What’s the big deal about it anyway? Well, Wednesday is considered the most productive day of the week, deemed: Wine-down Wednesday, and the notorious, hump day…halfway to Friday!! Not so bad, right? Well, let me just tell you why I hate it: MY ALARM [...]
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Simplicity is my goal when it comes to making fun food for kids. I want people to look at my creations and say, “I can do that.” Well, this one is definitely super duper simple, but also super duper adorable (not to mention healthy). Whip up this for breakfast, lunch, snack or even “brinner” (breakfast for [...]
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INGREDIENTS: 2 cups Aunt Jemima Whole Wheat Pancake & Waffle mix (original is vegan also) 2 cups almond milk (soy, rice) 2 Tbs. oil (coconut, olive…) 1 large ripe banana 1/4 tsp. nutmeg (or more depending on your desired flavor) (And I adore cloves in mine, but I’m the only one, so I sprinkle it [...]
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Laundry is never ending. The gathering, the sorting, the washing, the rewashing(s), the drying, the drying again to get wrinkles out, the folding, the hunting for missing socks, the putting away….it’s so dreary and mundane. It’s a constant chore and I honestly have zero patience for matching my girls’ socks, much less hunt down every [...]
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Vegetable Soup 1 yellow onion (diced) 3 cloves of garlic (minced) 2 or 3 ribs of celery (Hubby hates it, so I chop it super fine so he can’t see it!) 3 or 4 carrots (sliced) 2 zucchinis (bite size) 1 yellow squash (bite size) 4 or 5 smallish yellow (or red) potatoes (peeled and [...]
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With meteors entering our atmosphere, a man jumping from space, and a seventh grader successfully sending Hello Kitty almost into orbit, I thought a spaceship would be appropriate for this week! It’s a lunch so simple and cute, it’s out of this world! spaceship sandwich Kids will leave space in there bellies for this sandwich!! Hover [...]
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, or so I’m told. When you think of breakfast, things such as eggs, pancakes, cereal, oatmeal, cream of wheat, grits, bacon…mmmmm, bacon…, generally come to mind. Brown rice isn’t usually a breakfast item that comes to mind, but it is for me!! I grew up eating [...]
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I made my eldest daughter’s favorite meal, which coincidently is my middle daughter’s least favorite meal. I usually only make one meal at dinner, the girls have options for breakfast and lunch, but not for dinner. They eat what I make or they go to bed hungry. House rules. However, that night, I had leftover [...]
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Vegan February is upon our family and we are trekking right along. Of course with the craziness that is called life, I didn’t have time every night to spend hrs cooking, so I threw some simple meals together that worked out well for us. They’ve been repeated several times!! Below are a few examples, but [...]
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My good intentioned hubby has dubbed this month as Vegan February. We knew we could do it because we’ve done a month here and there of The Daniel Fast, basically a raw diet, which is extremely time consuming and although doable, it’s definitely more difficult than eating vegan. The vegan meal plan is a bit more involved [...]
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Valentine’s Day is upon us and even though I’ve never been a big fan of the day, I actually wore all black every v-day in college!! Even when I was dating my hubby!! It’s true!! However, when it comes to my kids, I really enjoy celebrating with them. So, I whipped up a sweet snack [...]
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Generally, I spend more time apologizing to my girls, for my behavior, than actually being a good example for them to follow. Yep, that’s right. I’m letting you know that I’m not a perfect mom. Far from it actually. And I’m definitely not the mom that pretends that everything is perfect. I’m not hanging my [...]
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Ahoy me HEART-y! It’s February, which means Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Class lists come home from school, the boxes of valentine cards are purchased, and your table is covered with stickers, temporary tattoos and candy. Excitement bubbles from the kids, and it’s hard not to start feeling the same excitement yourself! To add to [...]
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A big winter storm is on it’s way to the North East and I think chili sounds like a perfect heartwarming cozy dinner. And mentally ticking off the wintery animals I could make, I settled with a white seal. My twin sister used to collect white seals when we were little, and by collect I [...]
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