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Zucchini Pasta Carbonara
It can be challenging to get your kids to eat vegetables or anything good for them for that matter. When I first met my would be stepchildren, their favourite thing was chicken nuggets and barely any vegetables! Now here we are 7 years later and they ask for more vegetables and wouldn’t even consider eating chicken nuggets! That is progress! This recipe is a great way bulk up a pasta dinner with vegetables. With Fall fast approaching, squash of all forms are so readily available and a staple in my kitchen! This is a great recipe to have on hand when you don’t have a lot of time…
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Scout Out Other Possibilities
There are stories I have worked on for months – years – that may not see the publishing light of day. Yet I invested so much time and brainpower in developing them, I hate to see that go to waste. What to do? Rewrite. A couple of years ago, I came across an article about Daisy Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. I learned that the 100th anniversary of the organization was in 2012. After checking on Amazon to see what books were already written about her, I discovered that there were no current picture books. Aha! Opportunity! My book idea was filled with hooks – the Girl Scout…
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Six Easy Tips To Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy
It’s always a challenge to get kids to eat healthy. With their first introduction to food, kids are testing and learning about their environment. Whether you’re feeding your baby their first food or trying to get your two-year-old to eat celery, these tips will help. 1. Start Early Keep the food as close to nature as possible. Avoid added sugar, which can create early problems with weight and diabetes. Type II diabetes in children is on the rise. 2. Be the Parent You have power over what your child eats and you know what’s healthy. Nurturing a helpless, dependent human being into an independent adult is not a job for…
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GIVEAWAY: Dandelion Moms Launch
The dandelion team wanted to share our excitement in the launch of our new dandelion moms site with a giveaway of gift cards and Disney codes. The idea to create a platform for women to share their stories has been on the sidelines for about a year now. As a work-at-home mom I know how difficult it can be to try to juggle work, family and life. But I wanted to bring what I learned on the yoga mat – which is all about being in the moment – into a platform that helps reminds women to stay mindful and present as it really does go by so quickly. We…
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Paris Is As Fun As You’d Think
Ahhh Paris. One of my favorite destinations for so many reasons. If you haven’t been, everything you’ve heard is true; the landmarks are amazing, the food is wonderful, and the people are warm and friendly in a ‘New York Soup Kitchen’ sort of way. On our last trip we visited in the fall. Nothing is more enchanting than Paris in the Fall. To be truthful, I find Paris a delight any time of year, but Autumn is particularly wonderful because the tourist season is winding down and there’s a little more elbow room. Recently I gathered up the team and made a run for Europe. Paris was our initial destination…
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Living With Celiac Disease: A Life Without Wheat If You Can Imagine Such A Thing
Living with out gluten is not easy, nor is it very fun. If you’re like me, and you live for fun, family, friends and great food, then finding out you have celiac disease can make eating a major bummer. Take away everything exciting, and delicious in your diet like: breads, pasta’s, most packaged and processed foods and casseroles, most foods at restaurants, cakes, cookies, donuts, and pies, and you will see what I mean. (And that is just scratching the surface.) So long, social lunch hour with my BFF’s, or eating out with my hubby. It really isn’t fun for me to sit and watch everyone else at the table…
